Rd 5 Peak Classic Club Championship Sunday 24Th June Carsons Farm Results

[old trials fanatic]

With England of late having a bit of a monsoon season it was touch and go whether last Sundays trial would go ahead or not but the Clerk of the Course at Peak Classic Trials Club was determined to follow the old adage “the show must go on” and managed to lay out a course of 10 sections to be ridden 4 times finding the dryer patches in the woods at Carsons farm and it was most heartening to hear all the congratulations from the riders at the end of their days sport.

Peter Carson on home turf rode up a class this weekend riding his rigid BSA Bantam to victory in the Expert British Bike class with a stunning ride to lose just 2 marks which was by far and away the best ride of the day beating the top riders in all the other Expert classes even the Pre95 air cooled monos which incidentally was won by that stalwart of the East Midlands trials scene and ex works rider Chris Milner this time out on a very interesting bike he has built a Yamaha Serrow engined TY250 mono. Chris lost 7 marks exactly the same as Rob Carson who on his 175 Yamaha won the Expert Twinshock class from Simon Critchley in second place on his Majesty who lost 9. Stephen Bisby Ossa and Bob Gent Fantic both had a tussle for third place with Steve coming out top on the tie decider as both riders lost an unlucky 13 marks.

A win in the Classic Expert British Bike class make the trip worthwhile for Geoff Gadsby who took the honours losing 26 marks from the other member of the Carson clan Derek on his Bantam who dropped 32. Tony Sprinks Bultaco claimed the win on the Classic Expert Twinshock route losing 25 to keep an ever improving Peter Kearsley at bay on his Honda who lost 30 marks. Gary Martin confessed to having a trying day on his TY 250 mono but he managed to keep his score to a respectable 32 to take a win in class.

The Intermediate class was better supported than of late with Paul Clowes winning the British Bike class on his Cub for a loss of 30 and Stephen Eyre piloting his SWM to the win in the Twinshocks losing just one more on 31 which was enough to keep Gary Shield Bultaco at bay in second on 35.

Still on the road to full recovery from a recent bad accident evergreen Neil Walker steered his Francis Barnet to a very creditable win in the Classic Intermediate British Bike class taking just a solitary dab along the way. Johnathan Harrison was hot on his heels in second on his 400 Triumph twin who had to single dabs and Paul Beswick took third on his James on 3. Close contest guys. Also a close contest was the Classic Intermediate Twinshock class with the win going down to the tie decider with John Morley Honda taking it on most cleans from Andrew Slack on his Fantic both scoring just 4 marks.

Last but by no means least the Clubman classes had a tussle for honours with Jim Wickstead BSA just taking it again on most cleans from Dave Pickering on his Saracen with both riders losing 15. Jims son Sean cruised to an easy win in the Clubman Twinshock class which he has dominated all year losing a miserly 4 marks with Stephen Baker following up in second place on his Yamaha with a creditable loss of 12 from third placed John Critchlow also Yamaha mounted on 17 marks. It was nice to see Clifford Wall back with us again who took the win in the Clubman Pre95 air cooled mono category on his Gas Gas losing 7 marks.

All in all the verdict from the riders and organisers was a resounding success and the decision to go ahead and run the event in the face of some of the most uncharacteristic Summer weather we have had to endure for a long time was the right one.

The organisers would also like to thank Mr and Mrs Chinnery who were on hand to observe and we all really appreciate their efforts turning up at our events to help ensure that we all have a great day on our bikes. While on the subject of observers we offer a warm welcome to any and everybody who would like to come along and help out observing and especially would like to thank an unnamed lady who “picked up a board” to observe section 1 and even also picked up the board to section 2 which was next door and observed both sections at the same time. She wouldn’t take any reward for her efforts but we really appreciate people like that. Fantastic!

So that about wraps it up for round 5 with round 6 coming up on 29 July at Bracken Rocks we are petitioning the Met Office for more summery weather but whatever the weather gods bring I guarantee you a grand day out on the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District so see you there start time 11.00 am. Full details of this and all our events are on our website www.peakclassic.co.uk

Expert British Bikes

1^st Peter Carson Bantam rigid 2 marks

Expert Twinshock

1^st Rob Carson Yamaha 175 7 marks

2^nd Simon Critchley Majesty 9 marks

3^rd Simon Bisby Ossa 13 marks

Expert Pre95 Air Cooled Mono

1^st Chris Milner Yamaha 225 7 marks

Classic Expert British Bike

1^st Geoff Gadsby BSA 26 marks

2^nd Derek Carson Bantam 32 marks

Classic Expert Twinshock

1^st Anthony Sprinks Bultaco 25 marks

2^nd Peter Kearsley Honda 30 marks

Classic Expert Pre95 Air Cooled Mono

1^st Gary Martin Yamaha 32 marks

Intermediate British Bike

1^st Paul Clowes Tiger Cub 30 marks

Intermediate Twinshock

1^st Stephen Eyre SWM 31 marks

2^nd Gary Shield Bultaco 35 marks

3^rd Chris Douglas Yamaha 38 marks

Classic Intermediate British Bike

1^st Neil Walker Francis Barnett 1 mark

2^nd Johnathan Harrison Triumph twin 2 marks

3^rd Paul Beswick James 3 marks

Classic Intermediate Twinshock

1^st John Morley Honda 4 marks

2^nd Andrew Slack Fantic 4 marks

3^rd Tony Shaw Bultaco 13 marks

Clubman British Bike

1^st James Wickstead BSA 15 marks

2^nd Dave Pickering Saracen 15 marks

3^rd Ian Dommett Cub 67 marks

Clubman Twinshock

1^st Sean Wickstead Honda 4 marks

2^nd Stephen Baker Yamaha 12 marks

3^rd John Critchlow Yamaha 17 marks

Clubman Pre95 Air Cooled Mono

1^st Clifford Wall Gas Gas 7 marks