Results Rd 2 Peak Classic Trials Club Championship Dudwood Farm Sunday 23Rd February

[old trials fanatic]

The country has been suffering with the wettest winter since records began but the Peak Classic Trial Club wouldn’t be thwarted by the recent deluge and turned up at Dudwood Farm, Elton nr Matlock, Derbyshire determined to run Round 2 of their Club Championship. We were unable to use the normal stream sections not because of the level of water in the stream but because the surrounding fields were very waterlogged and to use them would have resulted in damage to them that the landowner was unwilling to countenance. Never mind a course consisting of 4 laps of 10 sections was accommodated in the woods and the event went ahead as if the torrential downpours of late had never happened.

On the Expert Twinshock route young Robert Carson rode his borrowed Honda 250 TLR to victory with a loss of just 2 marks from Ian Margetts, Fantic, in second place on 6 and Mark Hallows on his Majesty that he has owned from new taking third on 8 marks lost. Will Robert be talking his dad into buying the Honda ? He really did look at home on it ! watch this space.

Roberts dad Peter had a good day on the Classic Expert British bike route, which was better supported than of late which is very heartening, taking a win on his Bantam and keeping a clean sheet along the way. Robert Spencer riding his mighty Ariel followed in second on 14 marks which was a fantastic result as the Ariel is a real Goliath by comparison to the Bantam. Barry Burton whose land we were using was unlucky to come third on 21 marks due to missing a section completely but still a commendable performance on his James.

David Pattison had one of his usual immaculate performances on his equally immaculate Bultaco to win the Classic Expert Twinshock class losing just 8 marks along the way. A superb effort David. In second place was last years Championship class winner Anthony Sprinks also Bultaco mounted on 18 and with Peter Kearsley, Honda, keeping him honest on 24 taking third that tied up the top three on that route.

Intermediate British Bike was an interesting battle between the youngest competitor Harry Lyons on his Bantam and the oldest bike a pre World War 2 Japette piloted by Werner Eckel. The Bantam came out the winner giving Harry Lyons, riding up to the Intermediate route this year, the result on 20 marks but it wasn’t an easy win because the girder forked rigid framed Japette with the very experienced Werner aboard snapped at the Bantams heals all the way and only lost the win by 6 marks finishing on 26. That was some ride Werner and theres life in the old girl yet.

The Intermediate Twinshock route saw a great ride by Mark Kearsley on his Yamaha leaving everybody in his wake riding to a brilliant win on 9 but good rides were also had by Steve Fletcher, Yamaha, in second on 14 marks and John Morley on his Honda taking third on 16.

Evergreen Tony Shaw was unlucky not to keep a clean sheet on his Bultaco riding the Classic Intermediate route and won just having the single dab. Andrew Rivington secured second on his Yamaha for a loss of only 6 and nice to see Peter Austin on his Bultaco take third with a score of 16 which was very commendable in the tricky conditions.

This left just the Clubman classes to be decided and on the Clubman British Bike route the paring of Arthur Tomkinson and his totally original Greeves Scottish took the nod on 2 marks leaving Steve Turner, Tiger Cub, to take second on the tie break and Peter Cotterill on his Bantam full of smiles took third place on 7. Good battle guys.

The final placings in the Clubman Twinshock class were sewn up by Martin Falconer, Bultaco, taking top spot on 5 and Mike Watson, Fantic, taking second on 9 leaving Tony Fray, Yamaha, in third place on 11 marks another great battle in testing conditions.

After the event everybody descended on the Miners Standard pub for the presentation of the awards for 2013 which concluded last seasons competition which means the focus now moves to Stathams Farm and Round 3 of the 2014 Championship on March 30^th.

See you there.

Expert Twinshock

1^st Robert Carson Honda 2 marks

2^nd Ian Margetts Fantic 6 marks

3^rd Mark Hallows Majesty 8 marks

Classic Expert British Bike

1^st Peter Carson Bantam 0 marks

2^nd Robert Spencer Ariel 14 marks

3^rd Barry Burton James 21 marks

Classic Expert Twinshock

1^st David Pattison Bultaco 8 marks

2^nd Anthony Sprinks Bultaco 18 marks

3^rd Peter Kearsley Honda 24 marks

Classic Expert Pre95 Air Cooled Mono

1^st Michael Dorricott Honda 17 marks

Intermediate British Bike

1^st Harry Lyons Bantam 20 marks

2^nd Werner Eckel Japette 26 marks

Intermediate Twinshock

1^st Mark Kearsley Yamaha 9 marks

2^nd Steve Fletcher Yamaha 14 marks

3^rd John Morley Honda 16 marks

Classic Intermediate British Bike

1^st Paul Beswick James 2 marks

2^nd Peter Elvidge Bantam 5 marks

3^rd Dave Pickering Bantam 26 marks

Classic Intermediate Twinshock

1^st Tony Shaw Bultaco 1 mark

2^nd Andrew Rivington Yamaha 6 marks

3^rd Peter Austin Bultaco 16 marks

Clubman British Bike

1^st Arthur Tomkinson Greeves 2 marks

2^nd Steve Turner Cub 2 marks

3^rd Peter Cotterill Bantam 7 marks

Clubman Twinshock

1^st Martin Falconer Bultaco 5 marks

2^nd Mike Watson Fantic 9 marks

3^rd Tony Fray Yamaha 11marks

Edited February 26, 2014 by old trials fanatic