Results Peak Classic Trials Club Rd 11 Club Championship. Stathams Quarry Sunday 30Th November

[old trials fanatic]

The weather gods were smiling on the Peak Classic Trials Club this Sunday 30^th November as the very wet weather of late abated and sunshine was the order of the day at Stathams Quarry, Matlock, Derbyshire. There was still a chill in the air but the sun definitely helped to dry out the sections resulting in a great days sport if a little bit easier than it might have been without the change of climate. It was also great to see a good turnout of riders supporting the club and it really made the considerable effort involved in putting on a trial so much more worthwhile.

On to the results. The most tricky section of the day namely section 4 managed to take marks of almost the entire entry with Martyn Stanistreet, James, losing 2 on the day all on that tricky section 4 to win the Expert British Bike class. Darren Walker, C15, came in second with a good ride to loose just 14 along the way 6 of which were taken by that section too. Nice to see both of you at one of our events and we hope to see you again soon.

Expert Twinshocks winner Steve Hitchcock, Honda, had a single dab on yes you’ve guessed it section 4 to win his class with Simon Bown , Bultaco, pipping Simon Critchley, Majesty, to take second on the tie decider. A great ride by all three and nip and tuck right to the end.

Nice to see another face that used to be a regular at our events Andrew Weston win the Expert Air Cooled Mono class on his Yamaha losing a very respectable 14 marks over the 4 laps of 10 sections which comprised the trial.

That brings us to the Classic Expert British Bike category which became a bit of a Triumph Tiger Club Challenge with tony McKenzie taking top spot from Kevin Scott on the tie decider both losing 6 marks. That left Michael Dorricott in third nipping at their heels on 10 marks lost. Again that section 4 was the decider.

Classic Expert Twinshock was also a closely fought affair with rob Mycock coming out on top riding his Bultaco to a single dab victory closely followed by Class Championship leader Dave Pattison also Bultaco mounted on 2. This left third place up for grabs and Andy Cantrill on his Ossa said thank you very much to take that on a score of 4. It could have gone either way guys.

Jon Slack was one of the few riders to go clean all day and on his Yamaha TY won the Classic Expert Air Cooled Mono category. Superb ride Jon.

Another rider to stay feet up all day was Gary Martin who skilfully piloted his SWM to victory on the Intermediate Twinshock route followed home by Yamaha riders Martyn Nelson on 1 and young Oliver Foulke on 3.

Also on the Intermediate route but this time British Bike was Harry Lyons riding his Bantam to a class win over Werner Eckel on his pre war girder forked rigid Japette. Harry losing 3 to Werners 15 but considering the age and lack of suspension and ground clearance I think Werner did a fantastic job to lose only 15.

Another new face was Russ Green who took the class win in the Intermediate Air Cooled Mono class on his TR34 Beta and only had 2 single dabs along the way. Good result and hope to see Russ at our future events too.

Narrowly missing out on a clean sheet in the Classic Intermediate class was evergreen Mike Ransom who aboard his Francis Barnett had just the single dab on section 3 to take the win from Paul Beswick, James, who took second on 3 marks ahead of an unlucky Peter Elvidge, Bantam, who had an unfortunate 5 to marr his clean sheet demoting him to third place.

Classic Intermediate Twinshock was an even closer battle with Tony Shaw, Bultaco, tying with Glyn Ridgeway, Ossa, both of them losing 3 marks but tony got the win on the tie decider leaving unluck Glyn in second place and Championship class leader Peter Austin on his Aprilia to take third on 5.

That brings us to the Clubman British Bike class which saw another of those clean sheets held by Ray Critchlow on his Tiger Cub to take the win from Arthur Tomkinson on his Greeves who had a dab on section 3. This left the other Critchlow Alan riding his James to take third place on 2 marks lost. How close was that ?

The tie decider was called into place in the Clubman Twinshock contest to separate Phil Green, Suzuki, Tony Fray, Yamaha and Michael Fletcher also Yamaha mounted as they all lost 0. Unlucky really that it had to come down to the tie decider after such sterling efforts by all three but sometimes trialling is like that.

The final category of the day saw Steven Blower, Yamaha, win the Clubman Air Cooled Mono class with a mere 7 marks lost well ridden Steven and we also hope to see you at our future events.

That just about wraps it up and with just one round of the 2014 Championship left which will be at Burrycliffe quarry on 21^st December a lot of the Championship standings have been decided but for a few the pressure is still on to get those last few points to secure an award so heres looking forward to next month and round 12. See you there.

Expert British Bike

1^st Martyn Stanistreet James 2 marks

2^nd Darren Walker C15 14 marks

Expert Twinshock

1^st Steve Hitchcock Honda 1 mark

2^nd Simon Bown Bultaco 6 marks

3^rd Simon Critchley Majesty 6 marks

Expert Air Cooled Mono

1^st Andrew Weston Yamaha 14 marks

Classic Expert British Bike

1^st Tony McKenzie Tiger Cub 6 marks

2^nd Kevin Scott Tiger Cub 6 marks

3^rd Michael Dorricott Tiger Cub 10 marks

Classic Expert Twinshock

1^st Rob Mycock Bultaco 1 mark

2^nd David Pattison Bultaco 2 marks

3^rd Andy Cantrill Ossa 4 marks

Classic Expert Air Cooled Mono

1^st Jon Slack Yamaha 0 marks

Intermediate British Bike

1^st Harry Lyons Bantam 3 marks

2^nd Werner Eckel Japette 15 marks

Intermediate Twinshock

1^st Gary Martin SWM 0 marks

2^nd Martin Nelson Yamaha 1 mark

3^rd Oliver Foulke Yamaha 3 marks

Intermediate Air Cooled Mono

1^st Russ Green Beta 2 marks

Classic Intermediate British Bike

1^st Mike Ransom Francis Barnett 1 mark

2^nd Paul Beswick James 3 marks

3^rd Peter Elvidge Bantam 5 marks

Classic Intermediate Twinshock

1^st Tony Shaw Bultaco 3 marks

2^nd Glyn Ridgeway Ossa 3 marks

3^rd Peter Austin Aprilia 5 marks

Clubman British Bike

1^st Ray Critchlow Tiger Cub 0 marks

2^nd Arthur Tomkinson Greeves 1 mark

3^rd Alan Critchlow James 2 marks

Clubman Twinshock

1^st Phil Green Suzuki 0 marks

2^nd Tony Fray Yamaha 0 marks

3^rd Michael Fletcher Yamaha 0 marks

Clubman Air Cooled Mono

1^st Steven Blower Yamaha 7 marks

Over 60’s on Moderns

1^st Cliff Richards Ossa 5 marks

Edited December 1, 2014 by old trials fanatic