laird387 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Another 'lost' image to identify for the archive, please. We are fairly sure it was taken at the Scott, but can anyone identify the rider - and the year looks definitely mid-1980s - but which year? Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillary Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Chris Myers at Orgate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsunt Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Gerald Richardson maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted December 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) I wondered if it was Gerald, John - it's very difficult with these modern helmets - used to be so easy with flat 'ats! Does the last number of the registration (a '3') give us any clues? Edited December 24, 2016 by laird387 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsunt Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Not a clue about the registration, it was the hair that made me think Gerald. Was he team mates with Philip on those Hondas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stroke4stroke Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 I'd go with Hillary's suggestion, I remember Chris Myers with that helmet. But might what appears to be a number one on his back be a confirmatory sign, if anyone has programmes from the era? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted December 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Once you start down this detective trail, it gets ever more interesting! First I looked for riders in my Scott archives who had ridden on the and '1' plate - that took me to the shot below, which is from the 1983 event - so that ties down the year because the and 'lost' negative has the same date coding on the film side. So we now have a year. But the and '1' is misleading, so I reckon it must be the first digit of a rider between '10 - and 19', so now I can widen the hunt. In the meantime if anyone has a 1983 entry list that they can copy for me, then I have stacks of images and could easily turn them into a photofeature of 30 or 40 riders in the digital magazine on the 1983 Scott trial. Meanwhile, enjoy. Having started to look into the 1983 event, I can now confirm the rider on the '1' plate is, of course, John Reynolds, on his way to picking up the Folbigg Cup for making fourth best performance dropping 18 on time and 91 on observation. Also a certain R J Sunter was part of no less than two award winning teams, the Scott Trophy for best performance by three members on the same make (Montesa that year) as well as the Eric Myers Trophy as a member of the best Richmond team on the same make. This definitely looks like a photofeature opportunity for ORRe! Edited December 24, 2016 by laird387 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esuark Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 surely 11 21 31 41 etc ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted December 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 surely 11 21 31 41 etc ? OOps, right in ONE....sorry for the pun, Merry Xmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldilocks Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 Chris Myers 1986 the year Tony Scarlett won Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldilocks Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 Gerald Richardson maybe? I don't think Gerald ever rode an RTL ? Glen Scholey did but he was sponsored by Trident boots I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Chris Myers 1986 the year Tony Scarlett won I reckon you have nailed it, but good!! The film edge reference is misleading - but I can't explain why at this stage, but I started trawling through the 1986 Scott images in the archive (and there are lots) and found this one, which is right bike, right helmet and right riding number. So problem solved - it is Chris Myers in the 1986 Scott trial - and the fact that number 125 appears to have caught up with him is probably why he didn't appear in the results in 1986. So thanks for all your help - and now I definitely have enough material for a full photofeature of 1986 in ORRe very shortly. Enjoy - and watch this space, there are still over a thousand images to be correctly identified from that era........... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Finally, as a footnote to this particular posting, here is an image of Tony Scarlett on his way to winning the 1986 Scott trial, losing 7 on time and just 63 on observation. Colin Ward picked up the Eddie Flintoff Trophy for being the best on time that year but nobody else matched Tony Scarlett on observation. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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