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[Old trials fanatic]

Just a reminder if you need one that this Sunday sees round 11 of 12 of the Peak Classic Trials Clubs Club Championship at Cookes Wood near Youlgrave Matlock start 11.00am. With some of the class wins still up for grabs a good score is paramount to ensure they take the trophys they have been chasing all year.

After the great turnout of riders who helped support the club at our last trial at Bracken rocks last month it would be fantastic to see you all again at this the penultimate round of our 2011/2012 season. As a small thank you we will have a free tea and mince pie for the first 50 riders so come along and get one last ride in before the Christmas festivities take centre stage. If you can bring an observer then even better. We do reward all observers who sign on before the event as a thank you for their time and trouble.

There will be Expert, Intermediate and Clubman routes along with classes for British Bikes, Pre 85 Twinshocks and Pre95 Air Cooled Monos so something for everybody.

I will be laying out the course with a watchful eye on the weather which is forcast to be sunny but chilly so bodes well for a grand ady out in the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District.

So hopefully see you there go on you know you want to

[Old trials fanatic]

Just in case you were thinking of coming tomorrow the trial is deffinately on I was up there Friday and today laying out and we had a small snow flurry but nothing settled. It's wet but i have laid out taking the conditions into account so nothing tight and lots of width so ther's more than just one line. So hopefully see you there remember please bring an observer if you possibly can and there are mince pies and free tea and coffee for the first 50 riders. Much better than Christmas shopping See you there

[Old trials fanatic]

As the Peak Classic Trials Clubs Club Championship 2011/2012 draws to a close riders gathered to contest the remaining Championship places up for grabs. The CoC Paul Beswick had spent Friday and Saturday setting out 11 sections which were intended to be a bit on the easy side taking into account the Met office forecast but all his efforts were thwarted by Mother Nature as the was a hard overnight frost followed by snow showers that had not been forecast and this had a big effect on the course making it extremely difficult to even get to the sections never mind clean them. Sorry guys it was much harder than intended still a few of you said you had still enjoyed it and for that I thank you.

Richard Turner took a long overdue win in the Expert British Bike category on his Cub for a loss of 132 marks and I think he deserves a medal for tenacity. On the Expert Twinshock route Mark Hallows was victorious on his sons Yamaha as his own Majesty had front fork trouble his loss of 82 was much higher than we are used to seeing Mark score so well done on an unfamiliar bike. While we are talking of endurance and tenacity against all odds Michael Attmore fought his Trifield to a class win in the Intermediate British Bike class for a score of 150 again unheard of loss of marks but a credit to him that he persevered and never gave up on the big heavy Triumph twin engined machine. Ian Bend managed to turn on the old magic to score 77 marks and take the honours in the Intermediate Twinshock class to put added pressure on current Championship leader Tony Sprinks who was struggling in the muddy conditions but still made it to the finish to take fourth place on 125 marks. So a battle royal is set to happen at the final round in January for Intermediate Twinshock Championship honours.

The Clubman class had it all a little bit easier and Mark Kearsley, Yamaha, had a fantastic ride to lose a mere 12 marks which considering the conditions was an outstanding effort superb Mark.

It was great to see a female entry from Margaret Carter on her 200 Majesty but unfortunately she had to retire due to having her tank recently resprayed and paint particles were contaminating the fuel and blocking jets. We hope to see Margaret at another of our trials in the future and hope she has better fortunes as it’s great to see women competing on equal terms and embarrassing some of the men.

As a thank you for supporting the club there were free mince pies, tea and coffee dispensed by Trials Secretary Donna which was well received by the riders and observers. We, Paul and Donna would like to take this opportunity to wish everybody who has supported us through the season a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

So the focus now moves to Clifton near Ashbourne for the 12th and final round of the Club Championship on Sunday 15th January and here’s hoping for better weather. See you there.

Expert British Bikes
1st Richard Turner Cub 132 marks
2nd Rob Mellor Cub 155 marks

Expert Twinshock
1st Mark Hallows Yamaha 82 marks
2nd John Walker Yamaha 87 marks
3rd John Fearn Honda 92 marks

Intermediate British Bikes
1st Michael Attmore Trifield 150 marks

Intermediate Twinshock
1st Ian Bend Ossa 77 marks
2nd Peter Kearsley Honda 114 marks
3rd Roger Worsley Honda 119 marks

Intermediate Air cooled Mono
1st Michael Dorricott Honda 120 marks

Clubman British Bikes
1st Paul Beswick James 39 marks
2nd Colin Fray Dot 43 marks
3rd Rob Goodwin Francis Barnett 54 marks

Clubman Twinshock
1st Mark Kearsley Yamaha 12 marks
2nd Mark Newman Yamaha 36 marks
3rd John Critchlow Yamaha 62 marks

Clubman Air cooled Mono
1st Barrie Rodgers Yamaha 59 marks