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Results Rd 6 Peak Classic Trials Club Championship. Bracken Rocks, Holloway Nr Matlock, Derbyshire. Sunday 28Th July


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Well the hot weather of late had left the popular venue of Bracken Rocks nr Holloway, Derbyshire in a lovely dry grippy state when clerk of the course Paul Beswick spent Friday and Saturday laying out the course for Sundays trial round 6 of their Club Championship. A crucial round coming half way through our season with the Championship placings starting to take form but with 6 rounds still to go and everything to play for in the race to win your class every point will count at the end of the year. Sadly the overnight rain on Saturday night caused havoc with some of the sections and scores were much higher than intended but that’s the sport of trials and almost every event held all over the country that day suffered the same fate.

4 laps of 10 sections was the order of the day and thank must go out to the 36 riders who made the effort to support the club. It was a disappointing entry but the inclement weather probably was to blame for the poor turnout.

Since the bulldozers have been into Bracken rocks for the “benefit” of the modern trials boys it is becoming increasingly hard to find the natural sections that this venue was always known for but after a lot of cutting back a few were found along with some of the remaining old faithful ones. One of those sections number 5 took 12 marks from Honda mounted Dean Deveraux winning score of 54 to take the honours in the Expert Twinshock class followed home by Ian Margetts on his Fantic who suffered horrendous ignition problems but took second on 78 marks with the rest of the Experts retiring for various reasons. We apologise for the severity of the course but will try to ensure this is not repeated at future events. Sorry guys.

The same story was repeated down the classes with an outstanding determined performance by Geoff Gadsby on his BSA finishing on 68 marks 14 of which were lost on that infamous section 5 where the Classic Expert riders rode the Expert route. All things considered though that was a brilliant result for Geoff on his 1950’s BSA holding it’s own against much more modern machinery.

Classic Expert Twinshock was won by Ian Bend, Fantic, by just 2 points from Rob Mycock, Bultaco, with again section 5 being the biggest mark taker with Ian losing 14 and Rob just 12 but a disaster for Rob on section 3 where Rob lost 7 more marks than Ian sealed it.

Taking everything into account possibly the most outstanding ride of the day was that of Colin Fray on his bog std DOT who made mincemeat of the Intermediate route to win with a miserly score of just 29 marks. 5 of which were lost on section 5 on the first lap when his DOT jumped out of gear just as he came into the section that he cleaned easily for the rest of the day. A fantastic performance which again goes to prove that trials is down to the rider ability not the size of the chequebook and you don’t need a super trick machine to win.

Nice to see Colin Slater and Rob Goodwin take long overdue wins in their respective classes Colin winning the Intermediate Twinshock with a loss of 51 on his Bultaco and Rob taking the honours in the Classic Intermediate British Bike categoiry on his Francis Barnett on 55. Well done both of you.

John Morely cruised to a win in the Classic Intermediate class on his Honda losing just 19 marks on the way from Martyn Nelson, Yamaha, in second on 37 and Cliff Bradley also Yamaha mounted in third on 46.

Which brings us to the battle in the British Bike Clubman class between Bantam mounted Harry Lyons on the day before his 11th birthday and Arthur Tomkinson 65 years his senior on his trusty Greeves. Harry came out on top on this occaision with a loss of 24 to Arthurs 48 but both riders had good rides on a day that was difficult to find grip on.

Last but by no means least Glyn Ridgeway on his Ossa also took a long overdue win in the Clubman class fighting his way around the course for a loss of 55 marks a very creditable result well done Glyn.

We for the second time this year have had all the sections observed so a big thank you to all those volunteers that turned out to help make our day that little bit more enjoyable. We hope to see all the observers and especially all the rider back with us again at our next event which is at Burycliffe Quarry, Elton, Derbyshire on August 25th.

See you there.

For more details including full results breakdown, current Championship standings, calendar etc visit our website www.peakclassic.co.uk

Expert Twinshock

1st Dean Deveraux Honda 54 marks

2nd Ian Margetts Fantic 78 marks

Classic Expert British Bike

1st Geoff Gadsby BSA 68 marks

Classic Expert Twinshock

1st Ian Bend Fantic 56 marks

2nd Rob Mycock Bultaco 58 marks

3rd Matt Dixon Ossa 63 marks

Classic Expert Pre 95 Air Cooled Mono

1st Gary Martin Yamaha 61 marks

Intermediate British Bike

1st Colin Fray Dot 29 marks

2nd Neil Walker Francis Barnett 107 marks

Intermediate Twinshock

1st Colin Slater Bultaco 51 marks

2nd Mark Kearsley Yamaha 69 marks

3rd Dave Barron SWM 90 marks

Classic Intermediate British Bike

1st Rob Goodwin Francis Barnett 55 marks

Classic Intermediate Twinshock

1st John Morley Honda 19 marks

2nd Martyn Nelson Yamaha 37 marks

3rd Cliff Bradley Yamaha 46 marks

Clubman British Bike

1st Harry Lyons Bantam 24 marks

2nd Arthur Tomkinson Greeves 48 marks

Clubman Twinshock

1st Glynn Ridgeway Ossa 55 marks

Edited by old trials fanatic
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