World Championship Chat

I am driving from Durham to Sheffield on Saturday, will the venue be well signposted in Sheffield also where is best place to park.One final question - sorry to be a pest (never been before) how long does the night last? thanks in advance

There appears to be some changes to the dates of the 2006 Indoor WTC for example Belfast. Does anyone know where there is a up to date indoor Calendar.

Last year my wife and I travelled down to see the out door Andorra round. I am thinking about going to the World Spanish outdoor round and was wondering Are the events this year were going to be held over 1 or 2 days with the 1st day being for the youths again?. Also are the rounds going to be no stop or stop?. Has anyone been to Nigran in Spain and will it be a spectacular trials round? :hat:

has there been any conformation on who is ride what bike for 2006?

It's a month away, the hot stove is cookin. Can Lane humble the riders from Spain?

who do you think will win the indoor trial?? its out of fujinami , cabestani , lampkin and raga to win. not sure on graham joarvis hes an out door man fuki has been quite good in the past indoors the same with raga , cabestan8i but its the best chance for raga and lampkin is any one else going

Please can anyone give me some info where the trial is to be held also any tips for accomadation near by thanks

Will it be ok to take and use video camera at Sheffield indoor.

Why! myself and 11 others are travelling from Fort William to belfast and i get a phone call today to tell me the organisers have changed it from saturday to Friday and tho its still possible we'll make it with flight times etc surely its a bit late in the day to change. We have young children travelling with us and im sure the rushing about will please them no end.

Just read that Taddy will ride Scorpa in the British championship, now that should put the cat amoungst the pigeons :madsanta:

We are now well into the final month of Dougie's contract with HRC-Montesa and still no word as to who he will be riding for in 2006. So let's speculate on which bike you think Dougie will ride in 2006.

Hi all, I've got the WR dates for August as the 3rd and the 24th. Is this correct?

Having just seen the review these comments (not word perfect) had me sipping hard on me alcohol. 1) Gas Gas was lucky this year but will soon have to go 4t. 2) Mark Freixa's cards are marked; his performance is under close observation for the season ahead - possibly Bou or Fajardo to take over. 3) Cabestancy disappointed with his bike (comment i think was made on the third round) Antonio Bou's surname is it prenouced, "Boo" or "Bow"? Kenichi name pronunciation was a little dodge. I buy Duke because i like their product and because there is no alterative that i'm aware of? Overall a very good review, later commentary could be a little less monotone.

We have got the tickets but who will we see there & what might they be riding. Is Doug on the Montesa or what, last time he changed marques he rode out of a packing case with fireworks and music might we get a repeat. Anyone out there know.

I think I lost my dinner ticket

Come on...Who won???

Sorry if I've missed the blindingly obvious here, but was it not scheduled for all machines to be fourstroke in 2006? Is this still on the cards or has it been delayed?

As a result of an unlikely link between a certain trials rider and Manchester United. I can reveal that Montesa's new signing for the World 2006 WTC is Roy Keane. Whilst Roy Keane's Agent was unavailable for comment, a spokesman not representing Montesa HRC Team confirmed, that the story is possibly true and later went on to say 'is that like scrambling'. Roy has been linked with Montesa follow specualtion that a 4RT was spotted outside of Old Trafford.

Interesting point raised in the ACU forum report. [Q]• Experience at World rounds tended to indicate that even those riders who were not necessarily at the top end of results felt greatly disadvantaged if they were not in the same position as others regarding the number of assistants they had. Once Dougie Lampkin & Adam Raga ended up with 3 – 4 people circulating with them – lots of others are now trying to achieve the same, regardless of ability/ results.[Q] So why is it allowed then ? Many think sections are too difficult/dangerous, but only a few have the security of numerous bodies to catch for them, would the top riders ask for eased sections if no other pers…

Its easy possibly to overlook Sam a little in the grand scheme of things at WTC level, but following on from the announcement in TMX I understand he is not going to do a full year at the WTC next year. He has given it his best shot tried to be as professional as possible and had some decent results and achieved a 12th overall position. OK with Doug he was never going to be the bestof British but he has done amazingly well and how many of us will never ever have got to anywhere like this grade even if we had done the same things. None is my guess. So a big well done and to achieve what he did is nothing to be less than very proud of. Good job!