SSDT Chat

The SSDT organisers are constantly looking forward to the future of the event. One factor that becomes more and more difficult is the management of the West End carpark. This years bad weather highlighted some of the disadvantages with the venue as it must be one of the most exposed start areas in the trials world ! Another major problem is car parking and this has got to the point of detracting from the general competitor and spectator experience. The organisers of the SSDT are currently considering a move to the Lochaber Rural Complex - this location is within a few miles of Fort William (beside Nevis range ski centre) offering under-cover secure facilities for…

With the SSDT Centenary fast approaching, sponsors are now being sought for the 2010 SSDT. If you're interested in sponsoring a day, you can view our Sponsorship Flyer. Although this refers primarily to sponsorship of any given day, we also allow smaller sponsorship packages and are happy to consider any ideas that you may come up with. Daily sponsorship brings with it 5 guaranteed entries to the 2010 event, but please note that sponsorship must be confirmed by the time entries close on Friday 18th December if you want to take advantage of that part of the deal! If you want any further details you'll find our contact details on the brochure, or you can email us at the …

Some of you will remember all my gurning last year when I cycled from Glasgow to Edinburgh for charity....well, I can't have gurned enough, because this year we've got an SSDT squad doing the same thing! Mark Whitham (Clerk of the Course), Davy Robinson and Ian Boyd (Assistant Clerks of the Course, aka The Beardies) and myself are taking up the challenge once again, and along with some companions that we've bribed to join us, we're cycling from Glasgow to Edinburgh on Sunday 13th September as part of the Pedal For Scotland fundraising extravaganza. As many of you will know, the SSDT regularly has to call on the services of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue squad to help us o…

What dates will the 2010 SSDT be held? Which Hotel would be best to stay at if Parc Ferme stays at the West End Car Park and I would not want a car?

The trialscentral.com DVD is now complete and I'll start taking orders next weeks. Again it's being offered un-copy protected for a small fee which only covers our very basic production costs. To make the order process easier for us to keep track of (we don't have a full time business here) ordering we be done via a buy now offer on ebay with payment via paypal. Again two camera men spent the week on bikes filming and getting very wet. The format will be much the same as previous years but due to the poor weather this year there is no helmet cam footage. The video tries to capture the whole event from sign on through to the award presentation but focuses mainly on sectio…

With reference to the post regarding the moving of the SSDT start/finish area - please let us know your view. I must stress that a decision has not been made yet - we are listening !

OK production has started in earnest and I'm taking order via a buy now listing on ebay. SSDT 2009 DVD Ebay I hope anyone buying a copy enjoys it and don't forget to come back and leave feedback here on Trialscentral.com the home of observed trials on the internet.

CJB Photographic have just released their 2009 SSDT DVD...if you want to relive that rain (or see it for yourselves if you were lucky enough to avoid the first-hand experience!) you can get your copy at www.cjbphotographic.co.uk.

As many of the SSDT regulars will know, the SSDT supports the local Cystic Fibrosis charity by means of a donation from the takings of the programme sales each year. On Saturday 7th November, Billy McIsaac is setting off on the journey of a lifetime to the Himalayas to need some much needed funds for Cystic Fibrosis. Billy says "I decided that going to Everest would be a great way to celebrate my sixtieth birthday and in turn do something positive for others and myself. My hope is that I can raise

.....I'm WALKING it! In order to raise money for some very deserving Scottish charities a team of 4 of us are taking part in the RBS Caledonian Challenge walking 54 miles across SSDT territory in 20 hours. Setting off at midday we will carry on walking through the night, with the route taking us from the start about 10 miles north of Fort Willaim, down to Fort William, up Glen Nevis, down into Kinlochleven, up Pipeline, over the Devil's staircase, across Glencoe moor and all the way down to the banks on Loch Lomond. So far we have clocked up about 300 miles of practice walks and have lost count of the number of blisters, so please dig deep and take a few minutes of yo…

Here are my photos from the scottish, sadly i was only able to make it to the nevis bank sections on the satarrday below i have listed the riders who's number i can see but there are also other riders whom number i couldnt make out. i have put them on my photobox acount because it is the easyest method for me to upload them but i havent water marked them or taken the res down so people can take them as they please. Cheers, Ross Leslie The photos can be accessed here:http://www.photoboxgallery.com/sk the riders i got numbers off of are:255,65, shall write the rest up later

My efforts from later on in the week after I retired Here you go They are not as good as andy or slapshot but then again I can't say photography is that high on my list of interests and my camera only cost

Has any-one got an idea of what bikes and how many retired out of this years ssdt, i'm not talking about rider fatigue its mechanical breakdowns, it would be good to see after such a bad week.

We left behind a Hebo folding stand at Tuesday lunch check. Has WIGGY written on it in felt tip. If anyone can return it to Carlisle I will give a small reward. Julian Wigg.

the last of the clips i have from this year hope you all enjoyed them http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NorthE...;view=playlists go to the bottom playlist

A few videos I took at Forest Gate last Tuesday Click on the bottom play list and they should play consecutively http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NorthE...;view=playlists

Good luck to riders (particularly one Ian Braithwaite), officials and associated hangers on. Have a blast.

Here are a few tasters from our footage from this years video. The first is some moor work with a very wet moss crossing. Moor crossings Next is Coire Laire the first of the new groups on Wednesday Coire Laire Ishy, this is where your mate fell and did his shoulder. Last is Roughburn the second of the new groups on Wednesday. Roughburn

have heard Doug has is on 7, wiggy and Austemule both on one for today, saturday. not confirmed of course.

Hi, had a great time riding the pre 65 trial, i would like to know if any one got a pic of me at the top of pipe line on saturday, got to with in 20 feet of the end on day 1 and got stuck on a rock, i was no. 64 riding a norton 500t (1947) got the old girl up there on saturday, cheers Gary