Canada Trials Reviews & Previews

I just wanted to be the first one to post here sinse you did the other, did you get the PM I sent you last week?

Well another great year in the Maritimes After 3 years of putting on 3 day indoor shows in March we decided to give it a rest this year. It was kind of nice not having to worry about it and I had a great trip to BC to do a bit of skiing and see some of the West coast (I even had a chance to see some Trials riding on Vancouver Island. We typically have our big training weekend with Jonathan in the spring but the spring didn't work out this year for Jonathan (but he was able to get over to the SSDT for another top Canadian finish). We decided to move the training weekend to September. Our 5 events were well spread out with 3 in the valley one by the Halifax airport a…

SOVT has another full slate of events scheduled for 2016. Events feature classes for both vintage (1990 and earlier) and modern (>1990 +/or liquid cooled) bikes. Events are held using classic sections and rules with the main focus on just having fun. For complete schedule and information check out their website: www.sovt.website Or check them out on fb: https://www.facebook.com/SOVTG

Hi all. I realize that this is short notice, but...the Victoria Motorcycle Club is hosting an event on December 1st, 2013. The Rick Wells Trial will be taking place at the Happy Valley Road property. The poster should be up on the Victoria Motorcycle Club website. Riders in all classes are welcome. I hope to see you there. Hugh Williams

What an Awesome day!!! 9 sections 4 laps new record number of sections for us . 11 riders out today we seem to grow by a couple of riders each event... it may not seem like a lot but it was only a few years ago we only had 4 or 5 riders locally now we are over 25 (even if they don't all make it to events) it is great to see the numbers growing. Looking to have 4 events next year + training session and a 3 day indoor demo at the outdoor show.

Early reports in from the club trial today at the Victoria Motorcycle Clubs Rick Wells memorial trial are that local legend Ryon Bell came out of retirement officially today, and once again put a stamp on the fact that he is the best trials rider Canada has ever produced. Demolishing the competition in what was a pretty easy event. Full results and scores to come. Congrats to Ryon, so great to see him back riding.

This weekend, july 14-15th, Rounds 1 & 2 of the 2012 WTC Canadian National Championship, in Morin Heights, Québec. Also on Friday a free trials school will be given at the same location, under the instructions of Paul Yvan Bélanger. If you need more info, check out the ataq website or let me know here. Hugo

Coming up next weekend, Sunday July 25th. Hills of Pelham Trial in Fonthill Check the flyer here http://www.trialsontario.ca/Pelham%202010.pdf Come out on Saturday July 24th and give Dan a hand to set up the sections. Then go for a ride on some of the other hills in the area. Overnight camping available at the trials site. Hope to see you there, Bob

The WTC Canadian Trials Championship resumes this coming weekend in Vancouver BC, at the Ioco venue, on Saturday and Sunday July 20/21. To see the poster for the event and get more info:: click onto www.trialscanada.com

Happy New Year everyone. The Victoria Motorcycle Club will be hosting the Les Blow Trial (aka: the Hangover Trial) on February 9th at the club property on Happy Valley Road in Metchosin. There will be a poster on the VMC website soon. Riders in all classes are welcome. Mr. Tubesteak will likely be there to provide the usual culinary delights. I hope to see you there. Hugh Williams

The 2009 WEC Canadian Trials Champion, is Stephen Foord who just moved to Canada from the UK. "Foordy" rode his Team Outlaw Sherco 290 to wins in three of the four rounds, held in BC and Ontario. An accomplished " All rounder" - Foordy also competes in Cross Country and Hare Scrambles events on a Mountain MC sponsored Beta RR450.

The annual Adrian Brown memorial Trial, was held in OK Falls BC on October 18th - Adrian was a popular member of the Trials group in the Okanagan Valley, and had a wonderful sense of humor. - Unfortunately we lost him way to soon to Cancer at age 50 when this was discovered on a visit to his London UK home in 2001. - His local club in the UK was the Bognor Regis and this year, his parents sent out a special plaque to display at this yearly event which is all about raising money for Cancer research. We are happy to report that we collected $890.00 for this worthy cause, but more importantly we shared a lot of good memories of Adrian around the camp fire.

The first round of the 2009 Outlaw Series takes place this weekend, April 4th/5th -on Vancouver Island. The Vintage bikes will ride on Saturday, and the modern on Sunday. - Clerk of the Course Steve Fracy has added a "C" class on the Saturday to cater for novice or Pre-65 type bikes.

The Canadian Trials season has already started in Western Canada, with events on the West Coast, although most of the Country is still snow-bound. - This weekend will see the Reg Shanks Trial in Victoria on Vancouver Island, while the CPTA will hold their March Trial at Ioco.

Press Release September 8th 2011 We are pleased to announce that we will be running the Adrian Brown Memorial Trial, on Sunday October 9th (Thanksgiving) at Summerland BC The event will start from the usual location at 10am, and will feature a brand new loop, with interesting sections for all classes.

August 14-15th From the Organisers: Just to let you know that the entry form and information flyer - French and English - for The 2010 Ormstown Vintage Off Road Festival are available on the net. Go to: http://www.rocler.qc.ca/ariane/cycact2.htm The documents are in MS-Word and will take some time to download if you don't have high speed. Please let me know if you have any problems. Would appreciate it if you could spread the word around and hope to see you in August. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the link for details. Ormstown is southwest of Montreal near the New York State border. A …

We'd like to welcome everyone to the PNTA coming up in Victoria on June 28th/29th. A lot of work is being done to make sure this is an interesting and fun event. Also, many of the sections are near the parking area, making it an ideal event for spectators. Please follow the link here to view the poster.

Just a quick note to let all those interested know that there is a classic trial at IOCO on Sunday April 3rd. There will be 2 lines. A line for the more experienced riders and b line for the less experienced. So bring out your classic iron and enjoy a great day of trialing and trail riding. Hope to see you there. Please note modern bikes are welcome to ride the event also Steve Coates

I figure it is good to post here once a year or so to let people know Canada is still riding trials. I didn't see much coverage on here for the TdN so this should get 2 birds with one stone. Tossed together a clip from most of the sections ... the guys thought it was a great learning experience and Canada will be sure to be back next year!

The first two rounds of the 2011 WTC Canadian Trials Championship, were held in Summerland BC this past weekend with 58 riders on Saturday and 48 on Sunday. - The long ( for Canada) loop and natural sections took points from all classes with Will Duggan winning the Champ Class on Day one ahead of John English and Thomas Cordner - Ex UK rider Steve Foord grabbed 4th after fixing a puncture and getting caught out by a late shower of rain that made the rocky sections very slippery. Sunday was another close battle at the top, with Thomas Cordner winning and Jon English another fine 2nd place, third on the day went to Kelowna rider Brandon Wince. - The next two rounds of the …