cubette

Its been very reassuring to see that the overwhelming opinion from the mass' is that of my own personal views. In essence unforunately 5 competitors broke a ruling with their entry declaration as per the regulations. Without going into the past 7 pages of peoples posts, facts are facts , rules were broken,the Club acted as per the regulations and excluded 5 riders, if these riders didn't / don't want to comply with the Clubs regulations maybe then they could compete in any of the other classic events that take place thoughout the country & free up 5 valued entries that would be appreciated by other people . It would seem a very supportive move for the officials to reject the 5 competitors entries for the 2013 event. I'm sure if any of the "5" want to be part of the atmosphere of this fantastic event maybe there may be a section or two that they could observe for the Club. Cubette.

Old trials fanatic I needn’t be fully conversant with the rules as it was stated on the regulations Competitors are reminded that , by completing this entry form , they are declaring that the machine they will ride is eligible for this event .The presentation of a machine which does not comply with the eligibility requirements, may result in exclusion and/or the rejection of any future entry from the rider concerned . You can find the regulations from 2012 & 2013 on the ssdt.org website which state same. This website also carries a Report from the 2012 event , it is officially reported here that , Eligibility was the main issue with the 2012 event with the disqualification of 5 riders following the machine check prior to the Friday start. These riders had declared components on the eligibility form but the components fitted to the bikes were not as stated. Due to this falsification these riders were taken out of the trial but were eventually allowed to start on a “ No Award “ basis as a goodwill gesture. This should be a warning to others to ensure that the information given is accurate and true so please take heed. Big John, Aye up only 62 days or so left for the Christmas shopping , never any doubt of your prep’d bikes a leading specimen to others. Unfortunately in my opinion these “ 5 entrants “ seem to totally disrespect that the Club ,who have spent I’m sure the best part of the previous 12 months preparing this unique event for them to compete and yet cannot merely comply with the Clubs eligibility requirements , after all the 175 other riders have taken the time to make sure there machines have been compliant. If nothing else as I stated in my opening post , exclusion from next years event would discourage riders from blatantly abusing the Eligibility Ruling in the future. I’m sure there were 5 other riders somewhere who would have valued and respected the Club by winning an entry to the event and having the privilege to enter, compete and comply , especially as this exceptional event is still one of the few oversubscribed left in the motorcycling world. Cubette

Now that the Regulations are available for the 2013 Pre 65 dont you think it would be well just for the organisers to refuse any entries for next years trial from riders who were excluded from this years event . In my opinion it would only seem merited , if nothing else to discourage riders from blatantly abusing the Eligibility Ruling as the 5 competitors did at this years event. Cubette