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My lad started in "Small-wheels" when he was 10. Kept him there (despite the moaning) until he was 12 and then moved him to "C" class and the Beginners and Clubman courses. He has done a year on those and has had a few crashes but he keeps getting up and riding on with a smile on his face! He is now "B" class and prefers the clubman's course and I have to fight to keep him down! He is not quite ready to move on yet but is really eager. I'd say that if they are too good for the easier course then you have to move them on and be prepared to catch them every so often. Just make sure that they don't bite off more than they can chew. Here in the Yorkshire centre we do "lose" riders when they make the switch to the Clubmans course but recently have lost fewer than most years. The trick seems to be making sure they enjoy themselves!

Nope that was Me and My son is a member of Richmond. I'm (And the rest of the Family) are member's of Yeadon-Guiseley but We join other clubs for the competition. IE He is a member at Eboracum where you get slightly different courses in very different locations. Its all good experience for him. The only thing to watch for is what rules you are riding to. The Centre rules are for "Non-Stop" but a few clubs prefer the "One for a stop" rules. (TSR22(A) or TSR22(). Also you'll find some clubs run by dictatorship and others have policies decided by the Members at regular club meetings, (No names no Pack drill). You can come along to Yeadon Guiseleys any time and join up We meet every two weeks and the next is on the 19th January. We also have a closed to club at Addingham on the 16th at which you are welcome to join. It could be a bit tough for a beginner but the venue is also used for practice and Beginners trials so its good to see what goes on on the day.

If anyone needs to book travel from the Guiseley area to the Arena trial on Saturday then phone Dalesman Travel on 01943 870228. ASAP

Richmond Events for Youth ( "A" , "B" "C" "D" and TY80's class) 2005 Feb 23 Parkgate Wensley Mar 6 Harold Graham, Cogden Hall Reeth Mar 28 Iron Banks Richmond(Dads/Mums? allowed too!) Apr 23 Bushy Park, Marske(Dads/Mums allowed as well) May 14 Applegarth, Marske (Another Dads/Mums) June 18 Underbanks Marske(Yep you guessed it) June 9 No venue (Yawn bring your dad/mum (and their bike)) Sept 10 Richardson Trophy, Skeeby(Dads bike can come as well) Nov 12 Iron Banks Richmond (I'm not saying it) Nov 27 Noel Peacock, Gilling West(Only if they are good) Dec 11 Mintex Trophy Healaugh (What, NO Dads!) Dec 26 Albert Shaw, Reeth (See Nov 27)

Great Day out But got Bl@@dy Wet late on!

Have a feeling that James has wanted to "have a go" at the top trials for a while so this would make sense. Maybe Sandifords have not allowed James to enter the top class and switching allows him to do it. Don't think there's any tie up with James. I was talking to him a week or so ago and there was no mention of it. If it did happen it would be only in the UK.

Nope, I hav eheard via the grapevine it has been sorted out. Have a good one Stuart!

Why would we need a FIM steward, the permit was issued by the ACU Lighten up you moaners, some football teams play 5 a side, sometimes 11, sometimes indoor, some outdoor Cant be that bad nearly FULL !!!!! Because you are not running under ACU rules!

Check Yeadon Guiseley as well. I think we had some left. www.yeadon-guiseleytrials.co.uk or phone Graham 01943- 878427

Hopefully Bradford will have an FIM Steward, If not the Insurance could well be invalid for the event.

Having heard the 4RT and the RTL I'd say the noise is completely different. The RTL is very "honda" 4-stroke. You can hear the engine noise as opposed to the exhaust noise. The 4RT seems to make more exhaust noise which is a gruffer, deeper noise. Its not unpleasant but is rather like a softer version of an MX or enduro bike. It is more however than the noise made by a 2 stroke trials bike when the baffles are intact.

Watched James Noble and Wayne Braybrook riding them at the Addingham trial on sunday. The engine just picks up from idle and pushes the bike forward. Superb traction. Only Gripe seemed to be that when you shut the throttle that it. No two stroke running on.

If the damn things so noisy the question has to be, Will any club "discourage" riders from using them at certain venues???

Mansfield have a web site but trying to get to it is tricky as I think they are re-doing it. However you can get there by using this link. Good luck! http://www.users.nascr.net/~lane001/

Kathryn has Cocular Implants so can distingush sounds quite well. I have talked to her and her Mum a number of times and Under most circumstances You wouldn't know she was deaf. Like all really talented people she makes no fuss about it and just gets on and rides! Dorothy is rightly proud of her and Paul.

My Son Had some Forma's. Good boots but he had trouble with the clasps. Given he's only 12 I put it down to the fact his leg isn't as built up as an adults. Just switched to SIDI's the new snazzy silver ones which look very nice.

Check the TMX as there is a S****horpe club running Beginners trials.

Many thanks to the Senior riders who gave up their evening to coach the Beginners and Youngsters who turned out to Dob Park and to Mike And Brian for the use of the land. I think I can say that everybody really enjoyed themselves!

Looking at the report in TMX James was too young to compete until recently. As soon as he was old enough he was entered.

We were going to get one but got fed up of waiting and bought a REV50 instead. The UK version has the 125 frame but the small wheels. We did see one being used to compete but it was a little unwieldy. The weight and size of the frame made it difficult for the lad using it to keep control. Might be better for larger kids tho. Espcially as we were told that the larger wheels could be fitted.

I think the sticker is an EU one stuck inside the Helmet.

12/06/04 RICHMOND MOTOR CLUB C & D BRITISH TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP AT PARK GATE FARM, WENSLEY. PERMIT NO: ACU11231 C CLASS 125CC POS Class No. Rider 1 125 24 BEN MORPHETT/GAS GAS/ / 13 2 125 14 WILLIAM BROCKBANK/SHERCO/ / 25 3 125 9 JACK SHEPPARD/BETA/ / 31 4 125 12 RICHARD SADLER/BETA/ / 34 5 125 21 BEN MCCONNACHIE/GAS GAS/ / 38 6 125 18 JOSH BRAIN/GAS GAS/ / 39 7 125 25 ALEX HALL/GAS GAS/ / 39 8 125 8 KEELAN HANCOCK/GAS GAS/ / 39 9 125 6 THOMAS STEWART/GAS GAS/ / 41 10 125 26 JORDAN FOX/SHERCO/ / 43 11 125 17 PHILIP EVANS/GAS GAS/ / 46 12 125 19 JOE DEAKIN/GAS GAS/ / 50 13 125 15 THOMAS BLEASDALE/GAS GAS/ / 57 14 125 16 SAM OLIVER/SHERCO/ / 62 15 125 20 MATTHEW BEDOES/GAS GAS/ / 64 16 125 1 SAM RYAN/SHERCO/ / 67 17 125 23 RICHARD FRASER/SHERCO/ / 78 18 125 5 ROBERT SHEPPERSON/SHERCO/ / 79 19 125 11 JACK HOWELL/BETA/ / 84 20 125 22 THOMAS TENNANT/SHERCO/ / 96 21 125 13 ISAAC GALE/GAS GAS/ / 125 22 125 7 CAMERON MITCHELL/GAS GAS/ / 142 23 125 3 HARRIET PEACOCK/SHERCO/ / 163 24 125 10 JORDAN HAYES/GAS GAS/ / 186 25 125 4 ROB TARREN/GAS GAS/ / 200 1 125 2 BEN HEANE/BETA/ / 68 C CLASS 80CC POS Class No. Rider Obs. Time Flag 1 80 31 JAKE EVANS-LUTER/BETA/ / 53 2 80 30 ALISTAIR BEDFORD/BETA/ / 59 3 80 32 CHRIS STAY/BETA/ / 67 4 80 29 JOEL EDWARDS/BETA/ / 68 5 80 28 GEORGE GOSDEN/BETA/ / 109 6 80 33 CRAIG TURNBULL/GAS GAS/ / 186 D CLASS MONOSHOCK POS Class No. Rider 1 MONO 52 BRADLEY ALLEN/GAS GAS/ / 20 2 MONO 40 CHRIS ALFORD/GAS GAS/ / 23 3 MONO 42 ADAM BAINES/BETA/ / 31 4 MONO 36 LUKE WALKER/GAS GAS/ / 32 5 MONO 43 DEC BULLOCK/BETA/ / 40 6 MONO 37 JACK WADDINGTON/BETA/ / 44 7 MONO 44 BRAD BULLOCK/BETA/ / 44 8 MONO 35 JACK BURCH/SHERCO/ / 45 9 MONO 39 LEE SEALEY/SHERCO/ / 50 10 MONO 38 JONATHAN STEWART/GAS GAS 51 11 MONO 34 THOMAS PARKIN/GAS GAS/ / 68 12 MONO 51 JAMES ALLEN/BETA/ / 84 13 MONO 41 DANIEL TULEY/GAS GAS/ / 93 D CLASS TWINSHOCK POS Class No. Rider 1 4 1 TWIN 50 JACK STONES/TY/ / 77 2 TWIN 49 BLAIR RODBER/TY/ / 85 3 TWIN 47 ROBERT WAITE/TY/ / 109 4 TWIN 48 CHLOE RICHARDSON/TY/ / 138 POS Class No. Rider 5 O/C 46 MCGREGOR JACK/GAS GAS/ / 37 5 O/C 45 EDWARD BERRY/BETA/ / 81 2 O/C 27 THOMAS WOLFENDEN/BETA/ / 150

C Class 125cc 1 Ben Morphett 4 lost 2 Ben McConnachie 24 3 Thomas Bleasdale 26 4 Rachard Sadler 27 lost 2 on 1st section 5 Joe Deakin 27 lost 3 on first section 6 Josh Brain 28 7 Thomas Stewart 29 8 Keelan Hancock 33 9 Jack Sheppard 34 10 Alex Hall 40 11 Sam Oliver 46 12 Philip Evans 48 13 Ben Heane 50 14 Matthew Beddoes 63 15 Richard Fraser 74 16 Jack Fantom 81 17 Ben Millichap 82 18 Jordan Fox 83 19 Cameron Mitchell 93 20 Jack Howell 94 21 Chris Hunt 113 22 Edward Wain 140 23 Jack Wilkinson 142 Guest Riders Ben Price 14 James Ray 86 Christian Welburn 59 William Brockbank 21 C Class 80cc 1 Jake Evans-Luter 41 2 Alistair Bedford 62 3 Joel Edwards 82 4 George Gosden 88 D Class Mono Shock 1 Chris Alford 8 2 Bradley Allen 28 3 Connor Bolsover 30 4 Lee Sealey 33 5 Declan Bullock 38 6 Jack Burch 44 7 Adam Baines 51 8 Luke Walker 54 9 Bradley Bullock 57 10 Sam Jennings 62 11 Jack Waddington 74 12 Connor Price 78 13 Joe Jennings 85 14 James Allen 90 15 Joe Metcalfe 93 16 Jack Thompson 100 17 Jaime Leather 109 18 Daniel Tuley 121 19 Jack Price 132 20 Marcus Wain 145 Guest Riders Liam Britland 87 Helena Britland 97 D Class 80cc Twin Shock 1 Jack Stones 67 2 Blair Rodber 85 3 Bradley Saynor 119 I think thats everyone. Well done to all the riders who seemed to enjoy it all! As for the threat to No 4 to get on with it within 3 minutes at the first section or they would give him a "10". He still finished the course as one of the last riders but did rather well!

Quote from a Serving Trafpol "If it was private land then i really dont see a problem if there is permission from the landowner. Its not a road or part of a road so therefore not covered by the RTA '88. Dont know whethwer or not you would need some sort of public liability Ins or not tho" The RTA refers to open areas accessible by vehicles. If the Field is gated it isn't covered.

Keep trying myself but nothing there or at ACU. If the results arrive in the post I will put them on the Site. Had this problem last year too!