Anyone going to the Ralph Varden trial this sunday? number of entries , etc cheers

The RV will be held at the Warren near Shennington.

Alan Wright is Clerk of the Course and will be setting out 20 sections all with three routes.

The event is a MIdland Centre Championship round, so expect things onthe A & B routes to be pretty tough, especially considering the wet weather that is forcast for the rest of this week.

At least the 6ft concrete wall section in the disused filter beds at the bottom of the venue doesn't get any harder when it's wet

good entry of 80+ riders - mostly on the B route.

I'm 5 miles down the road and it is absolutely chucking it down so grip is going to be a rare thing...

Did anyone ride the RV today, I do hope that you've dried out by now?

I know its normally muddy there but it seemed much worse than usual!!

The 3 Alans (Wright, Newman and Taylor) had done a sensible job with the 20 sections and even though it rained during the day, everything remained ridable. One or two suffered because the markers quickly got ridden into the mud and were not replaced.

I have no idea as to who was going well but the scores may not be as high as you might expect.

One thing though - why dont mudguards work on modern bikes, particularly on the rear?

A route.

Rob Warner 10

Mark Hicken 11

Buster Reagan 26

B route

Ali Haigh 3

Steve Clarke 3

Phil Ducker 5

Clive Charleton 5

C route

A.Abraham 5

Kevin McKullagh 9

Rusty Hart 11

Geoff Hands 11

Graham Archer 14

good result for rob the part time trials rider on a bike that will not grip !!!!!

Yes. To beat Mark Hicken on home ground is a very good ride indeed! Well done Rob.