I turned out to observe for the Evesham Club today at their Vale of Evesham trial which is a round of the Midland Centre Solo championships.

To my amazement, there were 100 riders in the entry list and the hard working secretary of the meeting Sam Wickham mentioned that she'd turned 30 away as the entry was full before the closing date.

I've been riding for just 15 years but can never remember a Midland event where riders were turned away due to being full.

It goes to show that the riders are out there. This was the first time the new 50/50 (Masters?) championship had been run, and there was a significant number of riders in this class, so perhaps the trials appeal was partly down to this.

I hope this is a trend that we are able to keep going.

I only saw six sections due to observing and they looked spot on, I hope the rest of the trial was just as good. Well done to the small number of hard working members of the Evesham club.

Pete

Yes, it was great to see the entries up, lets hope it keeps going!?

I rode the 50/50 route, my first time, the one group was very tight, if you couldn't hop you had to leg it!

All in all a huge success,

Well done Evesham

Jim