June 19, 200620 yr The Stratford Club are holding a club trial at Top Farm near Broadway in Sunday 25th June. There will be four routes set out to cater for Experts right down to TY80's including a sidecar class. After requests to simplify the marking system, each route will be marked out from the Begins right to the end, with Experts following red arrows, Clubmen following blue arrows, Novices following yellow arrows and TY80's white arrows. Top Farm offers an interesting and new range of sections with steep wooded banks and climbs together with a purpose built arena style group of obstacles. Refreshments are also available for those wishing to stay on after the event and make use of the facilities. The venue will be signposted from Snowshill village near Broadway, for more information contact the Secretary of the meeting Mick Metcalfe on 01295 711054 Top Farm Map Edited June 19, 200620 yr by scorpa3
June 30, 200620 yr Author Evesham's Dean Basford took the premier class victory at Top Farm high on the Cotswold hills on Sunday with a total of 44 marks lost but with a remarkable last lap score of just four. Organised by the Stratford-Upon-Avon Trials club, the event featured steep wooded climbs, turns and soil which turned into gripless powder early on. As many of the 47 rider entry began to suffer with the hot dusty conditions, Basford always looked like a man on a mission. Runner Up Richard Evans was the only other rider to match Basfords four cleans over the tricky ditch crossing at section five but even he lost marks on the vertical rocky climb at section six. Here Basford was a no mood to fail, revving his 300 Gas Gas for all it was worth, showering rocks back down on the waiting riders, he recorded four superb faultless climbs. On the less extreme Clubman route Gavin Moore held his nerve to stay unpenalised, despite a serious wobble over the large log in section two on his last visit. Moore was the only Clubman to record four cleans at section nine where the single line through the trees at the top of the section deteriorated badly. This section was indeed the decider for the class, with runner up Stefan Waters and third placed Pete Barnett both loosing their only marks here. Local man Gavin Enston was best on the Beginners route dropping eight marks to Stourbridge's Dave Taylor's nine. Best Youth was Chris Wickham who rode up a class on his Beta 80 and showed many of adults the way around the steep venue. Results Stratford-Upon-Avon Club Trial. 25th June Top Farm near Broadway. A route: D.Basford (Gas Gas) 44, R.Evans (Gas Gas) 56, L.O'Reilly (Gas Gas) 77 B Route: G.Moore (Gas Gas) 0, Stefan Waters (Gas Gas) 2, Pete Barnett (Scorpa) 3 Youth B: M.Christopher (Gas Gas) 9, J.Quigg (Gas Gas) 17 C Route: G.Enston (Beta) 8, D.Taylor (Montesa) 9, E.Hinckley (Montesa) 11 Trail bike: B.Wilson (Beta Alp) 22 Youth D (Riding C Route): Chris Wickham (Beta) 43 Anyone who would like to practice at Top Farm, it is
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