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Another look at Rounds three and four

Whilst we must remember that the second round of the series is yet to take place on the 19th May, being the St David's Trial at Neath, Clerk of the Course Paul Battensby has sent us more pictures from Shaftoe Crags near Morpeth, where the double header takes place as...

Rider Profile - Charlie Smith

Britain has a lot of young talent emerging and seventeen year old Charlie Smith from Bradford is certainly one to look out for. Finishing a superb fifth in the ACU Trial Expert class at the opening round, Charlie put his full fourteen years Trials experience to good use, cleaning twenty...

Rider Profile - Steve Harris.

Steve Harris, at the age of thirty two, is one of the more senior riders in the ACU Trial Expert Class. Living in Redditch, more or less in the centre of the country, Steve didn't start riding Trials until his thirteenth birthday, but he also had five years out concentrating...

Entries are live for the next four rounds

Whilst the majority of series riders have now entered for the St David's Trial - the second round of the series, Riders and Teams should be aware that entries for the two Tynemouth rounds (3 & 4) plus the Anthony Rew Trial (round 5) are now live on the ACU...

Rider Profile - Joe Collins

With an excellent ninth place scored at Hookwood, the next rider we take a look at is Trial GB Expert, Joe Collins from Kettering. Although only twenty Joe has been riding Trials for sixteen years and vividly remembers the moment he first beat his father when he was twelve years...

Another weekend of section marking at St Davids.

James Lamin, Rob Berry and the hard working guys in Neath were out again this weekend and this time they were concentrating on the final three sections for the forthcoming St David's Trial on the 19th May. Popular with spectators, these three sections are always used in one format or...

More St Davids Trial news.

Following our story earlier in the week about some sections at the far end of the venue high on the Welsh hillside overlooking Swansea Bay, we now have more news from the guys at the Neath MC about the sections for the second round of the championship which takes place...

Rider Profile - Tom Culliford

The next rider we have a look into is TRS UK and BVM Moto sponsored, Tom Culliford. Still only nineteen years of age, Tom has competed in various ACU British Championship events for the past seven years. His best result was fourth overall in the Youth A class in 2015...

Rider Profile - Adam Juffs

For our second rider profile we look at East Midlands teenager Adam Juffs, again pictured prior to the start of the opening round in March. At the tender age of seventeen, Adam has now been competing in Trials for seven years. In 2018 he competed in the ACU Youth Elite...

Some St Davids Sections already prepared.

With perfect weather on Good Friday, members of the Neath Club headed by James Lamin and Rob Berry were busy marking out some of the sections for the second round of the Championship, the St David's Trial, which will take place in four weeks time. Always ahead of the game,...

Rider Profile - Aldis Blacker

Over the next few months on this site we will look at riders who have committed to the series for 2019 - probably around three per week. This week we start with Aldis Blacker who intends to complete the whole series on his Gas Gas machine. He is pictured by...

Shaftoe Crags - Round 3 and 4 details revealed.

Following a visit to the venue last week, we can now reveal details of rounds three and four which will take place in the North East of the country on the 1st & 2nd June. Shaftoe Crags (Postcode NE61 4EA) will not be familiar with some riders from outside of...

Wulfsport to be a major partner

Whilst Keedwell Transport continue to retain the Series Title Sponsorship, the final details of the support from Wulfsport are now confirmed following a visit by the Series Manager, Brian Higgins to their Workington base earlier this week. Riders and spectators at the opening round in Surrey a few weeks ago...

Round Two Entries now open On Line.

We can now advise that the Entries for the St David's Trial - round two of this year's series are now open on the ACU Website Members Portal. The event, which will take place on Sunday May 19th, is at the popular Neath venue which includes a mixture of sections...

Beta take early lead in Manufacturers Championship

With outright wins in both the ACU Trial GB and ACU Trial 2 classes, Beta were virtually assured of taking the lead in the new Manufacturers Championship after the opening round at the end of March. James Dabill and Sam Connor doubled up for twenty points each and with backing...

Trial GB - Current Champion opens with a win.

In our final look back at round one we examine the ACU Trial GB class. Reigning Champion James Dabill was always going to start favourite to take the outright win but the young guns kept the pressure on during the opening lap with Jack Price (Gas Gas) completing the twelve...

Connor grabs last section ACU Trial 2 victory.

In a dramatic climax, local hero Sam Connor (Beta) snatched victory in the Trial 2 class by cleaning the final six sections when his rivals faultered. The leader in the early stages was 2018 Champion Ross Danby (TRRS) who held a slender three mark advantage over Sam Haslam (Gas Gas)...

Stay opens with an Expert class win.

The journey from the Isle of Wight was well worthwhile for Chris Stay on Saturday when he won the ACU Trial Expert Class at the opening round at Hookwood. Trailing eventual runner up Ben Morphett (Montesa) and Dan Thorpe (Gas Gas) after the opening twelve section lap, the TRRS rider...

Dabill, Connor, Harbud and Stay take honours

In front of a large and enthusiastic crowd of spectators James Dabill (Beta), Sam Connor (Beta), Brett Harbud (Beta) and Chris Stay (TRRS) won their respective classes at the opening round of the new look series which took place in perfect conditions at Hookwood in Surrey yesterday. With the exception...

Review of Round one, class by class.

Over the next four days we will take a closer look at how proceedings developed in all the classes at the opening round which took place at Hookwood in Surrey on Saturday. We will start today with the ACU Trial 125 class . With a single year experience behind him...