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Tynemouth Day one - quick review

In the closest of finishes, Jack Price (Gas Gas) defeated his closest rival, Toby Martyn (Beta) by virtue of one more "dab" after the both tied on 24 marks and the same number of cleans at Shaftoe Crags today. Martyn led after the opening twelve sections, but suffered three failures...

Tynemouth Preview.

This weekend the Series takes in two rounds with a visit to the North East of the Country at Shaftoe Crags near Morpeth for the third and fourth round of the championship. Jack Price currently heads the standings in the ACU Trial GB Class, but only by a single point...

Double header this weekend.

This weekend the action moves to the North East with rounds three and four taking place on Saturday and Sunday at Shaftoe Crags, a few miles inland from Newcastle Airport. The open fell land course is ideal for spectators and the organising Tynemouth Motor Club have prepared approx. twenty sections...

Profile ACU Expert - Tom Ablewhite.

In what is likely to be the final Rider Profile ahead of the busy first half of June with three rounds in as many weeks, we take a look at Lincolnshire rider Tom Ablewhite. Now twenty six years old, Tom first experienced the skill of Trial riding on a 125cc...

Gas Gas take Manufacturers Championship lead.

It could not be tighter at the top of the newly introduced Manufacturers Championship after the St David's Trial with Gas Gas and TRRS taking over the lead from Beta by a single point! Both Gas Gas and TRRS have scored ninety seven points, with the Italian brand just one...

ACU Trial GB Class review from St Davids Trial.

Jack Price (Gas Gas) heads off to the first Trial GP round in Italy this weekend holding a single point lead in the domestic championship from Toby Martin (Beta), whilst Dan Peace (Sherco) sits in third ready to pounce on the leading pair. Current Champion, James Dabill has elected not...

Champion Danby strikes back in ACU Trial 2.

Following a defeat in the opening round, Ross Danby (TRRS) won the ACU Trial 2 class at the St David's Trial in a convincing manner and in doing so heads the series after two rounds. In a tough battle for second spot, Returning punch cards of fifteen and eighteen set...

Another Price at the top.

TRRS rider Lloyd Price took the ACU Trial Expert Class win at the St David's and with it gained the coveted Point-S Red Plate as Series Leader. A brilliant second lap, completing the twelve sections for zero marks lost set up the win for the rider from Maesteg, but it...

St Davids Video Clip now online.

We are pleased to announce that we now seem to have sorted the gremlins with the website and a short (two minute) clip of some of the action from round two can now be found by clicking the "Videos" button at the top of this page. We hope to improve...

ACU Trial 125 Class St Davids Report

As the series heads off to Tynemouth for a double header in two weeks time, two riders are tying at the top of the ACU Trial 125 Class after Ben Dignan (Gas Gas) reversed the roles from round one and comfortably beat Brett Harbud (Beta) this time round. Both riders...

Brief Summary of the St Davids Trial.

Jack Price, pictured on the opening section, Ross Danby, Ben Dignan and Lloyd Price all won their respective classes in todays St David's Trial which was the second round of the 2019 series. Whilst Gas Gas and TRRS riders shared the spoils with the top step of the podiums, no...

St Davids Preview - Trial GB and Trial 2

Round two takes place this Sunday with the St David’s Trial, high above Aberdulais in South Wales. With current Champion, James Dabill not being able to commit to the whole series there will be a new holder of the coveted red plate at the end of the event in...

St Davids Spectator Information.

Regular visitors to the St David's Trial will know their way around the course at Llety Rafel Farm, but a first time visitor may find this information useful as the whole course is about three and a half kilometers long. The opening pair of sections are situated just along the...

Preview of ACU Trial Expert and Trial 125 classes

The St David's Trial ACU Expert Class boasts big entry on Sunday. Thirty two riders will compete in the ACU Expert Class with Chris Stay, Ben Morphett and Dan Thorpe who all stood on the podium at the first round fending off challenges from Sam Yeomans and Charlie Smith....

Profile of the day - Aiden Bowker

Coming from a motorcycling family background it was always likely that nineteen year old Aiden Bowker was going to follow in his father, Neil's footsteps, by becoming an off road all rounder. We caught up with the Bowker's after Neil had just finished competing in the SSDT. Currently a Business...

Final layout at the St Davids

In glorious sunshine, the team at Neath were busy at the weekend doing the final marking and preparation for the second round of the series which takes place on Sunday. It has been confirmed that six of the twelve ACU Trial GB sections on each of the three laps will...

Tyler Rendall - Profile.

Although he is out of action for a few weeks with injury to a couple of fingers due to an accident at work, we take a look at up and coming West Country rider, Tyler Rendall. Having received a tremendous amount of backing from his parents, Steve and Nicky over...

Further around the course at Tynemouth.

Following our preview of the earlier sections last week, we now move two third of the way round the course to the wooded hillside which will form part of the Trial on both days. The furthest away from the start area on the anti clockwise loop, the group here will...

Jersey Rider - Richard Pallot.

Living in the South of the Island of Jersey, competing in the ACU Trial GB Series has it's challenges for twenty year old Richard Pallot, but coming from a Trials family background where father Tony and also Grandfather competed in Trials, makes a huge difference. A Welder / Engineer by...

Rider Profile - Tom McCabe

Sometimes it is quite refreshing to hear that a rider enjoys his work life just as much as his Trials riding and that is exactly what Farnham Expert, Tom McCabe does. A Bricklayer, Groundworker and Digger Driver by trade, Tom freely admits to loving his work and although he works...