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TALK TRIALS TONI BOU
STILL WINNING My years of hard work and training have made me into what I am today: the undisputed motorcycle trials world champion both indoor and outdoor. The support from my team at Repsol Honda and all my sponsors give me 100% and, in return when I am holding the Renthal handlebars of the Cota 4RT in the competition, I give them the same. I understand that changes have to be made in any sport for it to progress and I am very happy to say that after the opening round of the new TrialGP format for 2017, I am still winning. WORDS: TONI BOU AND JOHN HULME
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or the first time in my motorcycle trials career, qualifying was introduced at the opening round of the FIM Trial World Championship in 2017. Yes, I was very nervous and I did feel the pressure as one mistake could have spelt disaster for me as we only have the one go at making a good time to decide our starting position on race day. As it turned out, my young fellow Repsol Honda team rider, Jamie Busto, set the quickest time at 29.47. I was second at 30.29 with Adam Raga third at 30.89. Yes, it was that close. With qualifying over I knew it would not be such a problem for Jamie to watch me for a change! After starting the event in the morning in bright sunshine, a massive thunderstorm halfway through the first lap totally changed the nature of the hazards. Albert Cabestany had qualified badly and as an early starter gained an advantage in the rain, leaving me trailing him by a single mark with Adam breathing down my neck one mark behind. In very difficult conditions on the second and final lap, all my pre-season training came into play as I opened up a significant lead to start my 2017 outdoor season in the best possible way with a win – happy days! Until Next Time – Ride On! – Toni
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TRIALS ROUND-UP
2017 FIM X-Trial World Championship
In an exciting final round of the championship Toni Bou proved to be the absolute master, to further extend his record breaking win of consecutive FIM X-Trial World Championships to eleven and with it take his 52nd individual round win in the process of this incredible adventure from 75 starts. In truth the only rider who could stop the dominant Bou is his long standing rival and fellow Spanish rider Adam Raga on the TRS. He has pushed Bou all the way this season and taken the championship to the final round in this short World Championship competition contested over only four rounds, but eventually had to once again take the second step on the podium. With Albert Cabestany having a nightmare in France at the final round in Nice, finishing 7th, his fellow Spanish rider Jeroni Fajardo took 3rd overall in the championship by just two marks.
Spain Reign — 2017 X-Trial Des Nations
Spain, represented by the Repsol Honda team riders Toni Bou and Jaime Busto, were the worthy winners of the 2017 FIM X-Trial des Nations held in Pau in France in April. After two laps of six sections the formidable pairing ran out the easy winners to record Spain’s eleventh consecutive success in this team competition. Representing Great Britain, Gas Gas riders James Dabill and Jack Price survived a disastrous second lap to claim the runner-up spot just a single mark ahead of France’s duo of Alexandre Ferrer – Sherco, and Benoit Bincaz – Scorpa. Five nations were represented in the competition in Pau consisting of Spain, Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany. Each team had two riders, with one team member having to be under the age of twenty-five as the new eligibility rule was applied for the second year in a row to the competition. Photo credit: Reygondeau/GoodShoot
Scott Trial Presentation
2017 FIM X-TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPION: 1: Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP) 80; 2: Adam Raga (TRS-ESP) 60;
3: Jeroni Fajardo (Vertigo-ESP) 37; 4: Albert Cabestany (Sherco-ESP) 35; 5: Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda-JPN) 20; 6: James Dabill (Gas Gas-GBR) 19; 7: Jamie Busto (Repsol Honda-ESP) 15; 8: Franz Kadlec (Gas Gas-GER) 5; 9: Alexandre Ferrer (Sherco-FRA) 4; 10: Loris Gubian (Beta-FRA) 1.
NICE (FRANCE), 31.03.2017, RESULTS: 1: Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP) 0; 2:
Adam Raga (TRS-ESP) 6; 3: Jeroni Fajardo (Vertigo-ESP) 13; 4: James Dabill (Gas Gas-GBR) 13.
Don Morley – APMC Position Renowned international photographer and trials rider Don Morley has taken over as the next Honorary President of The Association of Pioneer Motorcyclists (APMC). Ken Blake, who is the APMC’s previous Honorary President and now the new Chairman, welcomed Don to his new post at a special investiture meeting of the Association. Don is the 49th Honorary President in the Association’s 70 year history, and most of his predecessors have either been former TT racing or motorcycle industry greats so it is regarded as being a wonderful personal honour. Morley spoke of his new position: “I still have no clue as to how or why I was chosen although I have been an APMC committee member in the past. The APMC is in fact a life membership association, open to anyone who has held a motorcycle licence for 50 years or more, but is in fact stuffed full of former competitive riders like ourselves.” Don Morley has achieved much in his career as a sports and world photographic correspondent and is very well respected in the industry. Don Morley is seen here on the right accepting his investiture. 8
On Friday 7th April at The Buck Hotel, Reeth, The Scott Trial charity donations were handed out to many local recipients. Richmond Motor Club President Nigel Cummins presented the cheques to the various local charities. A grand total of £10,975 was given out this year, which included £3,475 that was raised by a Charity Team at the trial to be donated to The Mark Adams Trust. This latest donations brings the total to over £160,000 since Richmond Motor Club took over running of the Scott Trial in 1991. The Richmond Motor Club thanked all who helped and sponsor the trial, far too numerous to mention, and thoughts now turn to this year’s trial which is on 21st October 2017. The list of recipients are as follows (in no particular order): Swaledale Scouts, Swaledale Mountain Rescue, Friends of Reeth and Gunnerside Primary Schools, Reeth and Gunnerside Schools Fund, Ravensworth Primary School, Arkengarthdale Primary School, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Great North Air Ambulance, Leyburn Primary School, Reeth Young Farmers, Swaledale Seedlings, St. Johns Centre Wednesday Club, RABI, Hambleton and Richmondshire MS Society, Richmond Cricket Club youth, Moorland Assoc, St. Teresa’s Hospice, DELTA, Holmedale Preschool, Richmond Cricket Club, Wensleydale Rugby Club Development Fund, Gamekeepers Welfare Trust, ACU Benevolent Fund, The Mowbray Suite at the Friarage Hospital, The Alistair Bullen Memorial Fund, Homestart, Just The Job, Robert Dent Memorial Fund, Marrick Institute, and The British Lung Foundation.
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TRIALS ROUND-UP
New IRC Tyre
ACU joins LARA
The problem surrounding land access is an issue that everyone associated with motorsport could do without, whether that be organisers of two-wheeled or four-wheeled sport. LARA is the motoring organisation’s Land Access and Recreation Association and acts as a national forum for the principal groups in countryside motor sport and recreation. The ACU have now upgraded their membership of LARA to Full Members, which means that LARA now have representation over all four user groups: motorsport / recreation two, three and four wheels. John Collins, Chairman ACU Ltd said “Until recently, the ACU were Associate Members of LARA, however we have been working very closely with Alan Kind and LARA on a couple of issues which could have had and still may have a wide effect on motorsport in general. Land Access is vital to our off-road activities and as such we need to put our support where it is required in order to protect offroad sport. LARA is an important vehicle to deliver this.” Andrew Knightly-Brown, Chairman of LARA commented “This is excellent news and I am delighted to have the ACU back on board as a full member. This really adds teeth to the LARA machine and enhances our position across the range of motorsport and recreational activity.” For further information on LARA and its activities please go to: www.laragb.org
Established in 1974, Staniforths are proud to announce the release of the all new and improved TR011 tubeless rear trials tyre. As the sole UK importer of IRC tyres they have supplied the Japanese brand in the trials market for many years. The new tyre will have more purchase on the sealing band, eradicating any loss of pressure and giving a much stronger fit on the wheel rim for a much better, air tight seal. The new tyres are available through the Staniforths dealer network in the UK. To help promote the new tyres IRC were at the Pre-65 SSDT where Mike Rapley presented John Gornall, on the left, with a new set of the rubber for his efforts in the two day competition.
Steve Bradley It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Steve Bradley. The 62-year-old Otley based motor engineer collapsed and died while he was spectating at the Cameron Hill group of sections at the Pre-65 SSDT. He lived and breathed trials along with his son Joel, and in particular had an interest in the Scott Trial after Steve’s father Harry published a book on the history of the famous trial.
Trial Magazine: Kia Continuing our long relationship with the main Kia dealers Triangle of Chesterfield, we took delivery of the latest generation Sorrento model as a support vehicle for the Scottish Six Days Trial. Ticking all the boxes for our needs if it’s a new Kia you are interested in take a look at their advert in this issue, and mention Trial Magazine, you never know!
Rock Oil partners with Sport7 Rock Oil are delighted to announce a partnership with Sport7, who have been appointed the official promoter of the FIM Trial World Championship that now falls under the TrialGP banner. As the official lubricant partner to the series the agreement will showcase the Rock Oil brand including a range of branding, experiential, hospitality and marketing rights. The global reach of the series will help both their UK and export business across all market sectors. Jake Miller from Sport7 is on the left, with Rock Oil’s Managing Director Greg Hewitt on the right.
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As a tribute to his father Joel (pictured) rode his father’s machine in the street parade in Fort William on the Sunday, where he was well supported by the trials community and his many friends.
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We are excited to announce that the next issue of our sister publication, Classic Trial Magazine issue number 21, will be available in the next few weeks. For those of you who have never seen the magazine available in the Newsagents, it’s because it’s a subscription only publication. In its 100 pages, it follows the same format in A4 size as this magazine and brings you some of the best trials pictures and machine tests that you will ever find covering the classic year’s right through to the air-cooled mono-shock era. It’s a quarterly publication with four issues published per year. It’s very easy to take a subscription by going to our website: www. trialmaguk.com where you can use the dropdown toolbar to find Classic Trial Magazine Subscriptions and payment can be easily made by Paypal. You can also take a subscription by calling: 01663 744766 but please note that we can only offer this facility on Monday and Fridays between 10.00am-14.00pm. On the website you can also view the many back issue copies that we still have available for those who have missed out. www.trialmaguk.com
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he Spanish brand Montesa, and Jim Sandiford go hand in hand. The Sandiford family have imported the machines since the late sixties. When Jim Sandiford passed away in 1993 it was his son and daughter Martin and Caroline who were left to continue with the business. They have successfully negotiated their way to enviable success with sales of machines, and competition success including SSDT and Scott Trial wins. In a male dominated sport it was Caroline who looked after the logistics. She has attended every SSDT since a very early age. With the change of direction in the Montesa/ Honda trials importership she will not have the famous Montesa hospitality in the Parc Ferme, leading herfter to have months her of first planning, holiday in TrialGP May! “I really don’t is finally know up what and I’m running. going toThe do with myself that first opening weekevent in May… in Spain It’s going was to a real be very strange.test Myon brother everyislevel, sad but with relieved... the bad he really hated weather andthe the headache late reaction that went of certain with itriders all, but I still to thelove changes that place for 2017. and the Despite event,these it stillweighty is Dad for me… What challenges, it is will fair I do? to say .. I that will probably the Sport7 stillteam drive to Fort on the William ground delivered for a few days’ and delivered holiday and well forwith the firstevent the time in being over declared 17 years watch a real some success sections. by the That majority vast will certainly of the beriders, a novelty, the after FIM and having all been the confined fans Spanish to thethat Parcbraved Fermethe daythunderstorms in day out running and our service for such a long time. I can’t NOT do the hailstones! drive Change up through is neverGlencoe, welcomed wave with atopen the tree arms, growing and out knew we of thethat, rockalthough (long story… we perhaps but as kids underestimated Dad used to wake just howus much up to it look mightatbe theresisted same! –initially. Ask Hemmo’s We and any were veryLampkin, disappointed they used that ato select get woken few riders up to look at ittheir brought as well!) concerns But yes, to the totable watch the some day sections before would the opening be nice. event Although after they I am were sureaware I willof feel thelike new a sparefor rules part. over Notwo working months outand of delay beforetimes they had (Wow)... even I can do them in my head I’ve been doing those for so long, but I’m sure someone will chuck their delay card at me with the words “Caz – how long have I got?” Don’t get me wrong, the 14 hours (sometimes) on that car park is extremely hard work; the loading of all the spares, the setting out of the same, the preparation and logistics of the “hire” bikes, looking after riders… it’s always classed in our family as THE WORST WEEK of the year… but it still holds that special place in our
hearts. Our hospitality was branded “second to none” – other “contracted” riders used to try and sneak in for some of our scram… we generally let them. This sport is so family orientated it is (and will be) very difficult for someone from outside to integrate and ours is certainly a VERY hard act to follow.
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To win with James in 2007 was unbelievable… Stood at the bottom of the hill with all my and James’s family before he rode up onto the finish ramp, and to see his (and team riders Jack Lee and Andy Huddleston’s) body language as they rode downWORDS: the backJAKE street.. We knew he’d done it... I MILLER • PHOTOS: SPORT7 cried... Personally for me that year I needed that, he knew had a chance that and to test didn’t the changes. disappoint. Anyway, It wasfinally utterly fantastic a resolution andwas a real found, teamand effort. the much-anticipated Exactly what this sport is all about. qualification ran without As for Amos a hitch.inIt2002, was warmly well what can I say... received by Amos many of and the this riders, family greatly haveappreciated a friendship going by the back large YEARS crowd that (Back watched to Cyclo on and Trials served Days)up a and surprises few his win was plusvery plenty veryofspecial applause. and was celebrated Pushing the as only boundaries Amos can!! the ground-breaking live Now Facebook I’m notbroadcast going to get was into notthe without politics, its the issues global and was meltdown a real test and in the remote impact location that hadthat on was Montesa. several miles Theaway phone from is ringing a powerdaily socket at the andmoment a with the “Why conventional WiFi aren’t connection. you doingLessons the Montesa have been service in learned, and Scotland?” we look forward and it’sto a question deliveringwe more cannot live politically content over answer. the coming The switch roundstotofour-stroke bring the fans (and being the closer to the leaders) action.should have paved the way for Montesa, With Saturday’s but across qualification the board itout increased of the way, the base costs Sunday brought of thethe bikes main and event, therefore which the began retail.with The economy blue skies andtook sunshine a downturn overhead andand thefifteen buyingof the public best natural couldsections no longer onjustify offer for such all athree highclasses. end cost (despite The first the lap brand’s played out unrivalled mainly in reliability). the dry before Twostrokes made a resurgence… sales of four-strokes diminished. With over 40 years of experience and Montesa contacts all over the world we are a stick of Montesa rock... cut us in half and that’s what is says... Coupled with unsurpassable knowledge and experience of the brand it’s been a sad demise… But looking forward, we as a family still have a commitment to the sport. That’s what Trials is about – always has been and always will be... Trials = Family and lifelong Friendships … simple.
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several storms hit the area. The rain and hailstones played havoc with the sections and saw scores on the second lap rise more than was hoped for. That said, most hazards were still very rideable. Thankfully, despite the extreme conditions, the new electronic scoring system remained robust, and for the first time in the 43-year history of the championship, it was possible to deliver live official results that could be viewed by all via the new TrialGP Live app and on the large monitors back in the paddock. TrialGP has taken its first step and has hopefully already shown the benefits of bringing a professional promoter to the series; that said, we know that there is much more work to be done and improvements to be made, but right now I am extremely proud of what the Sport7 team achieved in really testing conditions. One event complete, S3just CHAMPIONSHIP with eight more to go!
POSITIONS AFTER 6 OF 8 ROUNDS
WORLD TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP LADIES (ROUTE A): 1: Joanne Coles (Gas Gas) 16; 2: Becky Cook (Sherco) 22; 3: Emma Bristow (Gas Gas) 38; 4: Donna Fox (Sherco) 52.
YOUTH A CLASS (ROUTE A): 1: Hannah Styles (Gas Gas) 65; 2: Danielle Whitham (Beta) 100.
YOUTH B CLASS (ROUTE B): 1: Chloe Richardson
(Sherco) 10; 2: Nikita Smith (Gas Gas) 12; 3: Kate Hunter (Sherco) 41; 4: Simone Wallis (Gas Gas) 53; 5: Hannah Richardson (Gas Gas) 63.
YOUTH C CLASS (ROUTE C): 1: Beth Waite (Beta) 13; 2: Maise Payne (Beta) 26; 3: Naimh Richardson (Beta) 30; 4: Gabby Whitham (Beta) 66; 5: Alice Minta (Gas Gas) 97.
LADIES INTERMEDIATE (ROUTE B): 1: Emma
Morphett (Beta) 25; 2: Lianda Dabill (Gas Gas) 28; 3: Caz Alford (Gas Gas) 28; 4: Harriet Shore (Gas Gas) 43; 5: Vicky Ellis (Beta) 45.
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FIM TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Promoted by Sport7, the new TrialGP FIM Trial World Championship opened its doors for the first time in Spain.
TrialGP is go The opening round of this year’s Trial World Championship arrived with the riders welcomed to Camprodon in Spain with an exciting 2017 series to look forward to, as the introduction of a new promoter Sport7 would bring many changes with it. The area for the trial world championship offered a vast range of challenging conditions including rivers, rocks and steep climbs found in abundance in this mountainous region in the Pyrenees close to the French border. Motorcycle trials has witnessed many changes over the years. The sport started to generate European interest in the early sixties and a new championship was introduced titled the ‘Challenge Henri Gouthars’ series in 1964. In 1968 the series was granted FIM European status and was won by Sammy Miller, riding a Bultaco. With motorcycle trials becoming better recognised internationally the FIM granted full world championship status in 1975. Spain has hosted a round ever since as the series has grown, but the venue this year is a new and virgin one where the new promoters would introduce some radical changes. ARTICLE: YOOMEE
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ringing trials in line with the other FIM motorcycle world championship disciplines, TrialGP is the top category featuring the most elite riders. The other classes are as follows: Trial2, Trial125, TrialGP Women and Trial2 Women, with these categories making up the rest of the championship. The latter three classes would only contest six of the eight events. The 2017 FIM Trial World Championship 20
will be contested over eight rounds in venues all around the globe. Six events will take place on a single day, with the other two far away rounds in Japan and America having two days of points scoring rounds, making a total of ten points-scoring championship events for TrialGP and Trial2. Qualifying will take place the day before to decide the competition day’s starting order, with observation and time deciding the
better start positions making for an exciting start to each event. Promoters Sport7 have also introduced a new format for the TrialGP classes. Each day’s competition will include fifteen sections contested over two laps with a maximum time allowance of five hours. This will be allocated as two-and-a-half hours per lap, with a twenty-minute break after the first lap is completed. Another ‘first’ for the championship
is changes to the manufacturers’ championship and the way the points are scored. Montesa/Honda has dominated this category with 23 victories since its introduction in 1975. For 2017, manufacturers that have registered for this championship are able to choose a maximum of two riders per constructor, from the two categories TrialGP and Trial2, with the top riders in each class awarded points towards the constructors’ championship. JUNE-JULY 2017 • TRIAL MAGAZINE
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Jamie Busto (Repsol Honda-ESP) recorded history as the first winner of the newly introduced qualification process in the FIM Trial World Championship.
Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP) The action started in this new era of world trials in the bright sunshine. Starting on time the new elimination procedure over the qualifying section was soon under way and added a new dimension to the sport. After watching some spirited attempts from the Trial125 followed by the Trial2 class it was time for the TrialGP riders. The starting positions offered were decided by ballot and, as you would expect from Takahisa ‘Fullgas’ Fujinami he soon set the benchmark, but parted with a single foot down to hamper his progress up the order. Toni Bou was then the one to lead the way before a very smooth but spectacular Jamie Busto raised the bar as the last rider, Eddie Karlsson, went out to claim the last position after he also parted with a mark. After the event opened to a fine start during the qualifying round on day one the conditions on race day took a turn for the worst as a thunderstorm halfway through the opening lap changed the nature of the 15 dry hazards. Heavy rain and hail came down and the conditions deteriorated quickly, affecting all three classes. Taking full advantage of this situation after a poor qualification, Albert Cabestany on the Sherco took a very slender lead going into the second lap just one mark in front of the ten-time FIM World Champion Toni Bou and two marks ahead of Adam Raga on the TRS. The youngest member of the Repsol Honda team, Jamie Busto, was the last rider out on the course but was not able to take advantage of this situation as the weather favoured the earlier riding numbers. After finishing the first lap just
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Franz Kadlec (Gas Gas-GER) entertains the crowd with his qualifying attempt that yielded 5th position. outside the top four on very close marks in a group which included Jeroni Fajardo on the Vertigo and Fujinami and Jorge Casales on the Beta, the podium dream for Jamie came crashing down with nine five-mark penalties incurred on the second lap. On his way to another clear victory and his 90th outdoor world championship win Toni Bou just got better, opening up a winning twelvemark advantage from his career-long rival Adam Raga. Despite the changes to the event format it was very much a podium as seen before, as fellow Spanish rider Albert Cabestany took the final step. The battle for fourth position was much closer as Jeroni Fajardo finished just one mark in front of Japan’s Fujinami, who was the first non-Spanish rider. After a poor 2016 season by his standards Casales showed much better form to push a very disappointed Busto into seventh. Great Britain’s James Dabill on the Gas Gas rescued a poor opening lap to move into eighth, followed by another of the hot young talents from Spain, Miquel Gelabert on the Sherco, in ninth with Italian champion Matteo Grattarola rounding off the top ten on the Gas Gas. Despite the many changes at the top level of the sport the reigning champion Toni Bou has once again thrown down the gauntlet as he took a clear-cut win on home soil in Spain. His latest victory also gained valuable points for Montesa in the new-format constructors’ championship, with an important win for Trial2 rider Gabriel Marcelli who is also four-stroke mounted on the Cota 4RT.
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Adam Raga (TRS-ESP) as normal pushed Bou all the way until his rival opened up a lead towards the conclusion of the day’s action.
Jeroni Fajardo (Vertigo-ESP) missed the podium after an opening lap that was poor by his standards.
Albert Cabestany (Sherco-ESP) used all his experience in the very difficult conditions when the heavens opened, to make the final step on the podium.
Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda-JPN) was disappointed to miss fourth position after his eventual score was marked down as more than he thought.
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The weather conditions went from brilliant sunshine to a massive downpour as the first lap concluded. On the second lap the hail stones came down with the rain by the bucket-full.
James Dabill (Gas Gas-GBR) was left with too much work to do to challenge for the top positions after a poor opening lap.
The 2017 format may have changed but the podium riders remain the same as in the opening round in Spain 2016, where Albert Cabestany (Sherco-ESP) won with Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP) second and Adam Raga (TRS-ESP) third. This year the orders were reversed.
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Miquel Gelabert (Sherco-ESP) will have his eyes firmly set on a top-five finish as the season unfolds.
Matteo Grattarola (Gas Gas-ITA) rounded off the top ten positions.
Jack Price (Gas Gas-GBR) was making his first appearance in the TrialGP class and was understandably nervous. With his regular minder Oliver Sharp injured, Jack was in the very secure hands of Michael Brown who guided him to a very rewarding thirteenth position and his first points of the season.
QUALIFYING: 1: Jamie Busto (Repsol Honda-ESP) 29.47; 2: Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP) 30.29; 3: Adam Raga (TRSESP) 30.89; 4: Arnau Farre (Gas Gas-ESP) 32.06; 5: Jeroni Fajardo (Vertigo-ESP) 32.23; 6: James Dabill (Gas Gas-GBR) 32.88; 7: Franz Kadlec (Gas Gas-GER) 33.34; 8: Jorge Casales (Beta-ESP) 33.47; 9: Alexandre Ferrer (Sherco-FRA) 35.20; 10: Jack Price (Gas Gas-GBR) 35.28; 11: Benoit Bincaz (Scorpa-FRA) 35.66; 12: Loris Gubian (Beta-FRA) 35.77; 13: Miquel Gelabert (Sherco-ESP) 36.74; 14: Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda-JPN) 1 + 32.00; 15: Eddie Karlsson (MontesaSWE) 1 + 33.66. RESULTS: 1: Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP) 46; 2: Adam Raga (TRS-ESP) 58; 3: Albert Cabestany (Sherco-ESP) 72; 4: Jeroni Fajardo (Vertigo-ESP) 84; 5: Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol HondaJPN) 84; 6: Jorge Casales (Beta-ESP) 89; 7: Jamie Busto (Repsol Honda-ESP) 92; 8: James Dabill (Gas Gas-GBR) 98; 9: Miquel Gelabert (Sherco-ESP) 96; 10: Matteo Grattarola (Gas Gas-ITA) 96; 11: Oriol Noguera (Gas Gas-ESP) 103; 12: Franz Kadlec (Gas Gas-GER) 107; 13: Jack Price (Gas Gas-GBR) 107; 14: Benoit Bincaz (Scorpa-FRA) 108; 15: Eddie Karlsson (Montesa-SWE) 109.
2017 TRIALGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS RESULTS: 1: Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP) 20; 2: Adam Raga (TRS-ESP) 17; 3: Albert Cabestany (Sherco-ESP) 15; 4: Jeroni Fajardo (Vertigo-ESP) 13; 5: Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol HondaJPN) 11; 6: Jorge Casales (Beta-ESP) 10; 7: Jamie Busto (Repsol Honda-ESP) 9; 8: James Dabill (Gas Gas-GBR) 8; 9: Miquel Gelabert (Sherco-ESP) 7; 10: Matteo Grattarola (Gas Gas-ITA) 6; 11: Oriol Noguera (Gas Gas-ESP) 5; 12: Franz Kadlec (Gas Gas-GER) 4; 13: Jack Price (Gas Gas-GBR) 3; 14: Benoit Bincaz (Scorpa-FRA) 2; 15: Eddie Karlsson (Montesa-SWE) 1.
2017 FIM MANUFACTURES’ CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: 1: Montesa-ESP 40; 2: TRRS-ESP 32; 3: Beta-ITA 27; 4: Gas Gas-ESP 19; 5: Vertigo-ESP 19; 5: Sherco-ESP 15; 6: Scorpa-FRA 3.
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Hakan Pedersen (Gas Gas-NOR) set the standard in qualifying with a time of 25.46, followed by Filippo Locca (Beta-ITA) at 25.61 and Francesc Moret (Montesa-ESP) 25.83. The action started in qualification, with Norway’s Hakan Pedersen setting the standard with the fastest time as three riders did sub-26-second times. But as with Busto in the TrialGP class Hakan could not turn this advantage into a solid race day result. Everyone knew at the start of the season that this very competitive class would throw up some surprises as potentially you have ten riders who can all win a round during the course of the championship. Now officially a world championship and not just a ‘Cup’ class the 2016 winner Jack Price had moved up into the TrialGP class for 2017, so a few fireworks are expected as we look for a new world champion. Having moved through the world championship into the Trial2 class with support from the Spanish Federation, Gabriel Marcelli on the Montesa had not looked anything special in the qualification, taking eleventh position. Fellow team rider and also four-stroke mounted on the Cota 4RT, Francesc Moret used all his experience to gain an opening lap advantage, parting with just nine marks. A round winner last year, Luca Petrella was next on twelve on the TRS, followed closely – just a single mark behind – by the elder of the two Peace brothers from Great Britain Dan on the Gas Gas. Last year’s runner-up in the ‘cup’ class was Welsh rider Iwan Roberts on the Beta, who trailed Peace by just a single mark. Eventual winner Marcelli was a lowly eighth, on 21 marks lost. In the rapidly deteriorating wet and cold conditions Spain’s Gabriel Marcelli finally managed to gain the advantage on section eight to take a single-mark win from Roberts, who was far from happy with his final score claiming he had parted with fewer marks than had been recorded. The secret for Marcelli was his two consistent laps of 20 and 21 to give him the close victory over Roberts. In third position, and showing his championship credentials, Petrella kept in front of a chasing pack on the TRS. The next positions were separated by single marks, with Moret fourth followed by the Gas Gas pairing of the two brothers Dan and Jack peace. It was the same for the remainder of the top ten that included another Spanish Federation rider Marc Riba on the TRS followed by yet another 2016 round winner Gael Chatagno from France, who has moved from Sherco to Gas Gas in his quest for a world title. The last two remaining top ten positions would be taken by regular world series rider Filippo Locca from Italy on the Beta. Great Britain’s Toby Martyn made his world championship debut on the Vertigo and should be happy with his top-ten performance as he continues the process of learning at this high level of competition.
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Luca Petrella (TRS-ITA) has enough experience to challenge for the title in 2017.
Dan Peace (Gas Gas-GBR) was riding with a heavily supported right knee after a crash in the European Championship a few weeks before.
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Jack Peace (Gas Gas-GBR) won last year’s 125cc championship and should be very happy with his debut in the 2017 Trial2 class, finishing just one mark behind his elder brother.
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Toby Martyn (Vertigo-GBR) looked nervous but the potential is in there, and needs nurturing out in this early stage of his career.
Gael Chatagno (Gas Gas-FRA) was very disappointed with his riding level in Spain.
Gabriel Marcelli (ESP) takes the top step from Iwan Roberts (GBR) and Luca Petrella (ITA).
2017 TRIAL2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING: 1: Hakan Pedersen (Gas Gas-NOR) 25.46; 2: Filippo Locca (Beta-ITA) 25.61; 3: Francesc Moret (MontesaESP) 25.83; 4: Toby Martyn (Vertigo-GBR) 26.48; 5: Marc Riba (TRS-ESP) 27.42; 6: Noe Pretalli (Montesa (CHE) 27.65; 7: Luca Petrella (TRS-ITA) 28.10; 8: Gael Chatagno (Gas Gas-FRA) 28.18; 9: Teo Colairo (Beta-ITA) 28.48; 10: Dan Peace (Gas Gas-GBR) 28.60; 11: Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa-ESP) 28.89; 12: Sondre Haga (TRS-NOR) 29.00; 13: Max Faude (Beta-GER) 30.42; 14: Iwan Roberts (Beta-GBR) 30.80; 15: Sascha Neumann (Scorpa-GER) 31.92.
RESULTS: 1: Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa-ESP) 41; 2: Iwan Roberts (Beta-GBR) 42; 3: Luca Petrella (TRS-ITA) 48; 4: Francesc Moret (Montesa-ESP) 50; 5: Dan Peace (Gas Gas-GBR) 51; 6: Jack Peace (Gas Gas-GBR) 52; 7: Marc Riba (TRS-ESP) 54; 8: Gael Chatagno (Gas Gas-FRA) 58; 9: Filippo Locca (Beta-ITA) 59; 10: Toby Martyn (Vertigo-GBR) 61; 11: Teo Colairo (Beta-ITA) 64; 12: Dec Bullock (Beta-GBR) 66; 13: Hakan Pedersen (Gas GasNOR) 69; 14: Sondre Haga (TRS-NOR) 72; 15: Aniol Gelabert (Scorpa-ESP) 82.
2017 TRIAL2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS RESULTS: 1: Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa-ESP) 20; 2: Iwan Roberts
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(Beta-GBR) 17; 3: Luca Petrella (TRS-ITA) 15; 4: Francesc Moret (Montesa-ESP) 13; 5: Dan Peace (Gas Gas-GBR) 11; 6: Jack Peace (Gas Gas-GBR) 10; 7: Marc Riba (TRS-ESP) 9; 8: Gael Chatango (Gas Gas-FRA) 8; 9: Filippo Locca (Beta-ITA) 7; 10: Toby Martyn (Vertigo-GBR) 6; 11: Teo Colairo (Beta-ITA) 5; 12: Dec Bullock (Beta-GBR) 4; 13: Hakan Pedersen (Gas Gas-NOR) 3; 14: Sondre Haga (TRS-NOR) 2; 15: Aniol Gelabert (Scorpa-ESP) 1.
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Billy Green (Beta-GBR) is a breath of fresh air to the new series and will sense the smell of victory after the first round.
Hugo Dufrese (Gas Gas-FRA) could be the next ‘Mighty Atom’ after a very slightly built Michael Brown from Great Britain was christened with the nickname originally. Small in stature but big on ability — remember the name.
Kieran Touly (Sherco-FRA) comes with support from the French federation.
Vold Gunvaldsen (Beta-NOR) will be happy with the top five.
With a full house of twenty riders from seven nations the Trial125 class certainly has an international feel about it. This class is where the TrialGP adventure begins, and the young riders on the 125cc capacity machines can catch you out with surprise winners. In truth, interest from both the riders and the manufacturers has been lost over the last few years, and that is in no way removing any credit from its previous winners. As with the Trial2 class the qualification section was made a little more flowing and did not follow the lines of the TrialGP class. French rider Fabien Poirot on the Gas Gas posted the fastest time, but only just. His time of 29.34 was followed closely by Germany’s Jarmo Robrahn, also Gas Gas mounted, at 29.83 with all the other times over 32 seconds. Eventual winner Lorenzo Gandola from Italy on the Scorpa had posted the fifth fastest time in qualifying and rode a very solid event. His opening lap
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score of 13 was followed very closely with a single mark separating him from France’s ‘Pocket Rocket’ Hugo Dufrese on his Gas Gas. These two riders were the only ones with scores of fewer than 20 marks, with Fabien Poirot on 21 followed by fellow French rider Kieran Touly on the Sherco. A round winner in 2016, Great Britain’s Billy Green was next on the Beta, on 25. The wet conditions proved very difficult for the 125cc machines. Billy Green came bouncing back into contention for the win with the best second-lap score of 26 but the damage had been done on the opening lap and Gandola was a worthy winner. The size and stature of Hugo Dufrese should never be confused with his ability and he stood very proud on the final step of the podium. The positions after the top three were still very close, with Kieran Touly fourth on 55 followed by Norway’s Vold Gunvaldsen on 56, Spain’s TRS mounted challenger Eric Miquel on 58 and Fabien Poirot on 59. After qualifying well in fourth position Oliver Smith took the final point in fifteenth.
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Fabien Poirot (Gas Gas-FRA) joins his fellow countryman Kieran Touly on the attack in the 125cc class from France. He was the quickest in qualifying.
Jarmo Robrahn (Gas Gas-GER) puts on the style in a very confident manner.
Lorenzo Gandola (Scorpa-ITA) stands on the top step followed by Billy Green (Beta-GBR) and Hugo Dufrese (Gas Gas-FRA).
2017 TRIAL125 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING: 1: Fabien Poirot (Gas Gas-FRA) 29.34; 2: Jarmo
Eric Miquel (TRS-ESP) makes up part of the team spread through the classes from TRS.
Sergio Ribau Lopez (Beta-ESP) looking very professional.
Robrahn (Gas Gas-GER) 29.83; 3: Hugo Dufrese (Gas Gas-FRA) 32.31; 4: Oliver Smith (Gas Gas-GBR) 32.79; 5: Lorenzo Gandola (Scorpa-ITA) 32.90; 6: Pau Martinez (Gas Gas-ESP) 35.44; 7: Vold Gunvaldsen (Beta-NOR) 37.63; 8: Carloalberto Rabino (Beta-ITA) 38.95; 9: Kieran Touly (Sherco-FRA) 1 + 30.44; 10: Sergio Ribau (Beta-FRA) 1 + 37.77; 11: Marco Mempoer (BetaAUT) 1 + 38.84; 12: Billy Green (Beta-GBR) 2 + 32.84; 13: Eric Miquel (TRS-ESP) 2 + 36.21; 14: Connor Hogan (Sherco-AUS) 2 + 39.42; 15: Gerard Trueba (Beta-ESP) 2 + 41.25.
RESULTS: 1: Lorenzo Gandola (Scorpa-ITA) 46; 2: Billy Green
(Beta-GBR) 51; 3: Hugo Dufrese (Gas Gas-FRA) 53; 4: Kieran Touly (Sherco-FRA) 55; 5: Vold Gunvaldsen (Beta-NOR) 56; 6: Eric Miquel (TRS-ESP) 58; 7: Fabien Poirot (Gas Gas-FRA) 59; 8: Jarmo Robrahn (Gas Gas-GER) 74; 9: Sergio Ribau Lopez (Beta-ESP) 77; 10: Carloalberto Rabino (Beta-ITA) 77; 11: Pau Martinez (Gas Gas-ESP) 79; 12: Martin Riobo (Gas Gas-ESP) 83; 13: Connor Hogan (Sherco-AUS) 86; 14: Gerard Trueba (Beta-ESP) 87; 15: Oliver Smith (Gas Gas-GBR) 90; 20: Jake Eley (Beta-GBR) 127.
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Oliver Smith (Gas Gas-GBR) placed fourth in the qualifying and should be not disappointed with fifteenth and the final point as he learns his trade.
(Beta-GBR) 17; 3: Hugo Dufrese (Gas Gas-FRA) 15; 4: Kieran Touly (Sherco-FRA) 13; 5: Vold Gunvaldsen (Beta-NOR) 11; 6: Eric Miquel (TRS-ESP) 10; 7: Fabien Poirot (Gas Gas-FRA) 9; 8: Jarmo Robrahn (Gas Gas-GER) 8; 9: Sergio Ribau Lopez (BetaESP) 7; 10: Carloalberto Rabino (Beta-ITA) 6; 11: Pau Martinez (Gas Gas-ESP) 5; 12: Martin Riobo (Gas Gas-ESP) 4; 13: Connor Hogan (Sherco-AUS) 3; 14: Gerard Trueba (Beta-ESP) 2; 15: Oliver Smith (Gas Gas-GBR) 1; 20: Jake Eley (Beta-GBR) 127.
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A Lampkin Legend Winners are a rare breed; such is the strength of their desire to finish in that treasured first position. Then we have the winners who want to break records which, as you would expect, comes with accumulating victories. Dougie Lampkin came to the ‘Scottish’ as a very young child knowing his famous uncles and cousins had competed, with uncles Arthur and Alan taking victories before the winning years of his famous father Martin. He made his first competitive appearance in 1993, taking the Ian Pollock award for the Best Newcomer in 7th position. In 1994 he would take the first victory, followed by more in 1995 and 1996 before committing his riding to the world championship series. In 2008 he started a winning run, taking further victories in 2009 and then from 2012 dominating the event until his latest victory in 2017. His single-mark winning score equalled that of Gordon Jackson in 1961 but Lampkin parted with his on the final day. I think you will agree that the title ‘Legend’ sits very comfortably on the shoulders of the 41-year-old Yorkshireman. ARTICLE: JOHN HULME
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This was Jack Price’s second attempt at the Scottish Six Days Trial. His second position was well deserved, and applauded by the very sporting Lampkin.
You can see the single mark as his boot steadies himself and his machine, visible under the sump shield.
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lorious sunshine was cast over the whole event, including the traditional ‘weigh in’ day and the six days of competition. The event organised by the Edinburgh & District Motor Club Limited received a huge vote of success for all concerned, agreeing that this year’s event had been one of the best for many years. The team who makes it all happen is headed by the Clerk of the Course Jeff Horne and the Secretary of the meeting Mieke de Vos who delivered a superb event, it’s a simple as that. They had listened and taken on board how to take the event forward, and aided by the excellent weather received very few complaints – and quite rightly so.
ACTION ALL THE WAY
The scores had been close all week before Dougie Lampkin went clean on his early day, Thursday, to make his challenge for the 11th victory. As with many Scottish Six Days Trials a new star is born, and this year that title goes to 19-year-old Jack Price. He tried all he could but in truth he knew that Lampkin would take some beating. With no marks lost Lampkin arrived at the Lower Mamore hazards on the final with the record set by Gordon Jackson in 1961 the one to beat. Barring a disaster the victory would be his anyway. He spent a good five minutes checking out the line he would choose, before making his attempt at the final hazard of the group. He was inch perfect around the tight rocky corner in the boulder strewn river and he would gently open the throttle of the machine. He knew his front wheel was off line and took the safety ‘dab’. The two observers had noted it and it went into the scoring book. Lampkin paused at the top of the hazard for a few seconds, no words spoken either during his attempt or after. Showing a truly professional attitude to it all he picked his rucksack up and rode off. Yes that is the trials legend that is Dougie Lampkin, a role model for any aspiring young trials rider.
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Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK): It was a frustrating week for ‘Shep’, a potential future SSDT winner.
Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK): Looking very happy in life, the ‘Mighty Atom’ will be disappointed to not have taken a cherished SSDT victory but who knows, it could still happen one day. The friendship shown to his rival and friend Jack Price during the week once again demonstrates the superb ‘family’ atmosphere of the trials world.
Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP): Loving his week in the Spanish-like weather Jordi can be very happy with his result as the Best Foreign Rider.
Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK): A superb week for Thomas as he took the Best Up To 200cc Cup, and the much soughtafter Best Newcomer award.
Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa): Still very competitive, how good would it have been to see Gary add the SSDT win to his Pre-65 Two-Day victory: the first by a Scottish rider. It was also good to see some new young Scottish riders following in his footsteps.
DAY 1: CLEANS GALORE
The event started in the glorious sunshine as the first of the 275 riders departed from the trial’s base at the West End car park in Fort William. The Mediterranean-like weather was welcomed by everyone involved with the six days of action. The entry would take in 30 hazards on the 66-mile course. Such was the dry conditions that no less than five riders tied for the lead, having all completed day one clean. The defending Scottish Six Days Trial champion Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) was one of these riders, with his faultless performance matched by local favourite from Kinlochleven and recent winner of the Pre-65 Scottish Gary Macdonald (Scorpa). The 2016 FIM Trial2 World Cup winner Jack Price (Gas Gas) was joined by Andy Chilton (Scorpa) and Jack Sheppard (Beta) as the other early challengers who never parted with a mark.
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Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas UK): Riding in the company of his pal Jack Lee for his six days of action he came good as the week progressed. A slow starter in Scotland Sam just got better as the week progressed and was a member of the winning manufacturer’s team for Gas Gas.
SSDT:DAY 1 OVERALL SCORES RESULTS: 1: Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa) 0: 2: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 0: 3: Andy Chilton (Andy Metcalfe-BMS Scorpa) 0; 4: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 0; 5: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 0; 6: Guy Kendrew (Beta-UK) 1; 7: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 1; 8: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 1; 9: Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 1; 10: Chris Pearson (SplatShop Sherco) 2. JUNE-JULY 2017 • TRIAL MAGAZINE
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Sam Connor (Beta-UK): A past winner in 2005, Sam proved he can still mix it with the best in Scotland with a good solid performance.
Andy Chilton (Andy Metcalfe-BMS Scorpa): The all-action style from ‘Chili’ gave him a very well deserved top-ten position, one he will build on for 2018.
Jonathan Richardson (Sherco): It’s so good to see the smiling ‘Jono’ back in the mix of the action, putting in some excellent rides towards the end of the week moving him up the leader board.
Ben Hemingway (Beta-UK): Riding the four-stroke Beta, Ben looked very comfortable on the machine finishing the highest placed non-two-stroke rider.
Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta): Another rider who was very up and down with his riding at the event proved his worth with a clean ride on the Wednesday.
DAY 2: SO CLOSE
Dougie Lampkin remained unpenalised on day two as he edged himself into a small lead, having shared the top spot with four other riders going into the day. One other rider remained feet-up on the second day of competition and that was Spain’s Jordi Pascuet, who moved into second position overall having parted with a single mark the day before. Teenager Jack Price kept his sights on a first victory with a daily loss of three marks to slot into third place overall. In close company was his even younger compatriot Thomas Minta, who was chasing the Best Newcomer award. He held fourth position in the overall rankings so far and was just one mark in front of the much more experienced duo of Jack Sheppard and Gary Macdonald. A many times runner-up in this event, Michael Brown made his chances of finally clinching a victory more difficult as he slipped further away from the leaders despite moving up to seventh spot overall following a daily total of five marks on the day’s 88-mile course.
SSDT: DAY 2 DAILY SCORES: TUESDAY RESULTS: 1: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 0; 2: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 0; 3: James Stones
(Acklams Beta) 1; 4: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 2; 5: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 3; 6: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 4; 7: Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa) 4; 8: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 4; 9: Ben Hemingway (Beta-UK) 4; 10: Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 5.
OVERALL SCORES RESULTS: 1: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 0; 2: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 1; 3: Jack Price (JST Gas Dan Thorpe (JST Gas Gas UK): Dan the man will not be happy to be out of the top ten. TRIAL MAGAZINE • JUNE-JULY 2017
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Joe Baker (Active Sherco): Usually a very good rider at the SSDT Joe struggled with a back injury he had collected just before the event.
James Fry (Sherco): In the company of his partner Emma Bristow he would have liked to have finished higher up the order. Ross Danby (SXS TRS): Proving the reliability of the new TRS brand Ross will put this year’s result down as not one of his best in Scotland.
Jack Peace (JST Gas Gas UK): One of the hot breed of new young riders, Jack will be happy with his first year at the SSDT.
DAY 3: ALL TO PLAY FOR
Luke Walker (Sherco): The result does not justify the effort put in by Luke, who had looked very stylish at times. Rob Waite (Beta): Riding close to Dougie Lampkin must have inspired Rob to this top-twenty finish as he watched his hero’s every move.
With the sun continuing to shine and an 85 mile course to ride Dougie Lampkin kept his feet firmly on the footrests to record yet another clean performance to continue to hold the lead at the halfway stage of this year’s Scottish. Having come close on other occasions in the past Spain’s Jordi Pascuet continued to pursue his dream of a victory, sitting just three marks back from Lampkin after he added two marks to his total. Whilst Pascuet was using his experience to keep in contention nineteen-yearold Jack Price remained locked on three marks overall with his Spanish rival in third place. Suffolk-based Jack Sheppard mirrored Lampkin’s and Price’s clean performance on the day to move up to fourth spot, on a total of four marks which matched Thomas Minta who continued to impress in his first SSDT. Showing his best riding of the week Michael Brown was one of the five riders to stay clean on the day and remained in touch with the leaders despite sitting in seventh place.
SSDT: DAY 3 DAILY SCORES: WEDNESDAY RESULTS: 1: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 0; 2: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 0; 3:
Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 0; 4: Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 0; 5: Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) 0; 6: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 1; 7: Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa) 1; 8: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 1; 9: Dan Thorpe (JST Gas Gas UK) 1; 10: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 2.
OVERALL SCORES RESULTS: 1: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 0; 2: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 3; 3:
Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 3; 4: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 4; 5: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 4; 6: Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa) 5; 7: Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 6; 8: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 7; 9: Andy Chilton (Andy Metcalfe-BMS Scorpa) 13; 10: Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas UK) 13.
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James Lampkin (Beta-UK): Proving he can still mix it with the best James took the Best Up To 250cc Cup with a low score of four marks lost on the last day.
DAY 4: CONFIDENT
A strong and confident Dougie Lampkin is always hard to beat, and he ended day four having ridden 120 sections without parting with a mark. In a solid display on his early start day, as the riding numbers are rotated on a daily basis, he looked totally focused on a record-breaking eleventh victory and chasing the new record of completing the event parting with no marks. Thursday is the longest day of the 2017 event, taking in 97 miles, as Sam Haslam used this late starting number to equal Lampkin’s clean ride to move into ninth position. Fellow Gas Gas rider Jordi Pascuet started the day as the overnight runner-up but slipped to eighth place as he added a ten-mark loss to his overall score. In contrast Jack Price moved into a clear second position just five marks behind the much more experienced Lampkin with two days remaining. Price now had a two-mark advantage over Michael Brown in third position who had made good progress up the leader board over the previous two days and was still in contention for a much sought-after victory.
SSDT: DAY 4 DAILY SCORES: THURSDAY
RESULTS: 1: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 0; 2: Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas UK) 0;
3: Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 1; 4: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 2; 5: Jonathan Richardson (Sherco) 2; 6: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 3; 7: Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) 3; 8: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 4; 9: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 4; 10: Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa) 4.
OVERALL SCORES
RESULTS: 1: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 0; 2: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 5; 3:
Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 7; 4: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 8; 5: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 8; 6: Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa) 9; 7: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 10; 8: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 13; 9: Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas UK) 13; 10: Andy Chilton (Andy Metcalfe-BMS Scorpa) 17.
Adam Norris (Beta): It was a very difficult and emotional SSDT for Adam who recently lost his father Dave. Nicknamed ‘Chipper’, Dave was an avid SSDT fan and was missed by many at this year’s event.
John Shirt Jnr (JST Gas Gas UK): Still pretty handy on a trials motorcycle the Gas Gas UK importer doesn’t just sell them, he rides them too.
DAY 5: ON TARGET
Closing in on a historic record-breaking eleventh Scottish Six Days Trial victory the former 12-times FIM Trial World Champion Dougie Lampkin remained feet-up for a fifth day in succession as the sun continued to shine on his back. Jack Price could be the one to pounce if the leader parted with any marks as Lampkin had his eyes on becoming the best ever rider in the ‘Scottish’ in his quest to remain clean and beat the lowest-mark scoring victory of a single mark set by Gordon Jackson in 1961. In only his second six days trial, Price was putting in a very mature ride as he fought to keep his fellow rival to Lampkin Michael Brown at bay. Jack Sheppard lost five marks but still held fourth position, unfortunately losing sight of a top three position. The top foreign rider Jordi Pascuet parted with just three marks to climb back up the order to fifth position overall. The six days newcomer Thomas Minta remained steady in sixth position, with Scotland’s best performer Gary Macdonald next, leaving fellow Scorpa rider Andy Chilton in eighth followed by Sam Haslam and Richard Sadler.
Andrew Brown (AGB Sherco): After an SSDT career lasting 30 years, Reeth-based trials dealer Andrew reckons 2017 was his last ‘Scottish’.
SSDT: DAY 5 DAILY SCORES: FRIDAY RESULTS: 1: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 0; 2: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 1; 3:
Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 2; 4: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 3; 5: Andy Chilton (Andy Metcalfe-BMS Scorpa) 3; 6: Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) 3; 7: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 5; 8: Jonathan Richardson (Sherco) 5; 9: Jack Peace (JST Gas Gas UK) 5; 10: Joe Baker (Active Sherco) 6.
OVERALL SCORES
RESULTS: 1: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 0; 2: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 6; 3:
Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 9; 4: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 13; 5: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 16; 6: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 16; 7: Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa) 18; 8: Andy Chilton (Andy Metcalfe-BMS Scorpa) 20; 9: Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas UK) 23; 10: Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) 28..
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Father and Son Casas (Montesa-ESP): Carlos Casas continues to spread the SSDT word in Spain. A long supporter of the event, he rode in the company of his son Pere this year.
Phil Wiffen (Sherco): Once again Phil took the Services’ Individual Trophy for the best performance by a rider entered by one of the services.
DAY 6: A ONE-MARK WINNER
Forty-one-year-old Dougie Lampkin rewrote the history books as he claimed an unprecedented eleventh Scottish Six Days Trial victory with his best performance ever in this iconic event. Losing just one mark on the sixth and final day, he equalled the feat of Gordon Jackson who finished on the same score back in 1961 on an AJS. He needed just one steadying dab in the second section of the two at Lower Mamore, as his front wheel moved off his chosen line, to run out a clear and comfortable winner after staying feet-up in the other 179 hazards. He was followed home by Jack Price who showed mature composure throughout the week to finish as a very worthy runner-up. A regular on the podium at the event, Michael Brown secured third position as he enjoyed a much improved second half of his week’s riding after he had slipped down the order mid-week of the competition. Brown’s strong riding kept Jack Sheppard off the rostrum, much to his disappointment. Enjoying his six days of riding Thomas Minta rounded off his week in fifth position.
George Moore (Montesa): You will have read in an earlier issue of Trial Magazine that we visited George’s off-road school in Spain, Montana Adventure. To promote his excellent facilities he rode the Montesa 4Ride in the event.
Nigel Birkett (Scorpa): ‘Birks’ is another rider who also believes in what he sells with the Scorpa brand from France. In his 45th SSDT start Nigel was very happy to have two top-ten riders and eight of the orange machines in the top 50.
SSDT: DAY 6 DAILY SCORES: SATURDAY RESULTS: 1: 1: Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas UK) 0; 2: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 1; 3: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 2; 4: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 3; 5: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 3; 6: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 3; 7: Jonathan Richardson (Sherco) 3; 8: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 4; 9: Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa) 4; 10: James Lampkin (Beta-UK) 4.
OVERALL SCORES RESULTS: 1: Dougie Lampkin (Vertigo) 1; 2: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 9; 3:
Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 15: 4: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 16; 5: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 19; 6: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP) 20; 7: Gary MacDonald (East Neuk-BMS Scorpa) 22; 8: Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas UK) 23; 9: Andy Chilton (Andy Metcalfe-BMS Scorpa) 28; 10: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 31; 11: Jonathan Richardson (Sherco) 32; 12: Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) 36; 13: Dan Thorpe (JST Gas Gas UK) 40; 14: Ben Hemingway (Beta-UK) 41; 15: James Fry (Sherco) 43; 16: Joe Baker (Active Sherco) 44; 17: Jack Peace (JST Gas Gas UK) 49; 18: Ross Danby (SXS TRS) 49; 19: Luke Walker (Sherco) 51; 20: Rob Waite (Beta) 52; 21: Guy Kendrew (Beta-UK) 56; 22: James Lampkin (Beta-UK) 56; 23: James Stones (Acklams Beta) 63; 24: Chris Pearson (SplatShop Sherco) 68; 25: Jonathan Lunney (Scorpa) 70; 26: Jack Spencer (Beta-UK) 71; 27: Jonny Starmer (Beta) 75; 28: John Shirt Jnr (JST Gas Gas UK) 76; 29: Stephen Dixon (BMS Scorpa) 86; 30: Andy Perry (TRS) 88; 31: Chris Alford (JST UK-Cloburn Gas Gas) 94; 32: Dan Hemingway (Beta-UK) 95; 33: Sam Yeadon (Acklams Beta) 95; 34: Sean Doyle (BMS Scorpa) 99; 35: Adam Milner (Andy Metcalfe TRS) 101; 36: Stuart Mcclurg (Sherco) 102; 37: Jan Peters (Jitsie Beta-BEL) 102; 38: Matt Maynard (Sherco) 102; 39: Adam Norris (Beta) 103; 40: Emma Bristow (Sherco) 104; 41: John Crinson (Beta) 105; 42: Phil Alderson (Gas Gas) 106; 43: Richard Timperley (Acklams Beta) 108; 44: Andrew Anderson (East Neuk Scorpa) 108; 45: Carles Esteve (Gas Gas-ESP) 110; 46: Bradley Cox (Beta) 119; 47: Richard Gaskell (Beta) 123; 48: Craig Houston (East Neuk Scorpa) 125; 49: Sam Myers (Scorpa) 125; 50: Jack Stones (Acklams Beta) 130.
MOST MACHINES FROM THE TOP 50 RESULTS: 1: Beta: 19; 2: Gas Gas: 11; 3: Scorpa: 8; 4: Sherco: 8; 5: TRS: 3; 6 Vertigo: 1.
John Hulme, Trial Magazine: “Once again we had excellent support from the Clerk of the Course Jeff Horne. He allowed me to accompany Graham Foster-Vigors, who was representing Honda/Montesa, to ride a full lap of the event on Tuesday, day two. Montesa/Honda had supplied the club with a small fleet of the four-stroke Cota 4Ride models to use for the route marking team and they proved ideal for the job”. 40
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Emma Bristow (Sherco) 40th: “One of the best rides I witnessed all week was Emma on the massive double step at ‘Big Dars Burn’ on Wednesday. Looking supremely confident she absolutely levelled it, to loud applause from the appreciative crowd”— John Hulme.
Sandra Gomez (Gas Gas-ESP) 85th: With a SuperEnduro world title to her name Sandra returns to the SSDT year after year, inspired by John Moffat and her adopted Scottish family.
Ladies looking good In a male dominated event the ladies were looking good over the six days of competition. Once again the undisputed ladies’ world number one trials rider Emma Bristow led the way, taking another Special First Class award.
Chloe Richardson (Beta) 161st: Now forging out a career in Extreme Enduro, Chloe had five stitches in one of her fingers early in the week but still continued with a gutsy ride to finish another six days. 44
Jess Bown (BMS Scorpa) 127th: Another young lady who now has the SSDT in her blood put in some very inspiring rides during the week.
Kylee Sweeten (Sherco-USA) 233rd: Her father Dennis has been coming to the ‘Scottish’ for many years but in 2017 he rode with his daughter Kylee, seen here, and son Zachary.
Victoria Payne (Active Sherco) 245th: The slightly built Victoria enjoyed her second finish at the event. JUNE-JULY 2017 • TRIAL MAGAZINE
CLASSIC COMPETITION PRE-65 SCOTTISH
Gary MacDonald (BSA)
Mac’s Scottish
The build up to the Scottish Pre-65 was much as usual. While scrutineering was happening on the Thursday the start at Kinlochleven was literally under a cloud. The rains came down for a while but at least the snow that had been in the air in 2016 was not putting in an appearance. Machine examination passed by as did signing on with little problem, and for the spectators the appearance of Gary Macdonald on an immaculate BSA Bantam was interesting to say the least – more of which later. No less than seven previous event winners were in the entry list, including six time champion Dave Thorpe riding alongside his son Dan.
James Noble (Ariel) had his eyes on another win, but it was not to be.
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Best Lady Rider award winner Janice Proctor leads the way on her BSA. 46
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The top two riders Gary MacDonald (BSA) and James Noble (Ariel) compare notes on the opening day.
DAY ONE
At 10.00am on Saturday, the Pipers played Stuart Edgar and Billy Bishop away, with even numbers away on the Mamore Road loop while the odds took to the road section starting at Cnoc a Linnhe with its five hazards. Section one was a nice opener to the day, the last in the group being the most fearsome, and boy, did it see some marks lost. Even last year’s winner Dan Clark had problems, and it was some time before Rob Bowyer attacked it at high speed on the Triumph Twin and cleaned it in style to rapturous applause. Much later Dan Thorpe took a different approach in his attack and made a superb clean. Not only did Dan clean this section, but he was on his way to a perfect zero score on day one meaning that was the Bob Adamson Trophy won. Other potential event winners were having a few problems. James Noble had lost a single dab which kept him well in contention though and Gary Macdonald saw four marks go adrift. This would normally mean an event win would be very difficult to achieve from that position. Riding round with Gary was Calum Murphy and he was one mark further back on five. No less than three riders completed the day on a loss of six marks which included James Harland, Paul Heys and Paul Dennis. Seven of Friday’s top ten were riding on the even-number route so they had completed the Upper Mamore stretch to Callert before tackling the road-based stretch. Over on the other side of the Loch, Lee Granby was in trouble at Coire Sgoilte where his rigid Norton had developed gear box problems requiring some considerable work. Although he had to retire on the day, he was back out on Saturday. At Camas Na Muic it was the lower section that caused as many problems as the top sub. The last twist and exit are usually innocuous but it stopped quite a few, including Richard Allen, who was fived, as the observer spotted a quick stop. As riders signed off at the end of day one there were fourteen riders on single figure scores, and amongst them were four previous event winners so there was still much to play for.
A Scottish rider and former road racer, Donnie McLeod on a Greeves Scottish. TRIAL MAGAZINE • JUNE-JULY 2017
The attack by Vincent Mackintosh (Triumph) on Pipeline was very impressive.
Taking a break from the Kia twin-shock organisation Gerry Minshall strains to keep the James on line.
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John Gornall steadies the big Norton that Classic Trial Magazine tested recently.
Callum Murphy (BSA) took the Best Up To 200cc Award.
Always very determined, Yrjo Vesterinen (BSA-FIN) always enjoys his Highland outing.
DAY TWO
Out of sight of the camera Paul Norman (Triumph) takes a ‘dab’.
Roy ‘Pushrod’ Palmer chose a big Velocette for the event. 48
With the weather picking up and the sun coming out the start area moved over to Kinlochleven School and the Pipers played away the early numbers headed by Barry Burton (91) and Peter Lockwood (92). The odd numbers went over to the reintroduced Loch Eilde Burn whilst the evens had Cnoc a Linnhe to deal with. With Dan Thorpe on the road loop he lost marks here, and then a couple more on Pipeline which started to put a different complexion on the leader board. Pipeline saw Dave Thorpe roll back a few years with a typical ride which saw him maybe ten seconds slower than many of the others over the two continuous subs, but with only one dab it was a fantastic effort. Last year’s winner Dan Clark had not had such a good Friday but he was back on the case on the second day with his one-dab ride lifting him to a Special First Class award and the Bob Paterson Trophy for the best over 350cc rider. It was close for ‘Clarkey’ however as he took the award by virtue of 56 section cleans, one better than Stuart Rockett with whom he had tied on nine marks lost. James Harland, another Triumph Twin rider, had a loss of just one mark also on day two. This lifted Harland to fourth place in yet another very consistent ride.
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Nick Shield has ridden and tested many machines, new and old, for Trial Magazine and Classic Trial Magazine.
Chris Clarke’s son Sam was riding in his first Pre-65 SSDT on this Triumph.
James Noble went from one mark lost to six by the end of the trial but he would remain in contention throughout. It is not all about the top few however and SSDT Chairman Mark Whitham was having a battle to see the finish. His Matchless insisted on throwing its chain off the rear sprocket numerous times. It needed a small army of spectators to extract the machine from Camas Na Muic’s top sub, but that enabled Mark to sort it out and make the finish. By comparison all seemed to be going to plan for local ace Gary Macdonald. He looked to be in perfect control through the new hazards at Lower Cameron Hill. He carried on that way for the entire day, cleaning Pipeline with comparative ease as he came home with a clean ride to bring his cumulative score to just four marks lost. That put him in front of Friday’s top two riders Dan Thorpe and James Noble to take a maiden win. In his pre-event interviews he had said he was hoping for a good result even though he felt winning was perhaps going to be tough. He was in a genuine ‘how did that happen?’ mood as he received the Challenge Trophy from James Dabill who was the Guest of Honour at the presentation.
PRE-65 SCOTTISH TRIAL 2017 BEST PERFORMANCE: Gary MacDonald (BSA) 4; 2: James Noble (Ariel) 6; 3: Dan Thorpe (Triumph) 7
BEST PERFORMANCE ON FIRST DAY: Dan Thorpe (Triumph) 0 BEST PERFORMANCE ON SECOND DAY: Gary MacDonald (BSA) 0 BEST FOREIGN RIDER: Mark Harris (Ariel) 12 BEST NEWCOMER: Paul Dennis (Triumph) 11 BEST SCOTTISH RIDER: Stuart Rockett (Triumph) 9 BEST RIDER OVER 60: Tony Calvert (Triumph) 20 BEST RIDER ON A RIGID UP TO 250: Mark Feather (BSA) 105 BEST RIDER ON A RIGID OVER 250: Clive Dopson (Norton) 130 BEST WOMAN: Janice Proctor (BSA) 179 BEST OVER 350: Ben Butterworth (Triumph) 7 BEST 251–350: James Harland (Triumph) 7 BEST 201–250: Paul Heys (Triumph) 10 BEST UP TO 200: Calum Murphy (BSA) 10 BEST MATCHLESS/AJS OVER 300CC: Phil Wiffen (Matchless) 21 OLDEST FINISHER: Mick Grant (BSA) 62 FIRST CLASS AWARDS: Ben Butterworth (Ariel) 7; James Harland (Triumph) 7, Dan Clarke (Triumph) 7; Stuart Rockett (Triumph) 9; Calum Murphy (BSA) 10; Paul Heys (Triumph) 10; Paul Dennis (Triumph) 10; Mark Harris (Ariel-IRE) 12; Stuart Blythe (Triumph) 14; Nick Shield (Triumph) 14; Nickolas Paxton (BSA) 14; Diego Urreta (Ariel-ESP) 15; Leslie Winthrop (Triumph) 15; Phil Houghton (Triumph) 16; Roger Callaghan (James) 17; Scott Dommett (DOT) 17; Michael Irving (Ariel) 17; Sam Clarke (Triumph) 17; Robert Bowyer (Triumph) 17; Russell Rooksby (Ariel) 18.
SECOND CLASS AWARDS: Tony Calvert (Triumph) 20; Colin
Ian Strickland (Triumph) keeps his feet steady and strong on the footrests for his attempt at Pipeline. TRIAL MAGAZINE • JUNE-JULY 2017
Riding the only Cotton in the event was ‘Chips’ who is better known as Alan Crayk.
Bailey (Ariel) 20; Eric McMeekin (BSA) 21; Yrjo Vesterinen (BSA-FIN) 21; Eddie Aitkin (Triumph) 21; Philip Wiffen (Matchless) 21; Roy Palmer (Velocette) 23; Alan Crayk (Cotton) 24; Mark Butterworth (James) 24; Murray Whittaker (Triumph) 25; Juhani Himmanen (BSA-FIN) 27; Richard Allen (Ariel) 27; Ian Strickland (Triumph) 28; Mike Watson (Triumph) 28; David Coughlan (Ariel) 29; Robin Luscombe (Triumph) 29; Matthew Neale (Ariel) 30; Andrew Paxton (BSA) 31; Philip Harris (BSA) 31; Vincent Mackintosh (Triumph) 31.
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Belgium Aywaille The hours of travel and practice put in by the cycle trials boys often goes unnoticed, but as with any sport the way to the top takes so much dedication and time. As with the motorcycle trials riders the experience gained competing abroad always stands you well, as you meet new organisers and it gives you the chance to see the foreign opposition. Great Britain has some superb new young riders on the cycle trials scene and, as you will see, they are quite capable of mixing it with the very best as we take a quick look at the second round of the Belgium National Cup competition, which took place at Aywaille in April. ARTICLE: ROBIN MOREWOOD
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Adam Morewood (Jitsie-GBR)
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he riding ability of two young English riders, Adam Morewood and Charlie Rolls, has not gone unnoticed neither. Adam Morewood plays a very important part in the Jitsie international cycle squad based in Belgium and Charlie Rolls is part of the Crossbow team from Spain. Both riders spend so much time on the continent that they are probably better known in Europe than Great Britain!
MAN-MADE
The second round of the Belgium National Cup was held at the excellent man-made facility in Aywaille, which is also a very popular motorcycle trials venue, having been used as one for many years, situated south-east of Belgium and very close to Liege. This event was categorised in the international calendar by cycling’s world governing body the UCI as a C1 category event, meaning that it carried points that would count to the overall UCI rankings for the riders. This ranking sorts the top ten in the 20” and 26” categories, who automatically qualify for the semi-finals in the upcoming World Cup events, allowing the riders to miss the tiring quarter finals. Due to this it attracted a high-quality field with riders from around Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, Spain and Great Britain. Four riders from Great Britain made the short journey across the channel waters to compete. Will Ackerley (Crewkerz) and Charlie Rolls (Crossbow) are competing against the world’s Elite riders in the World Cup this season so were out to get some points on the table and to gain valuable experience on the yellowgated Elite sections. Adam Morewood (Jitsie) cannot ride the World Cup until 2017 due to his age, but he also decided to gain early experience of the Elite sections in readiness for next season. As his sponsor, Jitsie is based in Belgium so it made good sense to give them some home exposure for their products. The fourth rider from Great Britain was Reece Seymour (Crossbow) who competed in the correct class for his age on the Black Cadet course in preparation for the summer’s UCI World Youth Games to be held in Denmark. TRIAL MAGAZINE • JUNE-JULY 2017
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HOT ACTION
It was a great sunny day for the competition, but the heat only added to the already severe sections, which was taking its toll on the riders. Reece Seymour had a titanic battle over the three laps of five sections with local Belgian rider Tom Le Cloirec. Despite the home advantage he beat him by a single mark to take the second step on the podium behind another Belgian rider, Hobie Philipin, who took the win. The Elite class had a top quality field with multiple World Champions Vincent Hermance from France and Kenny Beleay from Belgium both present, along with both the current Junior World Champions: Nicholas Vallee in the 26” class from France and Eloi Palau in the 20” from Spain. Also competing were some other top-twenty ranked riders, meaning that the British riders were going to have a tough day of action. The sections were set out to suit the high-class field of riders and it was a war of attrition for the young British trio to just try and get through some of the sections. Unlike motorcycle trials, the fourth dab results in four marks lost and the fifth a failure, similar to the FIM X-Trial Indoor series, so riders couldn’t ‘paddle’ through the sections just to get a three. The three lads stuck at it until the end and did themselves proud, with Charlie ninth overall and the fourth-best 20” class rider, Adam in tenth position and the fifth-best 20” class rider, and Will eleventh and the sixth-best in the 20” class. It was very tight at the top with the very experienced thirty-three year old Frenchman Vincent Hermance (Clean-Hebo) taking top spot, just one mark in front of his nineteen-year-old protege Nicholas Vallee (Jitsie) on ten marks lost, and thirty-four year old Red Bull athlete Kenny Beleay rounding out the podium in third. The best 20” class rider was seventeen-year-old Spaniard Alejandro Montalvo (Jitsie) in fourth position overall as he just out-pointed his fellow Spanish rider nineteen-year-old Eloi Palau (Crossbow).
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The 2017 British Trials Cup got underway on the 2nd of April at Addingham Moorside in Yorkshire. This was the first event under the new organisers of the Biketrial Federation. The observing rules remain unchanged from 2016 but the new section layouts and the three laps of six sections seemed to go down very well with the twenty nine riders present, with ages ranging from seven to forty-five years old with a class to suit all riders of different ages and abilities. Owen Gawthorpe took his first ever Elite National win from last season’s champion Andrei Burton. Other class winners were: Andrew Chai, Expert Senior; Reece Seymour, Expert; Paul Grange, Cadet; Stuart Robertson, Intermediate Senior; Josh McParland, Intermediate; Carl Weightman, Novice Senior; Bailey Dacker, Novice; Nate Robinson, Primary Senior; Oliver Cooper, Primary. JUNE-JULY 2017 • TRIAL MAGAZINE
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ACU BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP • ROUND 2
Brown’s Back
Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK)
He might be small in stature, but Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) put on a superb display of wellhoned throttle control to back up his second place at round one of this year’s ACU British Championship with a win in very difficult conditions at round two. The exposed hillside at Tow Tops, High Newton in Cumbria was a new venue for the Lakeland trial, run by the enthusiastic team at Westmorland MC Limited. Wind and rain lashed the venue and we have to applaud the observers and organisers, who had laid out twelve testing hazards to be ridden three times. The inclement weather did affect the hazards on the slate rock and steep climbs, but clear winners were found in all classes with the closest battle in the Experts class, won by James Fry from Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta). On his 125cc Beta Billy Green ruled the roost once again to head home the Youth A Class. ARTICLE: TRIALS MEDIA
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Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK)
Dan Peace (JST Gas Gas UK)
Iwan Roberts (Beta-UK)
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Looking very confident as early as the first hazard, Michael Brown never looked back as his championship rivals had no answer to his excellent form. The first-round winner Jack Price was the early loser as he could not find any rhythm in his riding, resulting in a massive crash on the fourth hazard where he crashed back down the steep slate rock — fortunately without injury. The quiet, unassuming Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) lets his riding do the talking but he also looked a little nervous on his opening lap, parting with early marks before he settled down, to finish with Dan Peace (JST Gas Gas UK) on the same score of twenty-five. With Brown looking very good despite the heavy rain he matched his first lap score of eighteen as Sheppard pulled away from the elder of the two Peace brothers, Dan, with a score of twenty-two. Price was still in with a shout of second place, as was Iwan Roberts (Beta-UK) who looked far more comfortable than he did at round one. Incredibly, with the hazards at their worst the fight for the runner-up position was as hot as ever. The ‘Mighty Atom’ Brown was never going to be beaten as he lowered his lap score by a single mark to take a well-deserved clear victory, finishing seventeen marks in front of the battle for second place. Sheppard and Dan Peace were still battling
it out for the runner-up spot; Peace thought he had done enough with a last lap score of nineteen, but it was not to be as he lost out on the tie decider to Sheppard as they both finished on seventy each. Price had put in a much better final lap score to take fourth, followed by Roberts and Andy Chilton who had a good solid ride to sixth on the Scorpa.
ACU BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS RESULTS: 1: Michael Brown (JST
Gas Gas UK) 53; 2: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 70; 3: Dan Peace (JST Gas Gas UK) 70; 4: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 74; 5: Iwan Roberts (Beta-UK) 75; 6: Andy Chilton (Andy Metcalfe BMS Scorpa) 80; 7: Jack Peace (JST Gas Gas UK) 81; 8: Toby Martyn (Vertigo) 86; 9: Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas UK) 87; 10: Ross Danby (TRS UK) 94; 11: Jonathan Richardson (Sherco) 95; 12: Dec Bullock (Beta-UK) 101; 13: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 105; 14: George Morton (Beta) 111; 15: Jack Spencer (Beta-UK) 117.
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ACU BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP • ROUND 2
James Fry (Sherco)
Harold McQuaid (Gas Gas)
EXPERT CLASS
Looking very comfortable with the conditions, James Fry put in a first lap score of a mere seven marks lost, leaving his championship rivals playing chase-up as Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) was next on fifteen followed by round one winner Dan Thorpe (JST Gas Gas UK) on seventeen. On the second lap all of Fry’s hard work came undone as he parted with three fives in his lap score of twenty-four, putting Sadler right back into contention for the win. Fry kept his cool though to post the best last lap score to hold off Sadler and Harold McQuaid, who had a good day’s riding to come home third. Recovering from a heavy bout of the ‘flu bug Thorpe was the next best in fourth, well clear of Tom Affleck (Cloburn Sherco) and James Stones (Acklams Beta).
ACU BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERT CLASS RESULTS: 1: James Fry (Sherco) 44; 2: Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) 48; 3: Harold McQuaid (Gas Gas) 56; 4: Dan Thorpe (JST Gas Gas UK) 59; 5: Tom Affleck (Cloburn Sherco) 72; 6: James Stones (Acklams Beta) 74; 7: Luke Walker (Sherco) 78; 8: Rob Waite (Acklams Beta) 83; 9: Lloyd Price (Gas Gas) 93; 10: Gwynedd Jones (Sherco) 100; 11: Hugo Jervis (Beta) 102; 12: Chris Stay (Gas Gas) 102; 13: Jack Stones (Acklams Beta) 110; 14: Kieran Child (Appleyards Beta) 112; 15: Connor Atkinson (Sherco) 112.
Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta)
Billy Green (Beta-UK)
YOUTH CLASS
David MacColl (Beta)
The steep, demanding hazards that are so much a part of this venue made it a hard day for the 125cc mounted riders in the Youth A Class. The man on form was Billy Green who most certainly had the little Beta ‘singing’ as he saved his best form for the last lap, with a score of twenty-seven for a well-deserved win. He was a clear winner with a fifteen-mark advantage as the battle for the runner-up spot was where the action unfolded. Duncan MacColl (Beta) did enough to keep in front of Oliver Smith (Oset) who saved his best form for the last lap to finish a single mark in front of Ireland’s Josh Hanlon (Beta). 64
Oliver Smith (Oset)
ACU BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP YOUTH A CLASS RESULTS: 1: Billy Green (Beta-UK) 95; 2: Duncan MacColl (Beta) 110; 3: Oliver Smith (Oset) 117; 4: Josh Hanlon (Beta) 118; 5: Gus Oblein (Sherco) 148; 6: Adrian Juffs (Beta) 169; 7: Jake Eley (Acklams Beta) 172. JUNE-JULY 2017 • TRIAL MAGAZINE
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ACU BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP • ROUND 3
Jack attack Round three of this year’s ACU British Championship would take the riders to Wales and the St David’s trial held near Neath. First round winner Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) held off a close challenge from Welsh rider Iwan Roberts (BetaUK) to take a one mark victory and move back to the head of the championship table. His closest rival in the 2017 series, Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) had a disastrous second lap of the twelve hazards before coming back strong on the final lap to take the final step on the podium winning a tie-break decider with Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK). In the Expert class it was very close as Joe Baker (Active Sherco) won on his first appearance in the 2017 series on a tie decider from Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) as Billy Green took the Youth Class A top spot with an emphatic victory.
Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK)
Iwan Roberts (Beta-UK)
ACU BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 ROUND 3
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS RESULTS: 1: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 34; 2: Iwan Roberts (Beta-UK) 35; 3: Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK) 47; 4: Jack Sheppard (BetaUK) 47; 5: Toby Martyn (Vertigo) 48; 6: Dan Peace (JST Gas Gas UK) 50; 7: Jonathan Richardson (Sherco) 54; 8: Ross Danby (TRS UK) 59; 9: Thomas Minta (JST Gas Gas UK) 61; 10: Andy Chilton (Andy Metcalfe BMS Scorpa) 64; 11: Dec Bullock (Beta-UK) 67; 12: Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas UK) 71; 13: Jack Peace (JST Gas Gas UK) 73; 14: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 78.
CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS
Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas UK)
RESULTS: 1: Price 53; 2: Brown 52; 3: Sheppard 45; 4: Peace 36; 5: Roberts 34; 6: Martyn 27; 7: Jack Peace 22; 8: Chilton 21; 9: Haslam 20; 10: Connor 18.
EXPERT CLASS RESULTS: 1: Joe Baker (Active Sherco) 14;
2: Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) 14; 3: James Fry (Sherco) 16; 4: Luke Walker (Sherco) 16; 5: James Stones (Acklams Beta) 21; 6: Dan Thorpe (JST Gas Gas UK) 23; 7: Tom Affleck (Cloburn Sherco) 28; 8: Jonny Starmer (Beta) 32; 9: Lloyd Price (Gas Gas) 45; 10: Jack Stones (Acklams Beta) 45; 11: Chris Stay (Gas Gas) 47; 12: Brad Bullock (Beta) 48; 13: Chris Alford (JST Cloburn Gas Gas) 49; 14: Emma Bristow (Sherco) 54; 15: Hugo Jervis (Beta) 56.
WORDS: JOHN HULME • PICTURES: JUSTYN NORYCK
CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS RESULTS: 1: Fry 52; 2: Sadler 47; 3: Thorpe 43; 4:
Walker 31; 5: Affleck 31; 6: Stones 27; 7: Starmer 23; 8: Baker 20; 9: Stay 16; 10: McQuaid 15.
YOUTH A CLASS RESULTS: 1: Billy Green (Beta-UK) 13; 2: Josh Hanlon (Beta) 51; 3: Duncan MacColl (Beta) 54; 4: Oliver Smith (Gas Gas) 67; 5: Jack Biggins (Beta) 87; 6: Gus Oblein (Sherco) 91; 7: Will Tolson (Beta) 105; 8: Jake Eley (Acklams Beta) 149; 9: Ronnie Day (Gas Gas) 153.
CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS RESULTS: 1: Green 60; 2: Hanlon 47; 3: MacColl 45; Joe Baker (Active Sherco) 66
Billy Green (Beta-UK)
4: Smith 43; 5: Oblein 32; 6: Eley 24; 7: Biggins 20; 8: Tolson 17; 9: Juffs 14; 10: Day 13.
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SPORT SIDECAR
Nigel Crellin & Chris Molyenux (BMS Scorpa)
Josh and Luke Golding (SXS TRS)
All to play for
Will Caine & Beth Thomas (Good with Wood Gas Gas)
The 2017 Wessex Plant Hire Sidecar British Championship has seen five rounds completed already but it’s still all to play for in the race to become champions. After these first five rounds the series now takes a break until it resumes in August for the remaining six rounds. ARTICLE: KAREN AND JOEL CRABTREE, YOOMEE, MIKE ‘THE BIKE’ RAPLEY AND BARRY ROBINSON
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corpa power leads the way in the championship class, as Nigel Crellin and Chris Molyneux have the upper hand with three wins. The first of the other two victories went to Jon Tuck and Matt Sparkes on day one on the Isle of Man whilst the other victory went to Rupert and Chris Kimber on day two. Nigel Crellin and Chris Molyneux also posted runner-up positions in the other two rounds where they missed victory, leaving them with a good advantage over second place. In the Intermediate class it’s been a superb run of a full house of victories that has put William Caine and Beth Thomas well clear at the top. Second and third positions remain very close between Tony Jones and Jamie Howe (Beta), and David Tuck and Joe Newman next on the TRS. The Clubmen class attracts the most entries by far, as Damien Owen and Gaz Temple edge away from the chasing pack taking three wins. The other two wins have come from Adrian and Arron Smith, at the Andy Smith Trial on the Isle of Man, and Paul Fishlock and Debbie Merrell who have used the four-stroke power of the Cota 4RT to move into third position in the championship. Surprisingly, the class with the least entries is the Newcomer class, where Matt Bond and Aleyn Taggart hold an eight-point advantage over Oliver Lace and Ashley Kelly, with the latter having won the most rounds with four out of the five. Trial Magazine would like to thank Karen and Joel Crabtree for their support in generating this article. 68
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SIDECAR
THE WESSEX PLANT HIRE SIDECAR BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 POSITIONS AFTER 5 ROUNDS
EXPERT: 1: Nigel Crellin/Chris Molyneux (BMS Scorpa) 94; 2:
Jon Tuck/Matt Sparkes (Wessex SXS TRS) 82; 3: Rupert & Chris Kimber (PBS Beta) 78; 4: Josh & Luke Golding (SXS TRS) 68; 5: Peter Dale/Harriet Shore (PDF Gas Gas) 47.
INTERMEDIATE: 1: William Caine/Beth Thomas (Good With
Wood Gas Gas) 100; 2: Tony Jones/Jamie Howe (Beta) 73; 3: David Tuck/Joe Newman (Wessex TRS) 68; 4: Simon Evans/ Nick Harding (Vertigo) 52; 5: Karl Jarvis/Jana Grossman (Scorpa) 44.
CLUBMEN: 1: Damien Owen/Gaz Temple (Station Garage Beta)
88; 2: Nigel & Gracie-Mae Scott (Luscombe Leeds Beta) 73; 3: Paul Fishlock/Debbie Merrell (Honda 4RT) 66; 4: Jake Pope/Bob Chapman (Sherco) 57; 5: John Corlett/Harry Gell (Gas Gas) 53.
NEWCOMERS: 1: Matt Bond/Aleyn Taggart (Gas Gas) 88; 2:
Oliver Lace/Ashley Kelly (Gas Gas) 80; 3: Chris Newsham/Sam Atherton (Gas Gas) 62; 4: Stuart Spicer/Edward Bichaud (Gas Gas) 13.
ROUND 1, DONCASTER CUP MANSFIELD MAUN MCC Damion Owen & Gaz Temple (Station Garage Beta)
EXPERT 1: Crellin/Molyneux 21; 2: Golding 30; 3: Tuck/Sparkes 44.
INTERMEDIATE 1: Cain/Crookall 21; 2: Tuck/Newman 53; 3: Head/Jacobs 63.
CLUBMEN 1: Owen/Temple 16; 2: Corlett/Hardie 18; 3: Scott 25.
NEWCOMERS 1: Lace/Kelly 46; 2: Bond/Taggart 102; 3: Newsham/Atherton 124.
ROUND 2, ANDY SMITH TRIAL PEVERIL MCC EXPERT 1: Tuck/Sparkes 14; 2: Crellin/Molyneux 19; 3: Kimber 31.
INTERMEDIATE 1: Cain/Thomas 19; 2: Tuck/Newman 70; 3: Jones/Howe 74.
CLUBMEN 1: Smith 13; 2: Corlett/Flowers 23; 3: Owen/Temple 24.
NEWCOMERS 1: Lace/Kelly 22; 2: Bond/Taggart 66; 3: Newsham/Atherton 112.
ROUND 3, DAVID CRAINE TROPHY TRIAL PEVERIL MCC EXPERT 1: Kimber 37; 2: Crellin/Molyneux 43; 3: Tuck/Sparkes 44.
Jake Pope and Bob Chapman (Sherco)
Paul Fishlock and Debbie Merrell (Montesa)
INTERMEDIATE 1: Cain/Thomas 28; 2: Jones/Howe 58; 3: Evans/Harding 73.
CLUBMEN 1: Owen/Temple 23; 2: Smith 38; 3: Bimson/Birchall 39.
NEWCOMERS 1: Lace/Kelly 45; 2: Bond/Taggart 75; 3: Newsham/Atherton 126.
ROUND 4 DK MANSELL TRIAL – SOUTH BIRMINGHAM MC EXPERT 1: Crellin/Molyneux 25; 2: Kimber 27; 3: Tuck/Sparkes 30.
INTERMEDIATE 1: Cain/Thomas 19; 2: Tuck/Newman 60; 3: James/Howe 60. CLUBMEN 1: Owen/Temple 10; 2: Scott 48; 3: Fishlock/Merrell 52. NEWCOMERS 1: Lace/Kelly 45; 2: Bond/Taggart 75; 3: Newsham/Atherton 126.
ROUND 5, NENE VALLEY TRIAL NENE VALLEY MCC EXPERT 1: Crellin/Molyneux 11; 2: Tuck/Sparkes 12; Golding 29.
INTERMEDIATE 1: Cain/Thomas 4; 2: Tuck/Newman 16; 3: Head/Jacobs 20.
CLUBMEN 1: Fishlock/Merrell 8; 2: Miles-Pope/Chapman 12; 3: Scott 14.
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Paul & Tilly Collins (Vertigo)
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Luke Walker (Sherco)
S3 CHAMPIONSHIP
POSITIONS AFTER 6 OF 8 ROUNDS S3 EXPERT: 1: Luke Walker (Sherco) 105;
2: James Fry (Sherco) 93; 3: Chris Pearson (Splatshop Sherco) 80; 4: Richard Timperley (Acklams Beta) 45; 5: Chris Alford (JST Cloburn Gas Gas) 39; 6: Sam Yeadon (Acklams Beta) 38; 7: Emma Bristow (Sherco) 37; 8: John Crinson (Moto) 29; 9: Jack Spencer (Beta-UK) 28; 10: Simon Welch (BVM Sherco) 24.
S3 CLUBMEN: 1: Darren Wasley (Gas Gas) 86;
2: John Cowley (TRS) 40; 3: Sam Atherton 35; 4: David Clinkard (Beta) 33; 5: Tony Buckley (Beta) 26; 6: Guy Candler (Barry Roads Beta) 23; 7: Ian Wakeford (Gas Gas) 21; 8: Andrew Jackson 20; 9: Roger Williams (Vertigo) 20; 10: Phil Houghton (Montesa) 19.
S3 125: 1: Jake Eley (Beta) 20; 2: Ronnie Day (Gas Gas) 20.
ROUND 1: COLMORE CUP S3 EXPERT: 1: Walker 49; 2: Welch 57;
3: Warner 59; 4: Fry 63; 5: Skinner 71.
S3 CLUBMEN: 1: Wakeford 12; 2: Roads 23;
3: Gammons 29; 4: Cowley 33; 5: Martin 34.
EXPERT: 1: Ross Danby (SXS TRS UK) 19;
2: Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas) 20; 3: Dan Thorpe (JST Gas Gas) 35.
ROUND 2: WALLACE CUP S3 EXPERT: 1: Walker 9; 2: Pearson 16;
3: Fry 18; 4: Timperley 19; 5: Newberry 20.
S3 CLUBMEN: 1: Clinkard 7; 2: Cowley 7;
It Lukes Good With 6 of the 8 round S3 series having taken place Luke Walker has one hand on the trophy in the Expert class after a battle with James Fry. In the Clubmen class we have seen different winners so far but its Sheffield’s Darren Wasley who leads the way. WORDS: TRIALS MEDIA • PICTURES: BARRY ROBINSON
3: Wasley 7; 4: Hiscock 11; 5: Sam Atherton (Gas Gas) 15.
EXPERT: 1: Danby 3; 2: Haslam 6; 3: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas) 11.
ROUND 3: POWYS TROPHY S3 EXPERT: 1: Pearson 20; 2: Walker 34; 3: Fry 37; 4: Jervis 42; 5: Crinson 42.
S3 CLUBMEN: 1: Wasley 20; 2: Sagar 34; 3: Price
37; 4: Clinkard 42; 5: Phil Houghton (Montesa) 48.
EXPERT: 1: Danby 11; 2: Haslam 12; 3: Thorpe 15.
ROUND 4: JACK WOOD S3 EXPERT: 1: Pearson 18; 2: Timperley 22; 3: Fry 27; 4: Spencer 31; 5: Walker 32.
S3 CLUBMEN: 1: Wasley 7; 2: Black 17; 3: Jordan Potter (Gas Gas) 19; 4: Graham Tales (Beta) 22; 5: Andrew Jackson 25.
EXPERT: 1: Thorpe 7; 2: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 7; 3: Richard Sadler (Acklams Beta) 8.
ROUND 5: CHRIS CARTER S3 EXPERT: 1: Fry 16; 2: Walker 16;
3: Spencer 17; 4: Ian Austermuhle (Beta-UK) 17; 5: Ben Hemingway (Beta-UK) 19.
S3 CLUBMEN: 1: Roger Williams (Vertigo) 5;
2: Wasley 6; 3: John Stephenson (Montesa) 17; 4: Sam Jennings (Beta) 18; 5: N Savage (Montesa) 21.
S3 125: 1: Jake Eley 149. EXPERT: 1: Brown 2; 2: Price 3; 3: Jack Sheppard (Beta-UK) 11.
ROUND 6: LOMAX CUP S3 EXPERT: 1: Walker 7; 2: Pearson 14; 3: Fry 19; 4: Kyle Hayes (Sherco) 19; 5: Crinson 19.
S3 CLUBMEN: 1: Chandler 16; 2: Buckley 17;
3: Atherton 18; 4: Andrew Sagar (Sherco) 21; 5: Paul Bennett (Scorpa) 23.
EXPERT: 1: Iwan Roberts (Beta-UK) 4; James Fry (Sherco) 70
Darren Wasley (Gas Gas)
2: Thorpe 12.
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FLASHBACK SSDT 1967–2007
Sammy Miller (Bultaco)
Evolution
The legendary Scottish Six Days Trial continues to attract riders from around the globe who want to challenge their riding and survival skills in the event based around Fort William in the Highlands of Scotland. The evolution of the event that has run for more than 100 years has seen many changes, but the truth is it’s still the ultimate test of man and machine in reliability trials. The world of trials still focusses on the event, usually held in the first week in May, to check the reliability of the machines from the various manufacturers. Long gone are the glory days of the event but the manufacturers still value very highly a win at the ‘Scottish’. As we have covered the 2017 event in-depth in the magazine we now have a ‘Flashback’ look at the years 1967, 1977, 1987, 1997 and 2007. We open up with 1967 and Sammy Miller’s second win for Bultaco. WORDS: JOHN HULME • PICTURES: BRIAN HOLDER, COLIN BULLOCK, ERIC KITCHEN, YOOMEE ARCHIVE AND JIM CAPPER
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FLASHBACK SSDT 1967–2007
Dave Rowlands presents the ‘Thing’ to the world’s trials press. In reality it was the exBrian Martin prototype 175 BSA Bantam trials machine. Imagine if the ailing motorcycle manufacturing industry in a once proud Great Britain and its board of directors had turned this into the Yamaha TY 175 from Japan; how different the trials world would have been!
In 2007 James Dabill won the event on the four-stroke Montesa 4RT, breaking the twostroke domination which had lasted since Alan ‘Sid’ Lampkin’s win on the BSA in 1966.
1967: Miller Magic
When Alan Lampkin, on the 250 BSA, won the 1966 ‘Scottish’ he stopped Sammy Miller in his wheel tracks from taking his third consecutive victory — and Miller was not a happy man. The Irishman arrived at the event better prepared than ever this year. As it turned out he was never headed all week as he applied his ‘Miller Magic’ to take the win, and so began a domination of two-stroke machine wins which would last until 2007 when James Dabill won on the four-stroke Montesa. The 1967 event stands out for the year of the ‘Thing’ which Dave Rowland rode to second place. The ‘Thing’ was a 175cc BSA Bantam trials machine. Despite the mocking of his rivals Rowlands rode a determined week to take the runner-up position. The British manufacturing giants of BSA, Greeves and Triumph, to name a few, were fighting the challenge of the might of the Spanish trials manufacturers Bultaco, Montesa and Ossa, without success. They were new to the trials world but when Bill Wilkinson took the win for Greeves in 1969 it would be the last from a motorcycle manufactured in Great Britain. The Spanish domination would put the final nail in the coffin of the once mighty home industry.
1967 SCOTTISH SIX DAYS TRIAL
SPECIAL FIRST CLASS AWARDS: 1: Sammy Miller (Bultaco) 18; 2: Dave Rowlands (BSA) 34; 3: Dennis Jones (Greeves) 40; 4: Bill Wilkinson (Greeves) 41; 5: Gordon Farley (Triumph) 42; 6: Don Smith (Greeves) 50; 7: Jim Sandiford (Greeves) 50; 8: Arthur Lampkin (BSA) 51; 9: Ray Sayer (Triumph) 52; 10: Rob Edwards (Cotton) 53; 11: Scott Ellis (BSA) 60; 12: Derek Adsett (Greeves) 62; 13: Paul England (Triumph) 66; 14: Mick Wilkinson (Greeves) 66; 15: Roy Peplow (Triumph) 69; 16: Dave Thorpe (Triumph) 69; 17: Terry Savage (Triumph) 75; 18: Mick Bowers (BSA) 79; 19: Doug Theobald (DOT) 89; 20: Lawrence Telling (Bultaco) 89.
MANUFACTURER’S TROPHY: Greeves – Jim Sandiford/Bill Wilkinson/Don Smith
CLASS AWARDS BEST 150CC: Peter Gaunt (Suzuki) BEST 200CC: Dave Rowland (BSA) BEST 250CC: Dennis Jones (Greeves) BEST 350CC: Sammy Miller (Bultaco) BEST OVER 350CC: Peter ‘Jock’ Wilson (Ariel) BEST NEWCOMER: Martin Lampkin (BSA) SECOND BEST NEWCOMER: Paul Dunkley (Cheetah) BEST FOREIGN RIDER: Rowland Bjork (Bultaco-SWE) BEST LADY RIDER: Renee Bennett (Greeves) Best Lady Rider – Renee Bennett (Greeves) looks more like Miss Money Penny from the Wacky Races than a trials rider. Credit must be given where it’s due, mind, as she went on to finish the event in a male dominated competition. TRIAL MAGAZINE • JUNE-JULY 2017
The 1967 event is covered in depth in our sister publication Classic Trial Magazine (Summer 2017, Issue 21) available in June 2017 where you can read the full story of the Sammy Miller win and the ‘Thing’ ridden by Dave Rowlands.
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FLASHBACK SSDT 1967–2007
Martin Lampkin (Bultaco).
1977 SCOTTISH SIX DAYS TRIAL RESULTS: 1: Martin Lampkin
(Bultaco) 27; 2: Malcolm Rathmell (Montesa) 58; 3: Nigel Birkett (Suzuki) 60; 4: Mick Andrews (Yamaha) 62; 5: Rob Shepherd (Honda) 64; 6: Dave Thorpe (Bultaco) 80; 7: Ulf Karlsson (Montesa-SWE) 80; 8: Rob Edwards (Montesa) 84; 9: Norman Shepherd (Bultaco) 93; 10: Joe Wallman (Bultaco-AUT) 93; 11: Bernie Schreiber (Bultaco-USA) 98; 12: John Reynolds (Ossa) 102; 13: Marland Whaley (Honda-USA) 102; 14: Yrjo Vesterinen (Bultaco-FIN) 103; 15: Richard Sunter (Montesa) 106; 16: Nick Jefferies (Honda) 111; 17: John Hemingway (Bultaco) 111; 18: Manuel Soler (BultacoESP) 118; 19: Chris Milner (Bultaco) 121; 20: Alan Lampkin (Bultaco) 122.
MANUFACTURER’S TROPHY:
Montesa – Malcolm Rathmell/Ulf Karlsson/Rob Edwards
CLASS AWARDS 150CC: No Award 151CC–200CC: Peter Oakley (Yamaha)
1977: Unstoppable Lampkin
201CC–250CC: Mick Andrews
Having won his first SSDT in 1976, Martin Lampkin went to the event one year later with exactly the same mind-set: to win. The victory looked an easy one, such was the winning margin, but on the Tuesday his 348cc Bultaco had suffered from electrical problems. As he arrived at Laggan Locks his engine died as the ignition contact points had closed. They required immediate attention from Lampkin, who soon had the machine running again. The hard-luck story of the week belonged to third-placed Nigel Birkett. His Suzuki had been knocked over in the car park earlier in the week by a spectator, and on the final inspection at the close of the event the scrutineers spotted a split fuel tank; with it came a five mark penalty. Heavy rain at the back-end of the six days had certainly made it an event to remember, with only 190 finishers.
OVER 350CC: No Award
Best Newcomer: Bernie Schreiber (Bultaco-USA) talks with Eric Hooke. TRIAL MAGAZINE • JUNE-JULY 2017
(Yamaha)
251CC–350CC: Martin Lampkin (Bultaco)
BEST NEWCOMER: Bernie Schreiber (Bultaco-USA)
SECOND BEST NEWCOMER: Marland Whaley (Honda-USA)
BEST FOREIGN RIDER: Ulf Karlsson (Montesa-SWE)
BEST LADY RIDER: No Award
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FLASHBACK SSDT 1967–2007
Jordi Tarres (Beta-ESP) – 1987 was the year of the Spanish rider.
1987 SCOTTISH SIX DAYS TRIAL
RESULTS:1: Jordi Tarres (Beta-ESP)
58; 2: Steve Saunders (Fantic) 76; 3: Eddy Lejeune (Honda-BEL) 81; 4: Tony Scarlett (JCM) 82; 5: Thierry Michaud (Fantic-FRA) 83; 6: Philippe Berlatier (Montesa-FRA) 104; 7: Gerald Richardson (Yamaha) 120; 8: Jeremey Cragg (Fantic) 129; 9: Harold Crawford (Yamaha) 137; 10: Phil Alderson (Yamaha) 148; 11: Ian Wetherill (Aprilia)156; 12: Martin Lampkin (Honda) 157; 13: Ezio Regan (Fantic-ITA) 160; 14: Glenn Scholey (Honda) 162; 15: Steven Hole (Beta) 167; 16: Mark Holland (Yamaha)168; 17: Mick Boam (Yamaha) 168; 18: Nigel Birkett (Yamaha) 179; 19: Dave Thorpe (Yamaha) 181; 20: Colin Ward (Yamaha) 183.
Steve Saunders (Fantic-GBR) was desperate to win.
MANUFACTURER’S TROPHY: Fantic
– Steve Saunders/Thierry Michaud/ Ezio Regan
Tony Scarlett (JCM) – Talks trials with Norman Eyre.
1987: ‘Mack’ Jordi
In 1985 Spanish rider Jordi Tarres, on the Italian Beta, arrived on the world trials scene and competed in his first SSDT, taking the secondbest newcomer award. Concentrating on his world championship career in 1986, he vowed to return to the event in 1987. This he did and duly won on his way to the first of his FIM world outdoor titles. Yes; world champions rode in the ‘Scottish’! History, as we all know, has a habit of repeating itself and in a very embarrassing moment for Italian manufacturers Fantic they arrived at the event with no machine for their new rider Steve Saunders, not far short of the Dave Rowland scenario in 1967. They rebuilt his practice machine and he rode out of his skin for his first win, but could not catch Jordi ‘Mack’ Tarres.
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CLASS AWARDS 150CC: No Award 151CC–200CC: Paul Turner (Fantic) 201CC–250CC: Steve Saunders (Fantic)
251CC–350CC: Jordi Tarres (BetaESP)
OVER 350CC: No Award BEST NEWCOMER: Rob Sartin (Yamaha)
SECOND BEST NEWCOMER: Wayne Braybrook (Fantic)
BEST FOREIGN RIDER: Jordi Tarres (Beta-ESP)
BEST LADY: Pascal Chaumont (JCM-FRA)
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FLASHBACK SSDT 1967–2007
1997: No stopping super Steve
Steve Colley (Gas Gas) – The Manxman looked very sharp all week.
With the entries down in 1996 the club made a bold, brave move, with the backing of the Hamilton Yamaha Team boss Peter Stewart who had suggested a return to the ‘No-Stop’ ruling, which was supported by the new Clerk of the Course Willie Dalling. This was an instant hit as the entries increased by 30 to 222 starters for the 1997 event. Manx rider Steve Colley had previously won the event in 1992 and 1993 riding a Beta, before Dougie Lampkin took his first win in 1994. 1995 and 1996 would once again witness battles between these two, with Lampkin making it three wins to match his father Martin who won in 1976–1978. With Lampkin abstaining from the event to focus on his world championship career Steve Colley would be the man to beat in 1997, as Graham Jarvis pushed him all the way.
1997 SCOTTISH SIX DAYS TRIAL RESULTS:1: Steve Colley (Gas Gas)
10; 2: Graham Jarvis (Scorpa) 14; 3: Wayne Braybrook (Montesa) 31; 4: Steve Saunders (Gas Gas) 37; 5: John Shirt (Gas Gas) 51; 6: Robert Crawford (Yamaha) 56; 7: Martin Crosswaite (Beta) 67; 8: Adam Norris (Yamaha) 75; 9: Andy Huddleston (Yamaha) 75; 10: Roger Williams (Yamaha) 83; 11: Philip Alderson (Yamaha) 84; 12: James Lampkin (Beta) 85; 13: Carlos Casas (Montesa-ESP) 90; 14: Andru Codina (Gas Gas-ESP) 99; 15: James Noble (Montesa) 101; 16: Gavin Johnston (Yamaha) 102; 17: Dan Thorpe (Yamaha) 105; 18: David Pye (Fantic) 106; 19: Marc Freixas (Gas Gas-ESP) 116; 20: Rob Sartin (Yamaha) 120.
MANUFACTURER’S TROPHY: Gas
Gas – Steve Colley/Steve Saunders/ John Shirt Jnr
CLASS AWARDS 150CC: David Pye (Fantic) 151CC–200CC: No Award 201CC–250CC: Wayne Braybrook (Montesa)
251CC–350CC: Steve Colley (Gas Gas)
OVER 350CC: No Award BEST NEWCOMER: Martin Crosswaite (Beta)
SECOND BEST NEWCOMER: Marc Freixas (Gas Gas)
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Wayne Braybrook (Montesa) – Always a good consistent rider in the ‘Scottish’.
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FLASHBACK SSDT 1967–2007
This iconic Colin Bullock picture shows winner James Dabill (Montesa).
2007 SCOTTISH SIX DAYS TRIAL RESULTS:1: James Dabill (Montesa)
2007: Dabill delivers
With an entry of 268 riders from 10 different countries James Dabill, riding the Future TRW/Sandiford supported four-stroke Montesa, delivered his first Scottish Six Days Trial victory. On the Monday a group of sections had to be scrubbed due to rising water levels, which led to some controversy as part of the entry had ridden the hazards. As early as the second day Dabill opened up an advantage over his rival and friend Michael Brown on the Beta, and he never looked back. The threat for another victory was expected to come from Graham Jarvis, who was also four-stroke mounted on the Sherco, but it never materialised as he lost second place to Brown on a tie break. Montesa was delighted with the four-stroke victory, the first since 1966 with Alan Lampkin on the BSA.
21; 2: Michael Brown (Beta) 35; 3: Graham Jarvis (Sherco) 35; 4: Jordi Pascuet (Beta-ESP) 43; 5: Gary MacDonald (Sherco) 43; 6: Alexz Wigg (Gas Gas) 44; 7: Marc Colomer (Scorpa-ESP) 48; 8: Shaun Morris (Gas Gas) 48; 9: Ben Hemingway (Beta) 50; 10: Dan Thorpe (Gas Gas) 61; 11: Joe Baker (Scorpa) 61; 12: Ian Austermuhle (Beta) 67; 13: Sam Haslam (Scorpa) 68; 14: Sam Ludgate (Beta) 73; 15: Wayne Braybrook (Gas Gas) 77; 16: James Lampkin (Beta) 79; 17: Tom Sagar (Scorpa) 86; 18: Lee Sampson (Sherco) 89; 19: Andy Huddleston (Montesa) 106; 20: Dan Hemmingway (Beta) 110.
MANUFACTURER’S TROPHY: Gas
Gas A – Dan Thorpe/Shaun Morris/ Sam Haslam
CLASS AWARDS 150CC: No Award 151CC–200CC: Ross Danby (Gas Gas) 201CC–250CC: Michael Brown (Beta) 251CC–350CC: James Dabill (Montesa)
OVER 350CC: No Award BEST NEWCOMER: Alexz Wigg (Gas Gas)
SECOND BEST NEWCOMER: Ross Danby (Gas Gas)
BEST FOREIGN RIDER: Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas-ESP)
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BEST LADY: Iris Kramer (Scorpa2007 was the first year of coverage for Trial Magazine UK.
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RETRO
1987 WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Spanish world round winner Lluis Gallach (Mecatecno-ESP)
Time gentlemen please This Retro looks back at the opening rounds of the 1987 FIM World Trials Championship which presented its own changes and challenges, as does the new format for the 2017 series. In Spain it was the time limit which caused the riders problems but in Belgium it was good old-fashioned snow, leaving the tyres with very little adhesion to the frozen surface. Both events produced shock winners but for the Spanish brand Gas Gas it was the start of a world championship winning period which would last for over twenty-five years, producing two world champions along the way with Jordi Tarres 1993–1995 and Adam Raga 2005–2006. WORDS: YOOMEE • PICTURES: TOON VAN DE VLIET, MAURI/FONTSERE COLLECTION & THE GIULIO MAURI COPYRIGHT AND ERIC KITCHEN
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Spain: Riders seen here include Jordi Tarres, Eddy Lejeune and Diego Bosis who were all excluded.
Spain: One of a new breed of young riders, Diego Bosis from Italy was looked on as a future world champion riding for Aprillia; he was also excluded for exceeding the time allowance.
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imes were changing the FIM World Trials Championship, as machine development started to rise to another level aided by the development of the tubeless tyres. The air-cooled era was coming to a close as a new breed of cottage industry machines, from Spain in particular, started to break into the results. Liquid-cooled machines were just around the corner.
SPAIN
Spain: Steve Saunders, seen here in deep concentration, is watched by Eddy Lejeune who were both excluded. They had been team-mates at Rothmans Honda, where Saunders had finished second and Lejeune third in the 1986 WTC before Saunders moved to Fantic in 1987. The Fantic seen here is the new 303 model.
The machines from the new breed of manufacturer and in particular Mecatecno and Gas Gas made the headlines, but nowhere near as much as the exclusion of some of the world’s best riders who exceeded the time limit in round one of the 1987 series. Taking an obvious amount of time to complete their opening lap it soon became clear that the total time limit for the trial was going to be difficult to adhere to. The riders, including Great Britain’s runner up in 1986 Steve Saunders who was making his maiden WTC voyage on the Fantic and his previous year’s team-mate on the Rothmans Honda Eddy Lejeune, along with Jordi Tarres on the Beta and other riders were excluded at the close of play, having realised their mistakes too late. For Spain’s Lluis Gallach on the Mecatecno it would turn into a very emotional event, as he made the trial his own with a clear victory in front of a very patriotic crowd, followed home by the 1986 world champion Thierry Michaud from France. The new tubeless X1 tyres from Michelin were the ones to have fitted, with the biggest problem being to keep the air from escaping through the spoke nipples. The Mecatecno and Merlin machines from Spain had the answer with the Comstar: three solid spoke-type wheels fitted. To eradicate this problem Fantic had a standard rim fitted with a recess for the sealing rubber band as Beta opted for the standard type rim but with a central flange fitted. One rider was about to change the face of trials forever; that man would be Spain’s Jordi Tarres.
1987 WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP SPAIN, 5th MARCH 1987
ROUND 1: SANT LLORENC DE MORUNYS RESULTS: 1: Lluis Gallach (Mecatecno-ESP) 59; 2: Thierry Michaud (Fantic-
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FRA) 71; 3: Gabino Renales (Gas Gas-ESP) 77; 4: Philippe Berlatier (MontesaFRA) 90; 5: Thierry Girard (Yamaha-FRA) 90; 6: Juan Freixas (Merlin-ESP) 94; 7: Tony Scarlett (JCM-GBR) 95; 8: Bernie Schreiber (Fantic-USA) 120; 9: Michel Traini (Beta-FRA) 125; 10: Eric Lejeune (Garelli-BEL) 127; 11: Martin Karlsson (Aprilia-SWE) 135; 12: Davide Marchi (Aprilia-ITA) 137; 13: Gilles Ciamin (Fantic-FRA) 139; 14: Bernard Cordonnier (Fantic-BEL) 147; 15: Rob Sartin (Yamaha-GBR) 150.
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BELGIUM
Spain: The headquarters for the trial were in the school buildings near the start area. The club was quite adamant that it was totally the riders’ fault for exceeding the time allowance by hanging around too much on the opening lap.
Belgium: Gabino Renales (Gas Gas-ESP) gave the new Spanish trials manufacturer its first world round win.
Michelin were very involved with the tyre development in the world series. Michelin tyre technicians are seen here checking the ground temperature.
Belgium: Diego Bosis (Aprilia-ITA) proved his potential for world championship success with an excellent second position.
Known as the home of trials for the Belgian World Trials Champion from 1982–1984, for Eddy Lejeune on the four-stroke Honda 1987 would be a year for change. Eddy had won his home round since 1980 on the twin-shock RTL 360 before moving to the single-shock RTL in 1985. As was the norm, with three laps of eighteen sections to ride the majority of the riders hung around waiting for them to ride better. With sub-zero temperatures all that was going to happen was that they were going to get worse! Riding the new Fantic 303 Great Britain’s Steve Saunders suffered a massive crash on the famous Bilstain step, totalling the new machine. The fact he recovered to eventually finish fifth was a credit to him as he rode a very secondhand machine for the rest of the trial, despite the best efforts of the Fantic pit crew. Another rider to suffer in the icy conditions was young Aprilia factory rider Diego Bosis who took a very hard fall on the famous step, but he avoided any machine damage. With very sore ribs he struggled on to take an impressive runner-up position. Eventual winner Gabino Renales rode very much using his young head, and was an early finisher as he knew the hazards would get worse. This was the first ever win for the new Spanish manufacturer Gas Gas in the FIM World Trials Championship. At the end of the year the sport of trials would have both a new world champion in Jordi Tarres, and a new manufacturer taking the first of many world titles: Beta from Italy. The tide was changing in the world of trials.
1987 WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
BELGIUM, 12th MARCH 1987
ROUND 2: BILSTAIN RESULTS: 1: Gabino Renales (Gas
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Gas-ESP) 88; 2: Diego Bosis (Aprilia-ITA) 96; 3: Jordi Tarres (Beta-ESP) 96; 4: Thierry Michaud (Fantic-FRA) 97; 5: Steve Saunders (Fantic-GBR) 99; 6: Eddy Lejeune (Honda-BEL) 104; 7: Pascal Couturier (Merlin-FRA) 106; 8: Renato Chiaberto (Fantic-ITA) 108; 9: Andreu Codina (Gas GasESP) 114; 10: Philippe Berlatier (Montesa-FRA) 120; 11: Lluis Gallach (Mecatecno-ESP) 127; 12: Tony Scarlett (JCM-GBR) 129; 13: Eric Lejeune (Garelli-BEL) 131; 14: Thierry Girard (Yamaha-FRA) 140; 15: Gilles Burgat (Aprilia-FRA) 146.
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Steve Saunders (Fantic-GBR): After a massive crash on the famous Bilstain step in the icy conditions which wrecked his machine, Saunders used his superb throttle control to recover to fifth.
Andreu Codina (Gas Gas-ESP) was another young Spanish rider in the new Gas Gas team.
The club room at the Bilstain venue which was the home of the Belgian world round for many years. After the dominating years from Bultaco, Montesa and Ossa were over a new dawn for motorcycle manufacturing in Spain was emerging, with Gas Gas and the survivor from the big three Montesa.
With two Spanish riders at the head of the world championship they are seen here celebrating the success of Renales in Belgium.
Spain was ready to once again challenge the world with a host of exciting new young riders seen here with Ignacio Verneda, from the FIM, second from the left. The other riders are left to right: Andreu Codina, Jordi Tarres, Joan Frexias, Gabino Renales and Lluis Gallach.
1987 WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS AFTER 2 OF 12 ROUNDS RESULTS: 1: Lluis Gallach (Mecatecno-ESP) 35; 2: Gabino Renales (Gas Gas-ESP) 35; 3: Thierry Michaud (Fantic-FRA) 30; 4: Philippe Berlatier (Montesa-FRA) 19; 5: Diego Bosis (Aprilia-ITA) 17; 6: Jordi Tarres (Beta-ESP) 15; 7: Thierry Girard (Yamaha-FRA) 13; 8: Tony Scarlett (JCM-GBR) 13; 9: Steve Saunders (Fantic-GBR) 11; 10: Juan Freixas (Merlin-ESP) 10; 11: Eddy Lejeune (Honda-BEL) 10; 12: Pascal Couturier (Merlin-FRA) 9; 13: Eric Lejeune (Garelli-BEL) 9; 14: Bernie Schreiber (Fantic-USA) 8; 15: Renato Chiaberto (Fantic-ITA) 8; 16: Michel Traini (Beta-FRA) 7; 17: Andreu Codina (Gas GasESP) 7; 18: Martin Karlsson (Aprilia-SWE) 5; 19: Davide Marchi (Aprilia-ITA) 4; 20: Gilles Ciamin (Fantic-FRA) 3; 21: Bernard Cordonnier (Fantic-BEL) 2; 22: Rob Sartin (Yamaha-GBR) 1; 23: Gilles Burgat (Aprilia-FRA) 1.
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DEALER VISIT
INTA MOTORCYCLE SERVICES
INTA
MOTORCYCLE SERVICES
AN AROMA OF MOTORCYCLES
Here at Trial Magazine we love to make the Dealer Visit features, as in many cases we never really know what we will find until we make that visit. We had spoken many times with Austin Holmes who is the very proud owner of Inta Motorcyle Services on the phone, but as is usually the case we had never met in person. Austin had showed faith in Trial Magazine way back in 2007 when we started the publication here in the UK, making his first appearance in issue 5. In late April I made the trip ‘Down South’ and what I was about to find most certainly opened my eyes! ARTICLE: JOHN HULME WITH AUSTIN HOLMES
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When you walk into the premises the aroma of motorcycling, where old meets new, is something that wants bottling up and selling, and I was genuinely surprised at such a wide variety of motorcycles held under one roof. The 70s Kawasaki KH 400 sits proud, waiting to be renovated, and then I spotted a Yamaha FSIE from 1977. You may ask where the motorcycle trials theme comes in, before I spotted a good clean selection of second-hand and new-model machines. This converted flour mill had been a motorcycle shop for many years before Austin took it over and turned it into the success it is today. The first floor is where machines, new and secondhand, are held, along with the very busy workshop where MOTs, servicing and renovations take place. With spare parts clothing and accessories on the second floor, the third floor is used for storage. A lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, Austin was born and raised in Jamie Whitham country at Mirfield, near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. Austin followed in the wheels of Whitham into motorcycle racing as the family moved to the South East in 1985. Road Racing attracted sponsorship, which would eventually take Austin into the motorcycle trade. Nestled in one corner of the shop is one of his old racing machines and, as I was about to find out, Austin’s knowledge on the sport is second to none. As we talked even further it became clear that, as is the case with most motorcycle dealers, Austin is not just a businessman but also a lifelong enthusiast of anything on two wheels. When the opportunity came along in May 1995 to open and own his own motorcycle business, he took it with both hands and Inta Motorcycle Services was born. JUNE-JULY 2017 • TRIAL MAGAZINE
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INTA MOTORCYCLE SERVICES
A WIDE SPECTRUM
Inta has built up a very strong customer base over the years, with the ability to meet the demands of virtually all their customers as an independent retailer. Whether it’s a trials, enduro, road rider or just a good old motorcycle enthusiast’s ride, the wide spectrum of machines available means they can usually fulfil the customer’s needs. He also prides himself on the many repeat customers who call in, and it’s usually to discuss a change of machinery, hence the wide variety available. A walk upstairs to the clothing, helmet, boot and accessory area on the second floor is a real eye opener. With experienced and knowledgeable staff on hand to answer any questions and the large expanse of floor space it is easy to browse, try, and purchase, with products available to suit a wide range of pockets. The online side of the business continues to expand, where potential customers can view products before visiting the shop to make the purchase. For the trials customer, upgrade parts are available and in stock, as is the wide choice of trials-dedicated helmets, clothing and boots. Austin is good friends with the Morphett and Ely families, who have benefitted from his support along with many others over the years. Austin’s introduction to trials came through John Shirt Jnr in 1998 when he sold him his first two yellow 125cc model Gas Gas machines, followed by the Sherco in 1999 and the Beta in 2000. Not to be left behind in the modern world Inta was one of the very first Oset electric motorcycle dealers back in 2007.
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THE MODERN WORLD
In nearly twenty years of trading Austin has seen many changes but remains much focussed on the future of the business: “As John has explained, I am very much a motorcycle enthusiast. In the modern world it’s a case of having to be diverse and meet the customers’ demands in all areas, and that’s where we are very strong. On a regular basis we have the customer who wants to purchase a second-hand machine and returns to have it serviced, and off the back of this experience we often end up selling them a newer or even a brand new machine. “The older customers like to bring their classic or renovated machines to us for maybe an MOT or tune up, where they like to know their pride and joy will be looked after. We took on the new SWM franchise to offer our customers something a little different and this has also worked well. The shop is always busy and with five staff on-hand it has a great family feel with myself steering the ship. I am very fortunate to remain involved in the motorcycle scene, which is where my passion has always been”. CONTACT
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MY WORLD
SCOTTISH SIX DAYS TRIAL
Toon’s World
With over 100 years of history, this legendary trials event stands on its own in the world of motorcycling. Six days of pitching man and machine against the elements in the Highlands of Scotland. Sections in small streams, which can change into deep rivers within hours of heavy rain when joined by the melting snow coming from the mountains. Friendships and comradeship are all part of the event, which brings us round to Dutchman Toon Van De Vliet. Many Dutchmen had come over to Scotland, with the best ride coming from Eddy Moerman in 1984 when he was sixteenth. Trial Magazine editor John Hulme first came across Toon when they rode together at the 1978 SSDT, on the SWM machines from the very first batch of the production models, and they have remained good friends from that day. Here he reflects on the history of the event through his own eyes and Dutch rider’s antics over the years of competing in this traditional trials competition. WORDS: TOON VAN DE VLIET AND JOHN HULME • PICTURES: TOON AND RAIT VAN DE VLIET
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The best ever Dutch rider at the SSDT was Eddy Moerman (Montesa) in 1984.
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Toon helps to promote Holland and the famous Clog shoes with Jill Andrews.
he Scottish is incomparable; it grabs you by the throat, you are addicted to it, love it or hate it. The real fans go time and time again, returning to this rugged place on the earth. Perhaps first as a participant, later as a spectator or supporter, but in the first full week of May, you always remember the Scottish if you have ever been at this event. You’re touched by the first notes out of a bagpipe played by a Scotsman, and you recognise the tune Amazing Grace, you are in love with this event. For those who hate the Scottish bagpipe music it is nothing more than ‘cats whine’, but in reality, it is a song written by John Newton in 1725 when in London who later became a slave trader and fantastic music for the bagpipes to make!
ELECTED
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Sammy Miller, on the right, was the SWM team manager in 1978. It was a privilege to have his help with the support at the event.
Six Days of gruelling riding and fighting helped Toon to bring the SWM to the finish of his one and only ride in the SSDT.
trial is oversubscribed by at least 150-200 riders. So the ballot has to decide if you are in or out. When you are ‘elected’ and receive an entry, empty your money-box, find some sponsors or get some overtime at work because it takes a lot of time and money to arrive at a well-prepared machine. Then, as a foreign competitor coming from the mainland, you need extra money for the ferry crossing, your entry fee, accommodation and travel expenses. Also, start to budget for tyres and parts during the week. Read books about the Scottish, of which there are many, and have a look at films on YouTube. You will then be better prepared before you sign on to this unique trial. The SSDT is completely different to the World Trials and National Championships. For example, in the Dutch Open Championship, there are multiple classes guided using coloured arrows in the sections. The colours indicate the level of difficulty, which is complicated for the participants and also for the
spectators because they have to know the rules very well. The World Championships is very selective and open to a small group of riders to show off their skills. The hazards are quite dangerous, and the riders need a constant ‘minder’ to help the Acrobat or catch him when he falls off the machine. The factory riders — such as World Champion Toni Bou — have formed a whole team that helps them in the case of a mechanical breakdown or other inconveniences. A World Championship round can take up to two days per event and spectators often have to pay an entrance fee. What’s the difference with the SSDT, you may ask? The manufacturers use it to prove the reliability of their machines and the rider must do everything himself, such as riding and the ‘spanners’ work on the machine which proves the quality of the brand of his machine. No outside help is allowed. It can happen in secret and, if caught, the penalty is exclusion. 95
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A young John Hulme in his first SSDT on his SWM. Yes, you meet your best friends in Scotland. John and Toon remain friends to this very day, with Toon a regular contributor to both Trial Magazine and its sister publication Classic Trial Magazine.
Mart Buuron is better known as the ‘Frying Dutchman’ after his Montesa caught fire at Callart Falls in the 1977 SSDT.
YES, IT IS SIX DAYS
Six days of continuous riding, with around 30 sections per day in a single lap. Each daily route is between 120-190 kilometres (75-120 miles) long, which takes anything from six to eight hours on a motorcycle with no seat. Every rider attempts the same route and the same sections. No different arrows, as the obstacles are the same for everyone. That means big differences in the results, for example. Dougie Lampkin, a many-times winner, never parted with any marks on the Tuesday in 2016 but in comparison, the only Dutch rider, Peter Miltenburg, parted with 113 marks on his way to finishing 179th on 586 marks lost. It’s just like the Olympic Games in some ways. To compete and finish means so much to the participants, like you can never imagine; you become part of an exclusive club. But it’s not just riding your machine under terribly difficult circumstances, no there is more to it. For example, there is a rotating start system. On the first day (Monday) number one starts first. The organisation makes up groups of more or less 50 riders; the first group starts the next day at the back of the field and the first rider of the second group goes in front of the pack, and so on, just to make sure that every rider has the same opportunity. Then you get a time card with all the observed sections on it with your 96
Living in the same village in Holland as Toon, Tjeu Schreurs, seen here in the SSDT on his Ossa, is still riding in trials on his BSA.
John Weijers on an Orange Ossa 250.
start and finishing time. That’s no punch card for penalties. As you ride each section, the observer records your score manually in his book. You will never know until you receive the results each night how many marks you have lost. You can ask them, but nine out of ten times the answer will be ‘carry on’. You cannot question the observer’s decision. Complicated but fair is how the delay time is added to your time card if there are problems such as queuing at the hazards, arriving at a section where other riders stay in a queue waiting to ride the sections. A marshal will write down on the card your arriving time when you enter the section, and he will give it back with the entering time on it as well. At the end of the day, you can count the differences in time, comparing with your total riding time. Difficult but honest, and you get used to it. It’s essential that each day you plan and check your route and where you are going. For the spectators, it’s free to watch, but you will need a detailed map and a programme, so you know where the best vantage points are. Even as a spectator you will need all the correct walking gear, and waterproofs are essential. You will also need to be reasonably fit as the walks to the hazards are not always easy. This Scottish Six Days Trial is certainly for genuine lovers of the sport of motorcycle trials.
For the Lampkins it’s become a family affair, such is the success they have had in the event. They can boast wins from the three brothers; Arthur, Alan and the late great Martin who passed away in 2016. His legacy lives on though, with his two sons Harry and Dougie, who is also a many-times winner. Ted Breffitt on the left, with Dutch Champion Peter van Enckevort.
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Ruud Walrave, Dutch Brabo Team, in the ’stolen boots’ of Van Enckevort.
Another Dutch Champion, Frans Kooiman, finds out just how different the SSDT is.
Rob Snelder from Arnhem in this beautiful landscape.
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I competed once; it’s every rider’s dream to compete and for some to win; for myself it was a survival test! Montesa rider Eddy Moerman did win a coveted Special First Class award in 1984 and, together with two Belgian riders Eddy Lejeune (Honda) and Bernard Cordonnier (SWM), they also won the Club Award. Two other Special First Class awards were won, by René Opstals in 1990 and ten-times Dutch Champion Alex van Den Broek. Rene Opstals’s first attempt in the Scottish was in 1988. He rode under the name of Rinie Nijssen and finished in 85th at just seventeen years old. When he returned two years later, he finished 20th in the final results, and he became a mentor for Marco Reit, another Dutch Champion. Marco Reit did not understand the ‘Scottish’, and he was practising beside the sections when delay time was awarded, and he ran out of petrol later that day… Alex van den Broek rode to a Special First Class award in 2000, but he did not have the real Scottish feeling. That real Scottish feeling was found by the late entertainer/motorsport journalist Cor Termaat. He brought his friend and also Dutch Champ Hans van Marwijk, who is now a famous trials bike builder, to Scotland for a holiday in 1976. Van Marwijk hated the rain and cold, and after a couple of bad days, he missed Town Hall Brae in a hurry to finish. His machine was already in the Parc Ferme when he found out. He borrowed a machine from a TRIAL MAGAZINE • JUNE-JULY 2017
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Dutch spectator, improvised his riding number on the front, and did Town Hall Brae. If he had been caught he would have been excluded but he wasn’t, and he finished! Mart Buuron, another Dutch SSDT fan, did not even finish the first group of hazards at Callart Falls on day one in 1977. He dropped his Montesa 348 and his petrol tank split, and the machine was on fire. Plenty of water and mud stopped the fire, but the whole electrical system was wrecked. He came back as a trials character with a special, painted petrol tank later 1978 — they called him the ‘Frying Dutchman’. 1978 has recorded on the list of participants, the name of ‘Toon van de Vliet’ — that’s me riding number 207 on a Montesa Cota 348. Just two weeks before the Scottish an Italian SWM 320TL arrived and my sponsor Vos-Oss, a motorcycle business, decided I had to ride it for the publicity in the SSDT. Next, to my riding skills as a top-ten finisher in the Dutch Championships, I was a freelance journalist. It was a good opportunity, but I had no time to practice on the SWM, and then I had to change the rear shocks to Dutch Koni’s, and a Twin air filter had to be fitted because at that time I was involved as a development rider to those brands. Then, I had to visit the famous Belgian doctor Johan DerWeduwen. I had ‘Tennis Elbow’, which he helped me with, and I had to ride, no excuses. A ‘magic spray’ from the world of football helped a bit. I could open the throttle but not shut it!
Peter van Enckevort, the best man of the Van Nunen JCM Team.
I have many fond memories from the week’s riding, such as SWM Team Manager Sammy Miller refuelling my machine as I was in a small group of riders using the new Italian machines. One of them was a young John Hulme, with his dad Ron helping him. He was seventeen years old, against me at thirty-four. The difference in age never disappears of course, but we became close friends over the years. Both addicted to trials and the SSDT written in capitals. And Mick and Jill Andrews were staying next door in the Mercury Motor Inn. Mick Andrews was suffering from a back injury, and he had heard of the ‘magic spray’ I had. When he saw my wife with the camera and the spray he dropped his pants immediately. Friends for life! At the end of the week, I finished somewhere in the middle of the results. And yes I was pissed off; I got a Second Class Award, but the other finishing Dutchmen, Mart Buuron and Johnny van Delft, did win First Class Awards. I got over thirty-time penalties by finishing more than half an hour too late at a lunch stop. I got a small silver medal, not bigger than a penny. They went home with a beautiful tankard but never returned. I did on more than twenty occasions, not as a rider but as a journalist, until the year 2000. We had booked for 2001, but the Foot and Mouth disease meant the event was cancelled. By then we were quite busy with the publishing of our off-road magazine 2x2 Noppennieuws. 99
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Hugh Meierdres rode many times in the Scottish; here he is on the JCM. His father was the importer for JCM in Holland.
The third member of the JCM team did not finish his one and only SSDT. He had to stop with a broken linkage system.
Another Dutchman Eric Buursema (Fantic) on Town Hall Brae.
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As I already said, we went back many times as reporters, supporters and coaching young riders. In our area lived many Dutch champions, and one of them was Peter van Enckevort. He became seven times Dutch Champion, and I can’t count how many times he rode the Scottish, riding several machines including Ossa, Fantic, Honda, and JCM. The first time, at the beginning of the eighties, we were preparing him for his first ‘Scottish’. We made a plan after we’d had a good look at the list of riders, and seen that just in front of him was Ted Breffit. I told Peter to stay with him during the week; such was his vast experience in the event. On the first day Peter arrived well in front of Ted, I asked ‘Where is Ted on the yellow Ossa?’ Peter replied ‘That man is too slow for me. I passed him’. The newcomer had missed a complete hill — three sections — on his first day ever in the SSDT. It took me two hours and a bottle of Dutch Gin to persuade Jim McColm, the secretary — well before Mieke Vos, a Dutch woman married to a Scotsman became the secretary in more recent times. With a laugh and a tear in his eyes, the Dutch champion could finish his first Scottish. No Award though, no chance with his extra 150 penalties for missing the three hazards — 50 marks per hazard. Van Enckevort became a regular competitor in Scotland, most of the time together with his friend Hugh Meierdres. Also, Mart Buuron took his friend Ruud Walrave to Fort William many times, and on different machines. Most of the time the whole Dutch crew stayed in a B&B run by a Turkish woman, Lady Kissmet. She had a special room reserved for cleaning close to the central heater for the building where riding boots were also dried. Walrave took the dry, spare boots of Van Enckevort by mistake for an early start as Van Enckevort had a late start and was still in bed. Peter van Enckevort had size 47 boots that would fit everybody. They didn’t have dinner together that week anymore! Peter van Enckevort had a good ride on a Honda RTL250, finishing the first day in the top ten on his way to finishing 31st. His best ride was in 1987 on a Fantic finishing 23rd. Meierdres became the importer of the French JCM brand and Hugh Meierdres, Peter van Enckevort and Mark van der Linden together made a JCM team — but not a very successful one. The linkage system broke on Van der Linden’s machine, and he had to retire. 100
The Van Drunen JCM team at work changing tyres. The blond guy is Rene Opstals, alias Rinie Nijssen.
A lot of Dutch clubmen from Holland rode the event just once, club riders from the Baarlose Trial Club (BTC) from nearby Venlo. This club is an organiser of Classic European Championship rounds assisted by Tjeu Schreurs, who became the Classic Champion a couple of years ago on a BSA B40. Other Dutch Champions such as Peter van der Sluis, who had a sponsored ride on a new Greeves, and Ewoud Lalkens have ridden the event more recently. In Holland, trials competitions are more or less indoor trials in the countryside. These are very different from the reliability trials from yesteryear, which is a shame. The real champions like past SSDT winners Thierry Michaud and Gilles Burgat are still coming to Scotland. Yrjo Vesterinen rides in the fantastic Pre-65 event and doesn’t say Jordi Tarres was the last World Champion who won the Scottish, as Dougie Lampkin is a twelve-time World Champion as well as a many-times SSDT winner!
Alex van den Broek – 10 times Dutch Champion and trick-trial-rider – could not make any money in the SSDT, but shows off his riding style.
Will my wife and I ever go to Fort William, with a bag full of cameras, walking for hours through the Moors? I don’t think so but never say never again. Two years ago we met, on the top of Mont Ventoux, two British tourists on motorcycles. One of them asked: ‘Sorry Sir, but is it possible that I know you from the Scottish?’. Goosebumps of course, but on top of that mountain? It is very cold.
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The small world of trials has witnessed over the years some engineers whose ideas and dreams had them thinking out loud and well outside the box, not conforming with the normal lines of what a trials motorcycle should look like. In my early teen years I rode the very forward-thinking Ossa powered MAC – Macdonald Auto Cycle – built and ridden by its builder Duncan Macdonald. It was years ahead of its time and very much the forerunner of many production machines we would see over the years; the early Beta Zero springs to mind. Duncan came from the family that gave us Vacuum Formers (VF plastic mudguards to the older readers) produced along with his late father John and Brother Andrew. The aircraft industry has always featured in motorcycle development, for example with disc brakes, and it was from this area, landing gear on the Concorde project, that French engineer Jean-Pierre Fournales used his ideas and experience to build the Fournales trials machine. WORDS: JOHN HULME • PICTURE: TOON VAN DE VLIET
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Very special offers across the Kia range when you quote ‘Trial Magazine’. Contact Richard Timperley for further details.
Triangle of Chesterfield
6 Duke Street, Whittington Moor • S41 9AD • 01246 454545 • triangle-kia.co.uk
Fuel consumption in mpg (I/100km) for the All-New Kia Picanto range: Urban 40.4 (7.0) — 50.4 (5.6), Extra Urban 62.8 (4.5) — 76.3 (3.7), Combined 52.3 (5.4) — 64.2 (4.4), CO2 emissions 124 — 101g/km. MPG figures are official EU test figures for comparative purposes and may not reflect real driving results. MPG figures
are official EU test figures for comparative purposes and may not reflect real driving results. Model shown: All-New Kia Picanto 'GT-Line S' 1.25 83bhp 5-speed manual at £14,200 including optional chargeable clear white paint £250. All-New Kia Picanto range available from £9,450. Specification varies across the range and is subject to change without notice. †All-New Picanto models only £500 towards your Personal Contract Purchase Deposit (excluding 1). Please visit kia.com/uk or contact your Kia Dealer for full details and exclusions. Not available with any other offer. T&Cs apply. Subject to status. 18s or over. Guarantee may be required. Kia Finance RH2 9AQ. Offer available for residents of United Kingdom. Offer available on purchase of an All-New Picanto in the United Kingdom between 01.05.2017 —30.06.2017. Private customer registrations only. Excluding Personal Contract Hire. *One-year free insurance offer available to private customers excluding Personal Contract Hire ordering an All-New Kia Picanto via a participating UK Kia dealer from 1st May 2017 - 30th June 2017 inclusive. Drivers must have one year's no claims bonus immediately prior to the date of inception of the Kia Insurance policy, unless otherwise agreed, be aged 21-79 at the start of the policy and have resided in the UK for at least two years. Terms, conditions and exclusions apply. Visit http://www.kia.com/uk/new-cars/picanto/picantofreeinsurance for details. Kia Insurance is underwritten by Allianz Insurance plc. **Care-3 is the Kia servicing package that covers recommended manufacturers servicing. 7 year / 100,000 mile manufacturer's warranty. For full terms and exclusions visit www.kia.com/uk. Triangle of Chesterfield Ltd trading as Triangle of Chesterfield are a credit broker (not a lender) for the purposes of this financial promotion and can introduce you to a limited number of carefully selected finance providers and may receive a commission from them for the introduction.
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