Iain Ferguson Motorbike trials made a welcome return with the staging of the Ally Beag competition in Glen Nevis at the end of May. Organised by the Lochaber and District Motorcycle Club
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in conjunction with landowners Jahama Highland Estates and Ewan Cameron the event attracted 100 riders, both local and from across Scotland. Normally an annual event it is held in memory of exceptionally talented Fort William rider and mechanic Alexander John Cameron, known affectionately as Ally Beag (Wee Ally, a name given to him when he worked in Fort William’s Parade Garage to distinguish him from another mechanic of the same name). He stormed on to the Scottish Six Days Trial in 1958, aged 18 years old. Starting on an old bike which was all he could afford at the time, such was his success that he quickly moved on to new bikes, using his mechanical knowledge to adapt and hone their performance to maximum effect. He went on to win many competitions in a number of classes at events all over the country as well as many successes in his ‘home’ event, The Scottish Six Days Trial.
