Eventpost 10 - High Whittaker Red Rose Classic

Sunday I rode at the Red Rose Classic Trial at High Whittaker, Padiham.

I can honestly say that this was one of the most enjoyable trials I have ridden for ages. The ground was fantastic with a mix of streams, rocks, roots and climbs. Though there has been some rain during the previous week it remained dry and the going was perfect on the day.

There were 15 sections and 4 laps laid out and the sections used the natural terrain well with planty of scope for different lines to be selected. With not a huge entry and 15 sections it meant that there was very little queuing and everything flowed well for a really good trial - well done to the organisers.

The bike ran well and I am getting more used to the technique required compared to the 4 stroke bike. I lost 2 silly marks with a wrong gear selected and a split pin coming off the rear brake arm and 2 marks that I needed, so a total of 4 for the day was the result.

I now have an enforced lay off with a knee operation curbing my trials activity for a few weeks so this trial was a good one to keep me motivated to get fit as soon as I can to get back on the bike.

Results
2Stroke
1. S Thomas 1
2. M Driffield 2
3. D Dawson 4
4. C Winstanley 11
5. P McCanna 13

Unit 4 stroke
1. J Maxwell 1
2. J Greenbank 7
3. T Dillon 9
4. D Harrison 9
5. E Boocock 16

Pre Unit 4 Stroke
1. M Cocking 4
2. C Benson 28

Eventpost 9 - Nab End, Yorkshire Classic

Last Sunday I rode a Yorkshire championship trial at Nab End, Sowerby. The venue was open moorland with a quarry area and most of the sections were my favourite loose rocks!!

The trial itself was fairly easy so slack marks were going to be punished with no real chance of making up ground on the field as it would have been relatively easy to clean the trial with the right levels of concentration.

As it happened, concentration was what I was lacking. After two single dabs on the same easy section on laps 1 and 2 I felt that the chance of a win had gone. A clean lap on lap 3 gave me a little more hope only for the last lap to bring a disaster with two 3's due to lapses of concentration and dropping off line on loose rocks leaving me looking like a millipede with legs everywhere to get back on line and out of the section.

As expected the trial was won by Steve Thomas on clean and I ended up winnig a tie for 4th with Jill Driffield on the oldest rider rule.

Photo taken from the Yorks Classic WWW site of me in section 8.

Results

2 Stroke Class

1. S Thomas 0

2. S Holt 2

3. P McCanna 6

4. D Dawson 8

5. J Driffield 8

Unit 4 Stroke

1. D Brookes 7

2. T Emmott 13

3. K Shuttleworth 19

4. T Peat 20

5. I Alderson 37

Pre Unit

1. D Emmott 2

2. S Lockley 3

3. G Mitchell 4

4. J Feather 5

5. D Wear 13