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SSDT PRE-65CLASSIC COLECTION:

KTM T 325MEETING:

DANIELLEWHITHAMBall or Bike – we talk to the Ladies footballerTRAVEL:

New Zealand“Ihatove” Trial

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You have to wind the clock back to late 2007 when news fi rstfi ltered through to the Trial Magazine offi ce that a new Greeves trials machine was being developed in the UK. We were very surprised by this news to say the least, as the Greeves name had disappeared in 1977. A phone call to the main man at Greeves, Richard Deal, confi rmed these reports as true but he stated that the machine was still on the drawing board. He confi dently told us the completed machine would be shown at the Telford classic bike show in 2009; really? I thought to myself! As true as his word the machine appeared, much to his delight, though the new machine was obviously very prototype. Twelve months later at the same show a much improved pre-production machine was again shown. When Trial Magazine tested the machine at the tough “Hawks Nest” venue in Derbyshire we had quite a shock to say the least.

Words: John Hulme, Craig RobinsonPictures: John Hulme


DominationThe last couple of months has seen this year’s ACU/TRC British Trials Championship take the riders almost the length and breadth of Britain. First of all they had the long haul to Kinlochleven, Scotland for round two before then heading to deepest Devon and the wooded hillside of Kelly’s Farm near Lustleigh for round three. The three classes encounter some very different terrain, making the competition a common leveller for them all, no matter which part of the country you live in. With three rounds now completed we are seeing some real domination from James Dabill, Gary Macdonald and Darren Brice. These three have all managed to edge away from their main competition, although in the Expert A Ian Austermuhle is hanging on to the tail strings of Macdonald.

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Head UpTalk about putting yourself under pressure to make you perform. This is exactly what James Dabill has been doing on the Gas Gas. At both the last two rounds it has been Sherco’s Michael Brown who has taken the advantage on the opening laps at the events, riding with the confi dence and ability he has in abundance. But as the results show, on both occasions he has not been able to carry this out on the subsequent two laps. On the fl ip side of the coin though, this pressure Dabill has incurred has only made him perform better. “Dibsta” has now opened up a nine point advantage at the top of the table by taking the three wins from three starts, with Brown runner-up at each of the three events. At Kelly’s Farm for round three Brown could not clean section ten, and it would be this hazard which would take his current attack on rival Dabill off the rails. The section was nothing spectacular, just a very slippery climb with a jump up onto a pivotal point on one of the rocks. Despite listening to the instructions from his minder he could not negotiate his way onto the rock, leaving him with a fi ve mark defi cit on every lap whereas Dabill would come away with a two – clean – one mark penalty for his three attempts; after the event Brown went back and cleaned the section with ease! Behind these two the championship

James Dabill (Gas Gas)

COMPETITION Britsh Championship


Alexz Wigg (Beta)


Dominationpositions are as tight as they can be, with Shaun Morris back on form and enjoying his riding, with his new minder certainly helping to bring his confi dence back in his riding. More is to come from Morris and maybe he could be the rider to break the Dabill – Brown domination at the top. On the other hand, recent SSDT winner Alexz Wigg can do nothing right at the moment. His results are not refl ected in the amount of effort that is put in on the day. One of the most improved riders in the championship is Midlander Ross Danby. He has also had a change of minder and looks more relaxed on the machine, and hopefully a big result is not too far away. Jonathan Richardson continues to learn his trade as does the very determined young Ben Morphett. Richardson showed true grit at round three as a huge crash left him with an injured back, but minder and father Gerald guided him to a fi nish for some valuable championship points.


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Michael Brown (Sherco)

Shaun Morris (Gas Gas)

Jonathan Richardson (Sherco)

Ross Danby (Gas Gas)

Ben Morphett (Beta)

Alexz Wigg (Beta)

Alexz Wigg (Beta)


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HeysHeysagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainHeysagainHeysHeysagainHeysHeysagainHeysagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainagainIn what is possibly the most popular event of its type, Lancastrian Paul Heys claimed his second successive victory in the Scottish Pre-65 Two Day Trial, although his victory came by the narrowest of margins as the fi rst three fi nishers in the Kinlochleven-based classic event all fi nished on three marks lost. In excellent trials riding conditions with just the odd shower spoiling the fun, the event followed its usual format to give the strong entry a highland trial to enjoy; last year the atrocious weather spoilt the fun but not this year.

Words: John HulmePictures: Snr, Jack Knoops, John Hulme

Thirty-six year old Heys aboard his special Stealth Triumph “Tiger” Cub

— painted black as a stealth bomber — was the only rider in the 180-strong entry to go clean on the fi rst day, losing no marks, and that skilful performance gave him victory over Davy Morewood on his Ariel, and 2007/8 winner Tony Calvert on the Triumph. Sponsored for the fi rst time in the history of the event by a foreign company, Wines of Spain, the Edinburgh Club’s 26th running of the best supported Pre-65 trial of the year was once again a resounding success, with riders and machines from many parts of Europe enjoying traditional Scottish scenery and Highland hospitality. Though Heys was the only rider to go clean on day one, there were six riders on just one mark lost: Morewood, Calvert, Scotsman Alan Crayk who eventually fi nished fourth, another past winner Dave

Thorpe, Carles Casas from Spain and Eric McMeekin, which meant that after 30 challenging sections, everything was very much still to play for on day two. Riders set off from the Kinlochleven School playground to head off in different directions — odd numbers one way, evens the other, the course predominately being a loop round Meall na Duibhe, across the front of the Blackwater Dam and back down to Kinlochleven in a clockwise direction before a quick ride out towards Glen Coe along the south side of Loch Leven. Old hands at the Pre-65 trial remarked that there were some new sections in use, and rigid stalwart Clive Dopson was in awe of the rock slabs at Choire Odhair, used just fi ve weeks earlier in the Ian Pollock Trial. “I looked at them and thought, if I don’t make it up there, I hope the bike lands at the bottom before me” he said. In the end, the Norfolk

engineer had his 500T Norton in total control for four superb cleans, and while many other riders emulated him, to do it on such an old bike was very satisfying to the regular Pre-65 campaigner. If anyone thinks the Pre-65 Scottish is an easy trial, don’t let the scores fool you as it is anything but. “I had a three on Pollock Hill” said ninth placed Norman Shepherd riding in his second Pre-65 trial. “I should have given the James full gas, but I tried to ride it up steadily and had a big three. You can’t afford to waste any marks in this trial” he said. Indeed those were his only marks for the day and effectively cost him fi fth place, come the end. Pollock Hill is a loose descent into a gully with a couple of twists, and provides for fascinating spectating, as those watching on the hillsides can relate to the section as one that many think they could clean. But like other loose hazards in this trial it changes

with the passing of every rider, and for many it is simply a case of good or bad fortune as to whether or not you achieve a good ride on such sections. But experience comes into much of this trial and it is a pleasure to see some old riders still able to come back at the end of the day with some low scores. Dave Thorpe is a multiple winner of this trial, but his one mark loss on Friday was especially classy for a rider whose walking ability is now outclassed by his riding! Equally, for a rider in his mid seventies, Peter Gaunt’s loss of just ten on day one was superb, he remained “feet up” until he was a yard from the ends cards on the dreaded “Pipeline” sections. Dry weather but with a chilling breeze made it ideal for riding on both days — although spectators may have felt differently — and whilst scores were relatively low on Friday, the trial as a whole was much tougher on Saturday.

Paul Heys (Triumph)


Davy Morewood (Ariel)

Alan Crayk (Cotton)

Clive Dobson (Norton)Peter Gaunt (BSA)


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In the modern times in which we now live, many parents allow their children to let them fi nd their own way in life. At the Doney family household you would have not been given much choice, it would have been bikes, bikes and more bikes! It was not a case of the parents pushing the children, it was more of a case of the children pushing the parents. Chris Doney’s father Rob still enjoys the pleasure of watching his son compete and, more importantly, Chris loves having his father with him.

Words: John HulmePictures: Laura Hayward – Doney Family Collection

CYCLE MEETING Chris Doney




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RIDE TRIALS Trail World

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On TrialSo you’ve seen Toni Bou and Adam Raga battle it out on the world championship stage and you’re thinking ‘I could do that if I tried’ well that’s all very good when you’re sat on your sofa watching TV, but in real life standing on a trials bike for more than an hour is hard enough. More to the point where are you allowed to ride, whose bike can you borrow and what riding kit do you need? Motorcycle training school Trail World has answered all these questions in the form of their new trials training school. Aimed at novices and road riders, Trail World provides everything you need for your fi rst experience on a trials machine!

Words: Stuart TaylorPictures: Paul Massey

The problem with any off-road motorcycle sport is that in order to know you’ll enjoy something you have to try it fi rst. Now most people simply borrow someone

else’s machine and have a quick go in their back garden, but a 10 minute play around on some fl at grass hardly provides a strong basis to go and buy a £4,000 trials bike. In a perfect world you’d be able to turn up at a purpose-built school in your 3 series BMW, change from your jeans and t-shirt into proper riding gear and abuse someone else’s machines for the day. Well...that’s exactly what Trail World have done with their new Trials School for beginners, and best of all it allows you to simply hand the bike along with the kit back to them at the end of the day. First things fi rst: you get kitted out; the school has a number of helmets, boots, pants, tops and gloves from which to choose from. Now personally I’m one of those people who likes wearing my own kit, but the school’s clothing is okay and serves a purpose. Once we were suited and booted our tutor for the day, Chris Koch, gave us a quick briefi ng on the machines we were going to be using, starting with a demonstration of what each of the controls does and how the machines work. Chris is a well known trials rider, having ridden at most levels during a long career, with a wealth of information and experience. The school currently has a fl eet of four Beta trials machines which are in good working order for their age. They aren’t new, in fact they were bought from an offi cial Beta dealer second hand, but are perfect for the job of carting numb-handed riders like me around. Being shown the basics like how to stand correctly on the machines might sound like obvious stuff but this school is aimed at

Trials Magazine • May / June 2010

Chris is a well known trials rider, having ridden at most levels during a long career, with a wealth of information and experience.



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Words: Stuart TaylorPictures: Justyn Norek

Born into a Yorkshire farming family Rob Shepherd was used

to fi nding his way around farm vehicles in the busy environment. When he was fourteen the Wetherby Motor Cycle Club approached his father Alan to ask for permission to use his vast area of farmland at Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire to run trials on; this was in the late 60s and trials are still run on the farm to the present day. His fi rst ever trial was on a Greeves Scottish purchased by his father. He made some valiant attempts at the sections and fi nished the trial black and blue with bruises; at the evening meal on the farm after the event he was so sore he could not sit down at the table to eat – but he had got the trials bug. Seeing his young son have so much enjoyment riding the Greeves on the farm led Alan to buy a brand new Villiers engined Cotton trials machine. Rob was so excited he spent hour after hour practising on the new trials machine on sections he had marked out on the farm. He soon became a Yorkshire Centre expert at the tender age of sixteen, after taking two novice awards in his fi rst couple

of Yorkshire Centre events. He started to enjoy trials so much he progressed to a Montesa and started to ride in National trials to gain experience, and an 11th place in the 1970 British Experts was a superb result. This attracted the attention of Norman Crooks Motorcycles. He supplied the young Shepherd with a new 250cc Bultaco in late November. He would spend the early part of the 1971 season gaining much more experience on the UK trials scene. During this learning period he always had stiff opposition in the form of fellow established “Yorkies” like the Lampkin brothers, Malcolm Rathmell, Mick and Bill Wilkinson amongst others, and this helped to speed up his maturity on the machines and also give him valuable experience in how to deal with the opposition. At this time he still had to pay for his own machines. John Brise was the Montesa importer before Jim Sandiford came along and it was he who realised Shepherd’s potential and supplied him with a supported machine to join the Montesa team for the Scottish Six Days Trial in May 1971, where he came home in 10th

place. At seventeen he won the national Peak and Kickham Trials and came second behind Bill Wilkinson in the famous Allan Jefferies Trial, the one to win in Yorkshire. He also took the runner-up spot to the Irish man Sammy Miller, the man to beat at the time, who would later take him under his wing at the Clayton Trial.

Every Yorkshireman wants to win the gruelling Scott time and observation Trial and Shepherd was no different. He really shot into the headlines when at the tender age of eighteen he won a treasured Scott spoon. He followed this success by winning the Peak Trial yet again, taking the scalps of many of his friends and rivals – Shepherd was on the attack. 1972 would be the year when he was accepted as a true contender for trials honours. He would fi nish the year with a fi fth place at the SSDT and a tenth in the European Championship, but the icing on the cake would be at the super tough Scott Trial. Best

on time and observation he took the win in style, a proper Scott win.

A Works ContractThis win really brought him

into the spotlight, and his reward was a full works contract to ride directly for the Montesa factory in Spain; this would allow him more time to concentrate on practising. With the Montesa Cota in full production Shepherd was now well established in the team. In 1973 he would win the prestigious Pinhard Trophy for the most promising under-21 rider and be a regular top ten fi nisher in the majority of events he would enter. Montesa gave him one of the new prototype 310cc machines to help with the development, and at the end of the 1974 season he would move into sixth place in the European Championship. When Malcolm Rathmell arrived at Montesa the machine would be released for sale after further development to become the model Cota.

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RESULTS: RD 3 LINCOLNLadies (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.

COMPETITION Britsh Championship


COMPETITION Youth A&B Championship


This year’s Youth British Championship supported by Challenge Lusky.Com is such a hot place to be, and now that Richard Sadler has returned from injury in the A class the cat is really amongst the pigeons. Missing the fi rst round he knows he can drop one score from the championship series and is slowly pulling the leaders in now he has taken wins in the last three rounds. In the B class Luke Walker continues to fl ex the muscles on the Sherco but took a blow on the chin well when Bradley Cox rocked his championship challenge in round three. One thing is for sure and that’s the fact this series will continue to feed the adult classes with some new young blood in the future.

Words: John HulmePictures: John Watson

In excellent trials riding conditions the riders found themselves at Sharpcliffe Hall

in Staffordshire for round four of this year’s six round series. On a reduced ten section course as opposed to twelve hazards – a situation caused by a lack of observers – to be attempted over three laps, the riders knew it would be a battle of nerves on what was a slightly easy course, considering the close competition in the A class. Richard Sadler opened his account with a two mark penalty on the tight section three before parting with three more solitary marks to complete his fi rst lap for a disastrous total of fi ve. No rider had a particularly good opening score, with Chris Stay the best on three followed by Chris Short on four. On the second lap the pressure was really on with the leading trio under a nervous cloud waiting for one or the other to buckle. Both Sadler and Short parted with one each on section ten as Stay cleaned it, but he had parted with a mark

on section three to equal things up; Short came in on two as he parted with one on section nine. It was still all to play for on the fi nal lap but Sadler is maturing into a very composed rider. He knew a clean lap would secure victory and that’s exactly what he did, making him the only rider on the day to achieve this. Stay parted with two on his last lap which left him and Sadler on the tie break, with Sadler’s clean last lap giving him the edge. Short parted with one more to come home on seven and take third place. In the heat of competition these three riders had pulled well clear of Tom Dexter and George Gosden, who just edged out Jake Evans-Luter for fi fth place. The championship now takes a break until July when the action moves down to Wales. Expect the challenge for this year’s A class crown to get even more exciting as we watch the action unfold, as I am sure it will still take some tough competition to fi nd the champion in 2010.


This year’s Youth British Championship supported by Challenge Lusky.Com is such a hot place to be, and now that Richard Sadler has returned from injury in the A class the cat is really amongst the pigeons. Missing the fi rst round he knows he can drop one score from the championship series and is slowly pulling the leaders in now he has taken wins in the last three rounds. In the B class Luke Walker continues to fl ex the muscles on the Sherco but took a blow on the chin well when Bradley Cox rocked his championship challenge in round three. One thing is for sure and that’s the fact this series will continue to feed the adult classes with some new young blood in the future.

Words: John HulmePictures: John Watson

In excellent trials n excellent trials riding on section three to equal things

Sadler’s Attack

Richard Sadler (Sherco)

in Staffordshire for round four of this year’s six round series. On a reduced ten section course as opposed to twelve hazards – a situation caused by a lack of observers – to be attempted over three laps, the riders knew it would be a battle of nerves on what was a slightly easy course, considering the close competition in the A class. Richard Sadler opened his account with a two mark penalty on the tight section three before parting with three more solitary marks to complete his fi rst lap for a disastrous total of fi ve. No rider had a particularly good opening score, with Chris Stay the best on three followed by Chris Short on four. On the second lap the pressure was really on with the leading trio under a nervous cloud waiting for one or the other to buckle. Both Sadler and Short parted with one each on section ten as Stay cleaned it, but he had parted with a mark

Chris Stay (Gas Gas)



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Words: Stuart TaylorPictures: Justyn Norek

Born into a Yorkshire farming family Rob Shepherd was used

to fi nding his way around farm vehicles in the busy environment. When he was fourteen the Wetherby Motor Cycle Club approached his father Alan to ask for permission to use his vast area of farmland at Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire to run trials on; this was in the late 60s and trials are still run on the farm to the present day. His fi rst ever trial was on a Greeves Scottish purchased by his father. He made some valiant attempts at the sections and fi nished the trial black and blue with bruises; at the evening meal on the farm after the event he was so sore he could not sit down at the table to eat – but he had got the trials bug. Seeing his young son have so much enjoyment riding the Greeves on the farm led Alan to buy a brand new Villiers engined Cotton trials machine. Rob was so excited he spent hour after hour practising on the new trials machine on sections he had marked out on the farm. He soon became a Yorkshire Centre expert at the tender age of sixteen, after taking two novice awards in his fi rst couple

of Yorkshire Centre events. He started to enjoy trials so much he progressed to a Montesa and started to ride in National trials to gain experience, and an 11th place in the 1970 British Experts was a superb result. This attracted the attention of Norman Crooks Motorcycles. He supplied the young Shepherd with a new 250cc Bultaco in late November. He would spend the early part of the 1971 season gaining much more experience on the UK trials scene. During this learning period he always had stiff opposition in the form of fellow established “Yorkies” like the Lampkin brothers, Malcolm Rathmell, Mick and Bill Wilkinson amongst others, and this helped to speed up his maturity on the machines and also give him valuable experience in how to deal with the opposition. At this time he still had to pay for his own machines. John Brise was the Montesa importer before Jim Sandiford came along and it was he who realised Shepherd’s potential and supplied him with a supported machine to join the Montesa team for the Scottish Six Days Trial in May 1971, where he came home in 10th

place. At seventeen he won the national Peak and Kickham Trials and came second behind Bill Wilkinson in the famous Allan Jefferies Trial, the one to win in Yorkshire. He also took the runner-up spot to the Irish man Sammy Miller, the man to beat at the time, who would later take him under his wing at the Clayton Trial.

Every Yorkshireman wants to win the gruelling Scott time and observation Trial and Shepherd was no different. He really shot into the headlines when at the tender age of eighteen he won a treasured Scott spoon. He followed this success by winning the Peak Trial yet again, taking the scalps of many of his friends and rivals – Shepherd was on the attack. 1972 would be the year when he was accepted as a true contender for trials honours. He would fi nish the year with a fi fth place at the SSDT and a tenth in the European Championship, but the icing on the cake would be at the super tough Scott Trial. Best

on time and observation he took the win in style, a proper Scott win.

A Works ContractThis win really brought him

into the spotlight, and his reward was a full works contract to ride directly for the Montesa factory in Spain; this would allow him more time to concentrate on practising. With the Montesa Cota in full production Shepherd was now well established in the team. In 1973 he would win the prestigious Pinhard Trophy for the most promising under-21 rider and be a regular top ten fi nisher in the majority of events he would enter. Montesa gave him one of the new prototype 310cc machines to help with the development, and at the end of the 1974 season he would move into sixth place in the European Championship. When Malcolm Rathmell arrived at Montesa the machine would be released for sale after further development to become the model Cota.

“it laceped es cus doluptas maximincto earum explatem volor aliquis cora esseratque etur, offi cabore eiciis repe volorep”

RESULTS: RD 3 LINCOLNLadies (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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It’s a Clean Walker It’s quite a battered Luke Walker who continues to lead this year’s B class championship series on the Sherco. Still struggling with a foot injury he picked up recently, he rides with it heavily bandaged knowing putting his feet down will cause him some discomfort, so what did he do? He completed the Cheadle trial without putting them down to arrive at the fi nish with a clean score sheet. The course was essentially a revamped route of the national Ladies’ Championship six weeks earlier, as far as the fi rst fi ve sections were concerned, and after the opening lap losing no marks Walker believed he was capable of competing the whole three laps with his feet planted fi rmly on the footrests. Bradley Cox has come of age this year showing true championship potential, especially when he took the win at round three, the superb Scarborough Club promoted event at Harwood

Dale. He kept his calm all day at Cheadle parting with a solitary mark on section three, his only marks to be lost all day to come home in second. Another vastly improved rider is Rob Waite who is waiting in the wings in the championship chase should Walker falter. The expected championship challenge from the young and confi dent Billy Bolt has not materialised, but as with all the young riders he continues to improve at every event. With Walker well ahead in the championship chase the competition behind is oh so tight. With the riders all allowed to drop their worst score they are knitted tight together in the series with both Waite and Bolt tied on forty seven, with Cox and Roberts right behind them on forty fi ve. Walker knows another win will make it hard for the others but this championship, like the A class, could prove very interesting at the close of play later in the year. ●

RESULTS RD 4 (CHEADLE AC)A class: 1: Richard Sadler (MRS Sherco) 6; 2: Chris Stay (JST Gas Gas) 6; 3: Chris Short (JST Gas Gas) 7; 4; Tom Dexter (ACE Gas Gas) 17; 5: George Gosden (JST Gas Gas) 21; 6: Jake Evans-Luter (Beta UK) 22; 7: Jack Howell (Beta UK) 27; 8: Jack Welch (Gas Gas) 29; 9: Corey Dubik (B&B Gas Gas) 38; 10: Sam Yeadon (Acklams Beta) 48.

B class: 1: Luke Walker (MRS Sherco) 0; 2: Bradley Cox (ACE Gas Gas) 1; 3: Rob Waite (MRS Sherco) 6; 4: Billy Bolt (Beta) 7; 5: Jack Price (B&B Gas Gas) 7; 6: Connor Evans (Beta) 7; 7: Dec Bullock (TRH Sherco) 7; 8: Iwan Roberts (Beta UK) 9; 9: Jack Burch (Gas Gas) 10; 10: Joe Clements (NTB Gas Gas) 10.

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONSA class: 1: Short 67; 2: Sadler 57; 3: Evans-Luter 56; 4: Stay 54; 5: Dexter 49; 6: Howell 46; 7: Gosden 38; 8: Dubik 33; 9: Welch 32; 10: Yeadon 21.

B class: 1: Walker 77; 2: Waite 47; 3: Bolt 47; 4: Cox 45; 5: Roberts 45; 6: Stones 42; 7: Price 36; 8: Evans 33; 9: Burch 31; 10: Bullock 29.

Billy Bolt (Beta)

Jack Price (Gas Gas) Bradley Cox (Gas Gas

Jack Howell (Beta)

Jake Evans-Luter (Beta)

Luke Walker (Sherco)


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New Zealand Ihatove Trial TRAVEL

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The city of Nelson at the top of New Zealand’s South Island is offi cially the sunniest place in the country, and just south of there tucked into the foothills of the Richmond Ranges is 88 Valley. This is the home of the NonStop Adventure Trials Academy. Trials has a passionate following in this beautiful part of the world and recently the sport received a new boost, thanks to the introduction of a winning concept borrowed from Japan: the Ihatove adventure trial.

By: David Britten and Stephen Oliver

Stephen Oliver is a previous multiple New Zealand Trials Champion and his family’s

relationship with Japanese trials riders goes back many years. Their friendship with the chairman of the Idemitsu Ihatove Trial, Yasuo Manzawa, was enhanced in 2006, when three generations of the Oliver family rode in the 30th anniversary of that famous trial in Japan. Ihatove can be translated as Dreamland, and refl ects the event’s social and fun aspect as well as the scenery through which it passes. Unlike most trials held in compact areas the Ihatove includes considerable touring between observed sections, and in Japan, where the bikes are street-legal, they are ridden on roads and tracks as the riders complete daily loops of many tens of kilometres. Idemitsu, an oil company, has sponsored the event for many years. Stephen’s sons Nicholas and Peter returned to Japan in 2008. They rode the Ihatove in company with Takumi Narita, a multiple Japanese Trials Champion whose father Shozo co-founded the


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