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100 WINS Trust me 100%, I am human and, yes, I do feel pressure like any other person. I knew the 100 wins was always possible in 2018 although with the problems from the back injury I was not sure when this would happen. Japan produced wins from Fajardo and Busto, putting the celebrations on hold, but once I had secured the success in Andorra my focus in Portugal was the big ‘100’ and, as they say, the rest is history, and it was time once again to enjoy the champagne.

WORDS: TONI BOU WITH JOHN HULME • PICTURES: MONTESA/HONDA AND TRIALS MEDIA

he long-haul flight to round two of this year’s championship had been a difficult one. In truth it was too long a time to be sat down, and was not good for my recovery from the injury. It was a two-day event, and on reflection I should have been happier with the points than I was, but as you all know I enter every competition with one vision only: victory. I had a good week at home enjoying Andorra before the world round and I felt much more relaxed, having friends and family around me, which is always a bonus. I felt very strong in qualifying and the relief when I was the quickest gave me even more confidence for race day. As it happened the Andorra GP was a very close affair but I kept pushing all day, and when Fajardo stopped in the final hazard of the day I applied my mindset to take the victory. Trials is a strange sport but I believe I thoroughly deserved the win after all the problems with my back. The week after we were back in action in Portugal, and the heat was insane! I felt very confident all weekend and when I have this sensation I am at my very best, which I was, in both qualifying and the trial. When I feel like this I can change the pressure around onto my rivals, as riding at the back from the best qualifying time it’s a case of waiting for them to make mistakes, which they did. I take nothing away from any of them and have the utmost respect for them, but this situation pushes the limits of my ability even higher. My clean passage through section ten was me at my very best, which opened the door for the 100th victory. As always for everyone who has helped me achieve this new record, I thank you! Until Next Time – Ride On! – Toni

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New Inch Perfect Trials Showroom On Saturday 9th June Inch Perfect Trials opened its brand new state of the art showroom. The spectacular new premises doubles its capacity with an even larger range of clothing, accessories, helmets and boots as well as a new range of ladies’ and casual wear. Matthew Alpe: “The expansion was introduced so that we can offer a facility where customers can view a wide range of aftermarket accessories to change their own standard machine into a factory specification model from our wide range of parts, in stock and available to fit. In the workshop we have qualified mechanics who can transform a standard production model into one the owner can have built to suit his or her needs and, most importantly, to suit the pocket. If a potential purchaser cannot stretch to a new machine we have a good second-hand stock for them to view and, if required, have the upgrade parts fitted to. Check out the advert here in the magazine to view our new website details and find out what else we have.”

Bernie’s Back!

With the Westmorland Club’s event growing in stature year on year, a good crowd came along to the 2018 Bultaco Revival Nostalgia Trial held in late June with the added attraction of watching the 1979 World Trials Champion Bernie Schreiber in action. The competition, which was held at Holme Farm, Middleton, Sedbergh, Cumbria in the North of the country, is well supported by Finland’s three-time world trials champion Yrjo Vesterinen on a Bultaco, and he provided the American with a Bultaco from his collection on which to compete. Other invited guests included many of the old Bultaco team riders including Spain’s Manuel Soler, with Alan ‘Sid’ Lampkin representing the famous Yorkshire family. New to the trial was a ‘Team Challenge’ for the Martin Lampkin Team Event, in which any team of three riders on any combination of machine could take part. All entry fees for the team event were paid to charity. The 100-strong entry included nearly 40 Bultacos along with many other Pre-65 and Twin-Shock machines, providing a day of reunions for friends old and new and the chance to have a ‘Flashback’ to a golden era in trials enjoyed by so many.

RESULTS TWIN-SHOCK: 1: Glen Scholey (Honda) 1; 2: Carl Batty (James) 3; 3: Stuart Blythe (Bultaco) 3; 4:

James Postlethwaite (Bultaco) 3; 5: Yrjo Vesterinen (Bultaco-FIN) 4; 6: John Lampkin (Fantic) 5; 7: Nick Shield (Bultaco) 5; 8: James Lampkin (Bultaco) 6; 9: Phil Disney (Honda) 7; 10: Chris Gascoigne (Montesa) 7.

PRE-65 UNIT: 1: Dan Clarke (Triumph) 1. PRE-65 TWO-STROKE: 1: John Maxfield (BSA) 5. PRE-65 TWIN CYLINDER: 1: Simon Hartley (Trifield) 14.

Dominic Feaks

21st May 1997 to 13th June 2018 Talented youth trials rider, action man, son, fiancé and all-round good young man passed away recently after a four-year battle with cancer. Dom started riding around his 10th birthday and made quick progress. Practising at the Trials Park in Corton, often with Jack Sheppard, he started to show real talent with good throttle control and technique. He was proud of his overall sixth place in the B Class British Championships. Dom then took a break from trials to pursue other hobbies, especially his beloved skiing and anything involving a GoPro. Dom was diagnosed with bone cancer in his left leg a couple of months before his 17th birthday. Intensive chemo and operations followed over the next four years as the cancer reappeared in his lungs. With a titanium knee and thigh he still found the energy to fill his time with many experiences including flying a helicopter, driving and working with supercars and skiing. He still rode his motorcycles and did as much as he could even after having a lung removed. He loved his cars, especially DF55 DOM, his blue Golf R. Along with his girlfriend Cait he set off on road trips to Scotland, Snowdon, Brighton and the WTC at Tong. Nowhere was too far! Never complaining, he just got on with it. His Celebration of Life service was a bright and modern affair with bright blue prevalent, with videos and slideshows shown on large screens some of it his own edits. Much of his legacy is available on his YouTube channel 2121 Domo.

John Hulme: “The passing of anyone and especially at such a young age is always a sad time. I got to know Dominic Feaks through his family and we became friends. His passion for trials and enthusiasm for life in general became evident and the family side of the sport shone through, they were a trials family. A magazine article was generated and through this we found we had so much in common, and as his illness appeared we kept in touch. "I managed to organise in what turned out to be a superb day out at the Mercedes Van Experience days at the Millbrook testing facility. I am sure you can imagine what it was like to be strapped in a van as a passenger with a young, full-of-life guy showing you what it can do; burning rubber and smoke springs to mind!" To close, here are some words his mother Sarah read out at his Celebration of Life service: “We all know that Dom loved bright blue so I ask that when you see the blue sky, you think of him. And if it’s cloudy then he’s having one of his lay-ins! I’ll finish with a quote I read recently: There’s no such thing as a sunset – it’s just an illusion caused by the world spinning”.

SPECIAL GUEST: Bernie Schreiber (Bultaco-USA) 33. 10

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Congratulations: 40 years in the business

2018 S3 Parts British Championship Despite an ‘off day’ at the Wainwright Trial where Guy Kendrew took the victory, with just one round remaining at the Travers in September Richard Sadler looks on course for the Expert Class victory. In the Clubmen Class it’s a straight North versus South fight between Darren Wasley and Dave Clinkard. In the very poorly supported 125cc Class the ever happy Jake Eley is looking good for the title, while in the Non-Championship Elite Class it was Tom Minta on the Scorpa who had a smile on his face as he took the win away from the fancied Yorkshire riders back to Shropshire.

WAINWRIGHT NON-CHAMPIONSHIP ELITE: 1: Tom Minta (Scorpa) 11; 2: Dan Thorpe (JST Gas Gas UK) 19; 3: Dec Bullock (Gas Gas) 27.

When the team at Putoline Oils in the UK heard about John Hulme’s efforts to launch Trial Magazine back in September 2006, they very quickly embraced the venture, and have supported it ever since. The driving force behind the company, John and Sally Hayden, have become good friends, sharing their passion with John for the sport. It was no surprise to learn that at the end of June John Hayden celebrated 40 years in the motorcycle business. Starting out as an apprentice motorcycle mechanic with his first ever boss Colin Diver, John has worked his way through the business to become a director of his own empire and still loves nothing more than throwing his leg over a motorcycle. John Hulme: “John and Sally were very supportive of me when I ventured into the magazine industry and I am eternally grateful for all their help over the years.”

TRS 2019

Spanish motorcycle manufacturer TRS hit ‘Gold’ with its limited ‘Edition’ model, which was first shown at the opening round of the 2018 FIM Trial World Championship in Spain earlier this year. The limited ‘Gold Edition’ model featured a range of high-end products associated with the machine ridden by its number one rider Adam Raga. With just 150 of the models produced in various engine capacity sizes they sold out literally overnight to the worldwide distribution network around the globe. Hot on the heels of this model, as promised, we now have the ‘One’ range for the 2019 market.

S3 EXPERTS : 1: Guy Kendrew (Beta-UK) 15; 2: John Crinson (Beta) 22; 3: Richard Sadler (Acklams/Beta-UK) 22; 4: Josh Brain (Gas Gas) 26; 5: Sam Yeadon (Acklams Beta) 28.

S3 CLUBMEN: 1: Andrew Jackson (Honda) 20; 2: Roger Williams (Montesa) 17; 3:

Richard Fraser (Sherco) 32; 4: Andy Tales (Beta) 25; 5: Julian Harvey (Sherco) 29.

S3 125: No Entries

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS WITH ONE ROUND REMAINING S3 EXPERTS: 1: Richard Sadler (Acklams/Beta-UK) 132; 2: Guy Kendrew (Beta-UK) 123; 3: Luke Walker (Sherco) 82; 4: John Crinson (Beta) 74; 5: Chris Pearson (Sherco) 55.

S3 CLUBMEN: 1: Darren Wasley (Gas Gas) 64; 2: Dave Clinkard (Beta) 60; 3: Richard Fraser (Sherco) 40; 4: Andrew Jackson (Honda) 37; 5: Huw Price (Montesa) 33.

S3 125: 1: Jake Eley (Beta) 92; 2: Andrew (Eley (Beta) 88; 3: Ronnie Day (Scorpa) 20.

TRRS ONE: The third generation and evolution of the first trials model the TRRS ONE, with which TRS was born at the end of 2015 and which was later joined by the RR and Gold series models, has arrived on the market. The new TRRS ONE 2019 that has been launched will be available in four capacity displacements: 125cc, 250cc, 280cc and 300cc. This will continue to be the main model with which TRS will target its customers, and the one which will suit the majority of trials riders of all abilities, offering the best balance between performance and behaviour. It incorporates technical evolutions that allow a better performance and feedback, improving the feeling to the rider. Official UK importer Steve Saunders: “The ongoing evolution of the models is the result of the constant development of the machines in all areas of the sport. Feedback comes from the very cutting edge in the FIM Trial World Championship, right down to the people who contact me at the beginner and club level of the sport. Any constructive feedback is always much appreciated.”

TRRS ONE Changes and Improvements New graphics • The brake lever is produced by microfusion with a new design, offering easier use and better grip • The gear lever also produced by microfusion with new design, offering easier use and better grip • Forged exhaust supports with silent block fitments • New setting on the rear shock absorber • New plastic protector for the air filter box • New adjustment on front fork • New cylinder distribution • New power curve CDI program.

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INTERNATIONAL FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Round 2: Japan

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HEAT IS ON

At the halfway point of the 2018 series, as we say goodbye to the Trial 125 Championship until Italy, the action in TrialGP and Trial2 is as hot as ever. WORDS AND PICTURES: JOHN HULME AND JOSH SPRINTALL

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Manufacturers: Montesa versus Gas Gas

Round 5: France

Round 4: Portugal

2018 TRIALGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

2018 TRIAL 125 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

We have already had some shocks in TrialGP, starting with Jeroni Fajardo’s win in Japan on day one and Jaime Busto’s maiden class win on day two, but the simple question is ‘who can stop Toni Bou?’ as the winning man – and machine – goes on and on.

Strong, calculated riding from Great Britain’s Billy Green has put him at the head of the championship as the series takes a break until the last round in September in Italy. The points margin from first to second may look unbeatable but you can be sure that Billy will be making sure he takes no chances to give Beta the 2018 title on home soil.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1: Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP) 110; 2: Jeroni

Fajardo (Gas Gas-ESP) 97; 3: Jamie Busto (Gas Gas-ESP) 91; 4: Adam Raga (TRRS-ESP) 78; 5: Albert Cabestany (Beta-ESP) 69; 6: Jorge Casales (Vertigo-ESP) 54; 7: Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda-JPN) 53; 8: James Dabill (Beta-GBR) 51; 9: Miquel Gelabert (Sherco-ESP) 43; 10: Jack Price (Gas Gas-GBR) 32.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1: Billy Green (Beta-GBR) 91; 2: Martin Riobo (Gas Gas-ESP) 73; 3: Pablo Suarez (Gas Gas-ESP) 72; 4: Eric Miquel (TRRS-ESP) 67; 5: Hugo Defrese (Gas Gas-FRA) 58; 6: Arthur Rovery (Sherco-FRA) 57; 7: Fabien Poirot (Gas Gas-FRA) 51; 8: Vold Gunvaldsen (TRRS-NOR) 38; 9: Pau Martinez (Gas Gas-ESP) 32; 10: Marco Mempoer (Beta-AUS) 27.

2018 TRIAL2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

MANUFACTURERS

With a change in the rule book that allows TrialGP riders to drop down to Trial2 it’s no surprise that last year’s top ten TrialGP finisher Matteo Grattarola from Italy leads the way. We had to wait until round four in Portugal for a two-stroke win, from Dan Peace on the Gas Gas. In round five Toby Martyn proved he is on a mission to win the championship as he closed the gap on series leader Grattarola.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1: Matteo Grattarola (Honda-ITA) 93; 2: Toby Martyn (Montesa-GBR) 92; 3: Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa-ESP) 88; 4: Dan Peace (Gas Gas-GBR) 73; 5: Jack Peace (Gas Gas-GBR) 67; 6: Francesc Moret (MontesaESP) 52; 7: Aniol Gelabert (Scorpa-ESP) 51; 8: Luca Petrella (TRRS-ITA) 40; 9: Marc Riba (TRRS-ESP) 39; 10: Lorenzo Gandola (Scorpa-ITA) 36.

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When the FIM World Trials Championship was introduced in 1975 from what had been the European Championship, individual riders’ scores were rewarded with points for the manufacturers’ championship. Trial World Championship promoter Sport7 changed that in 2017, when nominated riders from TrialGP and Trial2 were paired to score the points. For 2018 it’s the highest placed manufacturer’s rider in each class that decides the points calculation from TrialGP and Trial2. Can Gas Gas topple Montesa in 2018? We will have to wait and see.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1: Montesa 214; 2: Gas Gas 201; 3: TRRS 130; 4:

Honda 98; 5: Beta 90; 6: Scorpa 90; 7: Vertigo 90; 8: Sherco 62; 9: Jotagas 22; 10: Yamaha 9.

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Kenichi Kuroyama (Yamaha-JPN)

An electrifying start for

TrialE

The timeline is France 2017, at the introduction of the FIM TrialE Cup at Laudes as a single round event. The promoter of the FIM Trial World Championship, Sport7, dipped their toes in the water to gauge reaction to these new generation electric powered machines. As it happened it proved a huge hit with the public, in both the qualifying and the event itself the following day. Spanish manufacturer Gas Gas had embraced this opportunity and produced a game-changing new electric trials machine to be ridden by the 1996 FIM Trial World Champion and three-time FIM Indoor Trial World Champion Marc Colomer; he is now the manufacturer’s Competition Racing Manager. The victory went to Marc on the Gas Gas and quite rightly so, based on the amount of effort and innovation that had gone into the new machine. Wind the clock forward to 2018 and it’s now a two-event world championship, with this first round in France followed by the second round in Belgium one week later. Has the series got a future, you may ask? Yamaha certainly think so, as the new Yamaha TY-E model from Japan was unveiled for the first time in Europe with its number one rider Kenichi Kuroyama holding the handlebars. I must take this opportunity to apologise to the readers because, due to production schedules, we had to go to print before round two, so the next time you read the magazine we will have a new TrialE World Champion; will it be from Japan? ARTICLE: TRIAL MAGAZINE

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The moment Loris Gubian lost the trial on the very first hazard, when he parted with three marks. The opening hazard was pretty difficult as an opener for the E class. The sun was out on the new era of the Trial-E championship for the first of the two-round championship in France. Riding on home soil Loris Gubian had the home support but after cruising through qualifying one, which would have given him the better starting position, an unexpected stop was rewarded with no time recorded and five marks putting him as the second rider to start behind fellow countryman Bastien Hieyte in qualifying two. As it happened this played into the hands of Yamaha and Japan’s Kenichi Kuroyama. Many of you will remember the Japanese rider from when he was resident in Europe riding a factory Beta in the world championship before an indoor accident stalled his career. His usual mount is the development four-stroke Yamaha on which he has already scored TWC points. In qualifying two he set the fastest time, putting a huge smile on the factory personnel who had travelled from Japan to see their new creation in action. The only casualty of the timed qualifying sessions was Takumi Narita, who retired from the event having aggravated an old back injury he carries from his world championship days.

Using all his years of experience in world championship events Loris Gubian came home a close second on the new Gas Gas.

First away Riding any trials competition with an early start number can either work for you or against you, and in Gubian’s case it went the wrong way. The opening hazard was quite a severe exposed jumble of rocks on a steep hillside. Bastien Hieyte opened the action parting with two marks before Gubian followed his line and had to part with three marks to keep forward motion. Kenichi Kuroyama made his attempt on the hazard, taking a new line and with it the advantage of keeping his feet firmly on the footrests to record a clean ride. Christophe Bruand opened his day also with a clean passage through the hazard. Gaining confidence on every section ridden, the Japanese rider recorded a clean lap parting with no marks followed by Gubian on that solitary three marks lost and Bruand with his only loss which was a five on section twelve.

Looking very different in his black and white riding kit, Christophe Bruand certainly entered into the spirt of the event. He also made his way to the podium with some inspired riding on the Electric Motion machine. Having been involved in electric trials machines for some time now Bastian Hieyte (Electric Motion-FRA) will be disappointed with his result.

No way back Knowing he had the advantage Kuroyama rode a very calculated second lap, parting with just two marks in the knowledge that Gubian was the one under pressure. Gubian parted with one more mark on section four but he knew riding against the Japanese top rider there was no way back from his earlier disaster. Looking very different in his black and white riding kit Christophe Bruand came home, pretty happy with his day’s riding, in third. The other big loser of the day was the unfortunate Joan Cordon on the Mecatecno. The Spanish rider had some issues with the mechanics of the machine and struggled to finish, but at least he scored some points before the action moves to Belgium in one week’s time. The terrain in France was very dry with wheel grip at its very best, but we will have to wait and see what happens in Belgium as last time the Trial World Championship visited this same venue the heavens opened!

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REMEMBERING ALAN CLEWS

ROLLING THUNDER When we heard the sad news that Alan Clews had passed away in May, my immediate thoughts were just how fortunate I was to have lived through the entire ‘Rolling Thunder’ years. A true ‘British ‘Bulldog’ spirit had lived with him during his long life. He came into my life when I first witnessed Alan Clews and his Clewstroka in the flesh at the Northern Motorcycle Show at Belle Vue, I would imagine around 1972. My father commented, “That’s some machine, born off the back of the demise of BSA in the motocross world”. I was as shocked as everyone when, the day after the British Motocross Grand Prix in 1971, BSA had announced they were closing their competition department and one of the casualties would be the motocross team. Alan Clews had ridden motocross for years and looked on this as an opportunity to fulfil his ambition of building a machine to challenge the world; the years of ‘Rolling Thunder’ were about to begin in earnest. The four-stroke noise and the aroma of Castrol ‘R’ hammering around the motorcycle world in motocross, road racing and trials would leave a lasting impression on everyone who witnessed it. WORDS: JOHN HULME AND THE CLEWS FAMILY PICTURES: CCM ARCHIVE, DAVE DEWHURST, BILL LAWLESS, TMX, YOOMEE ARCHIVE, MAURI/FONTSERE COLLECTION AND THE GIULIO MAURI COPYRIGHT. We are not always able to give credit to photographers for the images used due to the passing of time. Please feel free to contact Trial Magazine if, by mistake, we have used an image without the owner’s copyright permission.

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REMEMBERING ALAN CLEWS

From the pages of the superb Rolling Thunder book by Bill Lawless: the CCM engine assembly line. The CCM on display at the Northern Belle Vue Show in the early seventies.

The Dream

As true a motorcycle enthusiast as you can get, Alan Clews, as with so many good motorcycle riders, started off-road with both trials and motocross where he became successful. Either enjoying the home-based events or travelling around Europe with his wife and young family he was very competitive, not just as a competent rider and racer but also in his dream of building his own machines. He had grown up amongst the once mighty manufacturing of motorcycles in the UK but he wanted to build not just replicas of the mighty BSA works machine but his own, with better handling and more power to compete with the ‘Big Boys’. This opportunity came along off the back of the BSA competition department closing. His chance had come and he purchased all the parts he could afford, 100 tonnes in total. Engines, suspension components, front forks, wheels, seats, mudguards, you name it — he wanted it. The original Clewstroka emerged from his small workshop at home, made from massive improvements to the four-stroke BSA engines. Word soon got around of the machines he was building that could challenge and compete with the new and more dominant two-strokes. This would be the start of the adventure that would take him to CCM motorcycles and the world motocross championship. Standing proud: the 350 CCM trials models were priced at £1,280 and went on sale in September 1978, and the 105 produced were sold out by Christmas.

This CCM production picture captures the true ‘British Bulldog’ spirit of the proud company based in Great Britain.

The proud British crowd would get behind the CCM riders and boy did they rattle some cages as the likes of John Banks, Vic Eastwood, Norman Barrow, Bob Wright and Jimmy Aird to name but a few gave Clews and his factory some excellent results in the 500cc World Championship.

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Always looking for new markets this is the Honda XR500 engined CCM Enduro model from 1980. 51

MY VIEW MICK WREN

Grafter To get to the recent British Championship round in the Lake District at the exposed Tow Tops venue, I decided to depart early from home for the twohour journey as parking is at a premium in the field which, with the recent wet weather, I knew would be sodden. I arrived at around eight o’clock for the nine-thirty start. The food wagon had struggled to get to the top of the hill to its location and got stuck! The first guy I noticed helping was Mick Wren, with brute force and a shovel; he wielded the shovel until it was in place. Mick Wren is dedicated to our sport of trials and an all-round motorcycle enthusiast. Out-spoken and with a constructive opinion always at hand he is one of a small band of enthusiasts who works on the ACU Trials and Enduro committee. He also holds a 2018 FIM Super Licence which qualifies him to be a Trial World Championship Clerk of the Course, and an FIM Officials Licence until 2020. I come across Mick on many occasions in trials locations not just around the UK but also in Europe. Always working, including in a full-time self-employed job, he still has time for some lively ‘banter’ in between doing just about everything that needs doing at a trial — Mick is one of life’s true ‘Grafters’. WORDS: JOHN HULME WITH MICK WREN • PICTURES: TRIALS MEDIA, SUZUKI, ERIC KITCHEN AND THE WREN COLLECTION

The next few years are going to be busy!

Why Motorcycles?

My dad was into motorcycles but not as a competitor. To be honest, by the time I came along they needed every penny to raise my sister and me. I think for my part, motorcycles was just something that was in me, like genetics, but not in a Lampkin way because I didn’t have the ability. It was just what gave me the ‘buzz’. Even now when we go skiing, which we do a lot, I love it, but it doesn’t give me that need to push beyond my capabilities, but with motorcycles, I would try anything.

When did you first compete in trials?

I had no idea what trials were. I used to think that they were something invented by MCN to fill the pages in the winter when there was no road racing. I started going to school on the bus and met Sid Ormerod and Richard Wall. Sid knew somebody who took part in this strange sport. It was Wym Harrison, who was to feature quite a bit in my early career. He was the foster father of two talented youth trials riders, Kevin Bleasdale and Andy Bell, in the eighties — who remembers them? Sid sold me a AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2018 • TRIAL MAGAZINE

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Proud to wear the ‘Team ACU GBR’ trial shirt.

98cc James, which I spent hours trying to start. We then found a guy who had a Suzuki 80 in a garage just up the road which we got for £12.50. It had been converted to trials specification but needed an engine, so we got a spare machine for £10 out of one of Eddie Crooks’ many backstreet houses that were used as stores. The first event was a Westmorland Scramble, which was a disaster, but they announced that their next trial would have a ‘Schoolboy’ class. The trial was in June or July, and it was red hot and bone dry. It was held on a piece of scrubland and was mostly climbs through gorse bushes, and I spent most of the next two weeks pulling thorns out of my body. It was in the very early days of schoolboy trials and lead by a character called Kefty Watson. The Westmorland club then announced that they would hold a series of these events, and I was hooked.

Mick rates the Nigel Birkett works prepared Suzuki 325 as few the best hetohas TheRL next yearsmachine are going beever busy!ridden.

Were you an academic at school?

Without being too cocky, I can say I am reasonably intelligent but back then I was just a daft lad; they couldn’t make anything of me. I remember one physics lesson where we learnt about the internal combustion engine, and we were offered a Polo mint for every correct answer. Glen Wilson and I had the entire packet! I did a year in the sixth form, basically re-sitting what I had failed, but spent most of it in the common room playing darts. In the end, I got five O Levels including getting Biology twice.

Where did life after school take you?

I had a job lined up with a local garage. It was quite small, but it had a special reputation. People used to bring Rolls Royces and other luxury cars to get them serviced. Then, at the last minute, they said I would have to go to Bolton one day a week to Technical College. “No sorry”, I replied “I’ve left school and don’t want any of

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Thorneycroft’s Catastrophic Injury team is led by Mark Belfield. TRIAL MAGAZINE • AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2018

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James Dabill (Beta)

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Halfway House With four rounds of the proposed eight now contested, the 2018 ACU British Championship is giving us some good indications as to who has their eyes on the titles. In the championship class James Dabill (Beta) continues to stamp his authority with a full house of wins, the same as Ross Danby (TRS UK) in the new-for-2018 Masters class. It is not the case in the Expert class, but with two wins to his name Richard Sadler (Beta-UK/Acklams) has opened up a clear lead. Another new class in 2018 is the Youth Elite, and it’s the bright young talents of Mitch Brightmore (JST Gas Gas UK) and Gus Oblein who have locked horns in the battle for supremacy. The Kelly’s Farm venue hosted round four, the Antony Rew Trial run by the West of England Motor Club, in very humid overcast conditions taking in the usual three laps of twelve hazards. ARTICLE: TRIALS MEDIA

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Championship Class Having the ability to always raise your game is a talent that James Dabill has shown over his younger rival Jack Price. It was highly evident at round four at the heavily wooded Kelly’s Farm venue as he put him under pressure from as early as the opening lap. It was the rugged outcrop of rocks on section seven where Dabill gained his advantage, as Price stopped and Dabill parted with three marks lost. They both lost two on time, but on the second lap Dabill put the hammer down with a lap score of four compared to his rival’s eleven. Price fought back to close the score on the final lap with four marks lost, but the damage had been done, and Dabill remains well clear at the top of the championship table with win number four. The elder of the two Peace brothers Dan remains a constant threat, but it’s the lack of consistency he needs to address before he can challenge for the win that no doubt will come. After a huge crash on section seven on the first lap, it was a slightly ‘detuned’ Toby Martyn who was the biggest loser in the championship chase, finishing in seventh position. It was good to see Iwan Roberts back in action, and no doubt when once back to full fitness he will be able to start challenging for the top positions.

CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS RESULTS: 1: James Dabill (Beta) 20; 2: Jack Price (JST Gas Gas UK) 26; 3: Dan Peace (JST Gas Gas UK) 45; 4: Jack Sheppard (MRS Sherco) 61; 5: Jack Peace (JST Gas Gas UK) 66; 6: Iwan Roberts (TRS UK) 69; 7: Toby Martyn (RG Montesa/Honda UK) 73; 8: Andy Chilton (BMS Scorpa Andy Metcalfe) 84; 9: Sam Connor (Beta-UK) 100; 10: Tom Minta (BMS Scorpa) 119; 11: Billy Green (Beta-UK) 122; 12: Dec Bullock (Gas Gas) 136; 13: Hugo Jervis (AB TRS) 146.

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS AFTER FOUR ROUNDS RESULTS: 1: Dabill 80; 2: Price 64; 3: Dan Peace 60; 4: Martyn 50; 5:

Jack Peace 44; 6: Sheppard 43; 7: Chilton 37; 8: Minta 26; 9: Connor 19; 10: Green 18; 11: Bullock 16; 12: Alexz Wigg (JST Gas Gas UK) 16; 13: Jack Challoner (Craig’s Montesa) 14; 14: Roberts 10; 15: Jervis 10. TRIAL MAGAZINE • AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2018

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Young talent

If you look around in the adult side of the trials world Great Britain’s presence at the very front is quite obvious, and it’s no wonder when you look at the abundance of talent that is currently being produced once again in the youth British Championships. From the younger classes on the new generation of electric machines through to the A class, the talent is unbelievable. The only question mark is the separation of the A class Championship, with some riders electing to ride with the adults in the ‘Elite’ class. Have the ACU made the correct decision here? Only time will tell. One thing is sure though: in the other classes the standard of riding is very high. ARTICLE: TRIALS MEDIA • PICTURES: JAXX LAWSON

A Class It’s always good when any championship series goes to the final round to find the winner. The two lads in this poorly supported class are talented, that’s for sure, but it will be a case of who can perform at the final round with the pressure element involved to give us the 2018 A class champion. Slack held the advantage at round three with Faunthorpe very strong in Scotland; yes it will be a very interesting finale.

ROUND 3: SHEFFIELD & HALLAMSHIRE RESULTS: 1: Daniel Slack (Sherco) 20; 2: Joe Faunthorpe (Beta) 40; 3: Adam Harris (Gas Gas) 52; 4: William Dalton (Beta) 60; 5: William Clarke (Beta) 95.

ROUND 4: EAST LOTHIAN RESULTS: Joe Faunthorpe (Beta) 4; 2: Daniel Slack (Sherco) 21.

2018 CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS

RESULTS: 1: Slack 74; 2: Faunthorpe 72; 3: Harris 45; 4: Dalton 41; 5: Clarke 11. TRIAL MAGAZINE • AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2018

Daniel Slack (Sherco)

B Class Holding his nerve all day has given Scotland’s Ben Dignan the advantage he may need in this very close championship race with his ‘home’ victory. Maybe it’s the world championship experience which has given him the edge, but both Reece Gazzard and Jack Dance are not going to give him the title without a fight at the final round. The fight for the remaining top five positions should also prove interesting with the younger riders in this class.

ROUND 3: SHEFFIELD & HALLAMSHIRE RESULTS: 1: Ben Dignan (Gas Gas) 16; 2: Reece Gazzard (Scorpa) 30; 3: Jack Dance (Gas Gas) 39; 4: Harry Turner (Gas Gas) 52; 5: Harvey Taglione (Gas Gas) 68.

ROUND 4: EAST LOTHIAN RESULTS: 1: Ben Dignan (Gas Gas) 3; 2: Reece Gazzard (Scorpa) 4;

3: Jack Dance (Gas Gas) 9; 4: Brett Stein (Beta) 17; 5: Harry Turner (Gas Gas) 26.

2018 CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS

RESULTS: 1: Dignan 74; 2: Gazzard 69; 3: Dance 65; 4: Turner 48; 5:

Bowyer 37; 6: Ross Galloway 36; 7: Jaime Galloway 36; 8: Taglione 31; 9: Minta 25; 10: Smith 23. 87

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It's a scorcher The undisputed Ladies world number one Emma Bristow continues her winning ways at round three of this year’s championship held by the Yeadon and Guiseley club at its popular Dab Park Venue. With a good entry of 31 riders competing over 12 hazards, to be ridden three times, the biggest challenge was the scorching heat. Other clear championship leaders with maximum points after three of the proposed six rounds include Catherine Alford, Sarah Bell, Summer Peters and Matilda Arbon. ARTICLE: TRIALS MEDIA • PICTURES: MIKE RAPLEY

Kaytlyn Adshead (TRS)

ROUND 3 RESULTS LADIES ROUTE 1: 1: Emma Bristow (Sherco) 15; 2:

Jess Bown (Scorpa) 34; 3: Donna Fox (Honda) 57.

LADIES 50/50 ROUTE 2: 1: Bethanie Dunning (Beta)

57; 2: Jennifer Stephen (Gas Gas) 70; 3: Chloe Baker (TRS) 74.

GIRLS A CHAMPIONSHIP 50/50 ROUTE 2: 1: Alice

2018 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 3 ROUNDS COMPLETED

LADIES ROUTE 1: 1: Bristow 60; 2: Bown 51; 3: Hannah Styles (Vertigo) 41. LADIES 50/50 ROUTE 2: 1: Baker 52; 2: Stephen 52; 3: Dunning 52.

GIRLS A CHAMPIONSHIP 50/50 ROUTE 2:

Minta (Beta) 18; 2: Olivia Brooksbank (Gas Gas) 48.

1: Brooksbank 57; 2: Alice Minta (Beta) 37.

LADIES INTERMEDIATE ROUTE 2: 1: Catherine Alford

2: Hammond 51; 3: Kimber 30.

(Gas Gas) 27; 2: Jazz Hammond (Sherco) 37; 3: Olivia Pearson (Beta) 82.

GIRLS A INTERMEDIATE ROUTE 2: 1: Sarah Bell (Beta) 53; 2: Molly Mayhew (Beta) 98; 3: Amy Clarke (Sherco) 119.

GIRLS B ROUTE 2: 1: Elizabeth Tett (Beta) 22; 2: Katlyn Adshead (Beta) 31; 3: Amelia Mayhew (Beta) 67.

LADIES INTERMEDIATE ROUTE 2: 1: Alford 60; GIRLS A INTERMEDIATE ROUTE 2: 1: Bell 60; 2: Clarke 47; 2: Mayhew 34.

GIRLS B ROUTE 2: 1: Tett 54; 2: Adshead 47; 3: Parsons 40.

GIRLS C ROUTE 3: 1: Peters 60. GIRLS D ROUTE 4: 1: Arbon 60; 2: Brooksbank 34.

GIRLS C ROUTE 3: 1: Summer Peters (Beta) 8; 2: Poppy Fletcher (Beta) 54; 3: Chloe McKay (Beta) 55.

Molly Mayhew (Beta) 90

GIRLS D ROUTE 3: 1: Matilda Arbon (Beta) 22; 2: Summer Brooksbank (Beta) 50.

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Joe Faunthorpe (Acklams Beta)

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ith youth riders in attendance the club control the course with radio linked travelling marshals who are supported by the Swaledale Fell Rescue team in the case of any incidents. By the smiles on the young faces of the riders they most certainly enjoyed the fine weather and the superb event organisation.

Path picking

It was once again time for the Scott Trial future riders to compete in the Richmond Motor Clubs national Mintex Trophy Trial held at Hurst, near Reeth in deepest North Yorkshire. This unique event is run as a scaled down Scott Trial to give the youth riders the chance to embrace the nature of the time and observation element of motorcycle trials. The event is as true and traditional as its elder brother, The Scott, which is run every year in October. Whereas the adult version contains around 80 hazards and covers a similar amount of miles the Mintex is contested over twenty miles with thirty hazards to be ridden. With start area just half a mile from the once famous Green Dragon Public House fifty seven A and B class youth riders departed from the start area at 10.30 prompt at thirty second intervals to take in some of the hazards used in the Octobers Scott trial. WORDS: TRIALS MEDIA • PICTURES: LORENZO BURNETT AND ERIC KITCHEN

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The event always throws up some surprises but there was none for the eventual winner 16-year-old Ryan Brown (Beta). The apprentice Plumber took the entire course in his stride as he demonstrated a very mature attitude to the event by arriving at the hazards and taking a quick good look at them before making his attempt. Ryan’s father Peter, a former Scott Trial competitor, was more than happy with his son’s performance which was rewarded with the best time and observation score and with it the Mintex Cup and the NLS Contracts Trophy and a set of tyres from one of the event sponsors Michelin. His efforts on the moors were well worth it with a time two minutes faster the Ben Dignan from Scotland with Joe Faunthorpe a further minute behind. On observation, Lincolnshire’s Daniel Slack was second with a score og 23 marks lost but with machine problems, marks lost on time pushed him down the order to third overall. Once again flying the Scorpa flag Reece Gazzard took the award for the best under 15-year-old rider as GasGas-mounted Jack Dance was the best first time rider. Buxton’s Harry Turner, was probably the youngest and smallest rider, took it all in his stride as did Elliot Laws. And just remember the event is not just for the boys as the talented Alice Minta finished 17th overall and with it the best lady rider award. 93

DEALER VISIT CRAIGS MOTORCYCLES

A family success story At this year’s hugely popular Telford Classic Off-Road Show the news that Jeff Smith, the ex-BSA works rider, would be presenting his new autobiography was welcome news. Having a trade stand ourselves I was in the hall early, with Jeff Smith sat right next door where he would be signing copies of his new book. Craig Holmes turned up nice and early too, and we began chatting. The conversation turned to the success story of his business, Craigs Motorcycles. He told me that the business would be 10 years old in September and my answer to that was ‘Maybe it’s time to do a dealer visit’; and so the invitation was made and we arrived in Dewsbury to meet the family-run business to generate this article. WORDS AND PICTURES: JOHN HULME

Aaron has successfully followed in his father’s footsteps, endorsing the family success story.

he move to open a new motorcycle shop was a brave but well thought-out plan. It was not a rational decision, but one that Craig believed in and that would work. He had 40 years of experience in the trade and was a former director of another well-known motorcycle business in the Yorkshire area.

A new Start

Having worked in the industry, Craig knew what direction he wanted to move in, and with it came

his then young son Aaron who, despite his young age, had already gained five years’ experience. He was fresh and ready to move into the big wide world of the motorcycle industry, knowing that for any advice he only had to turn to his father. The beginning of Craigs Motorcycles was in September 2008 when they opened the doors on the Dewsbury store. The first franchise they would look at and then take onboard was with Honda and KTM, two huge players in the motorcycle world. AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2018 • TRIAL MAGAZINE

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Jack Challoner can be found at the end of the telephone for all trials enquiries or working in the busy showroom.

The modern showroom covers a multitude of machines and products all on display in a very relaxed environment.

Working with Aaron Holmes at Craigs Motorcycles Graham Foster-Vigors the Honda (HME-UK) Off Road Sales Manager, seen here on the right, has been very instrumental in getting Jack Challoner back to riding in the British Trials Championship on Montesa.

Workshop facilities are second to none, available for servicing and the fitting of upgrade parts.

With many contacts in the trade, they would soon attract the clothing and accessory side of the market and soon started to stock all the major brands, who wanted to be part of an overall bigger picture further down the road with this new venture.

Expansion

Customer care is paramount; here Jack can be seen working with a valued customer. TRIAL MAGAZINE • AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2018

After the first five years and, with a healthy order book, the decision was made to expand the business. With daughter Natasha now working the accounts department, the second branch was opened in Shipley, Bradford, at the former Alan Jefferies BMW shop for a Honda Road franchise run by Craig’s other son Matthew. Now with two outlets to offer to the growing order books Yamaha, Kawasaki, Montesa and Husqvarna franchises were added to the Dewsbury store. The Montesa name is very much a part of the trials scene and also associated with Honda and, at the end of 2013 just as the updated Cota 260cc model was introduced, it was added to the other wide range of machines on offer. Since this was added, it’s allowed the trials side of the business to expand. 97

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ack in 2013, the club lifted the level of the trial with the introduction of the Bultaco Edition when famous riders of the marque were invited to attend. Following on from the Thorpe Edition, the Tenth Edition, the Yamscot Edition and the Honda Edition, this year it was the Montesa Cota Edition, and in 2019 it will be the SWM Edition.

Viva Montesa John Moffat with Douglas Bald

The sub-heading on the programme as “the friendliest trial in Scotland” says it all about the Inverness Club’s Highland Classic Two Day Trial, held on the wonderful Alvie Estate just a few miles south of the Highland town of Aviemore. Each year the trial grows in stature, from being very much a tiny club event to one of the highlights of the classic trials rider’s year. The result was a full-house entry of 150 who filled the entry list within a day or so way back in February, and a further small number of guest riders invited by the club to add even more exceptional status to the trial. WORDS: MIKE RAPLEY • PICTURES: ERIC KITCHEN

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There was a significant number of twin-shock Montesas entered, most of them very smart rebuilds, and it was former British Expert Trial winner Clive Smith who was the guest of honour to represent the marque. He had done the invite justice as his Montesa was an immaculate Cota 247 version cobbled together from three machines that he’s owned since his days when he was supported by Jim Sandiford some 30 years ago. His brother Steve was also there, as was his son, but unfortunately the other two brothers of the famous trialling family Eddie and Ray are no longer with us. The Alvie Estate’s Laird, Jamie Williamson and his staff have been welcoming trials riders to the land for a good number of years, and his

Clive Smith (1975 247 Montesa Cota) speech at the riders’ gathering before they tackled the two laps of 18 sections each day proved once again how much the estate values the attendance of the trial. The club has the trial entirely correct for a classic trial; there are no tight turns, everything can be ridden without the use of the clutch if so desired, and the classic rocky streams provide a level of grip that is rarely found outside of the Highlands. 101

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