Motor Sport: Dougie Lampkin dominated the international arena trial at Marseille, winning the qualifying heat without loss of marks and then heading the finalists with a loss of just two penalties.

One came when the sump guard on his factory Beta machine wedged on top of a section and the other mark went in the tie-decider race.

Japanese ace Takahisa Fujiname kept the Silsden champion under pressure in the heats, but fizzled out of the contest in the final, which also featured Spaniard Marcel Justribo and local star Bruno Camozzi.

Three television companies recorded the sell-out event for programmes that will be screened in the build-up to next Friday's World Championship qualifier in Cannes.

Trials riders milled around the Arkengarth village of Reeth trying to decide how to spend the rest of the day after the annual Darlington DMC Duplex Trial - one of the top events this month - went down under a foot of snow five miles to the west of Reeth.

The moors were well and truly covered and the organisers could not even find a clear space to park their vehicles, let alone a 100 or so cars and vans.

But top internationals Graham Jarvis and Sam Connor decided the best way out of a wasted drive was to head back to Dob Park and the Yeadon and Guiseley Motor Club's opening event of the season. And they got there in time to take part after a 50-mile rush down the A1.

The Dob Park venue was very muddy, but there was little sign of ice on the 12 section course, which winner Jarvis rode without penalty to beat Twickenham visitor Sam Connor, who was in the area visiting his uncle Malcolm Rathmell.

Sam Ludgate, 16 made a fine debut ride on his new C and J Bultaco to take third spot, and was best of the Class A juniors.

Sidecar ace Robin Luscombe borrowed a Beta machine from employer Colin Appleyard and trounced the 21-strong clubman entry.

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