NORTH Close Farm hosted the Wetherby Motor Club’s eighth championship trial on Sunday where seventy riders rode a demanding ten section four lap course.

Three classes were on the agenda and the class winning scores were just about dead on the button. The trials course was virtually new in geographics but the same content with woodland climbs and streams and the hard rocky

Outcrops with steps and descents. Top marks to Dave Mawer and his team. Hard route novice winner Elliott Laws got round on ten penalties dropping seven in the final three sections and the rest in sections three and six to head expert Danny Gamble on a sixteen score. Nicholas Skaife won the green course class with twelve penalties to head Over 50’s winner Paul jackson and Paul Sadler. The Easy course class gated twenty six starters which topped the other classes. Craig Russell topped the score line on a zero score from Stewart Molloy and Chris Dale who topped the

over 50’s and 60’s classes. The rides of the day were from Youth riders Koby Smith and Alfie Drackenberg. Koby Smith got his Beta round on a mere two penalties=amazing!

Results.

Hard course.

Experts: 1 Danny Gamble (TRS) 16, 2 Harrison Skelton (Scorpa) 70,

Inters: 1 Anthony Ayrton (TRS) 78.

Novices: 1 Elliott Laws (Scorpa) 10, 2 Richard Mellon (Vertigo) 34, 3 Dave Mawer (Vertigo) 41.

Youths: 1 Callum Fowler 67, 2 Harrison Lightfoot 94, 3 Arran Sherwin 134. (All Beta).

Green course:

Novices: 1 Nicholas Skaife (Beta) 12, 2 Stephen Dennis (Honda) 25, 3 Bobbin Gardner Beta) 31.

Over 40’s: 1 Phillip Hammond (Sherco) 28, 2 Paul Kendall (Sherco) 45, 3 Jeff Bennett (Honda) 62.

Over 50’s: 1 Paul Jackson (Beta) 18, 2 Paul Sadler (Vertigo) 22, 3 Nigel Todd (Beta) 25.

Youths: 1 Jack Vasey 21, 2 Jamie Graeme 100. (All Beta).

Easy course.

Novices: Jason Dobson (Sherco) 27, 2 Francesca Rymer (Beta) 27, 3 N Smith (Beta) 28.

Over40’s:1 Craig Russell (Montesa) 0, 2 Peter Hollingworth (Beta) 13, 3 Aran Hunter (Sherco) 43.

Over 50’s: 1 Stewart Molloy (TRS) 3, 2 John Henfrey (Beta) 8, 3 Michael Benson (Beta) 13

Over 60’2: 1 Chris Dale (Montesa) 7, 2 Chris Crossley (Montesa) 8, Ian Brogden (Beta) 12.

Youths: 1 Koby Smith2, 2 Alfie Drachenberg 17. (All Beta).