30 March @ Seymours Arena

Posted – 30/09/24.  15.07.

Jack and Max Dance on top form at the North Berks Charity Supertrial this weekend!

North Berks MCC held their Charity Supertrial this weekend. Proceeds were to go to the clubs four chosen charities.

The trial was once again open to everyone. We had the usual classes, with the addition of an Expert Elite class.

The trial ran over three laps of 12 sections which had been plotted by the team over the course of a few weeks prior to the event, the elite route consisted of 2 laps of the twelve challenging sections to test these top level competitors.

The day dawned overcast but dry thankfully, the clouds hung around the Arena for most of the day with a few breaks of sunshine, but thankfully the rain kept away. A cold wind did whip up in the afternoon, so well done to all of the observers for braving the chilly autumn weather.

Claire and Leah got everyone signed on first thing, and the trial got underway at 10 sharp after the initial rider briefing by Stu and Mark.

We were lucky to have Jack Dance join us in the Expert Elite Class, Jack took the win by a fair margin, dropping just 15 marks, so we managed to get a few off him. Second place was Joe Collins on 71 and third was Joe Snelling on 82. Brett Harbud a close fourth on 87 and Tom Hawthorne just behind on 88. Jack Challice managed to complete the course for 97 and Tom McCabe on 112. Well done to all the riders attempting the Elite route, some seriously big sections had been laid out by the team.

The adult Expert class had just 3 riders this year. Gus Oblein took the win dropping 24 marks, Tom Plant second on 59, and our Alicia Robinson three behind on 62. Well done all, some very tough sections on this route too.

The Adult 50/50 class was well supported, Dan Greeves had an inspired ride dropping just 4 marks across the 36 sections, Dan Woody Hole took second spot on 12, great ride Dan. Nate Robinson took third place on 33 marks lost.

Clubman B route had 6 entries, Ben Owen took the win on 14 marks, Steve Golla second on 61 and Frazer Strutt just behind on 68.

Liam Anderson came top on the Clubman C route for the loss of just 2 marks, great result having not ridden for a while. Luke Hora grabbed second spot on board his great looking Yam TYZ. Third place was taken by Robert Bremner on his immaculate Triumph dropping 18 marks.

Clubman D class was won convincingly by Neil Siddle for the loss of just 3 marks. Laura Ciotte came second on 28 and Ian Crosby on 54.

Three of the Youth riders took on the Elite route. Max Dance headed up the group, completing the trial for the loss of just 69. Max Golla came second on 94, Tom Packham just behind in third on 96 points. Well done fellas, great ride on those massive technical sections.

There were six riders in the Youth A class. George Clark took the glory on 45, Harrison Lightfoot was second on 71, followed by Archie Fletcher on 90. Well done guys, great results on some seriously challenging sections.

Young Sam LeFevre was the only rider in the Youth 50/50 class, he finished the day on 72. This was the last time out on his 80cc, Sam will be moving up to his 125 GasGas and we wish him all the luck on it, a fantastic young rider heading for great things if he keeps at it.

Youth B route was headed by Luke Batten on 49, Joseph Baker in second place on 78 and Sophie Sellers on 95.

Billy Mair had a good day, completing the four laps for the loss of a mere five dabs, George Wareing took second spot two marks behind on 7, then Coben Brand a little way back on 40.

Young Josh Haddrill had a brilliant ride on the Youth D route, dropping 8 marks, Harry Matthews placed second on 38, and William Hadrill on 47.

We had a fantastic day, and were lucky to get a great entry of 62 riders across the classes. Again this year, Stu had got over there early to get the hog-roast going at 7am, by the time the last riders were finishing for the day the pig was cooked to perfection. Well done Stu, Claire and serving team for getting everyone fed, you just can’t beat a Pork Roll with Apple Sauce, AMAZING!

We held a Raffle with some great prizes, thank you to everyone who donated the prizes and all that purchased tickets. As mentioned earlier all money raised were in support of the club’s four chosen charities: Air Ambulance, East Hagbourne Church, Aston Toddlers Group and the ACU Benevolent fund.

Thank you to all the riders we hope you enjoyed the challenge. We had a lot of people join us to watch the action – club members old and new which made it a thoroughly enjoyable day, great to see you all.

Lots of people to thank as usual. Claire and Stu headed this one up, with all the behind the scenes work as well as the up-front work, awesome job. Well done and thank you as usual to the marking-out team. Amazing effort as usual.

A huge thank you to the observers on the day. Section 1 – Derek Dodd, good to see you Derek; Section 2 – Jimmy Axford; Section 3 – Mark/Sarah Anderson; Section 4 – Marcus Shirley; Section 5 – Mick Bayliss; Section 6 – Liam York; Section 7 – Andy Dixon; Section 8 – Ian & Paul Toplis; Section 9 – Tamzin & Nigel Preston; Section 10 – Steve Addie; Section 11 – Richard Harbud; Section 12 – Stu Robinson. We are forever grateful.

There are some more pictures up on the Gallery page now.

NEXT EVENT – Our Autumn Trial at Standlake has been cancelled, we’ll let you know if we run it on another date. If not the next Trial will be our Hangover Trial on Boxing Day.