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Hangover Club Trial
Boxing Day @ The Moors
2024 Dates for your diaries…
Be aware that dates could change if the event clashes with another local event.
13 October 2024
Autumn Club Trial
CANCELLED
26 December 2024
Hangover Trial
(The Moors)
Posted – 14/11/24. 19.14.
Seymours will be open for practice on Sunday 1st December.
Seymours Arena will be open from 10:00 – 16:00 on Sunday 1st December. Open to all, membership not required but you do need to be an ACU member for the insurance to cover you. If not a current ACU member you can purchase a day licence when signing on.
Just turn up on the day – £15 Adult / £10 Youth.
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Posted – 15/10/24. 11.46.
ACU Youth Training Day
Alicia Robinson and Alexz Wigg will be running an ACU backed Youth Training day for youth only on Saturday 16th November at Seymours Arena, Aston Tirrold, Oxfordshire OX11 9AW.
This is open to youth riders who have competed in the Youth or Ladies and Girls British Championship aged 6-18 years and have not participated in any other ACU Youth Training day.
Please complete the entry form and then 16 riders will be selected to attend.
Please email completed forms to youbetrobinson@outlook.com
Even if you haven’t ridden in the Youth or Ladies & Girls British Championship you can still apply and then if we have room we will accept you.
If you have any queries please contact Claire on 07816 930914 or at the above email address.
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, which were The Air Ambulance, East Hagbourne Church, Aston Toddlers Group and the ACU Benevolent fund.
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.
Gus Oblein took the win in the Adult Expert class.
Fantastic ride by Dan Greeves on the 50/50 route dropping just 4 marks.
Max Dance giving his 125 full beans to take the win on the Youth Elite class.
George Clark topped the Youth A class.
Young Sam LeFevre on great form on his TRS, riding the Youth 50/50 route.
Stu on carving duties. Can’t beat a hog-roast.
Posted – 04/09/24. 16.06.North Berks Charity Supertrial
SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
SEYMOURS ARENA – Aston Tirrold, Nr Didcot, Oxon, OX11 9AW.
We are pleased to announce we are running our annual Charity Trial again this year. It is to be held at The Arena on Sunday 29th September. We will be donating to two local charities, so get yourself entered and bring the family for a great days sport. We are hoping to have a few top class riders join us.
We will be marking out five routes catering for all skill levels – from complete beginner which will be very straightforward to an Elite route for the top riders who compete at a national/international level.
Everyone is welcome to enter, it is an open event, as long as you’re a member of the ACU you’re good to go. Entry is now open online.
There will be a Pig Roast for you all to enjoy after the trial, we will be asking for a donation to go to our selected charities. We will also be holding a raffle with some great prizes as usual.
Entry fee is £30 Adult and £25 Youth.
Posted – 22/08/24. 14.35.Seymours will be open for practice on Wednesday 28th August.
Seymours Arena will be open from 17:00 – 21:00 on Wednesday 28th August. Open to all, membership not required but you do need to be an ACU member for the insurance to cover you. If not a current ACU member you can purchase a day licence when signing on.
Just turn up on the day – £10 Adult/Youth.
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Posted – 18/07/24. 11.53.
Brett takes the win on a single mark at our Evening Trial
The club held its evening club trial yesterday. We were struggling with numbers again previous to the event, only 18 riders pre-entered prior to the evening, but we decided to run anyway as the team had put the time and effort in to prepare the ground and marked out eight good sections. We were really lucky with the weather, the sun shone throughout the trial which was fantastic, it did also bring a good number of riders entering on the day, so we ended up with 33 entrants which made all the work worthwhile.
Brett Harbud had a great ride dropping just one mark on section 5. Tom Hawthorne returning from the World round out in Belgium came second on 5 and Alicia Robinson also travelling back from the World’s in Germany and Belgium the previous weeks came third on 27.
We had a couple of riders on the Clubman 50/50 route. Nate Robinson took the win on 30, very closely followed by Bailey Tibbs one mark adrift on 31.
Committee member Ben Owen was top off the Clubman B class on 14 marks lost, Steve Golla on 23 and Adam Lewis a little way back on 44.
Clubman C class was well supported as always with eight riders. Robert Bremner was top of the group going round for a clean, I did notice Robert trying the Clubman B sections after the trial, so he may well step up a class next time, well done mate, good ride! Alex Griffin was only one off the win dropping a single dab on section 6. Amberley Nevill was in third place on 11, well done Amberley!
On to the Youth classes… Max Golla was top of the heap on the Youth A class, looking very impressive dropping just 12 marks. Max Dance was second on 14, unfortunately losing 10 marks on section 7, he was given one five for going between the flags of another route and another one for dragging a flag out with his footpeg on another lap, so if it hadn’t been for those mistakes Max would have been on 4, well done Max great ride none-the-less, you were looking on it all evening. George Clark was just behind on 17, great ride George. Well done to all the youth riders on the top route, some serious sections to ride there.
Youth B class was won by Richie Keet dropping just 1 mark, great ride! Mason Tidd took second spot on 12 and Oscar Sacre third on 18.
Young Thomas Tidd riding really confidently as always on his Oset took top spot in the Youth C class dropping 13 marks, just a couple of marks ahead of Riley Middlehurst on 15.
Reuben Keet had a brilliant ride on the Green route in Youth D class, completing the four laps of eight sections without dropping a single dab, well done Reuben, brilliant ride!
As always, the committee would like to thank you all for joining us, we hope you enjoyed the trial. It’s always great to see so many extremely talented young riders, you all put on a fantastic display.
Thank you goes out to the cutting/marking out team; Sue for getting everyone entered on the evening and number crunching the results afterwards; and lastly all of the observers for giving up their time to mark the sections – Mark Anderson, Liam York, Mick Bayliss, Tamzin & Nigel Preston, Jimmy Axford, Ian Toplis, Simon Clark, Richard Harbud and Stuart Robinson.
That’s another one put to bed, the next event will be our Charity Trial, which will be held at the Arena on 29th September, we’re hoping to get some top riders down to this one again, we will have more info on that soon…
There are more pictures up on the Gallery page.
Nate Robinson tops the Clubman 50/50 route.
Ben Owen attacking the steps on setion 7.
Max Golla on top of the Youth A class.
Richie Keet, winner of Youth B class.
Thomas Tidd on his Oset, heading for the win on the Youth C route.
Reuben Keet having a fantastic ride on the Youth D route.
Posted – 25/06/24. 10.45.Tight at the top of our Summer Trial
We held our Summer Trial at Standlake woods last weekend. Yet again, we struggled with entries for this one sadly, the date clashed with other local events, we really need to look at our date for this one next year.
That said, we had a great day, the sun was out and the riders enjoyed four laps of ten good steady sections in the woods. Parts of the wood were still extremely wet from the rain earlier in the year, it seems to take a long time to drain away under the dense tree cover. However, the team managed to get a good lap of 10 sections spread around the wood, although we didn’t get to use some of the big banks, next time hopefully.
The Expert class was topped by Jake Young and Tom Plant, both on 8 marks lost, Jake took the win having the most cleans. James Carter took third place on 32.
Bailey Tibbs headed the Clubman 50/50 route dropping just 8 marks. Ben Owen just behind on 12, with Ryan Tomkins on 26.
Brian Tomkins won the Clubman B class dropping 37 marks, well done Brian, good result considering you haven’t ridden for a while. Neil Pettit came second dropping 87 marks over the four laps.
Clubman C route was well supported with seven entries. Reynard Norris and Liam Anderson completed the day on just 2 marks lost, Reynard just pipped Liam to the win with one more clean. David Barrett took third spot dropping 9.
Michelle Beck was the only entrant in the Clubman D class. You won Michelle, well done!
On to the youth classes… Jack Pettit was the only entry on the Youth B route, Jack dropped 53 marks which was a great ride on these tight sections on the banks and logs in the wood.
Riley Middlehurst was the only starter in the Youth C class, completing the day on 79 marks.
Youth D class was won by Joshua Hadrill on 48 marks, Adam Gray on 64 and Freddie Middlehurst on 78.
Well done and thank you for coming, we hope you enjoyed the day.
Thank you as usual to everyone that helped out on the day, thanks to the cutting/marking out team for all your efforts, there’s a lot goes in to running a trial at Standlake, always lots of cutting out, but its such a great piece of land, so much in there.
Our thanks goes out to our observers as always, Mark and Sarah Anderson; Mick Bayliss; Nigel Preston; Jimmy Axford; Sue O’Sullivan; Todd Jones; Ian and Paul Toplis; and Richard Harbud. The mozzies were biting in there, we hope you didn’t suffer too much… itch, itch, itch!
Well done to Sue for getting everyone signed in and getting the results out in good time.
That’s another one done. Our next trial is our Evening Club Trial which is to be held at Seymours Arena on Wednesday 17th July. Entry is open on the ACU/Sport80 now, so get booked in, we look forward to seeing you.
Posted – 14/05/24. 11.18.
A great week in the Highlands!
Alicia Robinson - Dan Woody Hole - Tom Hawthorne - Luke Hora
Well done to our four riders flying the North Berks flag up at the Scottish Six Days Trial last week, you all did yourselves proud.
We were lucky with the weather again this year, Thursday was a wet one, which was road trip day, where the riders head out round the peninsula, the burns were raging with water coming off the mountains. We heard a few of the seasoned riders say that it was the hardest day they can ever remember. Apart from that we had dry conditions for the rest of the week which was great for the riders and spectators alike.
Well done to Luke on his first trip to the Highlands, having spoken to him on a few occasions during the week, he found it hard going and was looking very tired at the end of the week, but a massive well done for sticking with it and finishing the 6 days mate, you had some great rides.
First Class Award: Tom Hawthorne – Overall Position: 67 – Score: 176.
Second Class Award: Alicia Robinson – Overall Position: 133 – Score: 323, which is 100 dabs less than last year, great result Lici. Well done to Matt Dixon who finished in 107th position, riding round with Alicia for the week.
Finisher Award: Luke Hora – Ovarall Position: 219 – Score: 510.
Sadly Dan Woody Hole had to pull out midweek, he had injured his wrist a few weeks before the trip, he braved the first few days but was in too much pain and struggling to hang on, he’ll be back next year.
Fantastic achievement, well done to our four and to all of the riders that finished the six days.
Good luck to Alicia heading out to Japan for the first world round, Matt will be on minding duty. All the best to all the Brits heading out there, keep those feet up!
Posted – 15/04/24. 11.23No fuss for Gus!
This weekend saw the Spring Club Trial at the Arena take place, the weather really was spring-like too, it was about time. The team had been over on and off, the two previous weeks plotting the sections. We had 46 riders sign on at the lockup from 9am, club chairman Mark Anderson held the rider briefing and got everyone underway at 10am. 4 laps of 10 sections were to be ridden and the Arena was looking really good, very little mud, a few places still had water sitting in the holes from the incessant rain we’ve had over the last months but it was promising to be a great event.
The Expert class consisted of 6 riders, we were a bit low on the usual experts as round seven of the S3 Championship was being held up at Yeadon & Guiseley. Well done to Gus Oblein for taking the win with a loss of a mere 7 marks. Good luck up at the Scottish in a couple of weeks time Gus. He was closely followed by Jake Young on 15, looking impressive, it was only his third time out on his new TRS – it looked like he was enjoying it. Young Thomas Le Breton had a good ride finishing the 40 sections on 38, he was looking very comfortable on the big rock sections that the team had laid out to test the top lads.
Bailey Tibbs was the only rider attempting the Clubman 50/50 route on the day, which is basically riding five sections on the white route, then riding the top Expert route on five of the sections that had been marked by the plotters. Bailey went round for 42 which was a great effort.
Clubman B class only had one finisher, which was Ben Owen dropping 12 marks.
Clubman C was the highest supported class this time round, with a great entry of 15 riders. Edward Gardner took the win on his Mont 4RT dropping just two marks. James McMinn in second spot on 7, pipping Mick Treagus to third place on 8.
Neil Siddle was top of the Clubman D class dropping just 2 marks. Louis Young second on 24, closely followed by Ben Jenkins on 27.
Robert Bremner was the only entrant in the Pre65 class on his immaculate Triumph, looking very steady dropping only 8 marks.
On to the Youth classes… Kai Fisher won the Youth A class for the loss of 72 marks, well done Kai – very impressive ride. Ollie Gundy second on 107 and Adam Day on 133. As many of you know there is some seriously big sections in the Arena, the club do make the Expert route tough, knowing that the top riders need and love a challenge. These young guys were really hitting these sections, 100% effort so well done to you all.
Mason Tidd won the Youth B class dropping 28 marks, fantastic effort Mason well done. Sam LeFevre taking second place one mark behind on 29. Ben James a little way back on 76 who wasn’t having a good day, next time Ben.
Young Tommy Wakeford blasted to first place in the Youth C class dropping 68 marks, well done Tommy keep it up. Josh Hadrill was second on 82 and Riley Middlehurst on 95.
Finally, Youth D which had 5 entries. Thomas Tidd came out on top completing the 40 sections for the loss of just one mark on section 10, well done Thomas. Freddie Green was second on 14 and Harper Oliver on 18.
Well done to everyone, it was a really good day and great to see so many out enjoying their riding.
A big thank you goes out to all the observers as usual:- Sarah Anderson, Ian Toplis, Nigel Preston, Graham Howes, Sue O’Sullivan, Todd Jones, Liam Anderson, Mick Bayliss, Liam York, Jimmy Axford and Mark Anderson. Event secretary, Sue for getting everyone signed on, number crunching the results and getting them out and up on Facebook the same evening.
Well done to the marking out crew, looking at the scores we got it about right again. Thank you to everyone who joined us, we hope you enjoyed riding at the Arena, we are aiming to make the lower classes a little less daunting to ride here, its not everyones cup of tea hitting big rock steps so are incorporating the banks and making them more flowing.
Don’t forget…
The Arena is open in a couple of weeks for practice, Sunday 28th April. The gate will be open from 10:00 to 16:00, see previous post for more info. Hope to see you then.
Bailey Tibbs on the Clubman 50/50 route.
Ben Owen – winner of Clubman B class.
Edward Gardner – Clubman C class winner on his 4RT.
Kai Fisher – Taking the glory on the Youth A route.
Mason Tidd – Youth B winner.
Tommy Wakeford – Had some impressive rides taking the Youth C win.
Thomas Tidd – Youth D class winner dropping one mark.
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