The next Nene Valley Trial will be the Ravensoake Trial on 16th May 2021
This will be at the popular Cranford Firs venue – NN14 4AW
Regs are on the ACU website now. Online entries opening soon.
Be quick though as we are restricted to 60 riders.
Website updates
Hi all, please accept my apologies for the lack of updates and information on the website. We had some technical difficulties which I hadn’t totally sorted, then Covid struck and everything was cancelled.
I shall endeavor to add more content soon. Some fresh pictures and the latest information on upcoming trials.
Look forward to seeing you all soon.
Steve
ACU Membership renewal
Please note that existing ACU members can renew their Nene Valley Motorcycle Club membership for 2021 and then renew their ACU trials licence for 2021 by logging into the ACU website and paying online.
New riders can create an account on the ACU website, join Nene Valley Motorcycle Club and then apply for their trials licence.
Access the ACU at https://members.acu.org.uk/secure/Login.aspx
Albert Glover Trial Report 11th March 2018
Report on the Nene Valley Motorcycle Club Annual Albert Glover Trial
Venue: Glendon Quarry. Date: 11/03/18
A healthy entry of 56 riders braved the mud at Glendon quarry for the 2nd round of the 2018 club championship.
The Albert Glover Trial was traditionally a road based open to centre event and the trophy features many great riders from the club’s history. Fitting then that the Expert win was a closely fought battle between two long standing members whose fathers are both past winners. Steve Bird took the win holding his nerve finishing on just 1 point, clearly enjoying riding his new TRS. Jonathan Lee narrowly lost out on the furthest cleans tie break and showed his liking for the conditions, being the only rider to clean the tough section 6 every lap. Another tie break was required for 3rd and 4th with Joe Collins getting the nod over Dan Greeves, both on 5 marks.
Best Inter was Martin Greeves making good use of the 300 Beta’s power.
50/50 Winner was the photogenic T&MX regular Dean Devereux who also set the lowest score on the middle route, riding his lovely Honda TLM260.
Alfie-Ray Turner was the Youth C class winner. Riding the 50/50 route Alfie impressed many people with some great rides on the screaming little Beta 80.
The Clubman class is always closely contested, Nick Boxall using all his experience took a well deserved win on his Beta. Section 6 again proving the toughest as the conditions worsened with Nick losing 8 of his 12 here. Just 3 marks behind was Christopher Jones who finished 2nd. Chris had a costly 3 on section 3, Observer Craig Wilford doesn’t miss much. Gary Priestly was 3rd with some great rides but a couple of 5’s proved costly.
Ryan Brown took the Novice class and Ryan Brown Jnr will be annoyed that he didn’t quite manage to beat his Dad whilst winning A Class. Marcus Anthony took the A class easy route win.
Brian Ayres was out for only the 3rd time on his new Beta 200. Brian was riding really well and had a smile on his face all day taking the win on the Easy route from Chris Aylott.
Always great to see Tony Jones and passenger Jamie Howe out on the Beta sidecar outfit, getting some valuable practice in for the British Championship next week.
A recent and very welcome addition to the Nene Valley trials is a separate route for youths on Electric bikes. Deep mud and small wheels don’t make things easy, however they did a fantastic job. William Sparkes was the winner on the green route dropping just 17 marks. Caelan Hanvey was 2nd and Harry Hunt 3rd.
Jake Tanfield was the winner on the Orange route. Jake only lost 14 points which is very impressive with such difficult conditions. James Hunt and Dexter Eckert had a very close battle for 2nd and 3rd with James just edging it by a single point.
The club would like to thank all the riders and observers and hope to see everyone at Geddington on 22nd April.
Awards Presentation
We will be presenting last years (2016) awards at the June 25th Trial at Geddington. It would be great to see all of the winners there to collect their awards.
Congratulations to our 2016 championship winners –
Expert – Joe Collins
Inter – Tom Bishop
Clubman – Paul Davies
Novice – Graham Bishop
Sportsman – Ryan Brown
Easy – Dave Watson
Youth B – Ryan Brown Jnr
Youth C / D – Alfie-Ray Turner
Classic Video
I recently discovered some classic video footage on of an old Nene Valley Trial on YouTube which is well worth a look.
The Trial was around 1987/88 at Desborough Quarry. There are some familiar faces on there, many of which are still riding.
Turn your sound off though as the audio was corrupted during the transfer.
Kia Twinshock Trial photo gallery
Dave Watson’s pictures of the Nene Valley, Kia Twinshock National Trial on 23rd April 2017 available on our Photo Gallery pages. Many thanks Dave for the great shots.
AGM 12th April 2016
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Nene Valley Motorcycle Club, held on Tuesday 12th April 2016, commencing at 8 p.m.
Present: Roy and Graeme Watson, Judith and Brian Ayres, Doug Swanson, Daphne Robinson, Julian and Jo Collins, Graham Bishop, Steve Bird, Paul Davies, Jamie Howe, Tony Jones.
Apologies : Eileen Swanson
The President Doug Swanson took the chair.
Report on the accounts:
The accounts were discussed fully by the committee and Roy explained how the income was greatly improved by running the National Trials resulting in a healthy balance in the bank.
One outstanding invoice for portable toilet to be paid to N J Holt £120.00.
To Elect a President: Paul Davies proposed Doug Swanson 2nd Jamie Howe
To Elect Vice Presidents Mr D Jones, Mrs D Robinson, Mr G Watts, Mr J Lee, Mrs J Ayres, Mr B Ayres were all re-elected.
To Elect a Chairman: Doug proposed Paul Davies who declined and said he was not happy about the amount of support from the committee at the last Trial.
Doug then proposed Graham Bishop who accepted and was voted in.
To Elect Vice Chairman: Paul Davies proposed Jamie Howe and he was voted in.
To Elect a Minutes Secretary: Jamie Howe proposed Eileen Swanson 2nd Tony Jones
To Elect a Committee: The above were all elected to the committee en block apart from Steve Swanson who has not been able to attend.
To Elect an Auditor: Roy Watson proposed Robert Gibson 2nd Doug Swanson
To transact ant other business:
The committee agreed that subs and entry fees should stay the same.
There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.30 p.m.
Test ride the new Vertigo Combat
Vertigo will be attending the Nene Valley trial, on Sunday 13th March at Geddington, where riders will be able to test ride the new Vertigo Combat.
There is limited availability, and it’s a first come basis, so to reserve your test ride you must book by calling 01756 611995 or emailing info@vertigomotors.co.uk
AGM Minutes 2015
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Nene Valley Motorcycle Club, held on Tuesday 12th May 2015, commencing at 8 p.m.
Present: Malcolm Eveley, Roy Watson, Judith and Brian Ayres, Doug and Eileen Swanson, Daphne Robinson, Julian and Jo Collins, Graham Bishop, Simon Dumbrell, Steve Bird, Paul Davies, Jamie Howe, Tony Jones, Steve Swanson, Toby Mears.
The President Doug Swanson took the chair.
Apologies were received from: Graeme Watson, Dave Watson.
Report on the accounts: The accounts were discussed fully by the committee.
Income
Subs: 126.00
Profit on trials: 696.40
Refund ACU 80.00
Bank Interest: 2.87
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£925.27
Expenditure
ACU 30.00
Trophies/Vouchers 490.00
Sporting Motorcyclist 66.00
Printing/Stationary 44.94
Companies House 13.00
Audit Fee 72.00
Riding No’s 115.00
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£830.94
Surplus for year £95.03
To Elect a President: Paul Davies proposed Doug Swanson 2nd Jamie Howe
To Elect Vice Presidents Mr D Jones, Mrs D Robinson, Mr G Watts, Mr J Lee, Mrs J Ayres, Mr B Ayres were all re-elected.
To Elect a Chairman: Tony Jones proposed Paul Davies 2nd Jamie Howe
To Elect Vice Chairman: Paul Davies proposed Steve Swanson 2nd Doug Swanson
To Elect a Minutes Secretary: Jamie Howe proposed Eileen Swanson 2nd Tony Jones
To Elect a Committee: The above were all elected to the committee en block apart from Malcolm Eveley who declined.
To Elect an Auditor: Roy Watson proposed Robert Gibson 2nd Doug Swanson
To transact ant other business:
The committee agreed that subs and entry fees should stay the same and should be reviewed early in 2016 if external cost increase..
There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.30 p.m.
APRIL CLUB MEETING CHANGE
The April meeting is now Wednesday 8th April, 8pm, at The Green Man, Leighton Bromswold. NOT Tuesday 7th as previously stated.
Please come along if you can as we need a good sized working party to make arrangements for the KIA trial.
April club meeting
The April club meeting will be held on Tuesday 7th April, 8pm, at The Green Man, Leighton Bromswold.
The meeting is a week early in order to make arrangements for the April 19th Kia trial for which the club needs a strong working party.