Hi everyone, here is the entry list for the Trial on 16th.

Also, we’re pleased to have some refreshments available on the day, courtesy of Jonathan Lee’s girls, who did an amazing job last time . I think there will be tea, coffee, bacon and sausage baps. So please bring some pennies.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

A-Expert 6183 Nicholas Day 1
A-Expert 6173 Jonathan Lee 2
A-Expert 125455 Joseph Collins 3
A-Expert 128836 Peter Tombling 4
A-Expert 55030 Simon Nunn 5
A-Expert 181851 Angus Gough 6
A-Expert 130180 Samuel Rolls 7
A-Expert 6163 Steve Bird 8
A-Expert 72694 Stephen Swanson 9
B-Inters ride 50/50Expert/Middle 9906 John Holland 10
B-Inters ride 50/50Expert/Middle 28696 Philip Ducker 11
B-Inters ride 50/50Expert/Middle 42492 Tony Jones 12
B-Inters ride 50/50Expert/Middle 56239 John Cowley 13
B-Inters ride 50/50Expert/Middle 26585 Joshua Quigg 14
B-Inters ride 50/50Expert/Middle 172284 Scott Robinson 15
B-Inters ride 50/50Expert/Middle 181489 Benn Gobey 16
B-Inters ride 50/50Expert/Middle 97010 Daniel Ledger 17
C-50/50 ride Expert/Middle 20853 Nicholas George 18
C-50/50 ride Expert/Middle 80968 James Howe 19
C-50/50 ride Expert/Middle 140344 Paul Hadingham 20
C-50/50 ride Expert/Middle 99213 Anthony Cowley 21
E-Clubman ride Middle 55988 Steve Peak 22
E-Clubman ride Middle 164901 Marcus Humphrey 23
E-Clubman ride Middle 22415 Daniel Smith 24
E-Clubman ride Middle 153787 Jamie Berry 25
E-Clubman ride Middle 130907 Chris Aylott 26
E-Clubman ride Middle 144902 Callum Wilkinson 27
E-Clubman ride Middle 128179 Stephen Southwood 28
E-Clubman ride Middle 5153 Glenn Howard 29
E-Clubman ride Middle 193245 Tom Stonell 30
E-Clubman ride Middle 172746 Marcus Anthony 31
E-Clubman ride Middle 133564 Graham Walsh 32
E-Clubman ride Middle 96732 Mark Toms 33
E-Clubman ride Middle 8765 Kelvin Grimes 34
E-Clubman ride Middle 75821 Peter Cook 35
E-Clubman ride Middle 145180 Simon Dumbrell 36
E-Clubman ride Middle 166953 Ian Goosey 37
E-Clubman ride Middle 149736 Frazer Strutt 38
E-Clubman ride Middle 166304 Stephen Neale 39
F-Sportsman ride 50/50 Middle/White 54949 Nick Boxall 40
F-Sportsman ride 50/50 Middle/White 170420 Richard Osborn 41
F-Sportsman ride 50/50 Middle/White 114176 Bryan Dix 42
G-White ride Easy 139262 Paul Robinson 43
G-White ride Easy 21532 Mark Richards 44
G-White ride Easy 11789 Douglas Swanson 45
G-White ride Easy 193906 Joseph Williams 46
G-White ride Easy 202881 Max Shoobert 47
G-White ride Easy 168775 Dale Williams 48
G-White ride Easy 160279 Ian Breakwell 49
G-White ride Easy 25142 John Quigg 50
G-White ride Easy 132292 Stephanie Tombling 51
G-White ride Easy 187004 Mark Horsley 52
G-White ride Easy 130014 David Watson 53
I-Youth B ride Middle 182189 Caelan Hanvey 54
I-Youth B ride Middle 187644 Sophie Humphrey 55
I-Youth B ride Middle 163103 Adam Day 56
I-Youth B ride Middle 188542 Toby Carter 57
I-Youth B ride Middle 182169 Alex Buckle 58
J-Youth C ride White 182192 Shea Hanvey 59
J-Youth C ride White 182041 Joseph Baker 60

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.

https://www.acu.org.uk/events/May-2021/Nene-Valley-MCC-Ltd/Trials/Cranford-Firs-Northants-NN14-4AW-ACU60479.aspx

Be quick though as we are restricted to 60 riders.

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

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

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 2^nd 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 3^rd and 4^th 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 2^nd.  Chris had a costly 3 on section 3, Observer Craig Wilford doesn’t miss much.  Gary Priestly was 3^rd 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 3^rd 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 2^nd and Harry Hunt 3^rd.

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 2^nd 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 22^nd April.

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.

Click here to view the video

Turn your sound off though as the audio was corrupted during the transfer.

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.

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.