ROUND 4 - Eairy Beg

The final Manx Trials Club round was held at Eairy Beg on Sunday with a great entry of twenty-eight riders. The eight sections proved to be a lot trickier than the organisers anticipated with high scores being recorded. A massive well done to all the youth riders for battling on and not giving up!

Nigel Sharp had a brilliant ride dropping just eighteen marks on the very tough expert route finishing twenty-nine marks clear of second placed Robin Arnold. Nick Ward just snatched the clubman win from Matty Lund on a count of most cleans while Nigel Woods was the clear winner in the sportsman class. Stephen Lace took the honours from Jim Davidson in the Pre 65 class with Paul Smith nine marks ahead of Ian Lees in the twinshock class. The youth intermediates enjoyed a good battle with just three marks splitting first placed Bobby Moyer, second Owen Chestnut with Toby Lace rounding off the top three.

Many thanks to the land owners and observers.

Results

Adult (expert) 1, Nigel Sharp 18; 2, Robin Arnold 47; 3, Wayne Wardell. (Clubman) 1, Nick Ward 53 (most cleans) 2, Matty Lund 53; 3, Andrew Cubbon 55; 4, Dean Taylor 79; 5, Juan Readshaw 84; 6, Jeff McCubbin 110.

(Sportsman) 1, Nigel Woods 52; 2, Mark Moyer 84; 3, Daniel Smith 85; 4, Mike Stevens 87.

(Twinshock) 1, Paul Smith 55; 2, Ian Lees 64.

(Pre 65) 1, Stephen Lace 41; 2, Jim Davidson 56; 3, Colin Scarffe 64; 4, Gwllym Hoosen-Owen 73; 5, Ashley Gardner 94.

Youth (intermediate) 1, Bobby Moyer 106; 2, Owen Chestnut 109; 3, Toby Lace 112; 4, Oscar Lace 126.

Round 3 - Sunday 9th October 2016 - Dhoon Quarry:

Results

Adult - Expert 1, Robin Arnold 33.  

Clubman 1, Sam Ansermoz 38; 2, Michael Cannan 45; 3, Daniel Smith 68. 

Sportsman 1, Matthew Harland 25; 2, Chris Palmer 28; 3, Tom Brown 59.

Pre 65 1, Gwillym Hoosen-Owen 9; 2, Ashley Gardner 28; 3, David Harding 30

Twinshock 1, Neil Christian & Jamie Blackburn 0; 3, Paul Smith 6; 4, Graham Christian 12; 5, Ian Lees 13; 6, Neil Kerruish 23; 7, Sean Booth 27; 8, Paul Ansermoz 34.

Youth (Intermediate) 1, Ella Doherty 49

Youth (Novice) 1, Katlyn Adshead 37; 2, Jack Asbridge 108

Round 2 - Sunday 24th April 2016 - South Barrule Plantation & Quarry:

Tom Maddrell dropped all of his marks on the tough, slippery bank of section one to take the Adult Expert class win with Nigel Sharp three marks adrift in second.

Daniel Smith won the Clubman class while Nigel Woods was 15 ahead of nearest rival Michael Kelly in the Sportsman class.

A close battle ensued for the top 3 places in the Pre-65 class with only mark splitting Kevin Whiteway from Stephen Lace with Jim Davidson another 3 marks behind. Similarly one mark split Ian Lees and the returning Gary Holmes in the Twinshock category.

Results

Adult - Expert 1, Tom Maddrell seven marks lost; 2, Nigel Sharp 10; 3, Robin Arnold 20; 4, Wayne Wardell 25; 5, Gareth Temple.  

Clubman 1, Daniel Smith 50; 2, Stuart Lace 59. 

Sportsman 1, Nigel Woods 46; 2, Michael Kelly 61; 3, Barry Teare 65; 4, Carl Smith 65.

Pre 65 1, Kevin Whiteway 13; 2, Stephen Lace 14; 3, Jim Davidson 17; 4, Colin Scarffe 22.

Twinshock 1, Ian Lees 35; 2, Gary Holmes 36; 3, Sean Booth 49; 4, Gary Dudley 63; 5, Brian Kinrade 72; 6, Martin Booth 73; 7, Paul Ansermoz 74.

Youth (Novice) 1, Owen Chestnut 24; 2, Bobby Moyer 41; 3, Oscar Lace 53; 4, Alex Lace 83.

Sidecar - Expert 1, Nigel Crellin/Chris Molyneux 9

Intermediate 1, Gary & Jake Flowers 38

Sportsman 1, Matty Bond/Aleyn Taggart 53

Thanks to Graeme watson at DEFA for access to the land.

Well done Azzy for setting out a good mix of sections and thanks to all observers.

Round 1 - Sunday 13th March 2016 - Knock Froy:

The opening round of the Manx Trials Club 2016 Championship at Knock Froy on Sunday proved to be a very challenging start for the adult expert riders. Eight very slippery and muddy sections tested Wayne Wardell who managed to hold off Robin Arnold to take the expert win, while Neil Christian was the clear winner in the clubman class from Dan Smith. The sportsman class had a slightly easier day with Mike Stevens taking the honours just five marks clear of second placed Nigel Woods.

The Pre 65 class saw Triumph mounted, Stephen Lace, drop just ten marks with similarly mounted Dave Harding another ten adrift taking first and second places, Paul Smith had a convincing win in the Twinshock class, the only rider to stay in single figures, Ian Lees taking second spot. Toby Lace was the lone schoolboy intermediate, Bobby Moyer enjoyed a great ride to finish ten marks clear of Oscar Lace in the novice class.

The sidecars shared the venue where Nigel Crellin/Chris Molyneux continued their winning streak taking the win from James Caine/Beth Thomas in the expert class, Jack Corlett/Ben Crookall took the honours in the clubman class while John/Lisa Corlett were top in the sportsman class.

Many thanks to the Peveril Club for the use of the venue and all the observers.

RESULTS

Adult (Expert) 1 Wayne Wardell 64; 2 Robin Arnold 78; 3 Aleyn Taggart 111

(Clubman) 1 Neil Christian 16; 2 Daniel Smith 48; 3 Matty Howland 54; 4 Richard Skillicorn 66

(Sportsman) 1 Mike Stevens 18; 2 Nigel Woods 23; 3 Peter Christian 26; 4 Carl Smith 37; 5 Barry Teare 40; 6 Chris Palmer 48; 7 Robert Taylor 65

(Twin shock) 1 Paul Smith 8; 2 Ian Lees 19; 3 Alun Garton 32; 4 Allan Lund 42; 5 Brian Kinrade 47; 6 Gary Dudley 57; 7 Paul Ansermoz 64; 8 Trevor Denning 82

(Pre 65) 1 Stephen Lace 10; 2 David Harding 20; 3 Ashley Gardner 31; 4 Peter Peniata 56

Youth (Intermediate) 1 Toby Lace 86

(Novice) 1 Bobby Moyer 17; 2 Oscar Lace 27; 3 Josh Blackburn 28

Sidecar (Expert) 1 Nigel Crellin/Chris Molyneux 58

(Clubman) 1 Jack Corlett/Ben Crookall 84; 2 Aaron/Sally 87; 3 Craig Baxter/Lee Cain 101; 4 James Caine/Beth Thomas 127

(Sportsman) 1 John/Lisa Corlett 78; 2 Graham/Hazel Thomas 97