Fantastic ride from Max Golla taking the win in the Youth A class at the Spring Trial this weekend at Seymours.

This weekend saw the North Berks MCC Spring Club Trial take place at Seymours Arena. Entries had been slow to come in, but we were pleased to see 42 riders join us in the end.

There were a few trials going on this weekend, including the Chris Carter S3 round, and the world rounds were taking place in Poland, quite a few of the Brits had gone out to compete in Viana do Castelo so we were down on Expert entries for this one.

We were lucky enough to have a beautiful morning weather-wise, the sun was shining for the majority of the event, a couple of short showers but apart from that, perfect conditions.

Mark Anderson, club chairman gave the rider briefing at 10am, then the trial got underway. The team had been out in the week to plot the 10 sections, looking at the final results we got it about right again, taking a few off the top riders of each class.

Tom Plant was the only starter on the Expert route on the day, Tom had a great ride dropping 22 marks over the four laps. Some tough and technical sections had been laid out which were pretty challenging.

We had four entries on the Clubman 50/50 route. Rob Warner took the win on 9 marks lost, closely followed by Paul Wareing on 13 and local lad Bailey Tibbs in third on 33.

Clubman B class was won by Ben Owen on 3, Dan Hole took second spot on board his Grandad’s twin shock Honda dropping 11 and Steve Golla third on 19.

Clubman C class is always well supported, 12 riders this time. Mark Elms had a fantastic ride, completing the forty sections for no marks lost, Tim Bird was placed second on 2 followed by Robert Bremner on 11.

John Quigg dropped 24 marks winning the Clubman D class, Michelle Beck was second on 56 and David Pinches on 67.

Stephen Beck completed the 4 laps on the Clubman C Pre65 class dropping 40 marks and Geoff Pratt 9 marks on the Clubman D Pre65 route.

Heading the Youth A class was Max Golla, having only recently got back out on his bike after breaking his arm put on an awesome show, completing the day on the hard route for the loss of just 3 marks. Kai Fisher took second place on 44 and young Sam LeFevre in third place, a way back on 101 which doesn’t reflect this young man’s ability, the Arena sections are fairly tight and Sam was struggling to get his bike positioned correctly to attack the next part of the sections. 100% commitment and some really impressive riding from all the young guys in this class.

George Wareing was the only rider on the Youth 50/50 route, George had a great ride dropping 46 marks, not shy at hitting the rocky sections on his Beta 80.

Dexter Rowden took the win on the Youth C route dropping 5 marks. Josh Hadrill in second on 31 and Adam Gray on 45.

Rudi Brownlow was the only rider on the Youth D route, Rudi dropped 33 marks.

Well done to all the riders, we hope you enjoyed your day.

That just leaves the thank you’s. Firstly to the guys marking out the sections, great job – as mentioned earlier I think the sections rode well and were pretty spot on severity-wise. Sue for secretary duties and getting the results out quickly on Sunday evening, people are always keen to see how they did so we always aim to get them done the same day where we can. A big thank you to all of the observers, we couldn’t do it without them. Mick Bayliss, Nigel Preston, Jimmy Axford, Leah Robinson, Celine & Liam Anderson-Skwarek, Richard Harbud, Todd Jones, Sue O’Sullivan, Mike Endean and Mark Anderson.

Apologies for the lack of pictures, I was on observing duties. Gazza was there with his camera, click the button below to check out his picture gallery.

Our next trial is our Summer Trial on 22nd June, we’re aiming at running this one at Standlake, keep your eye on our socials and website for further info. We are currently working out some dates for Summer practice sessions too.