
N E X T E V E N T
Charity Club Trial
Date – TBA
2025 Dates for your diaries…
Be aware that dates could change if the event clashes with another local event.
23 February 2025
Wallace Cup
Seymours Arena
30 March 2025
Centre Championship
Seymours Arena
13 April 2025
Spring Club Trial
Seymours Arena
22 June 2025
Summer Club Trial
Standlake
16 July 2025
Evening Club Trial
Seymours Arena
Date – TBA
Charity Trial
Seymours Arena
19 October 2025
Autumn Club
Standlake
26 December 2025
Boxing Day Hangover Trial
The Moors
Posted – 17/07/25. 12.46.
George Clark on top form at our Summer Evening Trial at Seymours
Last night saw the Summer Evening Trial take place at Seymours Arena. Having only had a few showers over the previous weeks, the Arena was extremely dry. The team had been over two or three times plotting the sections, the ground being so dry and hard made for a real effort to get the posts/wires in the ground.
Eight sections had been laid out, the expert route was challenging as the top guys like, the lower classes were laid out on the easier side making for a fun evening out. Yet again, numbers were a bit lower than last year sadly, not sure why, but it seems to be the trend across all clubs at the moment.
Young George Clark took the win on the expert route, looking really strong out on his Beta 300, dropping just 10 marks. Brett Harbud took second spot, making a couple of silly mistakes – missing a couple of markers on section 7 and snapping the tape on section 1 cost him dearly.
We only had two entries on the Clubman 50/50 route. Dan Woody Hole completed the evening on 4 marks lost, and Ashley Thomas on 9.
Well done to Chris Coch, taking the win in the Clubman B class, going round for a clean. Ben Owen one mark behind, taking a single dab on section 3. Josh Quigg a few behind on 7 marks giving him third place.
Clubman C was the biggest supported class. An inspired ride from Amberley Nevill, saw her take the win completing the four laps of eight sections for a clean. Club Chairman, Mark Anderson placed second on 7 and Steve Beck in third on 11 marks lost.
Michelle Beck completed the Clubman D route, dropping just 15 marks. Michelle’s riding has improved massively, she was very tempted to take on the Clubman C route at the beginning, but changed her mind at the last minute, next time Michelle, you’d smash it!
On to the youth classes… Max Golla topped the Youth A class taking on the big technical sections, dropping a mere 3 marks, fantastic result as ever from Max, he always gives his all and the effort pays off. Kai Fisher second place on 33 looking super-smooth as usual, then young Sam LeFevre hitting the big stuff on his Gasser, again 100% effort from Sam, he really is an amazing young rider who has a great future in the sport.
William Hadrill took the win on the Youth C route, dropping 9 marks. Adam Gray, second on 13 and young Harry Matthews on 22. Well done guys, great effort.
Rudi Brownlow was the only rider in the Youth D class, he completed the evening on 11 marks. Great ride Rudi!
Thank you to our observers, we appreciate your ongoing support – Sarah Anderson; Jimmy Axford; Ian Toplis; Nigel & Tamzin Preston; Todd Jones; Dave Ilsley; Liam York and Mick Bayliss. Thank you to Zoe Fisher for picking up a board so Todd could go and take a few pictures.
Well done to Sue, secretary duties, getting everyone signed on and totting up the results after the event.
Yet again, we had some fantastic feedback from the riders, who expressed that they had an enjoyable evening at the Arena, so well done to the setting out crew, looking at the scores, the severity was about right. You will find a few more pictures up on the Gallery page.
Our next trial is our Charity Trial, we are having to look at the date again at the moment as it clashes with something else, so check back soon. We will let you know when the entry is live on the ACU/Sport80 website. Hope to see you next time.
Max Golla, full flow on section 8, taking the win on the Youth A route.
A clean sheet for Chris Coch in Clubman B class, taking the win.
Dan Woody Hole dropping just 4 marks on the Clubman 50/50 route.
Go on Amberley Nevill!! Taking the win in the Clubman C class for a clean sheet.
Great ride from young William Hadrill on the Youth C route.
Posted – 23/06/25. 14.09.
North Berks Summer Trial at Standlake
This weekend saw the Summer Trial take place at Standlake. The team had been to the wood cutting/marking out over the preceding weeks, always a fair amount of clearing to be done at this venue as it’s not widely used. The warm weather that we have experienced over the last few months allowed us to use some areas of the wood that are ordinarily under water, which gave us the opportunity to plot some great new sections.
Yet again there were a lot of other events going on locally, so the entries were spread far and wide, to that end we only had 20 riders join us, which is such a shame. We really do need to look at the date for this one next year, to try not to clash with so many other clubs.
We had laid out 10 sections with four laps to be completed. Dan Hole took the win on the Expert route dropping 31 marks. Dan’s dad, Woody Hole grabbed the win in the Clubman 50/50 class for 13 marks lost, just two marks ahead of Stu Robinson who was out for the first time in a year or so. Brian Tomkins headed up the Clubman C class dropping 7. Andy Hopping, Clubman D winner on 22. Young Jack Pettit had a great ride in the Youth B class completing the day on 53. Youth C was won by Josh Hadrill on 22 and Youth D headed by Matthew Clark dropping 21.
A big ‘THANKS’ goes out to the observers, it was a hot day so we appreciate you helping us out as usual – Mark, Sarah and Liam Anderson; Jimmy Axford, Ian Toplis, Paul Toplis, Nigel & Tamzin Preston, Todd Jones, Dave Ilsley and Liam York. Well done to Sue for getting everyone signed on and results out in good time on the evening. Well done to all the riders, we hope you enjoyed the day.
Next event is the Evening Club Trial on Wednesday 16th July, the entry is open on the ACU/Sport80 website NOW. Get your entry in, we look forward to seeing you then.
Posted – 16/05/25. 09.03.
Seymours will be open for evening practice on Wednesday 11th June.
Seymours Arena will be open from 17:00 – 21:00 on Wednesday 11th June. Open to all, club membership is 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/Youth.
We will need to see proof of ACU membership to enable you to ride
Posted – 15/05/25. 16.19.
Jerry – on the mend
As some of you may be aware, Jerry Lane, long standing member and current President of the North Berks Club recently suffered a stroke and has spent some time in hospital recovering and recuperating.
He has now been transferred back to his home, where he continues to recover.
The club and past members would like to pass on our warmest regards and send him good wishes on a speedy recovery. We hope to see Jerry again soon at one of our club trials.

Best of luck to all the Guys and Gals riding the Scottish Six Days under the North Berks flag next week. Have fun!!
Alicia Robinson [124] – Dan Woody Hole [126] – Brett Harbud [119] – Thomas Hawthorne [204] – Luke Hora [203].
Posted – 14/04/25. 9.42.
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.
Tom Plant forcing his way up the two massive slabs on section 9.
Rob Warner easing his Honda into this tricky little dry rutted turn on section 8.
Good to see Chris Coch at the Arena on his immaculate Fantic 301.
Bailey Tibbs took 3rd place in the Clubman 50/50 class.
Dan Woody Hole looking steady on the twin-shock Honda.
Posted – 01/04/25. 8.46.
Wall to wall sunshine at the Arena for our Southern Centre Championship Round
We were blessed with amazing weather this weekend for what was the third round of the ACU Southern Centre Trials Championship. The Club had not held a round of this popular series for many years. Unfortunately there had been a mixup with dates, so Stu and Claire picked up the reigns on this one. One of our committee members ‘Liam’ was getting married on the day before the event so we were down on helpers as a few of the usual gang were attending the wedding. Congratulation to Liam and Celine, best wishes for the future.
We had a great response with 74 online entries which was fantastic. We are right on the edge of the Southern Centre area and rarely get many riders from the centre join us for our club trials. The Arena can be a daunting place, but the club are aware of that and have made a big effort over the last couple of years to ease the severity of the sections of the lower class routes, using the banks and making the sections more flowing, keeping away from the rocks etc. We had some great feedback from the riders that joined us at the weekend, so the club hope that we have encouraged some of these guys to return going forward.
All of the classes were well supported and it was great to see so many youth enjoying their ride round.
Thanks goes out to all of the observers who stood out in the Spring sunshine, although as always there was a brisk wind blowing across the Arena. Well done to the marking out crew, looking at the scores the sections were set out just about right. Maximum effort from the Robinsons and Dan Woody Hole for the admin and social media posts encouraging a decent entry. Thank you to Steve Greenen for stepping in for ACU, Clerk of the Course duties for the day. Good to have Pete’s Food on site, thanks guys.
That just leaves us to thank the riders for turning up, we know a good number of you travelled a fair distance to join us. We hope you enjoyed your day and look forward to seeing you again.
There are more pictures on the Gallery page and Gazza was there with his camera, click on the button below to go to his online gallery.
Our next Trial is in a couple of weeks time at the Arena again, it’s our Spring Club Trial on 13th April, entry is open on the ACU Sport80 website.
Tom Plant launching himself over the rocks, taking third in the Expert class.
Dave Gray took the win in the Clubman Expert 50/50 class.
Great ride from Oscar Sacre topping the Youth B Class dropping just 7 marks.
Maximum effort from Holly Dixon, travelling down from Scarborough, enjoying her ride round in the sunshine. Holly has ridden at the Arena many times competing in the Ladies/Girls Championship.
The Wallace – Cancelled
The club are sad to announce that we will not be running The Wallace Cup National Trial this year due to difficulties with land and access to pivotal parts of the route. We’re sorry to bring this news to you, we know The Wallace is very popular with the riders, the club love putting the event on and will certainly miss it this year too.
We will definitely be back in 2026.
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2025 Dates for your diaries…
Be aware that dates could change if the event clashes with another local event.