This week’s ‘What’s on Weekly’ features a selection of just a few events taking place around the country this weekend and next week.
Trials
On the 19th February the North Derbyshire Youth Motorcycle Club will be hosting the North Derbyshire Cup at the Victory Quarry Doveholes, Nr Buxton in Derbyshire. The event is open to Youth Classes A.B.C.D & E (Conducted Route.) and Adults Expert to Dead Easy including an Over 40's & Twin-Shock class. Entries Close at Start Time 11 am. Book early if possible for Conducted Route and contact Alan Nixon on 01332 559813 or 07989051715
Motocross
Next weekend The Hawk International will take place with a strong list of British Teams entered alongside the international teams and riders. Nearly all the top British Championship teams have entered this year and are using the opportunity to get some race time under their belt before their National Championship kicks off a couple of weeks later. The track is already looking really good and with all the classes now being full including all the support classes it is set once again to be another fantastic year at Hawkstone Park. The most current signing is Irish Team Tyco Suzuki, this year it consists of top British rider Stephen Sword, Swordy who is one of the fans favourite riders will be eager to gain some good results after a difficult season last year. His team-mate is Southern Irishman and character Stuart Edmonds, Edmonds is looking to have a very competitive season on his new Tyco machine. Adding to them are a whole host of riders riding in the 2012 British Championship this years including - Jason Dougan, Kevin Strijbos, Shaun Simpson, Lewis Gregory, Alex Snow, Ashley Greedy, Gert Krestinov, Alfie Smith, Nez Parker, Martin Barr, Matiss Karro, Jamie Law, Lewis King, Marc de Reuver, Luke Dean, James Price and Ashley Wilde in MX1. In MX2 the line-up includes - Graeme Irwin, Arnaud Tonus, Ryan Houghton, Luke Hawkins, Liam Garland, Dan Brough, Elliott Banks-Browne, Jake Nicholls, Sean Mitchell, Joe Bamfield, Alan Keet, Jordan Divall, Lewis Tombs, Dan Thornhill, Nathan Watson, Ray Rowson, Jordan Booker, Nico Aubin, Damon Strydom, James Dunn, Neville Bradshaw, Jake Millward, Jack Kelly, James Cottrell and Connor Walkley.
Enduro
The 2012 ACU Doodson British Enduro Championship will get underway in a beautiful Welsh valley in Powys over the weekend of February 18-19, with Britain's top enduro riders again keen to win the most coveted title in UK off-road, that of ACU British Enduro Champion. The seven round 14 race series will travel the length and breadth of England and Wales before a new champion is crowned at the final round in Surrey in October. Britain's best enduro racer, David Knight MBE, a three-time world enduro champion, will be looking to gain his tenth ACU British Enduro Championship, after injury ruled him out of last year's title chase. The Manxman will be competing on a full-works KTM 500EXC identical to the bike he'll race in the Enduro World Championship (EWC). His toughest competition is likely to come from former EWC KTM team-mate, now a Fast Eddy Racing Honda CRF450R-mounted Tom Sagar, from Newtown in Powys. Sagar won the outright title in 2007 and 2008 and narrowly missed out on the title again in 2011 and having withdrawn from EWC now views the ACU BEC title as his primary target for each season.
Also the Welsh Trail Riders Association are pleased to announce the rescheduling of the Snow Run that was cancelled last weekend. The event will now be taking place on the 26th February at the same venue.
If your club is running an event in the coming weeks and would like to be a part of this feature please contact Richard Blyth on pr@acu.org.uk with details of your event.