The eleventh Dirt Bike Show is due to run at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry from Thursday 4th – Sunday 7th November 2010.
Following the huge success of the 2009 show, which welcomed 14% more visitors than the previous year, the organisers are working hard behind the scenes to ensure that the 2010 show has all of the elements you've come to expect from Europe's number one dirt bike show. The latest dirt bikes, clothing and accessories, racing machines and the stars that ride them, live acti....
SPEA FIM Trial World Championship returns to Scotland again in 2011 Following on from the huge success of the inaugural event held at Nevis Range, Fort William - Scotland earlier this year, L+M Events are delighted to announce that the British leg of the 2011 SPEA FIM Trial World Championship will take place at the same fantastic venue on 30/31 July. This will mark the second year of a three year plan that will now see the prestigious FIM Trial des Nations hosted at Nevis Range in 2012, as this ....
Vito Ippolito re-elected FIM President
A historical number of 98 Federations out of 101 attended the FIM General Assembly on Tuesday 19 October at the occasion of the 125th FIM Congress held at the Venetian Hotel in Macau, China. The members of the FIM General Assembly elected Mr Vito Ippolito (Venezuela) FIM President for a second term by 55 votes versus 41 votes cast for his opponent, Mr Jean-Pierre Mougin. The FIM General Assembly also elected Nasser Khalifa Al Atya (Qatar), Jorge Vieg....
Rochdale and District Motor Club's Pennine Trial on 21st of November 10.30 am. is the last north west centre event of the year.
The Shawforth venue has a good long lap out on the foothills of the Pennines above Rochdale with spectacular views. Come and join us for a friendly days sport. We will only be able to do two routes, club man and expert so no beginners please.
Enter on the day, phone secretary. Margaret Whitlow 01706 633977 or Ian Alderson 07870 231194....
Next year the Cornwall Centre of the Auto Cycle Union will hold the 50th running of the End to End Reliability Road Trial.
It will start at Bude and end at Lands End and will run as it always has, on Passion Sunday - 14 days before Easter.
Entry will be open just after Christmas and close two weeks before the start.
Entry forms are available from the Secretary:
Mrs Heather Wilcock. Trebelsue Farm Cottage, Porth, Newquay Cornwall or by email via david.stone32@talktalk.net
27th November and 12th February
Invitations have been sent out today (12th October) to all those National Clerks of the Course and Steward licence holders whose licences expire at the end of the year.
If anyone else would like to attend, could they contact Alison Devine alison@acu.org.uk or 01788 566409 for further information.
The 2010 Scott Trial takes place on October 23rd at Swaledale in Yorkshire supported by Trials Central.com .
Graham Jarvis goes for ten wins in the event and another hatrick to add to his previous runs of 1996 to 1999, 2003 to 2005 will it be 2008 to 2010.
The Richmond Club will promote the event and this description of the trial is from the Richmond clubs web site.
http://www.richmondmotorclub.com/ The trial is a time and observation event run over an off road course of approximately 84 miles, divided into approx 75 sections. The riders lose marks for “footing” in the observed sections and for finishing behind the fastest rider who sets standard time. Marks used to be lost at the rate of 1 mark per minute but this has been relaxed to 1 mark every 2 minutes....................
COUNTING DOWN TO 100 YEARS
In just over seven months time the attention of the global trials community will focus on the small loch side town of Fort William that sits beautifully in the Scottish Highlands. For six very special days between Monday 2nd May and Saturday 7th May 2011 just under three hundred riders from around the planet will descend on Fort William as the World famous Scottish Six Days Trial (SSDT) celebrates its centenary. This moment in the history of the sport of motorcycle trials cannot be under estimated, with this event being widely regarded as the birthplace of this unique discipline where the winner is determined by skill alone rather than speed.......................