What’s on Weekly-6th and 7th August

This weeks ‘What’s on Weekly’ features more events from around the country. Here is a selection of just a few events taking place.

Motocross

Following a three year break the penultimate round of this year’s BYMX series makes a very welcome return to one of the world’s great MX courses - namely Desertmartin in Northern Ireland. The Porters Pit venue approx 30 miles from Belfast played host to a Maxxis round quite recently and duly received universal praise for the quality of the racing circuit - the high standard of the facilities - and the professional organisational skills shown by the Cookstown club.With just two rounds remaining to decide the final championship positions Alexander Brown riding the MotoOne KTM holds a commanding twenty point advantage in the Junior 65cc section. In the S/W 85cc division it's a similar scenario to the one found in the 65's. Conrad Mewse has dominated all season long having won four of the five rounds. The B/W 85cc section has developed into a real roller coaster ride. Early season pace setter Tom Neal fell foul of unfortunate injury between rounds three and four and now the current championship leader Liam Knight is extremely doubtful following his injury at Canada Heights. If Knight doesn't make the start line in Northern Ireland it will be heartbreaking for him with most of the hard work already in the bag. At present Knight has a nine point lead over joint second placed Jack Gardner and Brad Todd. Gardner on the MX World Honda won round five. Adam Sterry won the previous two rounds and he now represents a seriously strong challenge to the season long front running KTM pair of Championship leader Nathan Watson and second placed Jamie McCanney.

This weekend the Norwich Vikings Club will be hosting the fourth round of the Eastern Centre Motocross Championship at Cadders Hill. The event is a re-run of the cancelled meeting that was planned for the 12th June. Sunday’s meeting will also feature a round of the NGR Over 30’s Championship, Practice will be starting at 10am and the first race of the day will follow soon after practice. Admission prices for spectators will be £7 for Adults and £2 for Children Under 16.

This weekend round 7 of the SWOR championship will be taking place at Moreleigh. The circuit has been power harrowed and there is a bit of rain forecast which should make the circuit perfect for racing on Sunday. As usual there is prize money for the Experts. SWOR Promoters would like to thank all their sponsors for the 2011 season. Main race sponsors this year have been Dirt Bike Bitz, Travis Perkins, R & D Machinery, Wheeldon Off Road Centre and Totnes Auto Services, and also Fusion Shelters UK Ltd, Brookridge Timber, Ten Tors Pub in Kingsteignton, Friends Motorcycles, Andy Page Plumbing and Heating and Yertiz Catering.

Enduro

This year’s 2011 FIM International Six Day Enduro event will be starting on Monday in Kotka, Hamina in Finland. The team has been in Finland for the last week preparing for the event and making the final adjustments to their bike set. With the weather condition being very hot and humid all the riders have been using the time leading up to the event, by walking the tests and preparing themselves as best they can. The 2011 International Six days Enduro will commence on Monday, August 8 and finish on Saturday, August 13. The event will be situated in and around the region of Kotka-Hamina in southern Finland with a total course length of approximately one thousand, five hundred kilometres. Days one and two will run over the same course and will consist of two laps per day, with two time checks and four special tests per lap. Day three’s route will only be used once and will feature one lap covering three hundred kilometres, including three time checks and six special tests. Days four and five, again will share the same course, and will be made up of two laps per day and will include two time checks and three special tests per lap. As is tradition the final day of the competition will see the riders take part in a motocross test situated at Karhula motocross track.

This weekend the Dirtbike Action Club will be hosting a two day Enduro at Kielder. The event will be starting between Kielder Village and Falstone near Bellingham, Northumberland. The event will consist the 4th and 5th rounds of the North East Enduro Championship and the 9th and 10th Round of the British Twinshock Enduro Championship. The course for the event will consist of 40 mile lap distance of fresh terrain and will contain one special test per lap, the Special Test will be of cross country nature. Camping is from Friday afternoon. Please be aware there are limited facilities, and there is no water. The event will start at 11am on Saturday and at 10am on Sunday.

Trials

The ACU Events sponsored trials series is now moving into the sharp end of the season. Round six of eight comes up this weekend at Brimham Rocks organised as always by the Yeadon Guisley & District Motor Club. The venue at Brimham has been used now for a few years, it provides technical tough sections and for spectators it is superb as you will not miss a thing. Brimham is located at Summerbridge, Harrogate, North Yorks with the postcode HG3 4DW. Practice takes place between 3-5 pm on Saturday and the trial stars Sunday at 10am. In the Championship class James Dabill still holds a healthy lead even after he was beaten down in Torridge by Michael Brown. Dabill had been on a fifteen event winning streak in the British. Both riders went well at last weekends world trial in Fort William so confidence will be high. Jack Challoner also returns for this event. In the Experts A Ricky Wiggins has opened up a comfortable gap between himself and second place man Jack Spencer. The well supported B Group has seen a season long battle between two men Richard Timperley and Guy Kendrew. They have been setting the pace with only Kyle Hayes being able to split them down in Torridge.

On Sunday the final round of the Women’s and Girls Trials Championship will be taking place at Woodyard Farm in Reeth. The event will be starting at 10:30 and Becky Cook will be looking to maintain her six point lead over Emma Bristow in the Adult Women’s class. In the Women’s Intermediate Class Catherine Alford currently leads the way ahead of Harriet Shore. Chloe Richardson currently leads the Girls A Class and Jess Brown leads the Intermediate A class. The Girls B class sees Nikita Smith lead the way and Beth Waite leads the C class.

On Sunday 14th August the North Becks MCC will be hosting a Trial at Seymore's Arena, Aston Tirrold, Nr Didcot, Oxon, OX11 9AW. The event will be due to start at 11.00 am and is an arena type event, starting with qualifying rounds in the morning, culminating with the top 6 riders going head to head in a final in the afternoon. Sections are all man-made consisting of rocks, gulleys, tree trunks and waterfalls. This is the 4th time the club has organised this event, for anyone who has not attended in the past it’s an event not to be missed as it brings all the top riders into the South which is a very unusual occurrence. All the country's top riders have entered: James Dabill, Michael Brown, Alexz Wigg, Jack Challoner, Sam Haslam, Ross Danby, Ben Morphett, Jonathan Richardson, George Morton, plus European rider Loris Gubian. Also attending at the event will be all of the top Trials manufacturers with their trade stands. Camping is available from Friday night with Food stalls and a special feature on Saturday evening is a minders' trial which is very entertainment. Admission prices for the event are £10 per adult and £5 for children, for more information please call Claire Robinson - 01235 816644 or 07816 930914.

Grass Track

This weekend the GTSA Racing club will be hosting their 60th Anniversary Meeting at Torry Hill near to Maidstone. The meeting will also incorporate the Mick Steer Memorial race. Practice will be starting at 11:30 and the first race will take place at 1pm. Sunday’s action will see 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, and Upright Solos all competing for glory along with the 1000cc left and right hand Sidecars. The meeting can be found using the postcode ME9 0SP.

On Sunday the Southend and District Motorcycle Club will be hosting a round of the VMCC National Championship. With classes of Vintage, Modern, Solo and Sidecars it is sure to be a great meeting. The meeting is taking place at Purleigh Barns Farm, Latchington, CM3 6NS and will be starting with practice at 11am and the opening race soon after. Admission prices for members of the public will be £7 for Adults and £3 for Under 16’s.

This year’s ACU British Masters will be taking place on the 14th August at Swingfield in Kent, with all the action taking place on the Sunday. Reigning champions Andrew Appleton in the 500cc Solo’s and Mark Cossar and Carl Blyth in the Sidecars will be looking to retain their titles. After all the exciting and thrills of last year’s event at Rhodes Minnis in Kent, all things are looking set for a superb meeting this year. With a solid line up of 1000cc Sidecars and 500cc Solo riders all competing for the British Masters titles, it is sure to be an exciting meeting. This year’s ACU British Masters Championship will be taking place at Swingfield near Folkestone. The Astra Grasstrack Club will be working hard to produce a superb venue in Kent for this year’s Masters Championship. Swingfield will be signposted off the A260 Folkestone to Canterbury Road.

Road Racing

This weekend the National Hill Climb Association will be hosting a Two day event at Lostwithial, Castle Hill Climb. The event will be run over a distance of 880 yards, which consisting of fast left and right hand bends up a steep hill. The event features 7 different classes ranging from Solo’s to Sidecars.

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.