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
This weekend the Vets Motocross of Nations will be taking place at the famous and historic Farleigh Castle venue. The event sees the best of the world’s past and present riders battling it out for individual and team honour’s on classic machines from the golden era of Motocross. The Farleigh Castle MXON has become one of the best events in the UK and Europe. The meeting will consist of nine different classes competing four times during the weekend. Practice start at 8am on both day and there will be plenty of entertainment in the evening, including a ‘Madness’ Tribute band on the Friday night and ‘Queen’ Tribute act on Saturday. Entrance prices for the weekend are £20 for an Adult and £10 for a Child 5-15 and Camping for the weekend is £25 from Thursday to Monday. This is great value for what is sure to be a great weekend of racing.
This weekend Round 6 of the Eastern Centre Championship will be taking place at Wattisfield Hall. The meeting is being hosted by Diss MCC club and will be the first time in recent years that the championship has returned to great venue of Wattisfield. The natural circuit always produces some excellent close racing and this weekend is sure to be no different. Practice on the day will start at 10:30 with the first race being at 12noon.
Enduro
This weekend the final round of the ACU Metzeler British Enduro Championship will be taking place at Weavers Down in Longmoor, Hants. The event will be starting and finishing at the Airstrip. The course for this event will be of Forestry going with open sandy areas with a lap mileage of approximately 35 miles. There will be one designated fuel points on the route which will be positioned in the start area. The event will feature two special tests, one being a Motocross track and the other being a Cross Country. The event will be starting at 10am on both day and is sure to create some good action as the championship goes down to the wire.
Trials
There are just two events left in the 2011 ACU Events sponsored British Trials Championships. A reminder that the first of these is The Mitchell Trial in South Wales. This event on Saturday and Sunday sees a change of venue. The new venue is at Twyn Gwyn Farm Lane, Mynyddislwyn, Newport, S Wales, NP11 7BA. The event will also be signposted off A472 Pontypool - Newbridge Rd.
There are all three classes still to be decided although in the senior championship James Dabill is looking odds on for a third successive title as he holds a comfortable 12 point lead over his nearest rival Michael Brown. The Championship A group is very close. Ricky Wiggins currently leads but he is just one point ahead of Jack Spencer who won the last round in Yorkshire. Sherco’s James Fry could still get amongst them but he is currently 10 points adrift of the top two. There is a similar situation in the Expert B Class where Guy Kendrew and Richard Timperley are within a point of each other. Kendrew has been in the top three in every round during 2011 whilst Timperley slipped to 5th in Yorkshire. Saturday’s practise sessions are being held between 3-5 pm and the event starts on Sunday at 10am.
Grass track
This weekend the Ledbury Motorcycle Club proudly presents the Ledbury Flyer. The meeting will be taking place on Sunday 25th September at Man Meadow off Marsh Lane in Tewkesbury. The meeting will be incorporating the Roger Williams Memorial Trophies. Action starts at 11am with practice and then into racing at 12:30pm. Entrance fee are £8 for Adults, £6 Concessions and Programme’s are £1.
Road Racing
This weekend the Nora Sport British Supermoto will be heading to Silverstone for the next round of the Championship. The event will be run alongside the British Superbike Championship. The track will based on the Stowe Circuit and will be the perfect chance for British Supermoto to expand to a wider audience and showcase the skills of the best British riders in the sport.
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 [email protected] with details of your event.