It is a busy August for the RT Keedwell British Trials Championships. There are no less than three rounds this month, the second of which is the Edinburgh Club event at a completely new venue for the series.
Riders will be heading up to The Bob MacGregor Trials Academy this weekend for round 4. The ground is at Totherick Quarry, Dunlop which is situated in East Aryshire approx 20 miles south west of Glasgow. The all important Sat nav postcode is KA3 4EH.
Sunday's trial will get underway at 9.30 am and it should be very accessible for spectators.
The situation in the Championship class is that James Dabill leads his main rival Michael Brown by just 3 points having had two wins and a second so far. Dibs was riding at the highest level last weekend at the British Arena Championship event at North Berkshire so his confidence will be high going into the event.
Behind the top two Alexz Wigg and Jack Sheppard are both having very good seasons and they are currently closely fighting for the number three position. The last round the Mackenzie showed two riders coming through well in Andy Chilton and Jack Price so eyes will be on them to see if they can maintain their progress. Last weekend at the Supertrial saw the emergence of Jack Spencer to the rostrum so it will be interesting to see if he can once again mix it with the very top runners.
Things are a little more clear cut in the Expert class where we currently have a runaway leader in Guy Kendrew. The Beta rider has so far won all three rounds which gives him a massive 26 point lead going into the Edinburgh event. Whilst Guy has so far dominated there is a good battle going on behind with James Stones, Joel Edwards, James Carr and Tom Affleck all in the mix. John Sunter having missed the opening event has also scored very well lately so this class offers plenty of interest.