After a gap of nearly fifteen years Motorcycle Sidecar trials returned to Mid Wales for rounds 4 and 5 of the British Sidecar Trials Championship held at Bwlch yr Sarnau organised by the Mid Wales Centre ACU. County Councillor Geoff Morgan, Vice Chair of Powys County Council was on hand to flag the competitors off on their two days of competition.
On Day one, Isle of Man pairing of Jack Corlett and Ealish Baxter had a surperb ride losing just one mark in the Expert class well ahead of Daryl Dale with daughter Hannah in the sidecar however, the order was reversed on Sunday with Daryl and Hannah getting the better of the Manx pairing after suffering a mechanical problem.
Last year’s novice crew of South East England team of Toby Smith and Hannah Moore who moved straight into the Intermediate class which has proved to be the right move with a double win over the weekend over another Manx pairing of Corlett and Jamie Howe. In the clubman class, experienced Paul Fishlock partnered by Matt Price took a close win from Darren and Joe Lulham on Saturday, but mechanical gremlins saw Paul failed to finish on Sunday leaving Saturday's third placed men Luke and Woody Reynolds to step up to win ahead Darren and Joe.