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JANUARY 06 NUMBER 131
** NEXT MONTHS TRIAL AT MANNINGS HEATH TEAM
ENFIELDS -
Richard Shoesmith 01798 869296, Phil Jobbins 01293 851462
Nick Herridge 01403 210925, Sean Parsons 01403 730799, Graham Knight
0193 871955
NEWS AND COMMENT
After that enlarged Xmas Newsletter, thanks largely to our
regular contributor Garry (Mr Budge to you), this issue is likely to be
a bit of a non event, we need to convalesce. However you will
need to be reminded of the good things in store which were in the issue
you’ve just thrown away i.e.
Saturday Jan 21st 9.30 am A working party at Mannings Heath to
clear some hills and banks but let Dick know if you will attend or he
won’t go either! Tools will be needed.
Saturday Jan 28th - 7 pm at Ewhurst - the Food and Skittles night has
not (at the time of writing) reached the limited number - phone ASAP to
check there is still room.
Saturday Feb 18th - is the first practice/training event for 2006 at
Rome Woods - full details next month. Other similar events will
be held at Northlands and Manning Heath.
MEMBERSHIP
Thirty considerate gentlemen sent their membership renewals in
last month - thanks to them and especially ones who helped with a
postage donation. One member said it’s the best 8 quid he spends
each year ….. Take note of that the hundred or so who’ve yet to cough
up! There’s an additional thing known as a VEILED THREAT - for
2006 non-members riding will be £12 (s/b £8) and joining on
the day of an event considered an unimaginable impertinence - don’t ask!
YOUR DIARY DATES
To enable you to pencil in all the 20 events or more that the
club provides you with each year, we have produced a provisional list
as under and intend to have this in each club news in future.
So with all the coming year listed and arranged we can return to
convalescing but not before extending to all our members A HAPPY NEW
YEAR AND MANY RUNGS OF THE LADDER BETWEEN YOU AND TERRA FIRMA.
Which brings us neatly to :
THE 2005 LADDER
RESULTS
The final results are enclosed showing best performances and
support for the club throughout the years events. To most it is
unfathomable but someone did write the rules like this :
If you finish 4 events you get listed on the ladder.
Finish 6 events or more you drop some worst results - I.e. 6 - 7 drop
1, 8 or 9 drop 2, 10 or 11 drop 3, 12 or 13 drop 4.
The scores are totalled and averaged.
From the average deduct 1 bonus point for each event entered.
Anyway it’s a bit of fun and we all finish in the right order BUT
comments on progress or whatever will be mentioned next month!
Note this year we did not include the January trial in the ladder as it
was the one we had so many entrants there were not enough cards to go
round.
SECURITY AND
INSURANCE
Mike has given us a leaflet available from DVLA reference INF 85
and INF85D which informs how you can register bikes, plant and
machinery via DVLA with engine chassis numbers etc. It costs
nothing and may help the police trace and identify anything
nicked. Ian Mac has said he will also be writing on this matter
in the next issue (there’s an awful lot being put off till next issue -
aren’t you overdoing this convalescence?
OUT AND ABOUT
That Andy Blackman who wiped the floor with our white riders at
the last trial is actually the Southern Centre Champ and finished in
front of Wayne Holdsworth at the Jack White Southampton club
event.
Brighton club ran the last Group trial at Faygate but not a big
entry. Only 2 experts and 2 Inters tackled the muddy course and
very few HR’s attended. Phil T Wand was placed 2nd in the Novices
dropping 63 to the leaders 44. In the Over 40’s Mick Huskinson
was on 90 coming 4th, Steve Wells led with 67 ml. Over 50’s only
Bob Collins held the club banner - 23 ml was written on it and he came
3rd. What’s this surprise 3 HR’s on the Clubman route need a
proper listing - Mike was riding his Pampera.
Clubman 1 - (1. S Rye 9ml) 3. Mike Husband 42, 5. John
Pocklington 55, 8. John Illingworth 60
Final placings for the south Coast Group over the 12 rounds have been
completed - selected results are :
Expert - 1. James Fry 2. Scott Farley 3. Adam
Farley 4. S Foord
Inter - 1. Adam Bird 2. Mark Jordan 3. P
Davies 4. Peter Bowker
Over 40 - 1. Mick Huskinson 2. A Brown 3. Steve Wells
Over 50 - 1. Frank Puttock 2. R Charman 5. Bob Collins
And Tony Martin won the Wobblers - good for him!
ANNOUNCEMENT
The WI have done it. The farmers have done it, so how
about HR …. A nude Calendar …. 12 members on their bikes wearing boots
with original themes (a kettle for Dave A etc). Private parts
would be cunningly concealed - the pictures would be set in an area of
outstanding natural beauty. All we want is 12 volunteers to
provide us with a picture to be printed on a calendar for 2007 entitled
Horsham Riders in aid of Riders for Health - any volunteers. Dave
Mears’ wife said I should be December shown without teeth but with leg
brace and catheter to be entitled ‘The Twilight Zone’ could be fun!
SO THIS IS
2006
Rome Woods parking lot was filling up fast as 77
riders, spectators and dogs turned out for an enjoyable bank holiday
trial on Monday. Mind you it didn’t help when Sam Aldrich suffers
a full stop and flat battery on the turn round. Long before that
early arrivals were joining an ever lengthening queue while Father
Christmas, at the desk, attempted to sign them on, get membership,
discuss skittles, weather, trials, births and deaths etc in utter
confusion. Fiona arrived, normality restored so we were able to
hoot off at 10.15.
The Ajay team, aware that ‘incapability’ was likely to be the operative
word on New Years Day, decided to set out the previous Thursday when it
was freezing and the ground solid. It bucketed with rain on the
Friday so many modifications were carried out, some thought a few more
wouldn’t have gone amiss when 25% of the blues and 50% of the yellows
finished in the dnf column. At this time of year Rome and its
horrors are a nightmare for lesser riders. The team turned out in
force, quickly getting the job done. Mike H - Whites, Dave B -
Blue and John R - Yellows assisted by Paul H, Chris S and Adrian B,
laid out an event to enjoy but knackering if you finished!
Whites had 14 riders - a big entry for us, but with a predictable
result. Jamie Jones miles ahead and Steve Farrall in 2nd
place. Pete Bowker was joined by his brother Neil and dragged the
old man, Reg, out to look on but it was too far to walk.
The interest is in the HR men, Mike on new Beta 250, Tony Flegg, with
his brand spanking new tyres returning to the hard route, 3 points
ahead of Jesse Brooker. Then, as a joint winner on the blue route
in last years ladder, Ryan Geere has raised his sights and joined the
Inters on Whites, just 9 marks back from Jesse, he’s off to a good
start. Finally we have a 2nd schoolboy A with new member, from
Woking, James Ray - watch out Jesse! Garry Budgen twisted his
unfortunate knee early on in the event and dnf. Keith Tracey, now
recovered was back with his Chinese Honda Gas Gas, it broke down on
section 9, so it hadn’t recovered as well.
The Blue route again saw Tim H in the lead, he’d better get back to
Whites said some! Mick Rivett and Phil T Wand are occasional
visitors, both of those had Dad’s around too - must be the
weather. So 2nd HR was Ian Mc, this time keeping 1 up on Paul R
who was missing the competitive push from Ryan as Phil Walker was from
Tony F. Charlie Page, one of only 2 in the schoolboy section,
must have found the going somewhat more sympathetic than Dominic, a 64
point difference in marks shows that but Charlie had been going well on
Yellows. Pete Brooker went down to yellows early on annoying
Benge a bit and he dnf.
From the analysis you will see it was a hard time for many yellows but
those that finished show an almost prefect range of scores from 9 to
111. The sometime blue riders head the list, Brian B, obviously
finding that Mont gets lots of grip, on 9, but 2nd HR was 21 marks
back, Bob Collins on his new 200 Beta which hadn’t started before this
event. John Pocklington on 125 Scorpa was another who found the
grip, similarly mounted Nick though didn’t find didn’t find much as he
crossed the steams and has put Fiona on his Christmas card list for
pulling him out. Jack Northover told me he loved the event
especially sect 9 where he wanged it up the hill in 3rd and he finished
best part of 50 in front our our girls Katie and Emma. Tony
Martin reckoned he’d be aching all over the next day in the effort to
keep ahead of Grandson Scott (by 30!). New family members the
Brays (3 of ‘em, Nigel, Josh and Tom) made their mark taking some time
to get all 3 bikes working - they started about 1.30, didn’t score and
unsurprisingly dnf.
Red route riders, as you know we do not put in a red route until the
conditions are OK for beginners however if people do want to ride
easier than Yellow route we say all you have to do is go through the
begins and ends cards for a score ignoring the yellow gates. It
is important that in doing reds you only ride on the set route,
entering does not permit riding elsewhere on the site. We had two
finishes in this class Sam and Will, they both had a tough ride and did
well to get round, Barry Fitz said it was tougher for Dads.
Finally when I put the ladder results in the window Paul Reynolds
pointed out he wasn’t 2nd but tied with Ryan and John Pock and Richard
Shoesmith groaned at seeing fiddler tea bag ahead - ‘unfair!’ they
exclaimed saying - but David retires in all the hard trials to keep his
average down - shame.
Thanks to the team for 77 tired bodes, thanks to Fiona for adding up
all the cards after the trial and for getting the ladder results
finished the night before. Thanks to Dave Blackman for reminding
us how those TL’s didn’t go.
RESULTS
White
Blue
Yellow
Jamie
Jones E
13 Tim Husband
N 30
Brian Barnes O50 9
Steve Farrall
E 31 Mick
Rivett N
37
RBroughton
O50 16
Neil
Bowker E
33 P Tickner
Wand N 55
Bob Collins
O50 31
Peter Bowker
E 40 Ian
McCulloch O40 60
John Pocklington
C 36
Mike
Husband I
58 Paul Reynolds
N 61 Mark
Johnson C 45
Bob
Jones I
62 A
Williams N
73 Tony Martin
C 46
John
Penfold I
63 Sam
Aldrich N
76 M Hyden
C 53
Tony
Flegg I
72 John
Mitchell N
77 John Richmond
C 53
Jesse Brooker
SBA 75 Phil
Walker N
78 Jack Northover
SBC 56
Ryan
Geere I
84 Charley
Page SBB 85
Steve Mitchell
C 57
James
Ray SBA
102 John Illingworth O40
86 Richard Shoesmith
C 58
J
Sang
I 107 G
Jarvis N
88 S
Martin
C 78
Graham Knight
N 97 Mick
Dunstan C 78
dnf I Bower, G
Budgen Kev
Brooker N
106 Spencer Page
C 79
Dom
Jarrett SBB
149 Nick
Heridge C
83
Red
C Robinson
C 97
Sam Husband
SB 124 dnf H
Ross, J Charman, Benge Pete
Brooker
C 99
Will
Fitzmaurice SB
134 Keith Tracey, M
Blackman Katie Husband
SGC 108
dnf J Tolcher
Emma Thompson SGC 108
Gary Stuart
C 111
Yellow dnf - I
Johnson, Dave Alder, J & M Bailey N
Spreadbury
Dave Mears, D Tickner
W, N Ruddock, D Ruddock, G Barden,
C Charman, A Pyke, A
Mercer, L Humphrey, R Hyden, J Bray
N Bray, T Bray, Dave
Blackman.
Analysis % Entry Ent
DNF % Fin
W
18 14 2
85
B
26 20 5
75
Y
52 40 20
50
R
4 3 1
66
FOR SALE
LAND ROVER - Series III 21/4 Petrol SWB 7 seater, unleaded
conversion. Tax & MOT June 2006. £1500 ono Tel
01798 869296 - Richard
LAND ROVER Discovery Van - Body 1997. Towbar, recent
service. Good workhorse. £2250 Phil Jobbins 01293
851462
MONTESA 315R, 1997 - £1000 - Also Seat and side panels for Yellow
Beamish Suzuki £20. John Pocklington 01798 813827
BETA 250 REV 3 - 2002 Over 50 ridden only. £1450 ono 01403
263667 Ian Mac
HR EVENTS
JANUARY
SAT 21 WORKING PARTY AT MANNINGS
HEATH - 9.30 am
Please phone Dick if you are
coming (and bring some tools)
SAT 28 SKITTLES NIGHT AT THE BULLS
HEAD, EWHURST - See front page
BOOK YOUR PLACES NOW!
FEBRUARY
SUN 5 HR CLUB TRIAL - Mannings
Heath - 10.30 am start
TEAM ENFIELDS - Richard Shoesmith
01798 869296, Phil Jobbins
01273 844100 Nick Herridge
01403 210925, Sean Parsons
01403 730799, Graham Knight 01293
871955
WED 8 HR CLUB NIGHT - 8.30 PM -
SHELLEY ARMS, Broadbridge Heath
SUN 12 GROUP TRIAL
SAT 18 HR PRACTICE/TRAINING TRIAL
AT ROME WOODS -more details next
Month
MARCH
SUN 5 HR CLUB TRIAL - Northlands
Wood - 10.30 am start.
TEAM KWACKERS - Tim Husband 01306
712317 Mick Dunstan
01403 711962 Tony Flegg
01293 419867 Phil Walker 01293 412905
John Mitchell 07775 794623
WED 8 HR CLUB NIGHT - 8.30 PM -
SHELLEY ARMS, Broadbridge Heath
SUN 12 GROUP TRIAL
SAT 18 WORKING PARTY AT ROME WOODS
TRADE ADS(£5 per year for members businesses only - helps you and
the club)
MERLIN MOTORCYCLES sells Gas Gas, Bultaco, Montesa & Beta Trials
and Gas Gas Enduro bikes, spares and turning too. Also imports
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www.motomerlin.co.uk
MERLIN BOOKS sell motorcycle books and videos, new and secondhand -
free catalogue or www.merlinbooks.com Mike Husband 01403 257626
HEADLINE ENGINEERING For aluminium and stainless welding - helicoil
thread repairs - cylinder head, brake discs/drums refining - all
machining work - one off and prototypes.
Phone Derek head 01306 712565
CLUB CLOTHING We have a stock of riding shirts in stock available in M,
L or XL at the highly competitive price of £20 each.
Quality is good, many members have found they wash and last well.
Why spend more on one covered in adverts when you can wear a shirt with
the HR logo? Phone Dick or Fiona for sales pressure. CLUB
STICKERS 4 for £1 for car or bike