Guns are blazing over Jack Wood
By TMX Archives on 22nd Mar 07
THE big guns of British trialing fire on Sunday at the Jack Wood Trophy national trial at Bradfield, near Sheffield, where a mighty 150 riders hit the traditional trial covering one lap and eleven groups of sections which will end, as ever, in the spectacular River Kwai ravine.
The one big name missing is Sunday's Clevelandwinner, Graham Jarvis, who will be playing the enduro tune on hismulti-tasking fiddle, so that will give the other major players a levelbattleground. Dan Thorpe, Alexz Wigg, John Shirt, Dan Farrer and RossDanby range against the Repsol Beta gang of Maria Conway, IanAustermuhle, Aran Drachenberg, James Lampkin, Zac Sherwin and SamLudgate. Lee Sampson flies the MRS Sherco flag in the absence of Grimbobut Chris Pearson and John Crinson will also be in the mix.
A healthy 75 Clubmen and women start the trialwith John Hulme, Katy Sunter, Dave Knaggs, Mick Glaves, Mark Timperley,Nick Shield, Rob Barber, Greg Moor, Chris Granby, Chris Greenwood andPaul Bennett could all impress.
The time allowance will be a huge seven and aquarter hours and the club have set the start time forward to 9am toensure all the entry get round in daylight. The route tracks the oldfavourite groups: Hill House, Fletchers/ Lumbush, TCC, Spoon Lane,Bents, Ughill, Hoyles New Gulley, Hoyles Folly and Hoyles Gulley.
Penultimate group is Rocher's End and then it'sthe dive into the Kwai for the last 10 subs. Total section count is 50.NO-GO areas for spectators are below the River Kwai bridge, and just asimportant, the entire Hoyles and Hill House groups and NO dogs please,as it is lambing time.