Calvert enjoys Holme Brew'
By TMX Archives on 21st Aug 08
KENDAL Classic MCC got its Nostalgia Weekend of off-road competition away to a cracking start with the Nostalgia Trial, sponsored by the Coniston Brewing Co with their equally cracking Bluebird beer! The trial took place on Saturday at Holme Farm, Middleton, near Sedbergh, Cumbria, the day before the Nostalgia Scramble at the same venue and once again there was a huge entry of 200 riders made-up of Pre-65 and Twin-shock machines who were provided with two routes, Hard and Easy, through each of the 15 sections.There was a new course and many new sections this year as part of the old course was not allowed due to environmental reasons but new sections in streams and gullies in amongst trees made up the defecit - and were not quite as hard as the sections lost down by the river!
It was a new course but the results had a familiar look with the overall Pre-65 winner being Tony Calvert on his Tiger Cub. After a clean lap Tony was mortified to drop a soft dab just through the Begins cards at the third section second time through. Other riders to win their classes both last year and this were Colin Bailey in the Twins and Alan Whitton in British Specials.
In order to try and avoid too much queueing on a short course with just 15 sections and 200 riders, competitors were sent off to four different starting points and the idea worked well with queueing kept to a minimum. All the classes were tightly fought over with John Maxfield and Dave Thorpe pushing Calvert home. Thorpey matched Tony's clean lap on his second effort while Norfolk rider Chris Collins rode to a surprise clean on the opening circuit but sadly could not maintain that standard and dropped to eighth overall on 13.
NOSTALGIA TRIAL
Nostalgia Weekend (Kendal Classic MCC)
Hard Course
Pre-65 Unit: Tony Calvert (248 Triumph) 1 mark lost, John Maxfield (248 Triumph) 4, Dave Thorpe (199 Triumph) 4, Sean Isherwood (250 Triumph) 6, Peter Grange (246 Triumph) 7, Phil Readshaw (199 Triumph) 7.
Pre-Unit Springer: Mick Grant (500 Ariel) 3, Neil Gaunt (500 Ariel) 8, Rory Jones (500 Ariel) 10.
Two-stroke: Chris Gascoigne (250 James) 3, Norman Shepherd (250 James) 4, Alan Wright (250 James) 9.
Twin-shock: Mark Barrow (200 Honda) clean, Michael Irving (250 Honda) clean, Nick Shield (340 Bultaco) 2, Chris Myers (325 Bultaco) 3, David Braithwaite (340 Bultaco) 4, Dave Wood (320 Majesty) 7, Graham Miller (350 Bultaco) 7.
British Specials: Alan Whitton (230 Triumph) 11.
Twin Cylinder: Colin Bailey (500 Trifield) 3, George Emmott (500 Triumph) 5, David Postlethwaite (360 Trifield) 7.
Easy Course
Pre-65 Unit: Eric Boocock (250 BSA) 1, Brian Irwin (250 BSA) 4, Carl Winstanley (250 Francis Barnett) 4.
Rigid: Harry Stanistreet (197 James) 9, Eric Atkinson (197 James) 11, Graham Hows (350 BSA) 14.
Pre-unit Springer: Andrew Collins (350 Ariel) 4, David Wear (350 RE) 4, Ike Myers (350 AJS) 5.
Two-stroke: Craig Hunter (175 BSA) 1, Michael Preston (197 James) 5, Peter McCawley (250 James) 6, Peter Kitching (250 James) 7, Ray Cave (250 James) 7, John Dutton (250 DOT) 11.
Twin-shock: Paul Pattison (200 Honda) 3, Phil Hodgson (250 Yamaha) 3, Scott Walton (250 Bultaco) 9, Jack Lycett (175 Yamaha) 10, Ronnie Looker (200 Honda) 12, Paul Collins (250 Yamaha) 14.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2008