Guy has the Alan key
By TMX Archives on 10th Jun 15
THE 85th running of the National Alan Trophy Trial, Cumberland Countys prestige event of the year, was the stage for the seventh round of the 2015 ACU S3 Parts Clubman Trials Championship and attracted a healthy entry last Sunday.
Based on the north Cumbria villages of Newbiggin and Croglin the club put together an excellent nine-mile lap on the high ground, taking in 20 varied sections including slippery streams, dry gullies and rocky outcrops with a five-and-a-half-hour time limit for two laps, a time which some of the Clubmen fell foul of although all the Championship riders had time in hand.
The majority opted to ride the Easy course, leaving just 15 to compete for the S3 points – but it was a quality entry who all worked hard at cracking a tricky test.
After a stellar 2014 it has been a relatively quiet year so far for Guy Kendrew but the east Yorks Beta rider bagged his first National win of the year, to add the Alan Trophy to his list of Nationals.
Guy led the event virtually from start to finish and got the edge on his travelling pal and last year's Alan winner Richard Sadler at the fourth section, in the green, greasy, climbing beck at Newbiggin, close to the start.
The hardest bit was the vertical climb out and over an awkward rock to the exit but Guy made it look like a main road, as did John Crinson.
Richard, determined to be last man through, waited and waited but in the end it was all in vain as he canme to an undignified halt early on in the stream.
"I've no idea what happened there,” declared a disappointed Sadler
FOR FULL REPORT & PICTURES SEE THIS WEEK'S TMX NEWS, JUNE 11, (ISSUE 1975)
