PR - British Trials Championship
By TMX Archives on 15th May 06
Yesterday was the 2nd round of the British Trials Championship held near Abergavenny in South Wales.It was the first time that we have visited this venue for the Adult BTC so we didn't know what to expect.
With Saturday morning rain, this made the afternoon practice lap VERY slippery and frustrated many riders including Steve Colley because the sections were very tight and very tricky.
Nevertheless with good weather through the night and the club changing some sections the actual Trial rode OK and in the end it all worked out good. The only thing i must say is that we cannot accept the use of 'twigs' as section markers with very poor quality tape used for marking the sections. I appreciate that good quality tape is expensive but we (importers) all have good quality tape and i'm sure that if we were asked prior to the event we could each supply a couple of rolls, no problem. This is the BRITISH TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP and is the pinnacle of our Sport so correct section markers and tape MUST be used by the clubs.
Anyway, Team JST GAS GAS had a fantastic day with STEVE COLLEY and SHAUN MORRIS (Both GG) finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Championship Class, behind Shercos Graham Jarvis who was the deserved winner again.
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS TOP 10;
JARVIS 28
COLLEY 36
MORRIS 40
DABILL 45
CONNOR 67
BROWN 69
BEN HEMO 83
M.PHILIPSON 84
GARY MAC 87
I.AUSTERMULE 98
DAN THORPE and SAM HASLAM (both GG) were 1st and 2nd in the Expert Class!
This makes 2 wins in a row for Dan and is pleased to come back with a win from Scotland last week.
EXPERT CLASS TOP 10;
THORPE 42
HASLAM 46
SAMPSON 48
BAKER 51
MORTON 57
BRICE 57
PEARSON 66
ELLWOOD 76
FRY 80
JONES 81
ALEXZ WIGG simply blitzed the Youth Class who ride the exact same sections as the Expert riders and would have won the Expert Class aswell beating Dan Thorpe by a massive 20 marks on a 125!!! This was an unbelievable ride from Alexz and all looks good for his trip to the USA for the next round of the WTC this coming weekend. Awesome ride mate!
YOUTH CLASS TOP 5;
WIGG 22
CHALLONER 66
DANBY 67
REGAN 108
SHERWIN 121
Next BTC event is held by the West Of England club on JUNE 18th