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Wanted

Your stories, trial reports etc. Ever fancied your hand at being an author, send us your contributions via our new Online Contact form. Amusing incidents, descriptive narrative of a particularly brilliant clean you had on the most difficult section of the trial, anything along those lines considered for inclusion.

Archived Stories

White Rose Start Area : Scottish 1950 : Scotland 1989 : K Briggs Guest Speech

Web Links

Links to Yorkshire Clubs and other useful sites.

Horsforth | Yeadon-Guiseley | Spen Valley

Richmond | Ripon | Huddersfield

Bradford | ACU | Yorks-Weather

Contact Us

Online Contact Form

Secretary:

Penny Ludgate 01977 648046
12 Greenwood Avenue
Upton Pontefract
WF9 1NS

Other Club officials

Membership Secretary:

Terry Best 0113 2630009

Chairman: John Kershaw

President: Dennis Pitts

Treasurer: Ben Ludgate

Awards Secretary: John Kershaw

Captain: Nigel Crowther

Trials Secretary:

Peter Walton 0113 2932943

Webmaster: Peter Walton

FAQ's

Q1 How do I Join?

Joining our Club

Download a Membership form and return to our Membership Secretary together with the current subscription. (Address on form).
Alternatively contact Club Secretary who can send you one. (Address on Contact Page).
Or turn up at a Club Trial where forms will be available. (See Events Page).
Membership of a Club is required before you can obtain ACU affiliation.

Q2 How do I start trials?

Starting Trials

Join a Trials Club which is near where you want to ride. Our Membership forms can be downloaded or contact Secretary for same.
Apply for ACU membership, application form by download from ACU website or direct to ACU.
Buy your machine, riding suit, helmet, boots etc, and get some practice in (see Where can I practice?)
Check website for dates of events.
Contact Organising Clubs for entry forms (mostly available by download).
Complete the entry forms and return them to the event secretary. Our Closed to Club events and Centre events can be entered for on the day.

Q3 Where can I practice?

Legal Practicing

At the time of writing there are two areas around the Leeds area at which practicing is allowed upon the payment of the requisite amount.
These are BUMPY at Birstall Tel No 01924 470372 / 422386, and Home Farm at Tong Tel No 0113 2854356
Other areas are available which continually vary so it is left up to the individual to locate these.

Join Us

Other forms which you may wish to download.

Club trial entry form : Download one of these and pre-fill in the info required. Will save you having to fill one in on the day, and save Trials Secretary the trouble of deciphering handwriting!

Parental Agreement Form : This is an ACU form. Included here for convenience, will be needed for youth competitors.

Club Fees and Youth Information

Club Fees

Club Trial Entry

Adult - £15:00 Youth - £7:00

Annual Subsciptions

Adult - £10:00 Youth - £5:00

Youth Age Groups

Class - Age Range

A = 16-17 years
B = 13-15 years
C = 10-12 years
D = 6-9 years

For full definition and Maximum engine sizes see TSR1 in ACU Handbook.

About Us

We organize motorcycle trials in Yorkshire from Closed to Club events through Restricted and Centre to National status. Most of our club events are held at Post Hill in Leeds. Centre events are held either at Addingham or Foxup (N. Yorkshire) with our main event of the year The White Rose National held in September every year in the most beautiful part of the Dales near Hawes (see pic ). Events page gives full listing. Hawes Most of our events have a dual course to cater for riders of different abilities. From 2004 our Club Championship trials will have a three tier course with an easy course for beginners included.

All these events are organized by a small but dedicated band of volunteers who work tirelessly to provide a form of motorcycle sport for the riders who wish to pit themselves and their machine against the obstacles which we lovingly refer to as Observed Sections. All WLMC trials are run under TSR22a.

This band of volunteers meets at the Gildersome Conservative Club on the last Thursday of the month, from 20:00 onwards. Currently subs are only £10 for adult membership and £5 for junior membership for a year. All new members will be made very welcome.

Please look around our website to find out more about us, and the sport of motorcycle trials in general. Please see Contact Page for Secretary details.

Venues

Directions to Post Hill

Varied terrain consisting of a wooded hillside with a small quarry area, stream, rocks, banks, gullies. From Leeds Ring Road A6110 at Farnley turn off at roundabout onto B6154, turn immediately left onto Wood Lane. Entrance is on your right. Note: - Practicing on this land is illegal. We have permission for organized events only. The area is patrolled by park rangers. Grid ref SE244 336. Click here for map.

Directions to Addingham Moorside

Host to many big trials in the past including British rounds. Situated on a rock strewn hillside, rocks are the order of the day here, small ones to giant ones, but very grippy.
From the A65 turn off onto Cocking Lane, road name changes to Brown Bank Lane, turn left onto Light Bank Lane, venue will be on your left after approx 1 mile. Grid ref SE063 466. Click here for map.

Directions to Cawder Hall

A popular venue comprising of stream sections, rocks, bankings.
From the centre of Skipton head south on the A6131 for nearly a mile, turn left over canal bridge and bear right. Grid ref SD997 503. Click here for map.

Directions to Halton Gill

A steep hillside with a stream running through it gives plenty of scope for sections at this venue, plus we have the use of the moorland above this area to give a good ride round for the bigger events. From the B6160 turn off onto minor road toward Arncliffe and Halton Gill , entrance will be on the right approx 6 miles from the B6160 junction. Note: - Practicing on this land is by arrangement with the landowner Mr B Wilkinson. Grid ref SD883 762 Click here for map.

Directions for White Rose Trial

From the A684 in Hawes take the minor road past the Wensleydale Creamery Visitor Centre, left over bridge then right through Gayle; continue up steep hill and where main road bends sharply to the left (approx 3.25 miles from Hawes) go straight on to Cam High Road (gated) for another 3 or 4 miles where you will arrive at the start area. Alternatively from the B6160 at Buckden take the minor road to Hubberholme through Yockenthwaite and Oughtershaw and turn left where road bends sharply to right onto Cam High Road. (Approx 8 mile from Buckden) Note: - Practicing on this land is illegal. We have permission from our Farmers/Landowners and various Government Agencies for organized events only. Grid ref SD812 817 Click here for map. For a detailed map of the Hawes area click here.