News

Spring Bank Trial

A new event! After the troubles with Addingham Moorside last year permission has been obtained to run events there again, so to make full use of it this year we will be running a new event there on the 26th May Spring Bank holiday.

This will be a Centre Restricted with classes for Experts, Intermediates, Novices, Clubman, Youth A,B and C. Dual sections will be used.

This trial has been decided upon since the WLMC calendar was printed, so obviously it doesn't appear there, but the regulations are now available here, and from the download link on the Events Page.

Stolen Bike

News has reached us this week of another stolen bike to watch out for:

A 2002  Beta Rev 3 250 was stolen from the Pudsey area.
Frame No ZD3B9000020005744
Engine No ZD3BT024980AA09
Any information please contact owner on 07743 572665

Web Site Update

As the web site has continued to grow it has become nesessary to do a fair bit of tidying up to the file system. One way in which this will be achieved is by switching to PDF documents for all the downloads currently available. In addition many web pages will be converted to PDF.

For next year this will mean the results pages which you have been used to seeing will disappear, to be replaced by a PDF document. One advantage will be that the results you see will be more detailed. All recent computers come with Adobe Reader already installed. Using it is a breeze, easy to save a copy if you wish and easy to print using the built in print dialogue.

In case anyone hasn't got Adobe Reader get your FREE one here.......

New HQ

As a result of us asking for help in running the club activities, it has been decided to have a new meeting place for club meetings, and to change to a one per month business meeting schedule.

Business meetings will now be held on the last Thursday of the month at the Gildersome Conservative Club. The first meeting at this new venue will be the 28th June 2007, starting at 8:00pm.

As always all members are welcome to come along and have their say about running of events etc.

Gildersome Conservative Club
Street Lane
Gildersome
Leeds
LS27 7HX

Help needed

Many times in the past we have asked for help with running and organising the club activities. As reported before in newsletters and on this site the majority of the club officials and organisers are either approaching retiring age or well past it. We have one young official in Ben Ludgate who is the present Treasurer.

None of us can live forever nor continue to organise events if the body is unable to do so.

So this is a plea for help from some of our younger members, "get involved in organising the sport which you love so much, and put something back into it".

A suggestion has being made that if no help is forthcoming then the club is in danger of being wound up!!!

1950 Dinner Dance

Malcolm Adams a founder member of the club, has unearthed this program from the early days of club dinners. 1950 to be precise. This would have been the 3rd event, as the club was founded in 1947.

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Reproduced here are images from the program of that year. As can be seen from the tone of the text, dinners in those days were a fairly formal affair, unlike the present day glitzy ones complete with rock music.

You may also notice if you look closely on the inner page (left-hand image) a certain M Adams is on the list of award winners, with 3 awards to receive, having won three events the previous year. Could this be a coincidence?

Club Sticker Badge

The Club have had produced at great expense, some new sticker badge's. Ideal items for sticking on your car, or covering up those annoying little scratches that sometimes occur on trial bikes!

The Trials Secretary has a supply of these, which will be available at Club trials, please ask if you want one.

Actual size is 2"x3" inch.

 

 

Charity Trial

The 5th Club championship trial held on the 15th July 2006 which was run as a charity trial raised £325 for St Gemma's hospice.

£94 was collected in the collecting tins, and after deducting trial expenses, £170 remained from entry fees. As there was a smaller than usual entry the club decided to make up the donation to £300.

There was also a sponsorship of £25 from Wyldes Motorcycles which brought up the total to £325.

Many thanks to all those riders and observers who supported this event and gave so generously.

Reproduced below is the Certificate awarded us by St Gemma's Hospice.

Observed section

A part of the course which is laid out with pairs of flags and marker cards to denote the beginning, and the end of the aforementioned observed section. These can be almost anything which will provide an obstacle for the rider to overcome. Typically rocky stream beds, muddy gullies, uphill climbs on slippery surfaces over rocks, fallen trees and the like. The principal is straightforward a rider must traverse the said observed section without putting a foot to the ground (dabbing); losing marks for every time he or she does so. This is the bit which is important; the loss of marks incurred is recorded on a sheet or punch card by The Observer, without whom an event cannot take place. Riders: - please bear this in mind when attending a trial and bring an observer with you if possible, also be very kind to the observers who give up their time so that the rider can enjoy a days sport.

Definition of a Failure TSR22a

Under Rule TSR22a you will score a five for one of the following failures.

(a) The machine moves backwards.

(b) The rider does not have both hands on the handlebar WHEN HE FOOTS WHILST STATIONARY.

(c) The engine stops WHILST ANY PART OF THE MACHINE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TYRES,TOUCHES THE GROUND OR THE RIDER IS FOOTING.

(d) The rider intentionally moves either wheel to the side WITHOUT FORWARD MOTION.

(e) The rider dismounts from the machine. Dismount will be deemed to have occurred when both of the riders feet are on the ground at the same side of, or behind the machine.

(f) A rider is requested to leave the section by the observer for "unnecessary delay".

(g) A machine does not stay within the intended limits of the section and within each marker.

(h) If any wheel of the machine crosses any boundary tape or marker whether the wheel be on the ground or airborne before the front wheel spindle passes the "Section ends" sign.

(i) The rider is held responsible for displacing a flag, marker or support etc.

(j) Travelling in a forward direction against the direction of the Section.

(k) The machine, or rider receives outside assistance.

(l) A rider or person having an interest in a riders performance, who in any way alters the severity of a section without the authority of an official.

In addition you can have a five by asking for one rather than attempt the section.

In case anyones counting that makes 13 ways to five a section.

Illegal Riding

It has been noted at some recent club trials, that there have been bikes running around, perhaps accompanying a competitor, for which the rider has not made an entry. We would like to remind all members that in order to ride your bike at any trial then you have to have made an entry, and so therefore are covered under the insurance issued for the meeting. This is particularly important, especially so nowadays, given the number of factions which are trying to curtail our activities. If an accident was to occur which involved an uninsured bike, then the repercussions would be unimaginable. Some of you may have noted at the last trial (18/11/2006) the police presence, this is an indication of the law's determination to stamp out illegal motorcycle riding. Therefore we have to be above the law and abide by all the rules and regulations which govern our sport.

Licence Holders

Are there any club members out there that fancy trying their hand at being Clerks of Course. The present licence holders in our club are all due for re-licencing, but all are getting a bit long in the tooth now and therefore we could do with some new blood to take on the licence seminar. So if you fancy adding another string to your bow just let any committee member know, or drop us a line by email or whatever.

Jack Chippendale Trophy

A new trophy just added to our trophy list is the Jack Chippendale Trophy.
This is to be awarded to the Best West Leeds Clubman in Center events.
The trophy has been kindly donated by Mark Chippendale in memory of his late father, who was himself a staunch West Leeds member for many years. With the popularity of the clubman course in many trials nowadays it seemed fitting to award it to the clubman class.

AGM 2008

This years AGM was held on the 7th February, not too many changes to report.

The good news; Club trial entry fees and Club membership remains the same as last year. ie £10 each for senior members and £5 each for juniors.

The pre65 class will now be contested on the easy route, as the Clubman route is becoming too hard for these old machines.

Our Chairman has finally retired from his position, after many years of conducting our meetings Malcolm Adams has passed the reins to John Kershaw. Sincere thanks go to Malcolm for his diligence, support and help over all the years he has been involved with the club, which I'm sure will continue.

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A sticky end

JK demontrates just what can happen when you employ cheap labour to make the hundreds of flags that are required every year for the White Rose Trial. "A reet sticky mess".Needless to say the worker involved did not get his productivity bonus.

Holiday in Leeds!

If you lived in southern Spain near the sun drenched town of Almeria where could you possibly go for your annual holiday. Answer: The rain drenched city of Leeds of course. That's just what one of our old club members has done, here for his in annual holiday in Yorkshire. At last nights (4/8/2005) meeting he was our guest for the evening. Setting off from Almeria on a bike last week in daytime temperatures of 120 to ride the 1650 miles here, the bike expired after 109 miles. As he commented at the club meeting after having to resort to flying here, "It's a bit humiliating having to be brought back home on the back of a breakdown truck". So to make up for this ignomony we took him mountain biking around Ladybower reservoir the following day on a borrowed bike, which he promptly broke. Comment this time was "Well it broke the last time I borrowed it as well". Oh dear nothing changes does it!

Grim Warning

A warning to all road users. The aftermath of an accident, which occured in Sweden between a car and a motorcycle is depicted here in these photographs. The motorcycle was embedded into the car, photo1 shows the right side of the car, and photo2 shows the left side. The accident apparently caused by excessive speed on the part of the motorcyclist, and carelessness on the part of the car driver. The message is clear, to car drivers 'Think Bike'. To motorcyclists 'Think everyone else and slow down'.