Jack Thompson British Bike Trial

Sunday 3rd December 2006

Over 100 trials riders on British bikes built before 1967 - Matchless, Ariel, Greeves, many more. Riders come from all over England to ride a classic trial named after a Bexleyheath Club rider who was a wizard at building and preparing 4-stroke trials bikes. Free admission and program.

Results

By Class - Here (34kb - PDF) - *** corrected 05/12/06 ***

Full Breakdown - Here (149kb - PDF) - *** corrected 05/12/06 ***

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Photos

Rob Fleet has photos here over on the Bexleyheath website

Kevin White will have some soon on his website

I have some photo from Justin Denn to put up

I have some more form other soruces on the way, anyone wiht any links please let me know

Reports

Matchless Hutty hits the Heights - by Dick Law - from Friday 8th December's TMX

RIDING his immaculate 410 Matchless, Len Hutty clocked up his fourth victory of the Jack Thompson Trophy at Sunday’s British Bike Trial staged by the Sidcup club at the famous Canada Heights motocross venue.

Hutty’s total for the two-lap, 18 section event was a very impressive 14 marks, but the real sensation of the day was the young Ben Wibberley.

The lad just came up from the Youth ranks at the start of the year, took a borrowed 175 BSA that he had never even seen before it came out of his dad’s van and won the two-stroke class with the loss of just 11 marks, blowing the rest of the competitors away.

Getting the severity of a trial right in this part of the country and at this time of year is an almost impossible task but a hard working group of club members did a great job – and then the rain came.

The skies opened up all Saturday night long and only stopped just after the event had started with the course then bathed in cold wintry sunshine.

This made all the sections a tad harder and made some of the riders – those who like a trial to be more of a Sunday afternoon drive in the countryside – complain, give up and go home.

Hutty started his day well by cleaning the first two sections. Then he had a two and single dab on the next and stayed clean all the way to section 13. He lost an untidy three there and cleaned the rest, giving a first lap total of just six marks lost, the only rider in class in single digits. This put him eight clear of his closest rival, John Kendall, who was on 14.

Colin Mote, on a 500 Ariel, kept having single and double dabs and finished the morning third on 20. How-ever, a bad afternoon session dropped him down to fifth place when the results were tallied.

For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, December 8, 2006

Preview

With the picturesque woodland surrounding the "Canada Heights" International Motocross course bathed in a profusion of winter colour and smelling of leaf mould, its that time of the year once again to enjoy the smell of Castrol "R" and the bark of Big British fourstroke trials irons on full song.

Time again to re-wax the "Barbour Suit" and clean the "Dunlop Wellies" for the Sidcup Clubs popular "Jack Thompson" British Bike trial on Sunday the 5th of December.

Now in its sixteenth year, the event continues to be very popular, with riders coming from far and wide to compete on their cherished classic machines. The trial is open to anyone riding a pre-67 British machine and affiliated to the ACU, however this can be arranged on the day.

If you are traveling a distance and hardy enough, you can stay overnight at the venue. There is electricity on site, plenty of flat parking space, catering and toilets.

Due to the dark evenings the kick off will be 9.30am with machine examination starting at 8.45.

To make the trial more interesting for everyone the club would like to run at least twelve to fifteen sections which will need observers, so we would like to hear from not only our usual loyal band of enthusiasts, but also from anyone else prepared to help.

A light lunch will be provided for observers and hopefully some mulled wine, so if you are at a loose end on Sunday the 3rd of December come along for a pleasant day in the chestnut woods and watch, or better still observe (see Peter Burton under Who to Contact).

Directions to Canada Heights can be found here.