Saturday hurricane Bertha had not yet arrived, the day was bright and sunny. 24 competitors had gathered: 9 girls, 5 ladies, and 10 sidecars to tackle this man-made arena consisting of gi-normous rocks, large tree trunks, including having to ride over 4 massive skips, an old shooting range hut and a 20 foot man-made waterfall, with water cascading down. The winner of the Girls’ class was Victoria Payne of Bristol, runner-up Louise Alford from Lincoln and third local girl, Alicia Robinson, from East Hagbourne. The Ladies Class was won comfortably by Emma Bristow who now holds the crown of British Arena Ladies Trials Champion 2014. Emma is currently leading the World Ladies Trials Championship and is a strong contender for the title. Runner up was Becky Cook, an Isle of Wight lady, former British Champion, and in third place was Donna Fox. These ladies really put on a great show. The other class to compete on Saturday was the Sidecars. The father and son crew who came out on top of tackling these horrendous looking sections was Rupert and Chris Kimber from Gillingham in Kent. Hundreds of spectators enjoyed a great day’s motorcycle sport, of which most would return on Sunday. Sunday was hurricane Bertha Day, it really did pour with rain from about 6.00 a.m., but this did not deter anyone from the forthcoming exciting day of the Men’s Berks Bonanza British Championship. The weather did improve for the 16 top British riders contesting 2 laps of this challenging course to qualify. 8 of these riders were seeded through to a one lap final. At the end of the final lap James Dabill, works sponsored, riding at the top of his game, was now Supertrial Champion having lost only 5 marks on his final lap. Not far behind was Michael Brown from Scarborough on 9 marks. In third place was Jack Spencer from Bacup on 26 marks lost and forth was local man Sam Haslam dropping 31 marks. Alexz Wigg the other local man from Winslow had 2 good qualifying laps but lost two maximums in his final lap thus eliminating him from the final results. Sunday saw a much larger crowd who witnessed these top riders who also compete at world level showing their skills on 2 wheels. Spectators said it was the best event ever in its 10 year history. We hope everyone had a great weekend, thanks as usual to everyone that has helped with the weekend in whatever capacity – landowners, riders, club members, observers, sponsors, trials media, catering. we are so grateful for all the effort that goes into running this awesome event and couldn't do it without you. This years event was sponsored by Acklams Beta Active Bikesport Andrews Building Company Bicester Tyre & Exhaust Centre Boshers Cholsey Cambs Trial Centre Chequers Garage D H Bond Ground Works Didcot Plant Dirtyboyz Bike Cleaner Factory Pink GasGas Motos Hagbourne Garage Hazell & Jefferies Ice Valley Water Jitsie John Lee Motorcycles Marshall Transport Mertrux Mercedes MRS Sherco Pete Welch Motor Engineer Premier Bikes KTM Didcot Richard Allen Trials Spares Rock Oil SPJ Autos Standlake Vehicle Services SXS Jotagas Terrafirma 4x4 Thames Valley Hydraulics TrialsKing.com

• published: 22 Aug 2014
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