We now have the results for the Testing Trial 2019. Apologies for the delay.
Testing Trial 2019 Results (1397 downloads )
Thank you to all competitors, hope you enjoyed the day and a special thank you to the marshals.
Marshals will be required for the David Ayers Trial on September 15th and the Tamar Trial on October 20th and any assistance will be appreciated.
Mike Wevill [ 01566 784451] and Nigel Cowling.
I’m a little late this month due to various other things going on, being retired is supposedly going to give you more time but for Vivien and I it just means that we get persuaded into doing lots of other things, retirement is certainly not boring.
Last month saw the Club running the Motor Traders trial at Waterloo Farm with thanks to John Werren for letting us use his land. The overall winner of the event was Jason Daniels which was for Jason a bit of a comeback win having not been as active in trials as he used to be. I suppose you could say the overall loser was Simon Oates, as he wasn’t actually competing he donated two cars to be driven in the event , one finished and one blew a head gasket and didn’t finish, but it was very kind of Simon to offer the use of the cars. Many thanks to Simon and Nigel for their hard work in putting on the event and to the marshals who turned out armed with plenty of sun bloc.
Our next event the Testing Trial is this coming Sunday the 11th at Cannaframe , a basically low key event but still manages to bring out the competitive edge in most of those taking part. The venue will be marked from the A30 as you travel from Plusha towards Bolventor.
The David Ayers Sporting Trial is next up on the 15th of September, the venue is Trevilla Farm , Marshgate by kind permission of David Langley. This is a round of the BTRDA championship and usually attracts a good entry with some top notch cars taking part, so a good number of marshals will be needed, if you are able to marshal please contact Mike Wevill 01566 784451 or email j.wevill@btinternet.com go on contact him and make his day.
I would like to now welcome our club president Robin Moore back as a contributor.
The cartoon needs no explanation, it is taken from my archive collection of material :- in this case from the Sports Car, incorporating “Brooklands”. Vol 2 No 20 , November 1936. This was the original official journal of the MG Car Co Ltd and the MG Car Club. The 1930’s was the hey day of super charging small sports cars.
The cutting from a recent C & D post I thought very interesting especially the first sentence, which I must say I have some sympathy with – How times have changed!
The paragraph mentions the play presented in the barn @ Kelly, again of historic interest, the strong connection between the family and our club over many, many years. The M Kelly mentioned will be Warin’s father whom I knew well as I met him regularly at our committee meetings in my early days with the club in the 1950’s.
RHTM
There’s not been a lot happening in the garage over the last month with various other things taking precedent. At the end of July I took one of my scooters to a national show in Derbyshire, and this last weekend it was the Tresmeer Village Fete at which a few of the locals took some interesting vehicles along to, hopefully adding to the day’s entertainment whilst we all dodged the occasional shower of liquid sunshine.
All for this month
J.T.
billjan299@gmail.com
The regulations and entry form for The David Ayers Trial 2019 are now available to download below.
David Ayers 2019 Entry Form (1485 downloads )
David Ayers 2019 Regs (1609 downloads )
Entries for the event close on Wednesday the 11th of September.
The event will be held on Sunday the 15th of September 2019 at Trevilla Farm, Marshgate, Camelford, Cornwall, PL32 9YN. Map Ref. 190 145911.
We will be needing marshalls for the event, therefore if anyone would like to volunteer then please contact the clerk of the course Warin Kelly via this email warin@lncmc.co.uk
The regulations and entry form for the Testing Trial 2019 are now available to download below.
Testing Trial 2019 Car Regs (1704 downloads ) Testing Trial 2019 Car Entry Form (1460 downloads )
Testing Trial 2019 Motorcycle Regs (1433 downloads )
Testing Trial 2019 Motorcycle Entry Form (1434 downloads )
The trial will take place on Sunday 11th August 2019 at Cannaframe Farm, Trewint, Cornwall, PL15 7SD (entrance to the venue) (Map Ref: 201211/792) and will consist of a number of observed tests. Marks will be awarded for completion of each test or section correctly as well as times taken where appropriate. There will be a number of tests and rounds dependent on time and size of entry.
The results for the Motor Traders Trial can now be downloaded below.
Motor Traders 2019 Results (1533 downloads )
A heart felt thank you all for attending the Trial and we hope that you had an enjoyable day despite the breakdowns!!
Those that couldn’t attend for various reasons will have their entry fees returned.
A special “thank you” to all Marshals and helpers for their free time and enthusiasm as without them there would be no trials.
Due to no Championship contenders, all classes were amalgamated and handicapping done by different tyre pressures as per results.
Third Alan Selwood 34 points
Second Gareth White 27 points
First Jason Daniel 21 points
So we are into the second half of the year and as I write this the sun is shining so I am wondering what on earth am I doing indoors sat at the keyboard, but the reality is that if I don’t apply myself to this task it’ll never get done, and I realize everyone out there would be incredibly disappointed at not getting their monthly fix! Perhaps not.
On Saturday the 7th of June we ran the Summer Sporting Trial at Ashleigh, this was a very pleasant low key event and although the turn out wasn’t big it remained competitive, I was passenger for Andy Prosser and managed to avoid any bruises, Andy came a very creditable 4th the event being won by George Watson on just 2 points.
At our recent committee meeting Mike Wevill brought along the awards that he managed to secure at auction in Liskeard. Whilst these are replicas and quite small they are still an important part of the jig saw in the club’s history.
This coming Sunday the 7th we have the Motor Traders Trial at Waterloo Farm, North Petherwin, the weather forecast looks OK so as I said last month bring the sun bloc. We already have a handful of entries and if you intend to enter on the day please arrive in plenty of time to get the necessary paperwork sorted, it just makes it that little bit easier for the organizers.
The Testing Production Trial follows next on the 11th of August, the venue is all booked at Cannaframe , this is between Plusha and Bolventor, just off the A30.
On the 15th of September we have the David Ayers Sporting Trial, in the sporting trial calendar this is one of our big events so marshals will be needed please, and Yes I will be reminding you again next month!
You may remember that in last month’s offering I mentioned a couple of club outings, the first to the Prescott Hillclimb Championship on the 8th of September and a possible trip to the Morgan factory for a guided tour. Well Andy has booked the minibus for the Prescott outing, the bus will leave at 7.00am with a view to arriving at around 10.00am so that we don’t miss too much of the action. There are still some seats available so if you were thinking of going get in touch with Andy, tel, 07511 072724 or e mail probilt2005@yahoo.co.uk. Prescott is a superb venue and it’s a great chance to see some of the top hillclimb drivers in action.
Invitation, Tresmeer Village Hall PL15 8QT are running a navigational scatter for anything with two or more wheels. The event is on Saturday the 13th of July starting at 5.00pm. There is no set route, you just follow clues with a time limit of approximately two hours, finish back at the hall around 7.00pm . There will be cheesy chips and hot dogs available on your return along with the bar being open. Entry is just £2.00 per crew.
Having now got the Dellow up and running with a whole twelve miles on it I just need to try and get out and use it more. Having done all the work on it I feel I should make some attempt to run it in properly which is easier said than done. I have to say though it’s a long time since I heard a sidevalve sounding quite so sweet, just hope it lasts.
All for now
J.T. billjan299@gmail.com
Thank you to all the competitors and marshalls who turned out to the Summer Trial we held last Sunday near Lifton. We now have the final results which are available to download below.
Summer Trial for Spry Trophy 2019 Results (1460 downloads )
We are awarding the Spry Trophy to the winner of this event because of the fact we had to cancel the Spry Trial in January.
Here we are in June, not sure where the last month went, all a bit of a blurr, must have been enjoying myself but the trouble is as you get older you forget what you did yesterday let alone last month, look on the bright side, if you’ve forgotten it then it doesn’t matter if you do it again.
The Reg’s are out for the Motor Traders Trial on the 7th of July at Waterloo Farm, North Petherwin, by kind permission of John Werring. These can be downloaded from the website. In the past we have had cracking weather for this event so bring the sun tan lotion, yes I realise that if it rains I will probably get the blame.
Motor Traders Regs – https://www.lncmc.co.uk/download/7806/
Motor Traders Entry Form – https://www.lncmc.co.uk/download/7803/
This coming Saturday the 8th we are planning to run an afternoon Sporting Trial at Ashleigh, Lifton, if you have a bit of free time on your hands and able to marshal it would be very much appreciated.
Summer Trial Regs – https://www.lncmc.co.uk/download/7791/
Summer Trial Entry Form – https://www.lncmc.co.uk/download/7794/
The 11th of August is the date set for the Testing Production Trial at Cannaframe, this usually caters for cars and bikes and is a very relaxed day out whilst competitive there is an emphasis on enjoying the event and socialising.
Our club secretary Andy Prosser is looking to organise some club outings.
Prescott, British Hillclimb Championship, 8th September, Cost approximately £30.00 per head
Morgan Car Factory, Factory tour, Date tba, costs approximately £40.00 per head. The costs will depend on the amount of people wanting to go as this affects the size of bus, the more that wish to go the cheaper it becomes. Please contact Andy on 07511 072724 or email probilt2005@yahoo.co.uk
A recent auction at Liskeard included some historical club items, namely three NCDMC annual awards dating back to 1935, 1938 and 1953. Fortunately Mike Wevill was able to attend the auction and bought the lot for £24.20, I can only assume that Silver is at a low scrap value as I thought they would have been worth more. Well done Mike, a little bit more of the club’s history preserved.
Things in the garage have been going at a bit of a snail’s pace but I have now rebuilt a spare 100E engine ready to drop into the Dellow, but on taking out the old engine I decided several things in the engine bay needed altering. These things always take longer than planned, hopefully the next couple of weeks will see it all up and running again, back to the running in, oh joy of joys.
I know it’s got nothing to do with motoring or motorsport but it was good to see the Cornwall Rugby team at Twickenham win the County championship Bill Beaumont Cup, unfortunately I was only there in spirit.
All for now but do please send in anything that might be of interest.
J.T.
E mail billjan299@gmail.com
The regulations and entry form for the Motor Traders Car Trial 2019 are now available to download below.
Motor Traders 2019 Regs (2203 downloads ) Motor Traders 2019 Entry Form (2323 downloads )
The trial will take place on Sunday 7th July 2019 by kind permission of John Werren and family at Waterloo Farm, North Petherwin, Nr. Launceston, PL15 8LL (MR 190/285880).
Entries Close on Wednesday the 3rd of July 2019.
We’re pleased to announce a new event that isn’t on our calendar. We are organising a sporting trial on the 8th of June at Ashley Farm, Lifton (MR201/395842) by kind permission of Paul Webber. Ashley Farm is the same site that was used for the Northgate Trial in March.
Summer Trial 2019 Entry Form (2117 downloads )
Summer Trial 2019 Regs (2158 downloads )
Scrutineering starts at 1pm and the first car starts at 2pm. The event has a late start to assist people who are travelling down from up country.