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1 Our Centenary weekend of trials at Chalfont St Peter. Chalfont St Peters Map click here >> This year, the Berkhamsted Motorcycle & Car club celebrated its Centenary. To mark this occasion, the club staged a number of special events which included, Trials, Grass Track & Motocross. Of particular interest to Trials riders was the weekend event at Chalfont St Peter, near Rickmansworth, in July. Saturday 12th July 2008, The club is ran it s annual Charity Trial. This was an event which is designed to be challenging yet fun, with the hazards set out firmly but with the emphasis on low scores and smiles all round. Proceeds from this event are put towards a national or International charitable cause and in recent years, the club have supported Riders for Health in Africa and the St Francis Hospice in Berkhamsted. This year and for the first time, the event was run over 4 laps of 10 sections, each section will be fully observed and Punch Cards will be in use. Also a first, this year teams of 3 riders on the Hard (Expert) route can be entered. They were fighting for a one off trophy and each of the top 3 finishers in all classes received a medallion. A results tent was set up at the mid point of the course and riders dropped off their punch cards at the end of each lap and then collect new ones. As each rider finished a lap, Alan Roe and his merry band of helpers added up the marks and projected them onto the screen outside the tent. This allowed the riders and spectators to see who was doing well and not so well and it encouraged the teams and supporters to get behind their riders and add vocal support! Fancy dress for the teams was optional but team T Shirts were certainly welcome. A start and a limit of 120 rider s meant that you needed to enter soon as this event filled up. There was the usual supply of fresh burgers and sausages with plenty of soft drinks to wash them down. The results were announced about 1 hour after the trial had finished, and the presentations took place on the purpose built rostrum supplied by Ray Timberlake. There was a conducted short course for the Youth D classes who normally miss out and our own Bob Secombs was managing that. Car park control was being managed by Mike Dunks and his gang of four and the officials included Ian Reynolds & Terry Golds as Clerks & assistant clerks over the 2 days with Pete Weight & Alan Roe dealing with management and results. Sunday 13th July and the event took on a different feel. Overnight, a much harder Super Expert route was added in by Ray Haslam and Clerk of the Course, Stuart Robinson from the North Berks Motorcycle Club, who had kindly agreed to officiate for this event. Riding in the event was James Dabill, sam Haslam, Steve Saunders although Alexz Wigg was out because of leg injury. Results Saturday 12th July. The Charity team Trial. Team Trophy 1st Luton Legends 87 2nd The Old Boys 111 3rd Wiggys rejects 154 4th The Team Above 220 Experts: 1st Stephen Douglas 20 2nd Joe Harris 26 3rd Michael James 35 Inters: 1 Ben King 58

2 2 Martin Greeves st Tim Blackmore 3 2nd Dave Fry 5 3rd Graham Haslam 6 Clubman: 1st Steve Merrett 18 2nd Richard Coleman 25 3rd Dave Millers 31 Novice 1st Chris Tesseras 26 2nd Adrian Cairns 29 3rd Stephen Pearce 37 Sportsman: 1st Bob Twigg 5 2nd Adrian Cairns 12 3rd John Kirkham 37 British Bike Hard 1st Julian Wigg x 0 2nd Steve Jones x 0 3rd Mike Smith 56 British Bike Easy 1st Giles Whalley 2 2nd Malcolm White 46 3rd Mick Young 55 Youth A 1st Will McBain 21 2nd Jason North 48

3 3rd Ross Fletcher 75 Youth B 1st Cameron Mitchell 20 2nd Thomas O'Sullivan 58 Youth C 1st Harry Coleman 97 Youth D 1st Conor Gibbons 40 Sunday 13th July The Berkhamsted Mc& CC Centenary Trial. Guest Rider: Steve Saunders- 1 Super Experts: 1st Sam Haslam 6 2nd James Dabill 8 3rd James Fry 19 Experts: 1st Joe Harris 11 2nd Graham Marfleet 24 Inters: 1st Ben King 42 2nd Martin Greeves st Dave Fry 1 2nd Tim Blackmore 3 3rd Graham Haslam 5 Clubman: 1st Dave Millers 4 2nd Richard Coleman 10

4 3rd Dave Day 19 Novice 1st Chris Tesseras 13 2nd Adrian Cairns 19 3rd Stephen Pearce 26 Sportsman: 1st Paul Palfrey 6 2nd Tony Agamber 8 3rd Rob Edwards 9 British Bike Hard 1st Steve Jones 21 2nd Mike Smith 32 3rd Pete Hampton 38 British Bike Easy 1st Giles Whalley 2 Youth st Jamie Millers 6 2nd Jordan Fletcher 11 3rd Cameron Mitchell 37 Youth A 1st Will McBain 6 2nd Alan Ayres 27 3rd Jason North 51 Youth B 1st Daniel Greeves 18 2nd Thomas O'Sullivan 52 3rd John Williamson 85 Youth C

5 1st Thomas Plant 26 2nd Josh Webb 62 3rd Harry Coleman 71 Youth D 1st Kaylee Secombs 46