What a wet day for the final round of the 2007 TykeTrial Club Championship at Addingham Moorside - but what a great competition!

61 riders braved the rain to compete at this world-famous venue again for the last time this year, and with only 5 retiring against the cold and wet the majority finished the event with smiles on their faces. Well done to everyone!

The Championship results have now been collated and we congratulate not only the winners, but everyone who took part to make it a really good year for the club. (Note: now amended)

Your results will be mailed to you shortly, along with information about the Annual General Meeting. We do hope that plenty of people turn up as more help is needed to continue to run this series.

The Annual Meeting was held yesterday - thank you very much to all those who attended, it was good to receive everyone's ideas and involvement.

Key points for people to note for 2008 ...

Once again, we thank everyone for their help and participation in 2007 and look forward to another good year in 2008.

Congratulations to the 181 riders who took part in this 2007 National Championship - a massive WELL DONE to everyone. Everyone's riding showed amazing skill, and it has been satisfying to see you all progressing throughout the year. Your behaviour has been impeccable, and you are all a credit to the sport - thank you - it's been a real pleasure working with you all, and we're looking forward to 2008! With a total of 441 entries to the series, it's been a spectacular year for the sport. Check out the results from the Events page.

A quck reminder of events this year ... so many great venues ... so little time to use them all!

Round 1 - April - The Bracken Rocks Cup The rocky woods of Derbyshire hosted the first round of the BikeTrial Federation's National Championship. The sun shone down on us, with observers suffering from the ants that had woken up in the heat, and riders grateful for water provided at control. It was perfect weather for camping, but perhaps not for riding! Even so, riders from throughout England, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands turned out in force with 73 entries throughout the full range of BIU classes. The heat may have been a little to blame, but the sections were hard with some pretty high scores to be seen. An excellent event for the start of the 2007 series.
Round 2 - May - The Blackpool Tower Trophy The Lancashire seaside resort of Blackpool hosted this amazing second round of the series with the highest number of riders to be seen together at one time in the UK. 104 entries turned up from all over the British Isles. The venue was perfect for the hundreds of spectators who stopped to watch as they walked along the promenade, and provided a day's entertainment for a group of elderly ladies who just couldn't believe what they were watching! Having taken note of the high results from Bracken, the sections were somewhat easier on the Blackpool day so everyone just had a great time riding the moon rocks in the glorious sunshine. To finish off a perfect day, the beautiful Miss Blackpool had a kiss for those collecting their trophies! Roll on the 2008 event at this venue!
Round 3 - June - The Brimham Trophy Adjacent to the famous Brimham Rocks, this Yorkshire venue is a favourite for many riders and 64 turned up on the day. A note for next year is to avoid exam time so that more people can turn up! Even so, it was a really great day, with an excellent variety of sections, some easy, some hard, that everyone enjoyed. The sections were left in at the end of the competition ready to be used again for the TykeTrial competition the following week when World Champion motorcycle trials rider Dougie Lampkin was to present the awards.
Round 4 - July - The Fort Bill Cup The spectacular journey through the mountains to the Scottish coastal town of Fort William and the famous Nevis Range turned a trial into a family weekend away for many. It was a long drive that unfortunately limited the number of entries, but 37 riders made it up there, travelling from all over the UK. Unfortunately it was (as usual at Fort Bill) a little damp, but the riders spirits weren't, with sections including a river-bed with large round boulders, woodland areas, and man-made. Everyone had a great time with the journey well-worth it. Roll on Scotland 2008.
Round 5 - August - The Addingham Cup The venue of the 2005 World BikeTrial Championship, and the same organisers! Needless to say that some of the sections were re-used in this Yorkshire event. This was a real celebration for biketrial, as earlier in the year, the council had closed the venue - we fought the closure, and we won the right to continue organising biketrial events! Unfortunately, another organisation had also arranged an event on this day so numbers were lower than anticipated, but even so an excellent trial took place with 74 riders, again from throughout the UK.
Round 6 - November - The Shipley Glen Cup An unbelievable end to an amazing year! The perfect venue, perfect weather (particularly for November!) and a brilliant fun day with a fantastic atmosphere. Shipley Glen has traditionally been unavailable for cycling, but a bit of persuasion by the Biketrial Federation enabled us to secure this prime venue, with 89 riders signing on for this final round having travelled from all over England, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands.. The combination of woodland and rocks gave way to a really good variety of sections and everyone had a great time.

To summarise ... it couldn't have been better!

Representatives of the Federation meet next week to plan the 2008 calendar, we hope to secure new venues all over the country to help promote the biketrial sport even further in the future.

Thank you for taking part in the 2007 series, we hope to see you all again in 2008.

Now available on line from the events page. Entry forms will be mailed out within the next few days, but due to the current postage strikes you could be safest to enter and pay on-line!

Please note that because of a very successful year, we are able to offer entry to this event at £15 per rider instead of the usual £20. Please do send your entry forms off in advance to help with the preparations for this event.

Please note that due to recent foot and mouth outbreaks, we have been asked that all bikes are brought to the venue clean, and in the case of anyone from near affected areas, please disinfect wheels in advance.

We hope to see you all there!

At last we're able to announce the final round. It's been a little difficult as landowners have been concerned about foot and mouth. However, after discussions with DEFRA and with the council, we can now confirm that we can go ahead at Shipley Glen on 4th November..

Conditions are attached though ... ALL bikes must be throroughly cleaned before coming to the event, and in the case of anyone who has been in or close to the affected areas they must be disinfected.

Shipley Glen has been a sought-after venue for many years by the local club - and at long last the BikeTrial Federation once again comes up with the goods!

The entry form will be on-line soon, please get your's off as soon as possible!

We're sure that you're wondering when the final round is to be ... and unfortunately there has been a few problems.

We were in the final negotiations with a new landowner in the midlands, but the venue was pulled out at the last minute because stock is kept on the land and the farmer was afraid of the recent foot and mouth outbreak.

We are currently in negotiation with another council in the very strong hope of getting a piece of land previously forbidden to bikes, and they have promised a decision by the end of this week.

The date we're aiming for is 21st October, so make sure that you keep that date free - we hope we'll be successful in our negotiations for use of forbidden land - it makes it much more interesting!

More news here as soon as we get it.

What a fantastic day we've had!

74 riders in all classes turned up for this celebratory event, the 5th round of the UK Nationals, with the Deputy Lord Mayor of Silsden suitably impressed with the skills he'd seen. Whilst presenting the awards he promised that he is going to do his utmost to help trials riders for the future.

Results now available from Events page.

Thanks to everyone for turning up and making it an event to remember.

Fantastic news was finally received in writing yesterday from the local planning office. They have agreed that we can run a very limited number of 'pedal cycle trials' again at this brilliant venue of Addingham Moorside. It's been hard work, but we got it, many many thanks to those involved in the discussions.

The first event to celebrate will be the UK National Championship round on 12th August. We want to make it an event that will show the council just what we're all about and that we're not just a load of kids on bikes! The only event at this venue this year was a TykeTrial club event back in February with 97 riders ... can we beat that and show the farmer our support?!

The entry fee on this occasion, due to limited costs at this venue and high turnout to events earlier in the year, will be just £10. The entry forms are almost ready to send out to you, and on-line entry is now available from the 'Events' page.

Please try to enter in advance for this one so we know how many sections are needed to avoid queues!

Hope to see you all there for another fun event.

Despite the dry sunny weather of Saturday, yet again it rained on the trial day! Some great riding despite the slippyness - results will be prepared as soon as the paperwork dries out! Thanks to everyone for your support.

Results now available.

That was a brilliant weekend - many thanks to all the British riders who made the 6+ hour journey to ride at one of Scotland's best biketrial venues. With 5 river sections, one woodland section and the man-made it was well-worth attending (apart from the Scottish midges!).

I missed making an important announcement on the day ... you may have noticed that our regular riders John and Robbie Peacock were missing - well, whilst we were busy giving out the results, John was in the middle of his wedding service which was taking place out in sunny Greece --- a big congratulations to John and Tara!

The results of the event are now available on the Events page - well done to all! Here's just a few pics ...

It's almost here - the first ever UK National Championship to be held in Scotland!

We're setting off to Fort William early on Friday morning 6th July, so the on-line entry will have to be taken down on Thursday night. If you haven't entered by then, just call 07850 505298 to put down your name for late entry (but don't forget, it could be bad mobile reception in the hills so if you can't get through, keep trying!). Failing everything - we will accept entries on the day at no extra charge, it just helps if we get them beforehand.

We really want as many Scottish lads there as possible ... you don't have to be an amazing rider to enter these competitions, they're designed for fun!

Hope to see you all there.

You may have wondered why there where no championship results to date prepared yet. Unfortunately there were some anomolies with a rider's punchcard at the Blackpool event and enquiries have been taking place. Two independent observers have declared that one rider did not attend their section all day, and the punchmark holes do not agree with the shape of the punch for several sections. The rider has failed to give an adequate explanantion for this and has therefore been disqualified from the event. Final results have now been updated. It is sad that such actions on behalf of an individual can taint such a fantastic event.

The championship results will now be prepared immediately after the next event at Fort William so you can all see how you're doing!

Many thanks to everyone taking part, what a great day we had! The weather was perfect which always helps. The ten sections were well spread out to stop queuing, and with a varied range from "easy" to "hard" to spread out the results. The atmosphere was really good, and at the perfect venue. Thank you everyone. Results are now available on the Events page and will be mailed to those who rode in the next few days.

Don't forget to send off your entry form for the Fort Bill Cup on 8th July. We know that it's a long way to travel, but it should be well worth it, with lots of new competitors to test your skills against. Hope to see you there!

The wedding went perfectly and I can now get back into planning BikeTrials for you.

The entry forms for the TykeTrial 2-day event, for the Brimham Trophy and for the Fort Bill Trophy should be with you within the next week along with the results from Blackpool, but in the meantime, for those of you on-line, the on-line entry forms and on-line payment are now set up ready for you to complete on the Events page. Please remember, it helps us to plan great events for you if we get those entries in in plenty of time.

See you all at Brimham!

What more can be said ... Perfect weather, loads of spectators, good rideable sections, good food, pretty girls! We were even given live entertainment from the local rescue services! Pictures coming soon (if you have any, they would be very welcome!) Results now available from the Events page.

SMILE OF THE DAY ... heard from the group of elderly lady spectators who spent nearly the entire day sat watching ...

"This is much beter than watching tele - the council should put more of this stuff on for us ... Ooooh, careful luv !!!"

See you all at the next one!

• Check out the map a couple of items down for details of the venue.
• We have 84 pre-entries - thank you to all that have sent them.
• We know that there are always "the few" who don't actually get round to sending their entry forms off, and it is our policy never to turn a rider away. Beware - there are only 100 places available at this event so that leaves just 16 places free.
• Barbara will be at the control point near the 'Hole in the Wall Cafe' on Saturday between 3.00pm and 4.00pm and will take late entries then. Late entries on the day MAY be accepted IF there are places still available.
• Signing on for the event will be available on Saturday between 4.00pm and 5.00pm for any rider wishing to miss out on the Sunday morning rush.
• Sunday signing on will be from 8.30am. (If you entered on-line, please make it easier for us by bringing your printed copy of the entry form.)
• The pre-trial briefing will be at 9.45am and the trial will start at 10.00am prompt.

See you all there!

All entries really need to be received by 6.00pm on Thursday this week as all of the organisers will be on-site from Friday morning - please make sure you pre-enter, just scroll down this page to pay and to enter on-line, or visit the 'Events' page to download a paper entry form to send by post. We really don't want anyone to miss it!!!

THE ON-LINE ENTRY WILL BE DELETED AT 6.00pm ON THURSDAY 17th MAY.