David Knight wins 
the 2010 Weston Beach Race 

The glorious Autumn sunshine attracted a massive crowd of 50,000 to Weston Super Mare for the 29th annual Beach Race and they weren't disappointed as 500 riders blasted off the line led by the 2010 EWC, BEC & BSEC champion David Knight. David has won the event before in 2002 and 2006 but at his last appearance in 2008 his bike blew up during a great battle with Stefan Everts. Jamie Lewis crossed the Bristol Channel to take 2nd and Luke Hawkins was 3rd. The bionic Aaron Poolman was 4th and the young McCanney brothers from the Isle of Man - Danny & Jamie - were 5th & 6th. Danny did particularly well as he broke his rear caliper on the 2nd lap and rode 18 laps without a back brake. Last year's race had to be stopped following a crash at the start in horrendous conditions but there were no problems this year. In fact 17 year old Ty Kellett - the young lad who was so badly injured - was back and he finished in 38th. Tom Church was less fortunate with three quarters of the race over his bike broke down while he was in 2nd place. Josh Coppins also retired with a mechanical problem. - Report - Photos - Results Adult SoIos AduIt Quads Youth 85cc Youth 65cc 

Graham Jarvis wins Extreme Lagares

First race, first victory! Graham Jarvis dominated the Extreme Enduro race in Portugal aboard his Husaberg TE 300. Report

Another
Classic 
Cambrian 16/17th October

The Welsh Trail Riders had a picture postcard perfect weekend for their Cambrian 2 Day Rally near Lyn Brianne. Clear skies overnight created a frosty feel to the early morning light but a bright October sun soon spread it's warmth over the golden hues of Mid Wales in Autumn.

The start was at Soar Y Mynnydd and the 35 mile lap was ridden twice on Day 1. There were 2 tests and they were timed on the second lap. Full Report, Photos & Results

Stonedown
17th October

Rich Warner, Gary McCoy and Gary Wright took the top 3 positions at today's spectacular SCEC Stonedown Forest event on Cranborne Chase. The Expert class was won by the very likeable Dan Lawry who effortless style makes him one of the smoothest riders out there, 2nd expert was Andy Scudamore and 3rd was Matt Ward . The Vet Class had a very experienced field with top honours going to Paul Tossell with Jeremy Chapman in 2nd and 3rd place to Michael Brooks. Clubman E1 class was won by Tony Primmer closely followed by Danny Andrews and Colin Wilkins. Clubman E2 class was won by Mark Woodfine followed by Jake Forward and Paul O'Connell. Clare Taylor has to be congratulated in not only winning the Ladies event but to come 26th overall in such a talented field has to be applauded. The Novice class was won by David sawtell who managed 13 laps. Sportsman Over 40 class was won by Mike Hill 13 laps, Sportsman class won by Michael Claxton 13 laps.

The weather was very kind and the sun shone through after a very cold start to the day. The course featured rather more in the way of brash, stumps and roots than some riders maybe used to, and a number suffered with punctures as a result. Poor Stephen Mulliner who was a favourite for a podium had 3 punctures and Sportsman Over 40 Neil Fripp also had 2 punctures. In Chains who supported the event sold out of tubes very quickly and there tyre fitter was very busy but other than that all went well. A superb days racing in perfect weather and not a single reported injury. We couldn't have asked for more! Results - Photos 

RideoffroadUK Doodson Motorsport Championship 

Butts Quarry Epic Battle
Images: Ash Smith Report : RideoffroadUK

When Lincoln Brewster tips up at any Hare & Hound Event, most other Expert riders know they will be up for a do or die battle right to the flag, Scott Austin and Brewster thrilled the crowds with a two and a half hour bar to bar contest which was eventually won by a mere 11 seconds by the victorious Scott Austin.   Report

GT Wall & Sons
2010 Hafren Rally
10th October

Autumn is the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness and  Hafren Dirt Bike Club had an abundance of both for this Sunday's Hafren Rally when a warn wind from the Southwest brought with it a blanket of low cloud that covered Mid Wales. The start was in the Sweet Lamb Motorsport Complex near Llanidloes and scrutineering began at 7.30am. For the hardy souls who camped overnight the pre-dawn gloom was illuminated by neon strips and the bright smiles of the signing on girls. They had their work cut out with a full entry of 260+ riders to be dealt with for many of whom this was their first event. There was a wide variety of machines ranging from the mighty Adventurers to the diminutive serows & a couple of twin shock PEs but each was check over and tested for excess noise. Report & results

Major Hadley Rd5 
Freddie Broadway wins round 5 and laps the whole field!
Photo by Teamsnapper

With a wet week before the event we were expecting a challenging event with Woodberry's clay making it feel like you were riding on ice.

With a slightly shorter track than normal (3.5 miles) Freddie Broadway (left) started lapping the sportsman class on his second lap. The slippery conditions didn't phase him and he continued to lap the whole field and notch up 16 laps during the 3hr H&H to finish the clear winner. Young Aaron Smith was runner up and Simon Beken was 3rd. Phil Whiffen won the Expert class with Dave Taylor very hot on his heels. Andy Ball was 3rd. Freddie Davis won Clubman A with Reg Sheppard in 2nd and 3rd was Wayne Holdsworth.

One of the hottest battles was the Clubman B class with Russell Jacobs grabbing top spot from Jamie Moller with Martin Biles in 3rd. The top 4 Sportsman were superb and top spot was Shaun Street followed by Simon Amott, Stuart Smith, and Joe Atkinson all 4 would have all finished in the top 10 of Clubman B, so maybe they will be moving up a class soon. The Veteran Class had a clear winner in Tom Moore with Neil Repton and Paul Garner fighting for 2nd and 3rd places respectively. 123 riders started the day and surprisingly only 11 DNFed due to machine or body failure. The Major Hadley championship is really hotting up with just one round to go, every class has about 3-5 riders that could lift the title. Results  Photos at www.teamsnapper.co.uk Regs for the last PMCRC event of the season are available on the club website www.pmcrc.org 

CTR EVENTS
1 YEAR ON…!!!

CTR EVENTS is just over 1 year old, It has been a steep learning curve - both good & bad. We have found some really good, totally new venues and we have put on 13 events. We have come across some people/other organisers/clubs with objective & disruptive input. Looking back we have learnt, adapted and improved. 

CTR have got things right most of the time when it comes to putting on fair and rideable courses for all abilities, However we have deffo got things wrong - like running Foxhill woods clockwise after 2 days of heavy rain.  Full Report

Helmets swapped for Snorkels

As an unwritten rule for TGOR race reports, we usually avoid any mention of the weather conditions……however……on this occasion 'by god' didn't the heavens opened. Despite 48 hrs of almost continuous rain true grit off road were determined to prove Driffield xc can ride wet or dry .Full report

2011 GAS GAS RRP prices

 TXTBOY available October. Cadet + Rookie available November

2010 ACU BEC 
Team Competition
Sponsored by Enduro News

This year's Team Competition raised £600 which will go towards supporting the British teams competing in the 2011 ISDE in Finland. Pictured above - with the cheque - are ISDE team manager Dusty Martin, Bob Mullins of Enduro News and logistics manager Dave May Miller. Leo Cordingley's Sheep Skull Enduro riders won the 2010 ACU British Enduro Championship Team Competition. The formidable trio - consisting of David Knight, Danny McCanney and Russell Millward - kept clean cards on the 5 rounds that counted to post the lowest score of 48 points. The Putoline Suzuki fasteddyracing.com team of Paul Edmondson and Tom Sagar were runners up. They were only 3 points adrift of the winners on 51 points and they won the best Trade team award. The Hafren A team of brothers Edward and Robert Jones in 7th were the Best Club & the REME A pairing of Steve Hunt & Kev Murray won the Services award. Final results see Teams tab

Seth Stephens Memorial Enduro Race - 28th November 2010 - Details

The White Horse, reintroduced to the North of England Enduo Championship after a 4-year lay-off, was a fitting finale to the 2010 series. The North Riding Club provided an excellent day's riding in the 'classic' enduro tradition that tested every competitor, with everyone bar the sportsmen (where times were deliberately generous) dropping minutes.

A 13-mile lap of varied going made best use of the contours of Boltby Forest. The special test was a particular highlight, with a touch of everything: trees, green rides, climbs, descents, open moors and a bit of mud. Unusually for the North of England in October, the main weather hazard was the bright but seasonally low sunshine. Temperatures that wouldn't have been out of place in August made it warm work in some of the stickier parts of the lap.

The challenging nature of the course led to some alterations towards the end of the event, cutting out a couple of sections where going was becoming particularly tricky. Special mention must go to Nigel Heath (no. 65) for completing 2 laps on his classic Husky (...and managing to get in the video twice!). Video 

Close Motor Finance Scottish Enduro Championship Review

2010 was another amazing year for the Close Motor Finance Scottish Enduro Championship with the final result going right down to the wire in the Expert Class. When Richard Hay rode as a marshall at Lochhouses in February, to see how he would get on, no one would have predicted that he would become the outright Scottish Champion for 2010. He barely has enough strength to lift his arm onto the handle bars, Richard was having none of it, four outright wins and he rarely missed the podium all year. Richard has incredible self belief which combined with loads of practice has seen him overcome his injury and win against all the odds. Richard, a seven times Scottish Champion already, has ridden all over the world and nearly won the Dawn to dusk outright, riding Ironman, single handed. Despite this and many other brave outings this Championship win has to be one of his best achievements ever. Derek Little the 2009 Expert Champion kept him honest to the last round finishing a close second. Details

Bikes stolen from the Farnham, Surrey on Sunday morning - Details

Hopkins shines at CTR

CTR EVENTS kicked off Round 1 of their Winter series with the promise of sun shine on this beautiful valley. CTR and the team had a H & H's race track set out that was simply one of the best you will ever ride. The parking, pits and start line were all in the same field. The course went into a old sunken road with a drop into a stream back, out to the road then up the stream, up a small banking, through some bogs, through a ford crossing into fields, woods, roads, over jumps up the fields into woods over some logs into a trench crossing back into the lap scoring. Full Report & Results Update More photos 

After the event Geriant Rogers congratulated all those who finished and promised that "next year's event will be a more open one with fewer whoopy bits but it'll take lots of chainsaw work and probably reduce the lap a bit. Though rest assured, it'll still be a challenge and offer a varied ride with the Enduro rider in mind. Plus it'll be the fast paced Enduro check style of lap you seem to enjoy". Results 

Jason Thomas has secured 2nd place overall

With one round remaining, in this season's GNCC XC2 PRO-LITES Championship. Details

Bulgaria hosts the fourth round of the Eastern European Enduro Championship

Between 21st and 24th October Bulgaria will host the fourth round of the Eastern European Enduro Championship. The best Enduro riders of the Balkans will visit the city of Shumen, situated in the North East part of the country to decide the champions of Eastern Europe. The area around Shumen is really an interesting one, combining high plateaus, rivers, different types of forest and soils - all the elements necessary for a good enduro race (hard enduro race actuallyJ). The MSC Shumen, chaired by Kalin Kulev - the head of the Bulgarian Enduro Commission, won in three consecutive years the Prize for organizer Number 1 in the National Enduro Championship, a trophy decided by many factors, the main of which is the opinion of the riders and the cooperation at the different levels with the local authorities. This event will be unusual - not just an EEEC round! It will include many other motorcycling activities such as hill climbing, drag race, speedway race, the Bulgarian National Enduro Championship`s final, the Bulgarian ATV Cup, moto festival will lots of games, rock concert and so on. You can find complete information for the event on www.enduroshumen.com 

Fast Eddy Confirmed for Melville M.C. Return

Paul Edmondson has confirmed he will compete in the Metzeler Melville Hare and Hound at Lochhouses near Dunbar in East Lothian on the 12th December. The announcement comes as the dates for the Melville Winter Motocross Series and Scottish Hare and Hound Championship events are released. Details

Vintage Enduro News

A big thank you to all who entered the first vintage time card Enduro run by Vindurouk near Wooler on the  26th September. The weather was very kind to us and a great day was had by all. Some great bikes took part ranging from SWM, Gori, Husqvarna, Cam-am, Yamaha plus many more bikes 25+ years old. Pictures of the event will be posted on the club webpage soon and a 38 minute DVD with some great footage of the whole event is also available now for £6.49 including postage. Please visit www.vindurouk.com  for details.