JUNE 2011 NO. 192Email contributions : fiona@hrc1.org

www.hrc1.orgSecretary : Fiona Husband 01306 712317Chairman : Ian McCullochEditor : Dick Husband 01403 257094Trials : Mike Husband : 01403 257626 mike@hrc1.orgTeam Manager: Adrian Holloway 07964 179711Site Officers: Mannings Heath- Ian McCulloch 01403 263667: North-lands- Mike Husband 01403 257626, Rome- Tim Husband 01306712317 : Wallis Wood- John Charman 01403 786441

Dave MearsIt’s with deep regret we report the death of Dave Mears. Dave was along time rider/supporter of Horsham Riders Club. The club offerscondolences to his wife Dumps and family. The funeral is at Wor-thing Crematorium on Monday 20th June at 11.20. We understandthat donations to the Macmillan Nurses charity would be welcome.

** NEXT MONTHS TRIALCAMPING AT NORTHLANDS TEAM KWACKERS **

NEWS AND COMMENTPractice/Training EventJohn C is having a busy time this month, two weeks after organisingthe team and trial at Walliswood he’s off again running the practice

trial at Mannings Heath on Saturday June 18th. Riders who arehelping set up, be there by 10.30 am, the afternoon event starts at12 noon, ends about 3.30pm.

WE EXCITEDLY HAVE PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE GREATHR CHARITY CAMPING WEEKEND

FRIDAY 1ST JULY – The gate will be open from noon – don’t forget it’sthe top gate on the corner of Green Lane. You should arrive withaccommodation – not too extensive, (mansions are for heaven), foodand water, beer and barbecue food. There are jobs to do like holedigging and fire drill, but by the evening we’re round the campfiregetting awfully jolly!

SATURDAY 2ND JULY – The Kwackers team will be setting out thecourse in the morning for the Yankee trial, starting at 1.30 pm(YANKEE – read sign at start). There’s plenty of time before then foryou to hand in your CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RAFFLE and to purchaseloads of tickets you can ill afford in order to get your contribution back

– but you will have consolation, all the money goes to Riders for Health.After the trial a selection of entertaining activities may include aRounder Match, A Slalom Timed World Wee Ski Championship etc andof course a Barbeque.

SUNDAY 3RD JULY – The club trial starts at 10.30 am and moredonations collected up till lunch time when the raffle will be drawn andprizes will go out after the event. It’s always a sad time when theweekend is over but this year we’re holding another in Rome Woodsin September. One last thing or two – if you’re taking ics send themto Mike and before you leave the site see if there’s any clearing uphelp needed!

TEAM PHOTOSWe had a good one in the last news, Mike forgot to put names to faces– the object of the exercise! From L to R it’s John P, Mick D, Adrian H– the new team manager, with son Adam and Sam A. His son Joe hurthis foot setting out. Good to see the team photos getting going again

– keep it up!!

MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDEWe had planned for a mountain bike ride in June, but not sure howmany are really interested – normally just get the same faces, Clint,John C, Tim, Fiona, Mike, Pete B and Anita – is anyone else interested

– we will ask you at the Camping weekend and organise for later in theyear if interested. It is a good afternoon, cycling over Hurtwood which

is fairly easy going for most abilities, with a meal in the pub after-wards but would really like to have a bit more interest to organise –so it’s up to you – maybe July/August??

RFH DAY OF CHAMPIONS AT SILVERSTONENigel B and family were due to go only to find A level exams on sameday. I hope I manage to re-allocate them at the trial. This year thetickets were most impressive including an official VIP tag!

THE WALLISWOOD FEW – Club Trial Walliswood, 5th JuneRound 9.30 am John and I stood lonely at the field corner, I writingdown names that wouldn’t be attending due to the day before’sBluebeards, today’s Centre Trial, known injuries etc. Bu the time thesubject was exhausted John reckoned we should go to the local pub –then a van comes in, eventually we get 27 entries. Not good and ashame for he excellent trial that had been set up on the extremeSaturday hear – according to Harry R.

MEET THE TEAMThe Monties shown in the photo did have a sweltering woods to workin. Unusually John had started the course at the far end and workedtowards the entry criss-crossing the non existent stream at the beginsand ends too – it really worked well. John set whites, Steve P andChris H Blues, Harry told me he cut off twigs and sweated! Somesections were long but being bone dry didn’t take many marks andhalf way scores of 19 – 55 – 27 indicate Blues had it hardest andwhites didn’t notice – well Luke didn’t.

Harry R. Steve P. Chris H. John C. Ben R.

SIGN ON SLAPSTICK (even the clubhouse wasn’t there!)Chairman Ian’s Bluebeards efforts left his framework too exhaustedto resume activities but he came as a course adviser to two newmembers Nick Green and Ray Morris, in spite of that they did well!Showing Sean P a picture of my first bike (1931 AJS) and telling himit was my everyday transport he responded with “I suppose in thosedays the alternative was the penny farthing!” Sam Spear rode hisHonda down but it wasn’t able to work on the sections and someattention is needed, but he could have lost 200! No takers arrived forthe Day of the Champions tickets, slave driving employers wouldn’tallow such Hells Angel pleasures. Another oldie threatening are-appearance was Bob Budgen, who came down to see how manyfaces he’d remember, he’s only 70 (nearly) – the oldest riders in theBluebeard was 84 so he’s got years left.

TRIAL TIT BITSTaking a new member round with potential young son to ride Iintroduced him to Jamie Flegg (11) – he tells me he’s riding yellowsbut father Tony adds, with some bits of Red where required, hence hecomes in third! Elaine decided to go for Reds but confidence can slipon steep banks, after a lap she lives to fight another day. Harry’s sonMark breaks a lever so they end up sharing but must have found itfrustrating as no cards from Mark. John Y could have been dnf toowhen he came back with a flat tyre, he took out a pump and keptre-inflating – on one section he’d pumped it too much and slipped for5. Dan B’s son does BMX as did Dan many years ago age 16, he tellsme how he can spin on his front wheel but not on the Beta. Practicingbefore me he asks how far the rear wheel moved on his bounce – mythumb and forefinger indicate! Graham K rode the Yellows, his handcramp didn’t like the front brake – it recovered, he beat John Y to win‘Yellows’.

IT TAKES A SHOWER TO MOVE ANOTHERJust a few spits and most riders decide it’s best to do the other 2 lapsand wait for the tea break, good news for the Monties, they’re allclearing up by 2pm. As riders clock in we hear their tales. Dan B andSean P on Blues had a close battle to finish a mark apart, there wereonly 4 entries in the results so the halfway score is not very represent-ative of the course levels. Luke T finishes whites clean, so asked if itwas too easy he said he enjoyed it as you had to concentrate. MikeR amazes, he’s only been back for a few events and hasn’t lost his

touch (or weight!), finishing on 6. Good to see Tom B on the top routeagain, I hope he stays even when the going is a bit harder!A lack of blues produced many on the clubman course where withGraham pushing John down to second it was Chris H and Toby R whowere the shining HR’s. Chris had set out and was annoyed with hisinconsistency on sections he’d cleaned and then got 3 – we all knowthat feeling.

END GAMEGetting finished early the Monties had collected the flags before Harryand Mark got down there – when the flags were away we talked of thefuture for this site. The land on the far side of the stream is on themarket with a farmhouse, if a new owner comes we may not get theOK to use it. On the field where we park is permission for a new houseto be built too, so it could be curtailed, we have to wait and see. Onthe subject of land does anyone have a friendly farmer/neighbour whohas a site we could use for an event now and again, let us know ASAP.THANKS to the Monties team for giving us an enjoyable event and apity you didn’t get more support for the effort – next time we hope.

Sean P.

HR GROUP TRIAL – (May 8th)Entry for this just topped the 50. Mike, Clint and John C set up thecourse which proved to be quite hard for the Inters though all otherroutes were OK. It had been dry for weeks but a little overnight rainprovided some problems crossing the stream. There were a few

RESULTS SHEET

NAME CLASS ROUTE TotalLuke Thomas E W 0Mike Rivett E W 6Sean Parsons E W 9John Charman I W 19Tony Flegg I W 20Jake Pope E W 32Tom Bray SB W 55

Dan Berrisford N B 38Steve Parker N B 39W ill Bateup N B 65John Bateup O50 B 80

Graham Knight C Y 2John Yardley O50 Y 12Jamie Flegg SB Y 17Gary Stewart C Y 20Chris Heron O50 Y 23Toby Robinson C Y 24Nick Green C Y 27Ben Rinds C Y 27Nigel Bray O50 Y 40Harry Ross O50 Y 40Ray Morris C Y 57Sam Spear C Y 101Mark Ross C Y dnfBob Miles Y dnfPat W aller C Y dnfElaine Dufaur W R dnf

Analysis Entry DNF % Fin 1/2 wayW hite 7 0 100 19Blue 4 0 100 55Yellow 15 3 80 27Red 1 1 0

moans about 3 good riders making enormous loop outs – the way toavoid this is straight line marking which clubs won’t adopt althoughit’s an AMCA Rule. However thanks go to all the many helpers on theday – 19 in all! Observers, Secretary, Starter, Results etc = 2 ½riders per worker. And thanks too to the riders who won awards forbest rider on each route – all 3, Steve Farmer, Thomas Moss and RobMcKenzie had ticked the box to give the award cost to Riders forHealth instead.

RESULTSExpert1. Tom Moss 7 2. A Blackman 9 3. A Farley 13Inter1. Phil Martin 66 2. J Gammons 82 3. E Charman 83, 5. PeteBowker 86Over 501. S Farrall 15 . S Jones 36 3. S Wells 37 4. Mike Husband 41Novice1. P Smith 63 2, D Brooks 72 3. Phil Walker 99Over 601. J Yardley 16 3. Bob Collins 27Twinshock1. Sean Parsons 43Clubmen1. K Tracey 23 2. C. Moir 31 4. K McDavitt 40 5. M Stubber-field 46 8. Stuart Evans 96

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

I appear to have become club Chairman. Quite how this happened Idon’t know. Some sort of coup took place at Newdigate and that wasthat. When I enquired what my duties were there was no definitiveanswer, no real strategy or final objective. As this mirrors my ap-proach to judging how to ride a section I seem to be just the man forthe job.

I have been riding trials for almost 50 years and have helped out onclub committees but never been a Chairman. I am looking forward tomy designated car parking space, mechanic, section minder and ofcourse the exorbitant salary ( that’s how Dick sold it to me ).

On a serious note I would like to thank Dave Blackman for all hisefforts. He has worked hard to keep all the teams up to scratch, fullymanned and equipped. Thanks must also go to Dick ( and all the

Husbands for that matter ). We have a very well organised club,twelve teams to set out trials and four sites to enjoy our riding.

I may have ruffled a few feathers ref the distribution of newsletters.I’ll explain more fully my thoughts in a later newsletter and when Ihave dealt with the honourable Editor!

Adrian Holloway has taken over as team manager. I would ask allinvolved to help him as much as you can. The more proactive you arethe easier you will make his job. In the past we asked for teamphotographs and last month we got one. Well done - but could we putsome names to faces? I’m sure most people know who is who but ifyou don’t you’re none the wiser.

This is a thriving club and is prospering where lots are failing. Ingeneral we get good entry levels and invariably everyone enjoysthemselves. Long may this continue, I’m not going to bang a drumabout people getting involved with setting out a trial or helping withworking parties but, as with most things the more who get involvedthe easier it is to get things done and the better the club is for it.

FRENCH WORLD TRIALS ROUND –

Lads, this w.e event was closer than the British round, at Ben Nevis, so therewas no reason not to go, was there? Hotel in Rennes booked, Varadero oiland tyres checked, ferry reservations made, Brittany ferries Portsmouth toCaen , out Friday am, back Monday afternoon, no rush to work for us seniors!Trial location, Breal Sous Montfort was just s/w of Rennes, French Federationowned site. Basically a giant hole in the ground full of interesting rockformations, or sections, as us trial enthusiasts prefer. We were sharing Hotelwith the new Ossa works team. I can reveal that Fajardo may well be the next

superstar, but he will have no teeth left at age 30. Four sachets of sugar inone cup of coffee, please!

These pictures are a small sample of the 2 days action. Just study picture 5,those are ends cards on that cliff top. French contender Loris Gubian got greatsupport from noisy crowd, and why wouldn’t he.

Brits in the World class did not shine apart from Jack Challoner who looks areal prospect. Alexz Wigg was struggling with form and a bike that was in noway comparable to Cabestany’s works model, which was superb. Did Imention the blue skies, constant sunshine, french cuisine and scenery? No ofcourse I  bl**dy didnt, this isn't a travel report! Bob Collins

JUNESUN 12 GROUP TRIALSAT 18 HR PRACTICE/TRAINING TRIAL Mannings HeathSUN 19 PRACTICE DAY - HalnakerSUN 26 BOGNOR CLUB TRIAL – Elsted

JULYFRI/SAT/SUN HR CAMPING WEEKEND – See full details at front of1/2//3 Newsletter – Don’t miss it!!SUN 10 GROUP TRIALSUN 17 PRACTICE DAY – HalnakerSUN 24 BOGNOR CLUB TRIAL - Harting

SELL YOUR STUFF WITH AN AD IN CLUB NEWSMany bikes and kit have been sold via these ads which are free to members.We are always being asked for older bikes to suit beginners and for boots inchildren’s sizes. Members are keen to buy from others in the club so if youhave items to sell, jot it down and hand in at the next trial or phone it throughto Dick or Fiona.

FOR SALE

IN THE CLOTHING CUPBOARD available for a RFH donation· 2 new HR Baseball Hats - £5 each· 1 Pair IKON trousers W 24” L 22”· 1 Pair O’Neal trousers W 21” L 19”· 1 Pair Akito Moto X boots Size 8, tatty but OK· 1 OCS Riding Shirt Large 2XL New

TRADE ADS(£5 per year for members businesses only - helps you and theclub)

MERLIN MOTORCYCLES 2011 Beta, Sherco, Scorpa + Gas Gas- Spares, service & tuning too. Trials Training DVDs and books. IRC-tyres stocked. Putoline & Castrol oils see www.motomerlin.org.uk -new online shop MERLIN BOOKS sell motorcycle books and DVDs,secondhand motorcycle books always wanted www.merlinbooks.comMike Husband 01403 257626

HEADLINE ENGINEERING For aluminium and stainless welding - helicoilthread repairs - cylinder head, brake discs/drums refining - all machiningwork - one off and prototypes.Phone Derek head 01306 712565

JOHN CHARMAN – Excavator for hire with driver – groundwork, ponds,ditches, drainage, fencing. Good rates for club members. Tel 01403 786441Mob 07967 466920

WANTED – BIKES AND PARTS –Project Bikes, Garages cleared. I breakbikes so anything considered. Also Metal Detecting land wanted, 50/50 split

– to discuss any of the above please call 0208 763 8920, mob 07948 789601,email trailbikestore@btinternet.com – Pete – partsrecycle.comFree online auction.

Luke Thomas

2011AJAYS JANUARY DUGGIES FEBRUARY ENFIELDS MARCHMike Husband W 01403 257626 Pete Brooker B 01273 832912 Sean Parsons W 01403 730799Dave Blackman B 01372 724464 Benge B 07774 455604 Jack Northover B 01403 710776Les Castle Y 07866 544634 John Mitchell B 07775 794623 Graham Knight B 01293 871955Adrian Beech Y 07930 732717 Martin Tooley Y 01403 734779Tony Ryan Y 07771 791292 James Turner Y 01293 871663

HARLEYS APRIL FANTICS MAY MONTIES JUNEClint Leggett W 01306 711038 Sam Aldrich W 01403 273862 John Charman W 01403 786441Gary Medhurst B 01293 775106 Joe Aldrich Y 01403 273862 Harry Ross Y 07815 659827Tony Van der H R 01403 269567 John Pock'ton Y 01798 813227 Chris Heron Y 01444 241355

Mick Dunstan Y 01403 711962 Steve Parker Y 07984 038622Adrian Holloway B 07964 179711 Ben Rinds Y 07984 038622

KWACKERS JULY INDIANS AUGUST COSSACKS SEPTEMBERTim Husband B 01306 712317 Ian McCulloch B 01403 263667 Dick Husband Y 01403 257094Phil Walker B 01293 412905 Brian Barnes B 01403 730623 Dave Alder Y 020 8397 9660Tony Flegg W 01293 419867 Eric Scutt B 01403 731810 Mark Johnson B 01273 813782Stuart Evans B 07799 626730 Paul Barnes W 01403 733255 Sam Davidson Y 07795 006823

Ian Johnstone Y 0208 393 0048 Joe Davidson Y 07795 006823

LAVERDOS OCTOBER GREEVIES NOVEMBER JIMMIES DECEMBERJohn Yardley Y 01273 555391 Dan Berrisford B 01293 873788 Pete Bowker W 07847 301398Kevin McDavitt B 01273 601465 Steve Jones Y 01273 843489 Eddie Charman W 07989300797Bob Collins B 01342 713808 Robert McKenzie B 01737 551404 Kevin Booker B 07771 937692Nigel Bray Y 01323 893510 Spencer Page

2011 PROVISIONAL DATESIf you are unable to do your turn please try to arrange a substitute

Date Event Site Team Date Event Site TeamJAN Sun 2 Club Trial Rome Ajays JUL Sat 2 Camp w/end N Lands KwackersFEB Sun 6 Club Trial M Heath Duggies Sun 3 Camp w/end N LandsMAR Sun 6 Club Trial N lands Enfield AUG Sun 7 Club Trial M Heath Indians

Sat 12 Work Party RomeAPR Sun 3 Club Trial Rome Harleys SEPT Sat 3 Camp W/end Rome Cossacks

Sat 16 Practice N lands Sun 4 Camp W/end RomeMAY Sun 1 Club Trial M Heath Fantics OCT Sun 2 Club Trial N Lands Laverdos

Sun 8 Group Trial Rome NOV Sun 6 Club Trial Rome GreeviesJUNE Sun 5 Club Trial WW Monties Sat 19 Working Party N Lands

Sat 18 Practice M Heath DEC Sun 4 Club Trial M Heath Jimmies

Halnaker Trials Park Dates for 2011 A 285 Chichester to Petworth Approx 1 mile north of Halnaker Village - Start 10 amJan 16, Feb 20, Mar 20, April 17, May 15, June 19, July 17, Aug 21, Sept 18, Oct 16, Nov 20, Dec 18