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TRIALS&
TRIBULATIONSVol. 2 Issue 92SEPTEMBER 2018
THE EASTERN FOURSTROKE ASSOCIATION &THE ANGLIA CLASSIC TRIALS CLUB
MONTHLY MAGAZINE
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El PresidentVice PresidentChairman
Club Secretary
Treasurer
Committee
Championship Recorder
Trials & Tribulations Editor& Website Administrator
Membership Secretary
ACTC Secretary
Ian PreedyChris Kearney
Ted SmithE-mail: [email protected]
Richard Challis10 Rainsborowe Road,
Colchester, Essex, CO2 7JRTel: 01206 545031 Mobile: 07989 344932
E-mail: [email protected]
Dave KentE-mail: [email protected]
Brian Fletcher, Bob Drane, Chris MaceGraham Braybrook, Phil Smith, Rob Clarke
Colin Taverner
Chris Canham10 The Close, Waldingfield Road,
Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2QATel: 01787 374399 Mobile: 07963 467922
E-mail: [email protected]
June Kent30 Clayhall Place, Acton,
Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0BTTel: 01787 379192
E-mail: [email protected]
Kevin DavieMobile: 07801 138769
E-mail: [email protected]
THE REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL
Disclaimer - The articles and comments published herein do not necessarily represent the viewsof the Eastern Fourstroke Association, they are the opinions of individual contributors and are
published with a view that free expression promotes discussion and interest.
www.eastern-fourstroke-association.co.ukVisit the Eastern Fourstroke Associations website and Facebook Page
for a wealth of club information,results, pictures and videos of club trials.
(Submissions gratefully received)
Please could articles for inclusion in the T&T to be with the Editorby first post the Tuesday before club night. Thank you.
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FESTIVAL OF 1000 BIKES
First weekend of July saw theFestival of 1000 Bikes take
place at Mallory Park, which is apicturesque little circuit in Leices-tershire. One of the attractions was theopportunity to do a few laps roundthe circuit so we sent our money offand waited for the passes to dropthrough the letterbox. We arrived on Friday afternoonand set up camp. Went off to getthe bike, helmet etc checked andsign on and after a bite to eat wewandered across to the Beer Tent(not much in the way of decentbeer but the Band were brilliant !!) As well as the Track Sessionsfor Road Bikes on the Saturdaythere was a Pre-65 Trial. Unfortu-nately there isn't much scope to layout Sections at Mallory but the or-ganisers managed to find eight (oneof which had the added obstacle ofa tent on a flat area in the middleof it - must have been put up in thedark. Luckily everyone rode aroundthe tent and not through it !) Thesmall but enthusiastic entry put ona good display to give the specta-tors an idea of what Trials are allabout. Two Track Sessions No.9 andNo.18 had been booked both ofwhich resulted in a big grin on re-turning to the Camper. In between
(as well as trying to keep cool) wehad a look at the Avenue of Clubsand the Auto Jumble Still no decent beer in the BeerTent and this time the Band wasn'tvery good either, never mind, youcan't win ‘em all. The Race Paddock is situatedinside the track and the pukkarace bikes were assembled thereready for their outings on Sunday.Sammy Miller had brought along aselection of the bikes from the mu-seum, some of which were out onthe track for the Past MastersEvent. Bonhams had some ratherexpensive looking examples on dis-play and the sprint section hadtheir bikes all lined up ready fortheir demonstrations which tookplace on Sunday lunchtime. The Grasstrack and SpeedwaySection were also represented. Thepiece of ground they were usinglooked rather bumpy and they hadlaid out a small "donut" shapedcircuit. It was also rather dusty soperhaps wasn't a fair demonstra-tion of what Grass Track is allabout. All in all a good weekend with arelaxed atmosphere covering allaspects of biking.
Wallace and Gromit
FRONT COVERTony gleefully cracks open the throttle of his Triumph sprint bike
clearing all the crusty wax from the ears of those near byat the Langford Bike Show.
Photograph by Chris Canham.
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The South Midland Classic British Bike & Twinshock TrialOrganised jointly by
Berkhamsted, Kenton and Kingsbury, WMA and Wycombe Clubs at Plashes Farm Nr Colliers End Herts SG11 1ES
Sun 14th October 2018. 10.30 am. Open permit No ACU 54369Meeting Sec: Mick Clarkson, 6 Boughton Drive Rushden, Northants
NN10 9HX Tel: 01933 386580
Officials: Club Stewards R Twigg, J Cox. Chief Observer T North.Clerk of the Course; M Murdoch. License Number. 91954.
JURISDICTION. Held under the National Sporting Code and the Standing Regulations (tri-als) of the ACU. These Supplementary Regulations and any final instructions which maybe issued.
ELIGIBILTY. Open to all members of clubs affiliated to the ACU riding solo machines of“British manufacture” & Twinshock Machines.
ENTRIES. To be sent to the secretary of the meeting with a fee of £15.00 plus two 9” by 4”SAE`s or Email AddressEntries close : Friday 12th October 2018 Online entries will close at 8pm.Entries received after the closing date or “on the day” will be charged a fee of £20.00****ONLINE ENTRY AVAILABLE ****Cheques and Postal orders to be made out to: South Midland Classic Trial.
COURSE - All on private land and will consist of 3 laps of 15 sections.
CLASSES - (A - British Bike Hard Route) (B - British Bike Easier Route) (C - TwinshockBike Hard Route) (D - Twinshock Bike Easier Route) (E – Gentlefolk -Any BritishBike/Twinshock).PLEASE NOTE. Gentlefolk class will only ride two laps of the white route for no award.All other classes will ride 3 Laps.
MARKING. Will be as in TSR22 B. (no stop).
AWARDS - Premier award. Best British Bike performance on the red route. (Name on theMinnie Glenfell trophy, plus a replica).Best British Bike performance riding white route (Name on the Cyril Smith trophy, plus areplica).The Jack Rees Trophy for the best performance on the red route riding a Triumph (To beheld for one year )
GENERAL - Sections will be laid out with two alternative routes. Expert Route - Red Mark-ers. Easier Route – White Markers. The onus of following the correct route lies with the rid-er!
Sizzlers Catering will be in attendance.
PLEASE INDICATE ON THE ENTRY FORM WHICH ROUTE YOU WISH TO RIDE. Whensigning on you will be issued with a colour coded riding number, you will not be able tochange your selected route during the event!!
TIES - Will be decided by a “timed and observed” section on the 2nd lap.
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Entries received after the closing date or “on the day” will be charged a fee of £20.00
Berkhamsted, KK, WMA, Wycombe, South Midland Classic British Bike & Twinshock Trial.Sun 14th October 2018 at 10.30 am. Plashes Farm nr Colliers End, Herts SG11 1ES.
ENTRY DECLARATION, I/we the undersigned apply to enter the event described above and in considera-tion thereof. I/we hereby declare that I/we have had the opportunity to read and that I/we understandthe National Sporting code of the ACU, the ACU Standing Regulations such Supplementary Regulationsas have or may be issued for them event and agreed to be bound by them. I/we further declare that Iam/ we are physically and mentally fit to take part in the event and I am / we are competent to do so.I/we confirm that I/we understand the nature and type of event we are entering and its inherent risksand agree to accept the same notwithstanding that such risk may involve negligence on the part of or-ganisers or officials. I/we confirm that the machine described below shall be suitable and proper for thepurpose. I/we confirm that if any part of the event takes place on a public highway the machine de-scribed below shall be insured as required by the Road Traffic Acts or equivalent legislation and that itwill comply with the regulations in respect thereof. I/we agree that I am /we are required to register ourarrival by signing on at the designated place not less than 30 minutes prior to the commencement ofmy/our practice or first competition, whichever occurs first.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OFTHE RISKS OF MOTORSPORT. I/we understand that by taking part in thisevent I/we are exposed to a risk of death, becoming permanently disabled or suffering some other seri-ous injury and I/we acknowledge that even in the event of negligence on the part of the ACU, the pro-moter, the organising club, the venue owner, or any individual carrying out duties on their behalf wereto be a contributory cause of any serious will always be my/our voluntary decision to take part in a highrisk activity.I have read & understood the ACU Limited Data Protection Policy & I consent to the collection & re-tention of my personal information by the Organisers & the ACU.I/we have read the above & acknowledge that my/our participation in motorsport is entirely at my/ourrisk.
Name……………………………………..Signature………………………………..Address……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Post Code……………………………….Tel No……………………………………Club…………………………………….ACU Affiliation No………………………Machine and CC………………………..Email Address for results……………………………………………………………..I/We enclose the entry fee of £………………..Class entered, tick as necessary.
(A - British Bike Hard Route)(B - British Bike Easier Route)(C - Twinshock Bike Hard Route)
( D - Twinshock Bike Easier Route)(E - Gentlefolk - Any British Bike / Twinshock. Two laps only white
route on a no award basis).Routes, Please “tick”. Red (Expert) White (Easier) White (Gentlefolk)
Riders under 18 years of age must also sign a parental consent form.Entries close. Friday 12th Oct 2018. Entry fee £15.00. After closing date£20.00Secretary of Meeting: Mick Clarkson, 6 Boughton Drive, RushdenNorthants NN10 9HX. Tel: 01933 386580Please make cheques payable to: “South Midland Classic Trial.”
N.B EMAIL ADDRESS OR TWO SAE 9” X 4”
Thank you, we hope you have an enjoyable days sport!
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Kelly at BB Embroidery, Brookfield, Tey Road, Earls Colne, Essex, CO6 2LQ
Plonkaround Trials PracticeRaydon Pit, Wades Lane, Raydon, Suffolk (Grid Ref TM043389)
Saturday 29th September 2018Gates will open at noon.
For further information contact:Tracey Henderson 01245 460025 / [email protected]
Up to date information can be found at the Facebook page - Raydon Practice
The Mid Anglia MCC presents for your enjoyment
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LANGFORD BIKE SHOWBlue sky, sunshine, good company and conversation with a gentle breeze
wafting in rock ‘n’ roll music whilst reclining under the shade of aspreading Chestnut tree admiring a huge display of many and variousbikes spread out across the green in front and being fed tea and cake
(thank you Eadie.) It was all too much for one person.
Photo’s by Chris Canham
Zzzzzzzz
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In recent years, we have report-ed on the threat posed by the
so-called ‘Vnuk’ judgement by theEuropean Court of Justice (CJEU).We had hoped that moves in Brus-sels to amend the Motor Insur-ance Directive (MID) would seeexemptions granted to motor andmotorcycle sport. But recent pro-posals to amend the MID haveseen the European Commissiondo a 180 degree U-turn and Vnukis now in danger of become a seri-ous reality.
The background to all this isthat in 2007, a Mr Vnuk in Slove-nia was knocked off a ladder atwork by a reversing tractor andtrailer. He was injured andclaimed compensation from thetractor’s motor insurance. As theincident happened away from thepublic road, the claim was out-side the policy and the insurerrefused to pay. The CJEU becameinvolved and ruled that the Slove-nian government had failed totranspose the Directive into na-tional law correctly and the MotorInsurance Directive required thatall vehicles must have insurancecover for all uses everywhere cov-ering all risks and liabilities. Thisruling was challenged by the Brit-ish, Irish and German govern-
ments, but in 2014 the CJEUrejected the appeal.
The UK government, alongwith sports bodies and industry,lobbied the European Commis-sion to change the legislation sothat motorsport would be exempt.We were helped by insurance bod-ies such as British Insurance Bro-kers Association (BIBA) and theAssociation of British Insurers(ABI), who stated that insuringmotorsport in the same way asnormal road use would be ex-tremely expensive (particularly forvehicle to vehicle collisions on thetrack), that such a policy wouldnot be commercially viable, andno underwriter would want toenter this market. The UK Govern-ment also supports our positionon the matter.
In April 2016, the argumentthat motorsport was a case apartwas accepted by the then Com-missioner in charge of this portfo-lio, Lord Hill, who directed thatan amendment be tabled shortlyto be completed by the end of theyear. However, rather than pub-lish immediately, he held a con-sultation and then, after theBrexit vote, Lord Hill resigned.The new Commissioner in chargedecided to roll the amendmentinto a longer process known as
The VNUK Issue.An update…..Published by the ACU
Tuesday 24th July 2018 @ 4:29pm
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“Refit” which included the issuewith several other changes to theMotor Insurance Directive.
The European Commissionheld two more consultations onthe issue during 2017. The re-sponses to both were overwhelm-ingly in favour of the EUexempting motorsport from man-datory insurance requirements.
However in May 2018, twoyears after the Commission prom-ised to exempt motorsport, theypublished a formal proposal foran amendment and an impactassessment that explicitly includ-ed motorsport in the scope forcompulsory motor insurance.
The detail of this proposal wasto include a definition of the ‘useof a vehicle’ which included alluse of a vehicle on all terrains,whether moving or stationary.
If adopted, this proposal willmean that all vehicles, whetherfamily cars, museum pieces, offroad competition machines orMotoGP bikes, will need a mini-mum 3rd party motor insurancecovering all damages and liabili-ties at all times and for all uses -including use on a closed circuitor a closed public road.
We now have a short windowof opportunity to stop the threatof Vnuk becoming reality. Wehave been working with the AMCAand the MCIA to ensure that ourEuropean counterparts lobbytheir governments and membersof the European Parliament (EP).The objective is to get the Europe-
an Parliament to amend the Euro-pean Commission proposals, sothat motor and motorcycle sportsare removed from the scope of theDirective. But it’s vital that otherEU governments are also broughton side, given that the EP votewill only be advisory and not bind-ing on the Commission.
Votes in Europe will take placelater this year. If we are unsuc-cessful in getting the proposedDirective amended, the theatre ofaction then moves to the UK,where we will be calling on theUK Government to not implementunder any circumstances. At thatpoint we may request the directhelp of clubs in contacting MPs –though there is nothing wrongwith writing to your MP about thematter now.
Given the current state of theBrexit negotiations, we cannotlook to Brexit to solve this prob-lem for us, as European direc-tives may still apply to motorinsurance after the UK leaves theEU. In any case, this is a Europe-an problem, not just a UK matter.
Irrespective of the UK’s placein the future, we will do what wecan to support our European col-leagues and friends in their en-deavours to save motor andmotorcycle sport.
Kind regards
Gary Thompson MBE BEMGeneral Secretary
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These events have been supplied in good faith but neither the Editor nor theE. F. A. can be held responsible for errors, omissions or cancellations of any event.
KEEPING TRACK! September 2018
Fixture list of Classic Events in East Anglia & some further afieldSept 9th Classic Bike Show At The Long Shop Museum, Leiston, 11am - 4pm.Sept 16th Pre-65 Motocross Club AMCA Maylandsea Scramble.Sept 29th Mid Anglia MCC AMCA Plonkaround Practice, Raydon Pit from noon.Sept 29th David Silver Spares Honda CB750 50th Anniversary Open Day.Oct 2nd EFA / ACTC Club night at the Alma, Copford.Oct 7th Braintree & DMCC ACU Long Distance Trial, Sistead, 9:00am.Oct 14th South Midlnd MC Clubs S’th Mid Brit Bike & Twin Shk Trial, Colliers End.Oct 14th Pre-65 Motocross Club AMCA Marks Tey Scramble.Oct 21st EFA ACU Pre-65 & Twinshock Trial, Snaque Pit.Oct 28th Woodbridge & DMCC ACU ACU Eastern, Class C Champ trial, Rendlesham.
Unit 6, East Street, Braintree, Essex CM7 3JJ
Email: [email protected] www.challisautospares.co.uk
Coil Rewinding Available - Discount to all Club Members
Drum Brake Exchange Brake Shoes(All Types)
Standard or oversize linings for worn drums with a material that works.
Call Kevin Plummer on 07774 277144
Copdock Bike Show. October 7th
contact Don Daly.
Kempton Park Bike Show & Auto Jumble. December 1st
Contact Don Daly.
Anyone interested in showing their bike/s please contact the abovepeople in GOOD TIME as passes have to be organised.
Passes cannot be obtained at short notice
FORTHCOMING SHOWS BEING ATTENDED BY THE E.F.A.
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