Monday March 20th 2023
March 20th, 2023Answer to the Sunday quiz - Tommi Ahvala on the Aprilia - who won the World Championship in either 1992- or 1993 - Brett was the first in with the correct response. followed by Pete Varey.
But This one is difficult - a blast from the past - rider and machine please - I will tell you it’s at the Scottish, and this guy later rode for the Royal Enfield Factory Team.
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Now this is a good looking 1937 Norton.
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A great shot of Steve McQueen at the 1964 ISDE in Germany - he failed to finish after a big crash. - did you know that World MX Champ Joel Robert also rode this event? Steve and Joel became friends and Joel later got to keep Steve’s Helmet .
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We now have the results from the - TRS Trial at Ioco from a couple of weeks back - and it was certainly a good day for the Spanish bikes with Alex Walton (TRS) taking Expert with 21 points ahead of Sean Bird (Scorpa 23 followed by Kirk McDowall 40. They had 10 riders in this class very good turn out.
In other classes - Ted McDowall (TRS) took the Senior 45 and it was a TRS sweep in the Sportsman with the Clark bros one & two followed by Tom Hillman. - Full results are on the CPTA site - Thanks to Don Doerksen for the results.
Yesterday they held a Ladies event at Ioco and it appears this went well - with our own Vernon rider Katie McG (Beta) finishing runner up in the Inter class to Karaleen Gidia, followed by Lisa Rae (TRS) - In Junior it was Amanda Porsild followed by Sarah Detour and Britt Lee Koeler - Jaclyn Delacroix rode as an exhibition rider. - We look forward to hearing all about this event when we see Katie later today.
(Note! the results don’t show what bikes for many of the riders)
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