This date always has superstitious people concerned about bad things happening - but as we are not, we just think of it as just another day as we head into the weekend.
Birthday greetings to John Dearie who turns 60 today, ( Did you know that John rode the Scottish one year?)
After a couple of very quiet years because of the Pandemic -things have started to open up again, and for this year, we have already been contacted by two new groups, asking for our input at hosting Trials in the OK Valley. - We can also confirm that our friends up in the Shuswap, will be hosting their two events, and we will continue to support these. - Things will kick off at the Coast quite early as usual, but we will be sponsoring the April Trial at Ioco as we have for the past few years.
Meanwhile we have heard that the ATRA have plans to host some events - all good news and very positive for the sport.
We will post updates on all these when we know more. Watch this space !!
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The answer to yesterday’s quiz was - Turk Perepalkin from Victoria, sitting on his first motorcycle - a 1952 DKW 125 - this was the model that BSA copied when they brought out the BSA Bantam.
Only Roger Boothroyd guessed it was Turk - nobody got the bike.
Below we have another Cannuck with one of his prize possessions - Do you know who it is and what is the bike??

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Check this out - a 10 MILE loop - with Mud !! I think they will get a good entry for this event - maybe some Cannucks will head South - Sounds like traditional Trials at it’s best.

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Back in the day - quite a few top riders bought Rolls Royce cars, as a Status symbol - this is Barry Sheene. - Barry started his road-racing on a Bultaco, but also dabbled in Trials a bit before that.

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Here is a great pic - Martin Lampkin, giving his young son Dougie a ride.

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DAKAR RESULTS AFTER DAY 12.
Provisional overall standings after stage 12 (top 20):
1 |
8 - T. PRICE (AUS) |
KTM |
40h47m36s |
+00:01:00 |
(1) |
2 |
10 - S. HOWES (USA) |
HUSQVARNA |
+00:00:28 |
+00:01:00 |
(2) |
3 |
47 - K. BENAVIDES (ARG) |
KTM |
+00:02:40 |
+00:03:00 |
(3) |