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Full report to follow Thank you to the Taylor family for the use of the venue .and our Observers Richard Crickmore and Dave Elford

Full report to follow. Thank you to the Chris Spence for the use of the venue, and to our observers Richard Crickmore, Nick Symes, Jon Death and Leighanne Baker

Full report to follow Thank you to Charles Ball for the use of a great venue and to our observers Andy Ryall, Wayne Brodie and Richard Crickmore

Full report to follow Thank you to Glenn Draper for the use of the venue

Updated results for correct class

Full report to follow Thank you to the Morgan family for the use of the venue and to our sole observer Kev Smith, I guess it was a muddy trial by the state of the phones!

Report by Viki Taylor.

The first round of the 2025 Isle of Wight Motorcycle Club Winter Championship took place at Sweetwater Brook on January 19th after it was postponed from 5th January due to slightly inclement weather.

The club extends its thanks to landowner Trevor Strickland for the use of this popular venue, course setter Nick Symes and sole observer Adrian Daish. Tom Richards was the lone Expert competitor, dropping just two marks as he starts his defence of his championship crown.

Fresh from taking part in his first rally at Brands Hatch the previous day, Freddie Death had a steady ride taking first place in the Intermediate class with a loss of 28. Rob Baker was behind in second on 47, with Riley True taking 3rd on 63. In the Clubman class, Alan Gosden gave a solid performance to take the win, 32 marks with Sam Jurich hot on his heels in second just two points behind on 34. Tristan Osborne on 43 took third place.

Steve Jacobs took the win from Damien Rajasingam in the Novices, losing 83 to Damien’s 151. Three riders took on the Open C route with Nick Symes dropping just 20 to take top spot and Mike True coming in second on 42. Geoff Taylor unfortunately had to retire after just four sections with a minor back injury.

The Adult Easy class was closely fought with Rob Payne pipping Dave Elford to first place, losing 34 to Dave’s 41. Geoff’s younger brother Mike made a welcome return to trials after a lengthy hiatus to take the win in the non-championship Sportsman class losing a respectable 39 with Kev Smith losing 63 to take second.

Four Youth riders competed at this popular venue which can be challenging at times, to say the least. Leo Death had a very consistent ride to take the win in the Youth Novice with a score of 56, whilst Riley Baker wasn’t far behind on 62 to take second from Blake Buggy on 75. Blake’s younger brother Jago made a valiant start to the trial as the sole competitor in Youth E class but had to retire in the end.

Round 2 takes place on February 2nd at Knighton Sandpit, Newchurch.

Full report to follow.

Full report to follow Thank you to Ralph for the use of the pit Father and son combined to follow later