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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

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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

Full report to follow Thank you to the Morgan family for the use of the venue and to our 2 observers Richard Crickmore Andy Scott Jackson Thanks to Kate Baker for stepping in to the Clark of the course role

IOWMCC Report – Ted Phillips Cup, by Viki Taylor.

The penultimate round of the IOWMCC Winter Championship series took place at Little Apes Down Farm on 24 th November. The club would like to extend its thanks to Mike and Jenny Morris for the use of the venue and to our sole observer Richard Crickmore.

Eight well thought out sections were provided by course setters Ben Ashcroft, Simon Strickland, Rob Baker and Tristan Osborne.

Storm Bert continued to produce strong blustery winds but thankfully the downpours of Saturday had receded. The weather was possibly the main reason for a relatively modest turnout with just 18 riders starting the trial.

Current champion Tom Richards was the sole competitor in the Expert class dropping 35 marks. After a single dab on the first lap, Tom struggled with section 1 unusually scoring 5's for the remaining laps.

Class Championship leader Harrison Crickmore took the honours in the Intermediates, losing 28 with Rob Baker finishing 2nd on 51 and Riley True coming in third on 99.

The leader of the Over 50 championship, Andy Scott-Jackson had to settle for second place in the trial with 45, conceding the top spot to his closest rival Jon Death who finished on a respectable 30.

With 10 championship points between them, the Clubman class saw a very close finish between the top two contenders – Alan Gosden just squeezed the win losing 13 with Ben Ashcroft coming in on 15. Sam Jurich rode well dropping 56 to finish in third place.

The Open C group saw the largest number of riders with 4! Stuart Gummer who is currently leading the championship, took the win on a very impressive 12 – the lowest score of the day. The battle for 2nd place was won by Nick Symes who lost 17 with the returning Geoff Taylor just two points behind on 19. Geoff, who hasn’t ridden since April will be rueing the two silly 5's he scored for missing flags which would have put him at the top of the class.

Steve Jacobs was the sole rider in the Adult Easy class finishing on 22, whilst in the Sportsman class Kev Smith dropped 49.

In the Youth classes, Riley Baker (fresh from his recent impressive class win in the Southern Centre Youth championship) rode the Youth Novice class alone dropping 76, whilst Leo Death and Blake Buggy fought it out in the Youth Easy group. Leo emerged the victor with an excellent score of 16 and Blake finished on 27.

The final round of the Winter Series takes place on Sunday 8 th December at Knighton Sand Pit, courtesy of Mr. Roger Morgan.