Round 3 of our club trials championship will be held at the all weather venue of Barlows Pit, Hermitage on Saturday, 5th April. This is a great piece of trial land with some big climbs and quite sandy so holds up well if the weather is bad. there will be sections suited for all. The trial starts at 11am .

START / VENUE:
Barlows Pit is south of Hermitage on the B4009. Nearest post code is RG18 9LT. Turn in at Dallas Motors and follow arrows

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Access to venue will be open from 10am

CLASSES/ENTRIES:

All the usual classes will be catered for (Adult A, B. C routes plus Trail, Pre-65 and Yth A, B & C where route choice is optional). Like all the 2025 club trials, this event will be run under the AMCA. Entries will be on the the day

If at all possible, please bring cash (or a cheque) to cover the £10 entry fee, The Nomads membership of £5 if required

We will be using normal self-mark punchcard system..

We are excited to be able to announce the return of the Pathfinder 3 stage trial.  Once again, we have secured the use of Bagshot – Training areas D1 and D2 (both sides of the M3). Event date is Sunday 18^th May 2025

Entries will be via ACU Sport80.  Open on Sunday 9th March 8pm. We anticipate it will fill quickly, so don’t delay entering.   Sport 80 –  https://acu.sport80.com/v/928524/e/events?filters=eyJmcm9tX2RhdGUiOiIyMDI1LTAzLTA4In0%3D

Classes as per entry form .Entry Fee will be £55

We are looking for observers and helpers, so if you’d like to help, please let us know.

Info will be on http://aldermaston-nomads.org/ 

 Never done a 3 stage? Its a mix between a trial, a time trial and an enduro based on the original Army training trials format for all levels of rider! Below you can see an idea of how it usually works. Number of laps depends on course and conditions on the day. Stage 1 – Trial. 2 laps of 10 trials sections which are wide (big enough for trail and enduro bikes). Marking is 0,1,2,3,5  Around 2 hours to complete. There will be a special test in this Stage. During this stage only, there will be Expert gates to challenge the Expert class riders. The other classes follow the main route. Stage 2 – Time Trial. 2 or 3 laps of the same sections (possibly eased slightly), but with a time limit of around an hour and a half. Harsher marking in the form of 0,3,5.  Multiple bikes allowed in a section, but at riders risk! No Expert gates due to multiple bikes in the sections. We plan to have 2 further special tests ( the results of which will be cumulative and used in Section tie break situations).  Stage 3 –  3 or 4 laps in an hour but sections are not observed for footing or stopping – you just pass through the sections begins gate and any guide tapes as a checkpoint. Special test remains in the lap, but untimed. Number of laps depends on class and conditions on the day. There is a break between each stage to have a rest, refuel etc.  

Another fine winters days greeted 23 riders for our trial at Ellisons near Thatcham last Saturday.

Tom Hawthorne led the A route riders home, followed by Reynard Norris and Ben Wilmore. Richard Hawthorne made it a family affair taking the B route, and Glen Hutchins the C’s.  Thanks as always to Rey /Dave for setting out the course and Jacqui and Anne for the admin.

In Case you cant read this, full results in PDF format, here:
 http://aldermaston-nomads.org/?attachment_id=1569

Our next trial will be Round 3 at the sandy all weather venue of Barlows Pit near Hermitage on Saturday 5th April. See you all there!

Our 2025 season will kicked off on a very cold but fine day at the Pickling Yards, Mortimer on Saturday, 11th Jan.

It was great to see you all turn up to support Nomads & encourage our small band of organisers to do some more in 2025! Thanks to all the riders for travelling, attending and supporting the event. Feedback that Rey & Dave set a good sporting selection of sections. As it turned out, the best performances on both B & C routes came from Pre ‘67 riders & machines!

We trust you enjoyed the complimentary catering and donations for the landowners charity raffle were much appreciated. Saturday 1st March is planned for our next CTC Trial at Ellisons near Thatcham, notifications to confirm will be posted online.

Full results http://NOMADS CTC 11.01.25 Results – R1

Andy Withers joined us and kindly took a few pics: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=100036468948554&set=a.1397132828179002

Our 2025 season will kick off at the Pickling Yards, Mortimer on Saturday, 11th Jan. The trial starts at 11am .

START / VENUE:
Pickling Yards, Catherine’s Hill, Mortimer, Nr Reading RG7 3UG
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Access to venue will be open from 10am

CLASSES/ENTRIES:

All the usual classes will be catered for (Adult A, B. C routes plus Trail, Pre-65 and Yth A, B & C where route choice is optional). Like all the 2025 club trials, this event will be run under the AMCA. Entries will be on the the day

If at all possible, please bring cash (or a cheque) to cover the £10 entry fee, The Nomads membership of £5 if required

We will be using normal self-mark punchcard system..