Nomads Evening trial – ‘Spoil bank’ Silchester – Wed 12th June

Your hardworking Nomads team have organised use of a venue in Silchester for an evening Trial.

A ’shakedown’ first evening ctc to be held on Wednesday June 12th,5PM onwards to 8.30PM,book in when you can & finish in daylight !

The venue witll be Spoil Bank (previously called Sheepsgrove by Mortimer & DMCC) in Silchester,.

Direcections

  • what 3words- order.pile.arise – which is a short ‘Restricted Byway’adjacent to RG7 2LG (this post code is actually Clappers Farm-DONT access via any of this farms property)
  • Approach options for guidance,
    • from Silchester via Wall Lane/Clappers Farm Rd T junction. by Church.
    • from Bramley via Silchester Brook Ford
    • from Mortimer, -several options –Drury Lane/Turks Lane or The Street/Pitfield Lane Station Rd/Mortimer Lane
  • Please drive slowly!!!

Event entry fee £10,Nomads membership if due £5-CASH or Cheque please.

This site needs some clearance to make it useable

A Working Party to clear fallen branches on pathways/sections will be on Wednesday 5th at the venue .

Gloves,hand saws or reasonably Quiet Chainsaws will be useful !

Please call Brice on 07733017670 with offers of help ,ideally our local members should be able to complete what’s necessary !

Aldermaston Nomads MCC and Surrey Trail Riders Fellowship – Pathfinder 3 Stage Trial – RESULTS

Well, that’s the Pathfinder over for another year!

We hope those of you who rode enjoyed the event – I think it went pretty well. In the end we had a full entry, an extended 6.5 mile course and amazing weather. All of that at the superb Bagshot venue was recipe for a great days riding (in my opinion!).

As ever, we tried to make a few tweaks to improve the event – the most significant this year was the introduction of electronic timing for the checks and special tests. 

You may not have not noticed, but the timing team (Manny and Paula from TidyTiming) also picked up the manual input of all the section scores ( that’s 4000 scores) as well as the event timing, with draft results published on Sunday night.  I imagine many of you have already seen the results on the Nomads Facebook page, but if not, check www.tidytiming.com  As ever with this event we have been picking up a few anomalies as they come to light.

There were some pretty impressive rides, but overall winner (once again ) was Gus Oblein and the only rider to go clean in the sections.

Thanks to the nearly 40 officials and helpers we had from multiple local clubs . We could not have put this event on without such great support.


See you next year!

Nomads Club Trial – Round 3 of 2024 Championship – Barlows Pit, Hermitage – Saturday 27th April – RESULTS

Round 3 at Barlows Sandpit proved to be slipperier than Reynard & Dave intended following overnight rain, although it remained dry for the duration of the event.
Thanks to Christine & Jacqui for admin on the day, booking in 31 riders, the highest number for Nomads at this venue.

It was good to see several new & returnee riders take part & although not all fully completed their punchcards they hopefully will continue to enjoy Trials and attend future events.

It was unfortunate that one of our regular senior riders had ‘an off’ necessitating his travelling companion Adrian to leave early for Ron to get hospital attention-thankfully he was later given the all clear albeit with a few stitches in his leg.

Reynard Norris led the A route, Richard Hawthorne, the B’s and Jonathan Evans won the C’s

Full results : here

Our next event is the Pathfinder 3 Stage – check here : Pathfinder

Also, look out for notifications regarding an evening Club Trial near Silchester in early June, provisionally Wednesday 12th – To Be Confirmed .

Nomads Club Trial – Round 3 of 2024 Championship – Barlows Pit, Hermitage – Saturday 27th April

Round 3 of our 2024 season will be at Barlows Pit, Hermitage on Saturday, 27th April.  The trial starts at 11am . Nearest postcode is RG18 9LT

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 2024 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 £15 entry fee, The Nomads membership of £5 if required


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


The Aldermaston Nomads and Surrey TRF Pathfinder 3 Stage Trial 2024 – ENTRIES OPEN


Entries are now open for the 2024 Aldermaston Nomads and Surrey TRF 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 19th May 2024

We anticipate it will fill quickly, so don’t delay entering. This year, we are trying a return to email and BACS based entry. Please download and complete the attached form : here

Once completed, please email it to tjj1504@gmail.com  Once you have emailed the form, please transfer the entry fee via BACS to the account detailed in the entry – please remember to add your name as a reference.  
Classes as per entry form
Entry Fee will be £50, plus another £10 if you require an ACU day licence.

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

Info 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 short 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. 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.  Number of laps depends on class and conditions on the day. There is a break between each stage to have a rest, refuel etc.  

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