Supertrial success

Making it 10 wins from 11 starts, James Dabill once again took a very popular win at the North Berks MCC annual event in late August. They had the country’s top riders enjoying the sunshine all weekend, which brought out the crowds and made it a fantastic couple of days.

Saturday started the action with the Youth boys, with Pau Martinez who made the trip from Spain taking the win in front of Ben Dignan and Jack Dance.

As expected, Emma Bristow headed the Ladies after a faultless qualifying performance; in the final she won from Jess Bown with Donna Fox third. Katlyn Adshead’s trip over from the Isle of Man was made worthwhile as she took the B Class Ladies’ win.

The club, celebrating 90 years this year, arranged for a pig roast on the Saturday evening which, with the good weather, was enjoyed by all.

The superb weather continued on Sunday for the ‘main’ event. As per Saturday, the riders rode two qualifying laps of nine sections, after which the top six would go through to the final lap of 10 sections with clean scores to start again for the final. Showing his authority, James Dabill took the win in qualifying with Jack Price was just one mark behind, with Billy Green in third position.

In the final the first five sections would be ridden, and the top three after those five sections would go through and complete the lap. Yet again it was James Dabill who took another win with a fighting Jack Price just one mark behind, with Sam Haslam taking the final step on the podium.