British Championship
The final round of this year’s Wessex Plant Hire ACU British Sidecar Championship took the riders to the West of England’s trial at Hound Tor near Bovey Tracey, Devon. Do note, riders can drop their worst score, so that only ten rounds will count towards the title from the 11 on offer, and so, in some cases it was still a tense day.
In the Class A Championship class, Jon Tuck and Matt Sparkes rounded off the year with a win, and the title stayed with TRS as they held a clear advantage over 2018 champions Josh and Luke Golding.
In the Class B Intermediate class, no one had an answer for Jack Corlett and Beth Thomas (Gas Gas) as they took a full house of 11 wins, putting them well clear of second-placed Robert Head and Arron Jacobs (Beta).
The popular Clubman class has attracted the most entries over the year and it was quite fitting that, after one round was taken out of the overall scores and the points had been calculated, Jon Corlett and Jaime Howe were the winners from Paul Fishlock and Sam Atherton (Montesa). Four different round winners added to the excitement over the season.
Missing the start of the season would eventually cost Richard and Miles Gilham the Class D Newcomers class championship despite winning seven of the 11 rounds, as Neil and Mike Franks were happy to take the title despite winning only one round. The West of England trial finished with a round of applause for Phil Sparkes and David Tuck, who would retire from the sport with Phil having competed for more than 40 years. Well done!
Trial Magazine would once again like to thank Karen & Joel Crabtree for their support in covering the championship. Thank you.