Simmer Dim Two-Day 2019
This new-to-the-calendar National Trial will run on the Shetland Isles on the 29th/30th June and will see the Bon Accord Motorcycle Club quite literally breaking new ground when they run what will surely be the most northerly motorcycle trial ever staged in the United Kingdom, some 250 miles north of the club’s home base in Aberdeen. This exciting new addition to the calendar will be held at West Burrafirth in the Shetland Islands.
Bon Accord club President Bill McGregor recalls how the Shetland connection started as ‘one of those ideas in the pub’ some six years ago. This trial has been born out of the sheer determination of a handful of riders based in Shetland to have a trial on their home ground, and now, having secured the use of a large piece of ground in the west of the islands the dream is set to become a reality. While the logistics of staging this trial are complex they have some excellent club members who all live on Shetland actually doing the ground work, while the club is looking after the paperwork and organisation of the ferries and accommodation. Bon Accord have purposely set the trial’s status to national, meaning that it is open to riders from all corners of the United Kingdom. It is the club’s hope that this two-day trial can become if not an annual fixture then maybe a biennial fixture in the trials calendar.
They already know that everyone who makes the effort is sure of a warm welcome in the Shetland Islands with amazing scenery, fantastic trials riding and 23 hours of sunlight each day. Each day’s trial will be set out with three routes to allow for riders of all ages and abilities. Saturday night’s entertainment will include a charity auction, free food, a free beer and a local band. This promises to be a weekend to remember.
Online and postal entries for this two-day trial are available from the Bon Accord website www.bamcc.co.uk. For more information on the Simmer Dim Two-Day Trial please contact Bill McGregor: email bill@bamcc.co.uk or Telephone: 07887 667959.