ACU BTC: CHANGES FOR 2023

Venues for the 2023 ACU British Trials Championship have now been confirmed.

The complete list can be found on the calendar section of the official website: www.acutrialgb.com.

It starts with the now-traditional visit to Hookwood in Surrey on 12th March and finishes with a new to the series organiser and venue at Geddington, near Kettering, in September.

Two weeks after the opener, a slightly earlier visit to South Wales for the St David’s Trial is on the menu, before another two-week gap to a relatively new venue at Bootle, in deepest Cumbria. A break follows for the SSDT, with round four at a second new venue, the paradise of Inch Perfect Trials in Lancashire.

A single round in Devon follows on 25th June, and then, two weeks later, the Yeadon Guiseley round follows, although it is back at Brimham Rocks for 2023.

Following on from the success of the inaugural round in 2022, Rock & Hop follows on 20th August. There is then a summer break until the final round at Geddington, which the Nene Valley Club is organising. It will be a relatively short-lap event located in an old quarry with banks, roots and rocks.

Changes for the 2023 championship include a one-and-a-half-minute allowance for sections, and the split between laps one and two will be dispensed with, allowing riders to complete all three laps of 12 sections within the permitted time of five hours and ten minutes. In addition, all eight rounds will count, with the exception of the Trial GB class, where the seven best from eight will be classified to allow for any riders who may be contracted to the FIM X Trial World Championship.