CROFT Circuit British Superbike race winner Leon Camier has entered the Scott Trial and will ride an MRS Sherco C along with fellow Superbiker Leon Haslam and his father Ron.

The latter is a former Grand Prix rider, and MRS boss Malcolm Rathmell, six times winner of the Richmond event, is the man responsible for encouraging these two top British motorcycle road racing stars to enter the toughest cross-country trial in the world. Both have experience in trialling and motocross.

ñ Yeadon-Guiseley MC run a British sidecar trials championship round at Pateley Bridge on Sunday and will include solo riders in novice and clubman grades. Anyone wants a good day of trialling in Nidderdale C Mel Harrison is the man to contact.

ñ Dan Thorpe plucked the White Rose trial on Sunday out on the moors above the tourist town of Hawes for the second time in five years. It was bonus day for John Shirt at Gas Gas in the Derbyshire dales when James Bobble Noble and Ulster visitor Stephen Murphy lifted the 50/50 classes for Shirty, plus Knock member Murphy got his name on the Russ Lines Trophy, the very first inscription as the best clubman novice.

The White Rose ran in the most perfect scenery backed by perfect weather and despite torrential mid-week rain the sections rode well.

ñ Bradford milkman David Leach won the coveted Artie Ratcliffe Vase on Sunday at Winksley, where Ripon Motor Club staged the annual novice only event for a total of 46 adults and seven youth contenders. The overall trial winner was local rider Robin Harker who dropped a miserly four dabs on the Mill House Farm course, while Robin cleared off into the distance with the Geoff Fletcher.

ñ Darlington headed west to Wensley and the popular Parkgate Farm for their trial on Sunday, where the ten section four lap course tested 64 riders. Nothing new as far as the organisers were concerned with more or less a week of rain descending on Wensleydale C any course planning was a lottery and the event did turn out just a little harder than the norm for the Darlington organisers.

Needless to report, the trial was on the doorstep of master Richard Sadler, current Class B youth national champion, who rang rings round all the hard course contenders leaving veterans Mark Willis and Les Richardson to sort out the inter winner.

Richards father Paul also vanished with the 50/50 class.

ñ Darley rider Robin Harker won the coveted Artie Ratcliffe Vase trial at Winksley on Sunday from David Leach and Ian Myers.

Northallerton DMC struck lucky weather wise for their trial on Sunday with the sun beating down on the 70-plus riders over a Bill Pye-inspired three-lap, twelve-section course at the aptly-named Sun Inn, Bilsdale.

Reigning East Yorks Centre Champion Simon Kershaw, from Scarborough, proved good enough to take the Premier by five marks from an inspired Adam Milner in second, with Guy Kendrew third just one mark adrift.

ñ The small band of members of the North Durham Motor Club put another cracking trial on at Deanacres Park, near Edmondsley on Sunday, where more than 50 riders turned up to enjoy some rare sunshine after a fortnight of heavy rains.

John Charlton is making a habit of getting into the top three on the hard course recently and he won his second event in less than a month when he lost a total of 28 marks to finish six clear of runner up Joe McMeekin.

Carl Shaw and Peter Grange were only a mark or two further down in third and fourth places after four laps of fairly heavy going, with one or two climbs out of the stream taking marks off all riders.