Trials Info

Event Dates for 2013 - see the latest on the calendar page – Click here! 

 

Here is a copy of the Trials Calendar for 2013 - Click here!

  Jake Whitaker – New Zealand and Australian MOTO TRIALS CHAMPION ! First two rounds of the season Hi There,

Well the first two rounds up in Taranaki (North Island Championship) kicked off with a good result to start the year, winning both days comfortably. After finishing runner up in the NO WAY IN HELL extreme enduro a few weeks ago on the Honda Montesa 4tr, I have…..

No Way in Hell 2012

Hi There Trials enthusiasts, A few weeks ago I decided to have a crack at something different, I entered into The No Way in Hell Extreme Enduro. I hadn’t done anything like this before so I had no idea what to expect, we camped on site and arrived Friday evening in time to watch a round of the new Zealand enduro series on Saturday…..

17th December 2011 Well I have had a full on past week or two and a lot of fun along the way. At this point in time I’m in Beijing China after Just breaking my World record again (fastest time over 21 oil drums ). My orginal record…..

If you would like to read more more and find out what this true champion is up to ?…Check out his website Jake or check out the links below.

 

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Next Event….

9th June 

Round 3

Hamilton Motorcylce Club

Championship Trials

John Arthurs Property

Arthurs road

Te Pahu

Sign posted from

Whatawhata

Sign on from: 9.30am

Event start at:10.30am

Entry Fee $15 (Juniors $5) you can also enter on ther day

Contact: Barry Nicholls 07 855 4891 or Peter Osborne 07 854 3838

Please do not bring any DOGS or PETS

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16th June  

Round 4

Bay of PlentyTe Puke

More details to come Soon – Stay Tuned!

Next Event coming up - Click here!

Check out the latest results in Trials - Click here!

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Trials News Update

Here’s some interesting articles to read…so sit back….put on yah thinking caps and enjoy. Now that you are ready….all you need to do is Click on the one you want to read…..Simple!

Are you aware of this?

I believe that few people are exploring the information available to them. Please pass the following message on to trials people.

Championship standings can be viewed on SWAN (www.trialscores.com).

The HOME PAGE lists results and information in the DATA CENTRE. Click on DATA CENTRE to view RECENT EVENTS, FUTURE EVENTS and CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.

Then click on SERIES RESULTS for the 2013 North Island Championship.

A rider’s best 8 results from the 10 rounds will determine his championship position.

Blake Fox has the overall lead but Jake Whitaker is chasing him down. John Haynes cannot afford to drop any further rounds if he is to challenge.

Liam Draper is running away with the A Grade championship, but Jacob Gundry and Carl Robson continue to battle for second place.

The Intermediate grade is developing into a tight battle. David Trewin has the lead, but he cannot afford to slip, because Craig Thompson, Snowy and Kevin Gundry are ready to attack.

 

 

2013 NI Trials Champs hosted by the Waitemata Motorcycle Club and held in the Auckland region over

the weekend of 13/14 April.

This report was written by Peter Boettcher.

 

I would also like to extend my thanks to all the riders … one of the observers had not observed trials for thirty years and was very impressed by the courteousness of all the riders and their appreciation of all the observers’ assistance to make this a successful weekend. I was asked to pass these comments on to the riders.

Andrew

2 day Report

 Auckland rounds April 13 and 14 I thought I’d write up a short report on the recent 2 day in Auckland, mainly as I wanted to circulate info to the wider trials community about what a fabulous event it was and to reach our trials friends in far away countries.We had a very good team effort in presenting the latest rounds of the North Island Champs, though most of all Andrew meisner took charge and must surely qualify for the event organiser of the year, well done lad I sorted the sections for Day 1 at Colin Lapwoods farm and Ray Skinner set up Day 2 at Ray Wrights farm. We were very lucky to catch the tail end of a stunning kiwi summer that saw our river levels at record lows and ensured that the many rocks remained grippy as up this way, when these rocks are wet they are not the most friendliest of rocks to ride over.Without thinking about it, both Ray and I set out almost non stop type sections for all grades except the top 2 maybe, to a lesser extent, this was not intentional but probably due to our long time in riding trials influencing our marking out. Both days seemed to be well liked by riders and observers, I didn’t hear of any grumbles, but wouldn’t want to listen anyway! Perhaps there are merits in having sections that flow, like they used to be when Ray and I were lads, but not that I would want to have a return to non stop riding per se, rather keep the sections open for having a number of options to think about and provide a bit of fun. While I do like hopping the rear end about, I certainly do not like hinged tight turns as an enjoyment factor in riding, I digress……..I think the highlight of the day on Saturday had to be the creek section, founded years ago by Ian Braithwaite. I was sure Jake would lose at least a 3 up there, but a dab is all we could take off him, he is very good and looks just like a world round rider, great to watch. Looking at the scores, I think it was a tad hard for the orange as the other guys clocked up over a 100 so will try something different next time. Day one over.I thought Ray would make Day 2 really difficult, but it wasn’t and I reckon was damn near perfect, a decent ride around, very testing sections, and also a huge amount of fun. Ray’s nervous get a move on speech made sure we all finished on time. I think I enjoyed Ray’s day the best, bugger, I wanted it to be my day but there was so much in all of Rays sections that getting a clean was pretty well hard work and the feeling of getting a clean so well earned was a good one. Section 2 with it’s world round 3rd gear climb up through the trees and over the roots at the end was brilliant, after watching snowy smack out of the bottom corner at speed in third (hit it Duggie!!!) up the final long climb, spinning most of the way and cresting the top two roots, most of us were nervous. I thought about Andrew Clement here, as he rarely opens up above 1/8 throttle and would have just asked for a five! (Just kidding Andrew) He doesn’t like hill climbs. If you don’t know Andrew, he was ex NZ Trials Champ back in the 80′s, yes the 1980′s. Most other sections were all over rocks, brilliant stuff and very well laid out for all. Probably my favourite section was the double sub number 11 and 12, winding it’s way (non stop) up through the rocky gully, lots of grin factor there and many cleans too, stuff we used to ride when we had Bultaco’s.Well, it were a team effort, many observers commented their desire to help next year and some observers wanted to ride – great. So, it looks like we may end up with another two rounds next year, I hope it is dry at the time.Cheers Peter. 

 

25th January 2013

Welcome to championship Moto Trials 2013.

There are now entries open for Rounds 1&2 and 3&4 of the N.I. series by going to www.mnz.co.nz or Click here! , ‘clicking’ on Moto Trials and ‘clicking’ on the event you want to enter.  I understand the S.I. rounds are in the planning process but as yet no permit application has reached my desk. We urge you to enter early this year as most administrators are unhappy with the last minute entry ‘rush’ that has occurred in previous years. To this end The Ixion Club has introduced an automatic late entry penalty of $20 extra to be effective after midnight on 18th Feb. Hamilton is following suit but is requiring entry by 15th. I am sure that other clubs will take a lead to try and compile their rider lists at least 10 days before the event. I will admit that there have been some small teething issues relating to placing a two tier fee on the web for your payment [you may or may not notice an incorrect fee on the info sheet. However the entry process contains correct amounts]. So again I will ask for some leniency should the system falter for you. Please contact me if this is the case. Remember we put these systems in place to try and improve administration and ease the workload of our precious administrators. Jim Henderson for Moto Trials   8th December 2012 Hi All, 2013 Championship Moto Trials will be run under “stop” rules. If there is no change in FIM’s position, 2014 will run under Non Stop rules. We will all use the coming Trials season to adjust our thinking and clubs will be wise to run some nonstop events. I would like to invite you all to a Non Stop workshop weekend at Wellington on 10th – 11th August 2013. Please keep this day free on your proposed calendars. More details to follow but the basics will involve section setting and bike riding. Jim Henderson for Moto Trials

World Moto Trials comes to Australia.

The advent of a World Trials round in Australia has given viewing opportunity to many in Australia and NZ who have never seen this calibre in the motorcycle discipline before. We were to witness the sheer size and scale of obstacles that must be attacked without the fear that surely a mere mortal would possess. Riders were seen to attack 3 metre steps with such accuracy that a wheel width off line could send them crashing some 5 metres below. Mostly this was prevented by some ‘heroic’ minding. The venue for this spectacle was Mt Tarrengower, Maldon which is an historic village not far from Bendigo, Victoria. It was an ideal source of large and grippy rocks, a valley with slab rock sides and a man made log section. The organisers, MA and Trials Club of Victoria, made an excellent job of giving an entertaining week to all who attended. The NZ contingent who would have consisted of around 120 people in total was there to support “their own” Jake Whitaker, John Haynes and Blake Fox with ‘Minders’ Nick Ball, Warren Laugesen and Gavin Fox. Also in competitors circle was Karl Clark who was ‘Minding’ for Pro rider Jack Challoner. While it was never going to be an Australia or NZ podium on any grand scale [Europeans feature heavily on the pro circuit and it is some way off for ‘Down under’Trialsters] it was a very good result for NZ riders with Jake taking a 4th and a 7th in the Junior class [under 23] and staying ahead of all Australian riders and getting among the Europeans. Meanwhile John took a 4th and a 5th and Blake a 7th and a 4th in the Youth [under 18] class and both kept mainly ahead of the Australians. All who made the trip from NZ have spoke of the opportunity to see the “amazing”. Thank you Australia, for bringing Moto Trials ‘Down under’. This is a report that I submitted to MNZ with pictures to go onto the website. I would still like to receive the group photo taken at section 15 on Sunday. I was at a loss as my camera broke down en route. On the International front I would like to congratulate Jake, Nick, Blake Gavin, John, Warren and Karl for their valiant efforts in Maldon. You made us proud. I would also congratulate Carl Robson and Steve Armistead for their showing and finishing of the SSDT and Pre 65 ST respectively. Thanks Jim…. Jim Henderson for Moto Trials Here’s just some of the action at the 2012 FIM Trials Championship Australia

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For sale

No Items available

If you are looking for anything….Gear / parts / bikes / boots-anything in relation to Trials and these are not listed here!

Then contact the Local Trials enthusiasts below at the bottom of this page!

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DVD’s For Sale: FIM  WORLD TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

We have DVD’s that we recorded of the FIM  WORLD TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP in Australia May 2012

Disc 1 - 24.05.12 Practice, 26.05.12 Day 1 Saturday and Day 1 part 2
Disc 2 - Day 2 Sunday and Day 2 part 2
There are 2 discs which run for approximately  90 minutes each.
We would like to offer these at $5.00 each. Mike Gundry Ph. 07 543 4204 boptrials08@gmail.com

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Check out some Action !!!

  • Check out the what happened at the….RED BULL CITY SCRAMBLE on the 1st of April 2012 …..THIS ROCKS!!
  • If you really want to check out some cool stuff for Trials…then take a look at this site …click here… Trial Mag …you think the boys are good on these machines then have a look at what the girls can do…click here…Women in Trials

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Practice / Training  Days

So you need some more training or prehaps a little extra practice, maybe your new to the sport (TRIALS) and are keen to give it a whirl….then look no further….contact either one of these 2 guys below have a chat to them and organise a date/time and go for a blast….details below.

Mike Gundry - rider and trainer

Contact: Mike Ph. 07 543 4204   E: boptrials08@gmail.com

Warwick Merriman - rider and training school – maximum 10 riders

Contact: Warwick Ph. 07 5430095   E: sanna1@kinect.co.nz  

 

North Island Trials Coordinator:

Paul Mcleod Ph. 07 573 5365   E: paul.wendy@wave.co.nz

Tauranga / Bay of Plenty Region:

Nigel Shilton Ph. 07 576 1692   E: pauline.shilton@xtra.co.nz

Mike Gundry Ph. 07 543 4204   E: boptrials08@gmail.com

Gary Samson Ph. 07 863 7224   E: northhyll@infogen.net.nz

Warwick Merriman Ph. 07 543 0095   E: sanna1@kinect.co.nz