Wetherby & District Motor Club, 4th Norman Crooks Trophy Trial at Clockensyke Farm, Dacre, Saturday.

HARROGATE motorcycle dealer Joel Sadler won the fourth trial in the Wetherby Motor Club’s Norman Crooks Trophy championship series on Saturday evening at Dacre. Joel, a director of the long established Acklams Motorcycles, managed to ride the ten-section course, marked by local farmer and trials rider Michael Benson, for a mere four penalties.

Kirkby Malzeard precision engineer Dave Mawer competed with Joel to grab runner-up spot from Harrogate Gas Gas rider Bevan Blacker. Braidley’s Sam Lambert rode his Beta to a fine fourth place on the hard route, leaving Bellerby brothers Ryan and Josh Brown to salvage tenth and 11th places. Sixteen-year-old Josh commenced training last week as an electrical engineer.

East Keswick teenage international Harry Hemingway won the hard route youth class from younger brother George. The boys took second and tenth places overall on the expert course. Glasshouses electrician Danny Gamble had a day to forget and slumped to sixth place but still leads the Crooks Trophy class.

Ilkley heating engineer Andy Tales repeated his Bayliss Farm trial result with another clear cut victory over Lancashire’s Darren Mitchell and Harrogate timber merchant Rob Hardisty. The easy class route was won by Pontefract’s Ian Brogden, who incurred one penalty.

Results.

Hard course: Expert: Danny Gamble (Sherco) 15, Inters: Anthony Ayrton (TRS) 13. Novices: 1 Joel Sadler (Beta) 4, 2 Dave Mawer (Beta) 10, 3 Bevan Blacker (Gas Gas) 11. Youth Class A: 1 Harry Hemingway (Beta) 9, 2 George Hemingway (Beta) 15, 3 Richard Pulman (Scorpa) 17. Green course:

Novices: 1 Andy Tales (Fantic) 0, 2 Ben Raynor (TRS) 6, 3 Errol Brown (Montesa) 10. Over 40s: Phillip Hammond (Sherco) 9. Over 50’s: 1 Darren Mitchell (Beta) 3, 2 Rob Hardisty (Sherco) 3, 3 Neil Gaunt (Vertigo) 6. Youths: 1 Jack Bennett (Beta) 30, 2 Lucy Ayrton (TRS) 58. Easy course: Novices: 1 Thomas Simpson (Beta) 7, 2 Mark Leng (Beta) 46. Over 40s: 1 Andrew Walters (Honda) 16, 2 Peter Hollingworth (Beta) 38, 3 John Henfrey (Beta) 90. Over 50s: 1 Stewart Molly (Beta) 4, 2 Mark Ryder (Sherco) 11, 3 Ian Bradley (Beta) 22. Over 60s: 1 Ian Brogden (Beta) 1, 2 Graham Parker (Montesa) 7, 3 Mick Bayley (Beta) 9. Twin Shocks: 1 Kevin Morley (Fantic) 6, Steve Gossop (BSA) 11. 3 John Ellis (Honda) 20. Youth: 1 Jack Pullan (Beta) 34, 2 Arran Sherwin (Beta) 37.

Weekend Fixture List.

Saturday: Wetherby Motor Club, Trial, Cockhill Mines, Greenhow, 5.30pm.

Sunday: Horsforth & D.M.C. Trial, Stump Cross, Greenhow. 11am.