REPORT
With a misty, cold damp start to the day things were looking to be challenging for the Xmas Trial hosted by Neath Motor Club. Some say this is a world famous trial, other say its only known as far as the Green Dragon, who knows. With 44 riders turning up on the day to face some of the most Tricky, Not so Easy and Easy sections laid out by the gang at NMC, we knew it was going to be a great day’s festive riding. Fortunatly, the weather took a turn for the better, with the fog lifting to provide the spectacular views as far afield as the mumbles from the farm.
With 8 sections over 4 laps of competition ahead, the riders started at around 11AM, the Easy class heading to section 2 to start and everyone else starting at section 1. There was also a conducted course headed up by Bryan Puckett for the Youth riders not on the main course.
With only 3 retirements all day, the premier award was taken on a 1 mark ride by Iwan Davies, closley followed by Paul Davies on only 2 marks. First place on the Easy course was won by Euros Davies with a great ride dropping 0 marks, and Simon Ward on the Not So Easy course dropping only 8.
For the Youth, Tomos Davies-Rees takes the win on the Not So Easy course (Youth A Class), with wins from Ashton Dugay on Youth B – Tricky, and Finnley Crowley winning the Youth C – Not So Easy class. Our Conducted winners were Fern Edwards on Youth C Conducted, and Nicholas Tudor on Youth D Conducted.
Turn out for fancy dress this year was poor, only a handful of riders turning up in their best fancy dress, which will mean a change of direction for next year, however this has resulted in a nice kitty collection for the Air Ambulance. £136.90 was raised all in all via fines!
A big thank you to the Land Owner Mr Rob Richards and family for the use of the land, and also to all that put on the event, observers, and clean up crew.
Here’s wishing everyone a happy new year, and looking forward to an action packed calendar for 2025!
| Rider Name | Rider Number | Class | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | Total | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euros Davies | 80 | Adult – Easy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rachel Wight | 94 | Adult – Easy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Furthest Clean |
| Daniel Lewis | 100 | Adult – Easy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Paul Lewis | 90 | Adult – Easy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Stuart Robinson | 63 | Adult – Easy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Peter Jones | 96 | Adult – Easy | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Alex Crowley | 73 | Adult – Easy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Emily Williams | 75 | Adult – Easy | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Andrew Lewis | 99 | Adult – Easy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Mark Orford | 77 | Adult – Easy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Edward Carey | 86 | Adult – Easy | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mike Jones | 97 | Adult – Easy | 16 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 68 | ||
| Nicholas Evans | 78 | Adult – Easy | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 88 | ||
| Simon Ward | 64 | Adult – Not So Easy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| Eirian Davies | 66 | Adult – Not So Easy | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 | |
| Ian Davies | 71 | Adult – Not So Easy | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 3 | |
| Mark Daniel | 79 | Adult – Not So Easy | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 24 | ||
| Thomas Powell | 65 | Adult – Not So Easy | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 58 | ||
| Huw Jones | 84 | Adult – Not So Easy | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 63 | ||
| Clinton Bennett | 61 | Adult – Not So Easy | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||
| Iwan Davies | 72 | Adult – Tricky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Paul Davies | 82 | Adult – Tricky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Finley Kettle | 68 | Adult – Tricky | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| James Lamin | 93 | Adult – Tricky | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | ||
| John Phillips | 88 | Adult – Tricky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | ||
| Glyn Moses | 95 | Adult – Tricky | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | ||
| Neil Dinwoodie | 91 | Adult – Tricky | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Anthony Macklen | 92 | Adult – Tricky | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 27 | ||
| Huw Jones | 98 | Adult – Tricky | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 27 | ||
| Christopher Jacka | 89 | Adult – Tricky | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 30 | ||
| Nicholas Morgan | 69 | Adult – Tricky | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 36 | ||
| Ade Lavercombe | 83 | Adult – Tricky | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 42 | ||
| Wayne Thomas | 81 | Adult – Tricky | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 43 | ||
| Stuart Lynch | 67 | Adult – Tricky | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 54 | ||
| Michael Root | 70 | Adult – Tricky | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||
| Tomos Davies-Rees | 1 | Youth A – Not So Easy | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 75 | 1 | |
| Ashton Dugay | 5 | Youth B – Tricky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Finnley Crowley | 74 | Youth C – Not So Easy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Fern Edwards | 2 | Youth C – Conducted | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Nicholas Tudor | 85 | Youth D – Conducted | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Ellis Carey | 87 | Youth D – Conducted | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| Moss Edwards | 3 | Youth D – Conducted | 9 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| Aurora-Mai Robinson | 62 | Youth D – Conducted | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 70 | ||
| Freddie Green | 4 | Youth D – Conducted | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |