Wednesday August 13, 2014 at 2:19pm
The final Ladies and Girls Trials Championship comes to a climax on Sunday morning on the rugged unforgiving rocky craggs of Fremington Edge. Five out of the eight classes have yet to be resolved. Isle of Man police officer Saskia Baxter has sealed the Ladies Inter class leaving Katy Bullock and Charly Kimber to dispute the rostrum places. Working girl, she has left school, Louise Alford heads Class A from Bristol’s Victoria Payne and Beth Waite with North Berks talented Millie Ray poised to pounce if either challengers falter. Class B is also hot with Hookwood girl Hannah Moore on one hundred points but Megan Savage, a member of a distinguished south Yorkshire trialling family can bridge the six point gap to Hannah. The ever determined Alice Minta will not settle for third place either. Consett’s Olivia Pearson requires a good result to take the Girls Inter class from Fran Tattersall. Class C contains Amy Turpin and Spen Valley contender Libby Cook but only eleven points split the girls and there is a drop score to take into account. That leaves the non-championshp Ladies where any one of four contenders could win the day. Nice to see Berkshire girl Leah Robinson back in action in the Yorkshire Dales on Sunday. That leaves the hundred dollar question. Will Emma Bristow lift the title? The Louth MRS Sherco teamster has just had a taste of Swaledale at the Reeth Three Day Trial. Becky Cook will test the blonde Lincolnshire lady on Sunday as will Scottish star Bronwyn Palmer and Chloe Richardson. The Skeeby teenager has really taken to her 300 Beta, and uses all the power, to the full. The Richmond club stages this championship finale on Sunday and move across the valley to Cogden Hall for the Youth C and D finale.