WULFSPORT TRIAL GB CHAMPIONS CROWNED.
In the closest of
finishes, Toby Martyn (TRRS) retained the British crown with a win at the final
round held at Llanfyllin last Sunday.
His loss of thirty five marks was three better than his close rival,
Jack Peace (Sherco) who kept the pressure on throughout the three lap event.
Martyn initially
thought he had blown his chance when he failed the last root and rock laced
climb on the final section, but when the computer revealed the scores his rival
had incurred a maximum penalty earlier in the lap at section two.
Iwan Roberts RRS)
wrapped up the Trial 2 title in convincing style whilst Dan Thorpe (Gas Gas)
didn't make the podium on this occasion, but still comfortably took the Trial
Expert title.
Young George Hemingway
was the star on the third route, scoring a convincing win in the Trial 125
class to take the British crown.
Having told the story
of the Champions above, in the Trial GB Class Billy Green (Scorpa) gained the
lower podium spot after the expected battle between him and Dan Peace (Sherco)
fizzled out when Dan slid back down the roots and rock final few metres of
section twelve on lap one and dislocated his shoulder. To his credit, he struggled around the final
two laps to finish and take the important thirteen championship points.
After a nervous start,
Roberts dominated the Trial 2 Class returning lap scores of 6- 8 -4 to take a
comfortable win from Harry Turner (Scorpa) who recorded his best points haul of
the season, with Sam Haslam (GasGas) reveling in three of the harder sections
of the Trial to take third.
A final lap of one mark
ensured George Gosden (Beta) rounded off his season with a win in Trial Expert
from Tyler Rendall (Vertigo) who survived a poor final lap after nearly
matching Gosden's single mark ride on his second tour. Charlie Smith (Vertigo) made his fourth
podium visit of the year in third.
Champion Thorpe finished fifth on thirty three marks.
In a repeat of the
normal Trial 125 podium, George Hemingway went 8-2-3 to finish clear of Jamie
Galloway (TRRS) with Alfie Lampkin (Vertigo) third.
Darren Brice will go on
record as being the first Trial Electric winner in the Trial GB series after he
fought off a day long battle with William Brockbank, whilst Matthew Alpe completed the Electric Motion podium.
Full results can
be found at www.acutrialgb.co.uk
Our thanks to
Trials Media for the image of Toby Martyn on section four.
Details of the 2023
calendar will be announced next month.