PISTON SLAP                                            July 2025

 

BOXER TRIAL

A small but enthusiastic entry contested the Boxer held on the steep slopes and loose rocks of Bowers Quarry Portland.

Veteran Brian Francis was the best of three Experts, his 10 mark total eight better than Ben Lovelace.

I guess Brian still had his Scottish brain working on the Portland rocks. Leigh Emery took the win in Clubman Expert from Adam Kilbey by a fairly wide margin. Nick Hosford was best Clubman in a close battle with Dan Marsh, their scores being 3 and 5. Simon Rye topped the Sportsman class, six marks less than K Wilson. John Coombes took the Over 50s by a fair margin from Andy Syms. Graham King and Shamus Doohan ploughed a lonely furrow in the Veteran B and C. I was personally very impressed by the performance of the three youth riders. Tommy Wakeford took the win from Freddie Gore in youth C while Sonni Laming returned a very good score on the C route. I remarked to one of the mothers, “At their age I had a three wheeled tricycle with pedals on the front wheel.”

 

Thanks to the gang who did the marking out, to all the observers ( at least the cloud cover kept it a bit cooler ) and finally to the quarry owners for their continued cooperation. And to Mike Laming as the Go Between.

 

CASLAKE CUP TRIAL

Our next event.  Southern Centre Championship round at  Browns Farm, Langcombe Bottom  Powerstock on Sunday Sept 21st.  Entries will be through SPORT 80 in due course. 

 

Ivan