Click for the poster for the Outlaw Trial in Victoria - the Lohrmann Trial

The Lohrmann Trial will this year form the final round of the Outlaw trials series which takes place each year across Alberta and BC.

Here is a "Heads Up" on who is leading the various classes in the 2017 Outlaw Series, with just one round to go in Victoria next weekend.

Steve Day leads the Expert class with 46 points, followed by Stan Bakgard with 35. Both Alex Walton and Sam King are tied on 30 points each for third. Chris Tronnes heads the Advanced class with 60 points, followed by Wyatt Pospisil on 50, and next is Jake Wideman on 39.

In the Senior Advanced, Guy Smeeth has 51 points, followed by Don Doerksen on 46 and Ross Rathbone with 43. TheIntermediates are led by Shane Bridden with 55 points, followed by Taff Parfitt on 46 and Greg Patrick with 30.

Snr Intermediate Richard Ouelett looks to have the Senior Intermediate wrapped up with 75 ponts. Harold Pospisil won both days in the Sportsman class at Rocky Mountain House, and leads with 60 points; next is Doug Harrish with 46.

Junior Starla Smeeth leads the Juniors with 60 points. Bob Clark and Dave Bloxam are tied on 30 points each in the Vintage class. A total of 60 riders have so far competed in the Series.

The trial wil take place at the VMC club property (4192 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin) on October 22. Sign-in will commence at 9:00 AM, and the trial will start at 10:00 AM. Fees are $20 for club members, $30 for non-members, and $10 for under-mimeteens.

A concession (Vinny's Gourmet Dogs) will be on-site. This is the final round of the VMC club championship, as well as the final round of the Outlaw Series.

As most people are aware, the WTC National had to be moved to a different location and date, due to the Forest Fire situation in BC. So we were not at all sure how many riders would show up, and what the response would be from the owners of the Carl Kuster Mountain Park.

It is therefore extremely gratifying to announce that the Sammy King event went over really well, with some 30 plus riders, and everybody having a good time. The weather stayed dry, and we had quite a lot of spectators. In fact, the management at CKMP are so happy that they have already agreed to host three WTC Trials events for 2018.

We had riders from all over Western Canada, many trying the sport for the first time, including Lady rider Dominique Doyan, (Beta) who took home the #1 WTC Championship plate . We saw some fantastic rides as we stopped by the sections, Steve Day was very impressive the day after his birthday celebrations, taking the Vertigo to first place Expert, and claiming the #1 plate ahead of arch rival and good buddy Stan Bakgaard. But perhaps the hero of the day was young Bodi Watts, from Wainwright Alberta, who absolutely romped through the course, on his Outlaw Beta Evo 200, losing only 4 points (but we have to get him to smile sometime - a very serious young lad).

At the sharp end of the scale, it was a battle between Sam King (Outlaw TRS) and Sean Bird (Mountain Beta) with only 5 points separating these two good friends at the end. We were very impressed by the third lad on the podium, Tanner Nordin (Mountain TRS) who was riding the top class for the very first time.

It was Ross Rathbone (Outlaw Beta) who survived a couple of crashes to take the Senior Advanced Class, while Jay Colley (Mont) from Ymir, BC, beat out young Kolten Morrisson (Beta) in the Advanced class.

The largest entry was in the Intermediate Class, and it was Shane Bridden (Outlaw TRS) who rode brilliantly to take the win and #1 plate, but young Job Wylie from Prince George was looking good on the ex-Outlaw Beta Evo 200, and who will definitely be a future contender in the sport. Another new rider switching from the cross-country race scene, Dustin Labby (Outlaw Beta) finished 3rd in this class.

But perhaps the rider who deserves special mention, is our good buddy Taff Parfitt, who won the Senior Inter Class, despite breaking the clutch hose on his Outlaw Beta, and “Cleaned” the last 4 sections with no clutch! Mick Andrews would have been proud of him.

Of course the heroes at any Trials event are the checkers, who stand out all day so that the riders can enjoy their sport. So to these folk we say a big heartfelt thank-you.

To the Management and staff from the CKMP, it was a pleasure to be able to bring this WTC National to your door, we thank you for your support, and look forward to hosting many more WTC events at your wonderful location.

And Finally, what can I say about Sammy King? It's now four years since he first emailed me from Australia asking for help when he visited Canada, and now, not only has he won the WTC National (West), but also put on his very first Trial. To say that we are proud of him is perhaps an understatement. He absolutely lives for the sport, and his enthusiasm is contagious - we are certainly happy to have him as part of our Outlaw Family.

Results  (Top three)
Junior
1 Bodi Watts         Beta      Wainwright AB      4
2 Leon  Bustin       GG        Ymir  BC          19
3 Odin Christakos    Sherco    Golden BC         36

Ladies
1 Dominique Doyon    Beta      Winfield  BC      30

Sportsman
1 Mike Lynnes        Mont 4RT  150 mile House    17
2 Josef Reschreiter  TRS       Vernon BC         45

Intermediate
1 Shane Bridden      TRS        West Kelowna BC   8
2 Job Wyllie         Beta       Prince George BC 17
3 Dustin Labby       Beta       Kamloops  BC     29

Senior Intermediate
1 Craig Parfitt      Beta       Sherwood Park AB 24
2 Richard Oulett     Scorpa     Calgary AB       28
3 Chris Hrabb        TRS        Revelstoke BC    36

Advanced
1 Ross Rathbone      Beta       Scotch Creek BC  57
2 Kevin Smith        TRS        White Rock BC    67
3 Pete Bustin        GG         Ymir BC          90

Expert
1 Steve Day          Vertigo    Vancouver BC     44
2 Stan Bakgaard      Scorpa     Yale BC          52
3 Brandon Schmidt    EM         Vancouver BC     55

Pro
1 Sam King           TRS        Golden BC        45
2 Sean Bird          Beta       Vancouver BC     50
3 Tanner Nordin      TRS        Vancouver BC     72
                    

And last but not least, a big thanks to Julie and Judy, who not only looked after sign up and score keeping, but also checked a section. It's been a very unusual year for WTC Trials in BC with the Forest Fires; we thank you all for coming out and we hope you enjoyed yourselves; we look forward to doing it all again in 2018. But before that, we do have the last round of the Outlaw series to look forward to in two weeks in Victoria BC. Call Dave Rhodes if you need anything, or more Trials information.

Runner-up Don Doerksen at the Fall Classic Trial

Photo by Jeff Green
Report by Don Doerksen

The 2017 Fall Classic (vintage classes only) was hosted by the CPTA on October 1, 2017. It was sponsored by the Honda Centre, and the owner of the Honda Centre was at the event to see how things went.

It was a beautiful sunny day and conditions were perfect for a ride in the woods. After the first loop it looked like the sections were on the hard side but they were all cleaned eventually so it would seem that Dave Craig got it just right.

Bobby Todosychuk won the Classic A by one point with a good steady ride. Classic B survivor and winner was Vic Castleton when his opposition had to retire with a back problem.

Brett Clark got better as the day went on to pick up the Sportsman win, and Brian Dye had three consistent low-scoring loops for the Junior win.

Full results can be seen HERE.

Michael Traves reports that it was an awesome day, with the seven sections that the team managed to put together working out really well, while the weather was perfect.

There were four new riders, three of them borrowed bikes to try the sport on the Junior line, but none were able to beat Owen Crow this time out. The Intermediate line produced some high scores. Andy Hennigar was giving Steve Patterson a run for his money, but had to leave early. Steve took the well deserved win.

Thanks again to Stephen for the loan of the Beta - we had six or so people give it a try. If anyone would like to pick one up be sure to check out APD Motorsports Ltd in Peggy's Cove.

Thanks to NSORRA for their support and a huge thanks to Kyle for the use of his property.

Full results can be seen HERE.

The Victoria Motorcycle Club hosted the annual Rick Wells trial at Shawnigan Lake, BC on October 1st. The winner of the Experts class was Ryon Bell, aboard his Vertigo. The full results for the trial can be seen HERE.

The CMA hosted the annual CMA Nationals in Kearney, ON, on the weekend of September 9th and 10th. The overalll winner this year was Jonathan English, with Jordon Szoke in second, and last year's winner, Michel Balanger, in third. The full results can be seen HERE.

The Sleeping Giant Trials Riders hosted the second WTC-sanctioned event of the season at Thunder Bay, ON, on September 10.

The Champ class was wonn by Nate Hirt, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, with a total score of 49 over the two loops'

The full results are given below

Report and Photo by Outlaw Dave

The annual ATRA/WTC "Cow Patty" Trial took place at the Bernie Shroederus farm near Rocky Mountain House last weekend. The weather was gorgeous and with the fire ban in Southern Alberta, we were surprised that more riders didn't take this opportunity to ride at this beautiful location. They missed out big time on one of the best Trials on the Calendar.

The camp site is fantastic, with freshly cut grass, complete with toilet facilities and it's all free! Hats off to both Bernie and the ATRA club for hosting this event, which also counted as rounds three & four in the 2017 Outlaw Series. The sections are all in a lush Valley, with a creek running through it, ideal terrain for a variety of sections.

Fifteen year-old Body Watts, from Wainright, showed up with his Dad to ride his very first event - after only a week to practice on his new Beta Evo 200. He did awesomely well, and we are sure he will be a force to contend with in the coming years. He was coached by long-time Alberta Expert, Chris Tronnes and the other club riders, which was nice to see. It was a great family weekend.

Results will be posted shortly.

Competitors from Ontario and Quebec made their way to Riviere du Loup, Quebec, on the weekend of July 8 and 9 to vie for the Canadian National Championship (East).

In the Championship class, the winner was once again Michel Bélanger, with Oantario's Jonathan English and Brandon Cambareri in second and third place overall.

The sections were challenging, and some riders switched to a different class during the course of the weekend. This caused some Sunday scores to be ignored in the quest for national championship points.

The complete results are given HERE.

Eric Morse just edged Kevin Patterson for the Advanced win in Nova Scotia on Sunday, June 11.

Michael Traves reports theat it was a hot and rocky one, and there were fewer competitors than usual, but it was a great day's sport.

The results are shown below:

From David McLuckie

The Sleeping Giant Trials Riders are proud to have hosted their very first trials event in Northwestern Ontario on Sunday June 4th. The event fielded a small but fun group of 13 riders from Southern Ontario, Manitoba, Minnesota, and Thunder Bay. After a few days of rain leading up to the event, the creeks were flowing nicely and made for some great sections for both riders and spectators. Sunday saw the sun come out for the first time all weekend, but this also saw the rise of the black flies which really tested everyone's patience.

The event consisted of 3 laps of 10 sections, on a spectator friendly 2km loop. With such a small group of riders, everyone rode together for the first lap. It was nice to see all 4 classes riding together and helping each other out with line choices and minding for each other. This also provided a great opportunity for the first-time trials riders and spectators to see how a trials event is structured and scored. There was a surprising number of spectators on the trails, most had never seen a trial before, and some were just dirt bikers passing through that couldn't believe what they were seeing before them.

For a full report, complete results and pictures, please CLICK HERE.

The Victoria Motorcycle Club hosted the 2017 Mini-Scott Trial on June 4 at Shawnigan Lake, BC.

The trial is fashioned after the Scott trial in the UK, with the fastest rider setting standard time, and points on observed sections added to the time score.

The full results can be seen by SEEN HERE.

From Don Doerksen

The CPTA hosted the 2017 Squamish Trial on May 28, in Squamish BC.

This event was kindly sponsored by the Honda Centre - a Honda/Montesa dealer in Vancouver. It was a sunny day in the beautiful setting of coastal BC, and 41 riders showed up to ride 9 interesting sections on a short loop. Section difficulty looks to have been just right. Finally having dry, dusty sections instead of mud was a nice change, for the first time this year on the Wet Coast.

Expert winner Alex Walton was chased closely by Sean Bird, while Todd Nordin hardly bothered to put a foot down in Senior 45. Two competitors, both named Andrew, ended up just one point apart, with Andrew de Boer taking Adv. class over Andrew Allen. Brian Dye won Int. class and Bob Clark squeaked a win by one point in the Sportsman class. Starla Smeeth carried on her winning ways in Junior with a score less than half of that of her nearest competitor.

It was a great day to ride and thanks to Spenser and the Squamish gang.

Full results to follow soon.

The first two rounds of the 2017 Québec series are now complete. The full results for the first day can be seen HERE, and the second day can be seen HERE.

The 30th edition of the popular Outlaw Trial took place at Scotch Creek (BC) over the May long weekend in absolutely brilliant weather conditions. There were riders from Alberta, Vancouver and all over the Okanagan. Some were out to give it a try for the first time, some just rode for one day, but nobody went home without a smile, which is what is the main ingredient for a trial that has lasted so many years,

Early Saturday morning, it was the Vintage riders who were first out to tackle ten sections of typical "English" style terrain, with a wide variety to test rider and machine. After this was completed, the riders fired up their modern bikes for the first day of the modern event, which featured twenty sections for the juniors and sportsman classes, but twenty-eight for the rest, including a final watery triple section called "Crazy Rhodes Creek". This proved to be a real challenge, with lots of points taken by the tired riders.

Sunday dawned clear and bright, and the seven classes all did it again, but this time the Juniors and Sportsmen rode the last eight sections - including the notorious "Rhodes" hazard.

Click HERE for the full story and the results..

The first Nova Scotia trial of 2017 took place at Berwick, NS B0P 1E0, on May 7. The full results are given above. It was a great event, according ot reports from Machael Traves.

The two Victoria rounds of the 2017 Pacific Northwest Trials Association championships took place on April 29 and 30.

With forty-two competitors on day two, and thirty-seven on day one, the trial was quite well attended. All classes were represented, with the Champ class taken on both days by Ryon Bell.

The full results can be seen HERE,

The CPTA hosted the 2017 Squid trial on April 23, 2017 at Ioco, BC. The event was sponsored by Outlaw Accessories and Trialsport, and was the first in the Outlaw series this year.

The rain stopped just before the start of the trial and held off until near the end. There was lots of slippery terrain available, and scores did not generally improve on the second loop. There were two loops of 19 sections for the Advanced and Expert riders, and two loops of 15 for the Juniors and Intermediates. That is a lot of sections to lay out, and a big thanks goes out to Steve, Melissa and Dave.

Alex Walton continued his winning ways in the Expert class. Brandon Schmidt did great on the EM in Advanced, and Todd Nordin competed for the first time this year in the Senior 45 - and smoked all the competition.

There was a high attrition rate in the Intermediate classes, as many riders elected to do only one loop. But Greg Patrick and Bob Todosychuk won Intermediate and Sportsman respectively. Starla Smeeth and Dave Bloxham were the sole entrants in their classes = Junior and Vintage, and both finished the day. Forty one riders showed up for what proved to be a tough but good days ride.

Thirty-nine riders made the trip to Creemore on Sunday (April 23) to ride Round Two of the Dualsport Plus Classic Trial Series.

Weather and conditions couldn't have been better. The course featured the usual hillside sections along with a couple of muddy sections, which proved to be the most challenging of the day for most riders. Traction on the hills, some of them quite long and steep, was excellent.

After having a relatively easy go of it in Round One in Brantford, the C class riders had much tougher sections to deal with today. A few spills and some score cards with big totals, but still it was all smiles at the end of the day.

The Dualsport Plus Classic Trial Series resumes again in two weeks, with Round Three taking place outside of Woodstock, ON, at the Morning Mist Farm.

The results are in from the Southwest Ontario Vintage Trials Group's trial at Brantford on April 9th.

The Vintage A class was won by Norm Jewitt, and the Modern A went to Neil Carter.

It looks as though theere was a good turn-out for the trial, with 73 competitors listed in the results. SOVT seems to have hit the correct formula to get people back into trials riding in Ontario.

The full results can be seen HERE.

From Don Doersen

The Canada Pacific Trials Association hosted the 2017 Spring Classic Trial on April 9, 2017.

The day started out looking grey, but the sun came out and the temperature and conditions were great. Twenty three riders showed up, with ten of them on Vintage bikes. Only one of the Vintage bikes failed to finish due to a mechanical problem. That's pretty good for a bunch of bikes that are thirty-years plus, and that usually get dragged out and ridden only once or twice each year.

The Junior, Intermediate and Sportsman riders rode their modern bikes on the same sections and, from the look of the scores, found enough places to take points. Bob Todosychuk was the class act of the day with a clean last loop to take Classic A. Vic Castleton had three low loops to win Classic B.

Sportsman had the largest number of riders and Roy Anderson managed the low score in that class. Sawyer Collie was the sole Intermediate rider, and Dave Seifert won Junior handily.

From Roger Boothroyd

Perfect trials weather was in store for 33 competitors (including four Beginners with small wheels riding separate sections) that entered to ride three loops around the ISTC property near Shawnigan Lake with 10 sections in each loop and sections varied for the different classes.

Notable rides of the day were made by Ryon Bell in the Expert class who lost only one point while Kevin Couves continued his hot riding this year with another win in the Senior Intermediate class. In the Beginner class Raquel Cottier beat her brother and took the win.

The full results can be seen HERE.

The second annual TRS Trial was held at Ioco on March 19, 2017, sponsored by TRS Moto Canada. Forty riders showed up on a sunny day that started quite cool but warmed up very nicely. The sections dried out a little bit as the day went on but could easily get a few points if you did not concentrate.

Alex Walton was back from the shows in China, and the new bike was not a handicap, as he won Expert. Roy Anderson and Don Doerksen won Advanced and Senior 45 respectively, in sections that needed concentration. Cam Collie improved enough as the day went on to win the Intermediate class -- beating his son in the process. Bob Todosychuk looks like he is finally getting the hang of the TRS after a few years on the Yamaha twin shock, winning the Sportsman class with a few points to spare. Dave Seifert won the Junior class and Vic Castleton coaxed the Bultaco to the finish in preparation for the Classic Trial coming on April 9th.

All in all it was a good day and it was really great to stand around in the sunshine afterwards. We actually had a winter here this year and it is nice to see Spring coming.

The full results can be seen HERE.

Cool, unsettled weather was in store for 40 competitors (included six Beginners with small wheels riding separate sections) who entered to ride three loops around the Club's property, with ten sections in each loop, and with sections varied for the different classes. Scattered showers were evident throughout the day making for some slippery and demanding riding. Most competitors scrambled at some point during the day just to get through the exit gates of the challenging but safe sections.

For full results, click HERE.

Competitors at the 2017 Les Blow trial

The Victoria Motorcycle Club hosted its first trial of 2017 at the club property, at 4192 Happy Valley Road in Metchosin, on February 5th.

In spite of the worst winter weather that Vancouver Island has seen for quite a number of years, thirty happy competitors showed up for the event.

The results can be seen HERE.

The WTC has announced the rules concerning electric bikes. The ruling is that all machines must complete the entire course under their own power. For electric bikes, which lack sufficient range to complete a long course, organizers have three options. On very short courses, electric machines can compete without any special consideration. On longer courses, the organizers have the option to create a special, short loop for an electric machine class, or they may simply enforce the ruling that only machines with sufficient range can compete in the event.

Thanks to all the people who've passed along trials results. To let me know the results of your trials, please contact me at

Thanks,

Bob Johns, Editor