Story from Michael Traves

We couldn't have asked for a better day. The sections held up well (thanks again to Ian and Owen for helping to set them up), and provided a good challenge for all.

Patrick had the lowest score of anybody and the biggest smile -- it seems that the new GasGas made a big difference.

Big thank you to RPM for the loan of the new Sherco. It received the top two scores in the advanced group -- just something about new bikes?

It was great that we had some new riders join in the fun and had a few spectators come over and ask questions about the sport.

It was also great that David brought his bike down from Ontario to join us. It is always good to have a visiting rider that can help us relate what we are doing locally compared to other areas of Canada.

For the full results, please click HERE.

From Don Dorksen

The Iron Mountain Trial took place on September 18, 2016 at a new location for trials, in Mission BC.

It was sponsored by Cascade Motorsports, the importer for Scorpa in Canada.

The weather turned out perfect as the sun shone on a day that was sandwiched between two very rainy days. The Junior class was won by Amelina Smeeth; she took less than half the points of the second place rider, for a total of just fourteen points. Ryan Dey won Intermediate on a new-to-him Ossa, and Bob Clark led the Sportsman class. The Advanced/Expert loop was not too far around, but was energy sapping -- especially if you'd had to push your way up the hill-climb (section two), which some of us did!

Brandon Schmidt won Advanced on the EM5.7, using a homemade battery pack for some of the loop. Dave Nunn showed off in Senior 45 with a four-point last lap (three of which were on that hill climb).

Alex Walton cleaned up in Experts as he took less than half the points of the others. Melissa Andrist gets the "Crash of the Day" award. I (Don Doerksen) thought I would get that after going rump over tea kettle, and landing on my head. But Melissa was going home with blood on her face, and that trumps me.

Full results can be seen HERE

Click for the poster for the Brown Memorial Trial (Outlaw Series)

The final rounds of the 2016 Outlaw Series will take place on October 22 and 23 at Scotch Creek, BC.

Both days will count towards the championship. To find the trial, follow the road up the hill out of Scotch Creek, then turn left by the Auto Sign.

The start wil be at 11:00 AM on Saturday, and 9:00 AM on Sunday. Information is available from Ross Rathbone (250 371-1380) or from Dave Rhodes (250 545-6139).

Funds raised at the trial will go to the cancer fund.

Stan Bakgaard, third-place expert - photo credit Outlaw Dave

The WTC National Championship (West) appears to have been an unqualified success, with 46 competitors in six classes, and a huge crowd of spectators.

The WTC organization appears to have mastered the art of producing these major events, with a quality entry, large crowds of spectators, and speedily-published results. The organizers would like to give a special thank-you to Julie Lucas, who did such an amazing job with the results.

Tino Marin took first place in rhe Expert class, with some exciting competition in all six classes.

Please see the full results by clicking HERE.

We have heard from the CMA's national trial held at Bengough, Saskatchewan on August 20 and 21. The trial appears to have attracted riders from across the coutry, but the number of entries must have been rather disappointing for the organizers. There were 21 riders listed on the result-sheets for day one, and just 17 for day two.

The Champ and Expert classes were the only two with sufficient entries to produce official championship standings. The organizers went to a lot of trouble to lay out the the course and arrange the supporting activities, so it's unfortunate for them that the event experienced such a lack of support.

On day one, the top finishers in the Champ class were: 1. Tino Marin (Alberta - Beta), 2. Michel Belanger (Quebec - Beta), 3. Jonathan English (Ontario - Beta). The day one Expert results were: 1. Stephen Foord (Alberta - Beta), 2. Jacek Jablonski (Alberta - Scorpa), 3. Paul-Yvan Belanger (Quebec - Beta)

The day two Champ class results were: 1. Tino Marin (Alberta - Beta), 2. Alex Walton (BC - Beta), 3, Brian Wojnarowski (Ontario - Sherco) Day two experts were: 1. Stephen Foord (Alberta - Beta), 2. Jacek Jablonski (Alberta - Scorpa), 3. Andrew Allen (BC - Gas Gas)

So the overall final standings in the Champ class are: 1. Tino Marin (30 points), 2. Alex Walton (18 points), 3. Brian Wojnarowski (18 points), 4. Jonathan English (18 points), 5. Michel Belanger (17 points), Matt Fracy (11 points). In the Expert class, the results were: 1. Stephen Foord (30 points), 2. Jacek Jablonski (24 points), 3, Andrew Allen (18 points), 4. Ryan Gadd (13 points), 5. Jon Nelson (12 points), 6. Paul-Yvan Belanger (10 points)

for the full story, and the complete results, please CLICK HERE

In July, the CMA announced that there would be a Canadian team at the Trial Des Nations, scheduled for September 10 and 11 at Isola, France.

The winner of the main event was Spain, with a very impressive score of zero. Japan finished in second place, with seven points, and Great Britain was third, with eight points.

In the supporting "Trophy" event, Germany came out on top with a score of two, followed by Sweden and the Czech Republic, both with a score of six.

Canada finished fifteenth out of the eighteen teams, with a score of 152. Canada was represented by Michel Belanger, Felix Belanger and Jonathan English.

We've heard from Yvan Belanger, who was minder to Michel and Felix. This is his story:

Our team finished fifteenth out of eighteen tems. While this is not particularly impressive, we were very close to the thirteenth and fourteenth teams, and with a little bit of luck we could perhaps have finished ahead of Andorra and Portugal.

There were eighteen rocky section, which were set-up just right for us. The team was very friendly, with good collaboration between everyone.

TREQ Moto's Stephen Fotheringham and ATAQ provided all the team clothing. and we looked great in our kit!

We finished on time, with no serious crashes or dents. For Michel and Felix, the no-stop rule was difficult, but the long sections and the difficulty level were okay.

The location was magnificient, and the organization and the volunteers were friendly. This kind of event makes us want to return!

All three riders and the two minders rode Beta from Beta Italia, with the collaboration of Beta Canada and JP Power sport.

Thanks to all our supporters -- and we'd love to return to the TDN another time!

For me, this was a very special to time ride at the TDN, with my two sons -- that must be the dream of many fathers.

Picture from the New Brunswick trial on August 13
Photo credit David Wilson

We've heard from Michael Traves with news from the trial held on August 13 at Beaumont, New Brunswick. Michael tells us that about twenty-five competitors registered for the trial, although not everyone bothered to turn in their score-card. We do have some results (see right). Apparently, this is a fantastic venue, and will be used again! The trial was organized by Trials NB, and formed part of the Maritime Trials Riders' WTC-sanctioned series.

Vintage Outlaw trial at Rocky Mountain House

The two-day ATRA "Cow Patty" event took place on the July 30 & 31 weekend, at the nice farm property of Byrnie Schroderus, near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. This also formed rounds three and four of the Outlaw Series, and was sanctioned by the WTC.

Although there was not a huge turn-out of riders (twenty competitors on Sunday - eighteen on Saturday), the Saturday morning event for modern bikes saw some great riding, which took place on a mixture of man-made and natural sections.

In the Expert class, Tino Marin (Beta) put on quite a show, but even he lost a couple of "Fives" on the very steep hill sections that bordered the creek.

Later in the day, it was the turn of the vintage riders. The start was delayed for a short time while a rainstorm blew through the area. Tino doubled-up with Mark on the TY 175, and the spectators were treated to more great riding as he did "sit down wheelies" across the field.

For a complete report of both days, and the complete results, please Click Here.

The last round of the Outlaw Series will be at Scotch Creek (BC) in October.

The photograph shows some of the vintage riders posing in front of a spectator's very nice rig. Photo credit DHR

A couple of dozen competitors showed up to compete in eight classes at the ATA Mulmar Trial on July 24.

Ten-time Canadian Superbike Champion Jordan Szoke topped the Expert class at the inaugural ATA Hill Top Trial held in the beautiful area of Mulmur, Ontario.

"I have ridden trials since I can remember." says Szoke. "It teaches you control and patience, something I have been able to transfer to Superbike racing. I use trials as way to prepare myself physically and mentally for the demands of chasing down Superbike podiums."

Szoke finished with 20 points on the day, and in top spot in the Expert Class.

Click HERE fo ra full listing of the expert results.

The third and fourth rounds of the Pacific North West Trials Association (PNTA) championship were incorporated into the recent Superstars trial on June 11 and 12. Top U.S. riders came to Iooco, BC to compete, providing a challenge for the locals.

The full results for Saturday are given HERE, and for Sunday HERE.

The PNTA series seems to provide a great way for local riders to gain international experience against some experienced competitors.

The two rounds of the National Championship (East) took place at La Tuque, Québec on May 21 and 22, organized by ATAQ and sanctioned by World Trials Canada.

The Bélanger name appears more then once in the results, with the first three expert places on both days (and thus the overall results) showing Michel Bélanger, Brian Wojnarowski and Paul-Yvan Bélanger as first, second and third. The Junior results show Axèle Fortin Bélanger as the winner of both rounds, and thus the national champion (East) in the junior class.

The full results for all classes can be seen HERE for day one, and HERE for day two of the championships.

A picture from the trial in Nova Scotia on May 15

Eric Morse took the Advanced class at the WTC-sanctioned Nova Scotia trial on May 15, 2016, with a three point advantage over Kevin Patterson. The full results can be seen HERE.

A picture from the weekend's Outlaw Vintage Trial

The Outlaw Trial at Scotch Creek, BC was organized by the Shuswap Riders on May 21 and 22, 2016.

This was the second trial in this WTC-sanctioned series, following the successful event organized by the CPTA at Ioco, BC on April 17.

It turned out to be a wet weekend in the Shuswap area, but the trial was enjoyed by the modern, vintage and youth competitors. The winner (once again) of the modern experts was Brandon Wince.

For the full story and complete results, click HERE.

The riders were treated to perfect spring weather which was dry and not too warm. The Experts had ten very challenging sections on large granite slabs with dry moss in places. Alex Walton had two consistent loops to easily take the Expert win.

Andrew Allen and Ted McDowall took the Advanced and Senior 45 classes with low scores that belied the "interesting" sections laid out for them. The tightest scores of the day were in Sportsman and Intermediate classes. Bob Clark and Bob Todosychuk were tied on two points each and had to be separated by who went furthest clean in the Sportsman class. Then Roy Anderson and Ted Blow had to go to "ones" to separate them for third place.

AJ Taylor won the Intermediate class by two points over Steve Foreman but third place had three people tied on 14 points, with Jason Miller taking third by two cleans.

The full results can be seen HERE.

Tino Marin at Calgary, AB, May 1

Story and Pictures by Outlaw Dave Rhodes

With only the enduro-cross area to work with, the Pospisil family still managed to come up with some very tricky, stadium-style sections, which took points from all the riders, including the Expert winner, Tino Marin -- although his solitary dab was perhaps more of a lapse of concentration, as he had no trouble cleaning 17 of the 18 sections, riding the Outlaw Beta Evo 200. Runner-up Ben Pospisil (Beta) tallied a score of 35 points.

For the full report, please HERE.

The Squid Trial, sanctioned by the WTC and sponsored by Outlaw Accessories, took Place on Sunday April 17, 2016 at Ioco, B.C. It felt like summer had come early this year, as it was a very warm and sunny day.

The Advanced-Expert loop was 19 sections, ridden twice. Some of the sections were quite challenging. It was very close in the Expert class, with only two points separating the winner, Brandon Wince, from runner-up Alex Walton. In Advanced class, Todd Nordin was only three points better than Ricky Styles.

Ten riders showed up for the Senior 45 class and it was not a close result there. Dave Nunn was 20 points better than second place. The sportsman class had twelve riders, and Bob Clark made it look easy with two clean loops and one five to complete the day. Koltan Morrison and Sawyer Collie handily won the Intermediate and Junior classes.

It was back to being a tight contest in the Vintage class where Vic Roberts claimed the win by three points. A total of fifty riders showed up, including from the BC interior and Vancouver Island, for a great day of riding and a good start for the Outlaw series.

Full results can be seen HERE.

The CPTA hosted the 2016 Spring Classic trial on April 3rd at Ioco. It was a perfect sunny day and Guy Smeeth and his daughters did a great job of making it interesting, but not too hard. In Classic A, Greg Patrick was well in the lead after two loops but had a horrible third loop and came second behind the "Old Pro" Bob Todosychuk. Dave Bloxham had a great day on the Majesty with single digit loop scores to take Classic B by a wide margin. Cam Collie rode with the Sportsmen and got half the score of his nearest competitor and Cam's son Sawyer had a tight battle in Junior to take 2nd place. Jason Miller took Junior with his 1st loop being the only clean loop recorded on the day.

The full results can be seen HERE.

Ron Walsh at the CPTA Spring Classic

The Mini-Scott Trial, revived by Dave Fair a couple of years ago, was held at the ISTC property in West Shawnigan on April 03, 2016. Fashioned after the famous Scott Trial in the UK, 36 riders were treated to a 15 Km single track trail with five riding sections along the loop. The fastest in the Expert class set the pace for that class and riders were also scored on the riding sections. Three loops were ridden by the Experts

Full results can be seen HERE.

Alex Walton at the "TRS Motorcycles Canada"
CPTA trial on March 20, 2016 (Dale Coull photo)

Story from Don Doerksen

The TRS trial was put on by the CPTA and sponsored by TRS Motorcycles Canada on March 20, 2016. It was a rainy day at Ioco and some of the sections became very slippery. Alex Walton won the Expert class quite handily as his main competition had a very difficult first lap. Christy Richards has been riding the Expert class in order to get ready for the US Nationals and she had a pretty good ride on a tough day.

The advanced class was given a lesson in what smooth and consistant riding looks like as Kirk McDowall only took 2 points all day. Brandon Schmit did well to finish 3rd with a damaged left footpeg. In Senior 45, Carl Muller was really only troubled by the last section on his way to the class win.

The sections seem to have been very difficult for the Junior and Intermediate riders as some rather large scores were tallied.

Bob Clark won the Sportsman class to give the only TRS motorcycle in Canada its first win. The Juniors elected to ride only one lap and Jason Miller came out on top there. The Vintage riders that often ride the Intermediate sections wisely decided to use Junior lines this time and Greg Patrick purred around to take the win on his Honda Reflex.

The full results can be seen HERE.

The Victoria Motorcycle Club presented its Reg Shanks Beginner Trial and the regular Reg Shanks Trial on March 5th and 6th. The events tooke place at the VMC club property.

The beginners' trial results can be seen HERE.

The main Reg Shanks Trial took place on March 6th. There was an entry of 34 competitors, with Thomas Cordner the expert winner. The full results can be seen HERE.

The Reg Shanks Twin-Shock Trial took place on March 13th. It was a very close result in the "A" category, with Andrew Watson (Fantic) edging Thomas Cordner (Fantic) by one point.

The full results of the twinshock trial can be seen HERE. This event wrapped up the VMC's Reg Shanks trials week -- a week that saw 54 competitors taking part in the week's activities.

The Canada Pacific Trials Association hosted the February Trial on February 21, 2016. It was a nice spring-like day with dry almost sunny weather to start, that turned to windy and rainy for those who were a little slower to finish. Matt Fracy laid out ten sections for the Expert & Advanced riders. Only one section on the expert loop was not cleaned, so the tantalizing possibility for the clean was always there. Alex Walton put in a good first loop score that carried him through for the Expert win.

For more pictures and the full story, click HERE, and for the full resuls, click HERE.

Hank Lovett won the event on his trusty Honda. Full results can be seen HERE.

The full results can be seen HERE.

The full results can be seen HERE.

With the addition of the new date in April for the Squid Trial at the CPTA property at Ioco, BC, the new listing for the 2016 Outlaw series looks like this:

                    April 17 CPTA at Ioco, BC (Team Squid Outlaw)
                    May   22 Shuswap Riders, Scotch Cr. (Outlaw Trial)
                    July  17 ATRA, Rocky Mtn House (Cow Patty Trial)
                  

The WTC has announced the dates of the national championship rounds for 2016, along with the dates of the Outlaw Series.

                    May  21 & 22 National Championship - East
                    Sept  3 &  4 National Championship - West
                  

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