March Hare - Golden Valley 5 March 2006

West Glos riders were very well represented at the March Hare and they were not disappointed with a magnificent event.

Private woodland going and a few RoW kept sealed road miles to a minimum. So who did what?

Goff's Ebay Bultaco took him round for a very respectable 23 on the hard route. In the chairs, the Hannam/Smith West Glos/CHG dream team shook off a few cobwebs with 3rd on 43. Ian wasn't particularly impressed with the ride but it's worth pointing out that they beat the Beechings, the winners of December's Sidecargate.

Stan and Zoe had a hard day, riding a trail outfit on trials sections. In the afternoon, until the last section they had maximumed every section bar one, for a three but showed fighting spirit with a clean at the last hazard.

Most of us were in the trailbike classes, which followed the sidecar and rigid route (unless riders elected to ride the hard route but not see that in the results).

Simon Wynne, the Falconer's riding companion and resident of Gretton, the home of the Barrett trial, placed 5th in the 250 class on 6.

Jimmy and Jack lost 23 and 41 respectively, the club president carded 27 (serow), Tony F 46 (all Pampera), Darren T 55 (Serow), and Robert Davis (Tricker) retired after six sections.

He got a bit further than Dave Pinney who binned his Gas Gas 400 fairly early on and judging by the photographic evidence was fortunate to escape fairly unscathed. Sadly the same could not be said of his bike. Glenn T was also forced out at this stage.

Those 2 rode in the over 250 trail class where Ben F lost 2 (Pampera). That performance was put in perspective by Jason Eylett's stunning loss of just 6 aboard an XT660! And he recorded FTD on the special test, beating Ben by 1/2 sec. I think that's what they call a moral victory.

Main Results

Class One, Girder/Telefork Rigid: 1. Mark Worsfold (Triumph 500) 1; 2. Ian Watkins (AJS 350) 2; 3. Alan Wear (Norton 500) 4.

Class Two, Pre-Unit (Pre-65): 1. Nick Woolley (Ariel 500) 0; 2. Steve Allen (Royal Enfield 350) 5; 3. Rob Halliday (Royal Enfield 350) 6.

Class Three Unit (Pre-70): 1. Ian Wathen (BSA 249) 11; 2. Peter Gaunt (Royal Enfield 247) 17; 3. Jason Lamb (Triumph 200) 40.

Class Four Vintage Two-Stroke (Pre-58): 1. Peter Gorvett (James 197) 44; 2. Peter Meek (Greeves 197) 59.

Class Five Two (Pre-70): 1. Roy Enticknap (DOT 250) 2; 2. Nigel Houlston (BSA 185) 20; 3. Graham Roberts (Sprite 250) 21.

Class Six British Side Cars (Pre-70): 1. D Burge/S Burge (Ariel 500) 20; 2. G Dyer/J Gibson (Triumph 500) 28; 3. I Hannam/D Smith (BSA 440) 43.

Class Seven Modern Side Cars (70-on): 1. S Howitt/Z Elsmore (Honda 305) 100.

Class Eight Specials (Twinshock Trials & replica British machines): 1. Keith Wells (Honda 200) 10; 2. John Richardson (Fantic 156) 19; 3. Mark Smithson (Bultaco 350) 20.

Class Nine Trail Bikes (to 250cc): 1. Gary Lane (GasGas 250) 0; 2. Graham Lavis (GasGas 250) 0 (decided on special test time); 3. Jerry Walters (Yamaha 175) 2.

Class 10 (Trail Bikes (251cc and over): 1. Ben Falconer (GasGas 320) 2; 2. Jason Eylett (Yamaha 660) 6; 3. R Wood (KTM 450) 11.