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Last Year’s Winner Ian Austermuhle – photo credit John Hulme, Trial Magazine UK

THIS YEAR SEES RICHMOND MOTOR CLUB CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF ORGANISING THE SCOTT TRIAL

IF YOU’VE BEEN WAVERING OVER SENDING IN YOUR ENTRY, DON’T WAIT ANY LONGER –

2016  SCOTT TRIAL ENTRIES CLOSE TOMORROW FRIDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER –

THERE’S STILL TIME TO GET YOURS IN NOW!!

Entry packs for this year’s Scott Trial, to be held Saturday 22nd October 2016, are available to download here:

2016 Entry pack Regs and Decs

Entries close Friday 9th September 2016 and are limited to 200.

UPDATE : The Scott Trial 22^nd October 2016

We are delighted to confirm that this years event will again be sponsored by Trevor Willans and his company , NDL.

The Scott Trial is one of those trials that appears to be over and done in a matter of hours, but in reality it takes the organising committee around 10 months to prepare, run and complete all the paperwork, planning and marking out needed to run the toughest one-day trial in the world!

So as you can imagine there has already been a lot of preparation work already completed for this year’s event, with the distribution of the 2015 Charity monies completed in February, the Regs, permit and permissions gained, the Clerk of the Course has already been out and about with his assistants to try and give the course a few new dimensions. Last year the new sections and partly new route were said by some riders to be a new challenge and enjoyable!

One thing is for certain, it will be another great traditional event with a worthy winner at the end of the day.

Entries are coming in fast now and of the first 68 entries, a fantastic 25 are from first timers so those of you who have ridden before, you better get a move on and get your entries in as soon as possible. We are also having quite a bit of interest from riders wanting to enter charity teams, so please get those entries in quick, as we can only take 3 teams.

Our friends from overseas are hoping to join us again this year and we already have two teams entered from Rhondda MC so don’t forget to make sure that you enter for all of the individual and team awards that you are eligible for.

As ever the entry is first come first served with a 200 rider limit, you can download your entries here:  2016 Entry pack Regs and Decs

For all other information please get in touch with the event secretary Diane Horner at scottsecretary@richmondmotorclub.com

PAUL ROBINSON – CLERK OF THE COURSE

The Scott Trial 2015 winner Ian Austermuhle travelled from his home near Malton on Friday 26th February to the Buck Hotel Reeth to present the cheques at the Scott Charity Presentation Evening. Ian explained that it is every trial rider’s dream to win at the Scott, which is undoubtedly one of the toughest trials in the world and definitely one of the riders’ favourites.  Ian finally lifted the trophy on his 19th attempt.  Ian and his wife Beth were presented with a small gift by Callum and Chloe Fowler, members of the very popular and growing Youth Section of Richmond Motor Club who organise trials and training days for over 100 members aged from 4 years upwards.

On the evening John Fraser, the Scott Chairman, introduced the recipients – several of whom said a few words about how the money helped their charities including an excellent speech given by Sam Watson representing Just The Job, when he explained how the charity has helped him and how much he enjoys going to work there.

This year a total of £7,500 was given out. This amount is significantly less than usual because of costs involved for renewing our planning permission for another five years with the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to hold the event in the areas under their control. The trial has raised in excess of £150,000 since Richmond Motor Club took over the running of the trial in 1991.

The list of recipients are as follows (in no particular order)

Swaledale Scouts, Swaledale Mountain Rescue, Friends of Reeth and Gunnerside Primary Schools, Reeth and Gunnerside Schools fund, Ravensworth Primary School, Arkengarthdale Primary School, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Great North Air Ambulance, Leyburn Primary School, Reeth Young Farmers, Swaledale Seedlings, St John’s Centre Wednesday Club, RABI, Friends of the 2 Dales Nursery, Hambleton & Richmond Multiple Sclerosis Society, Swaledale & Arkengarthdale Luncheon Clubs Association, Richmond Cricket Club Youth & General, Moorland Association, St Teresa’s Hospice, DELTA, Holmedale Pre-School, Wensleydale Rugby Club Development Fund, Gamekeepers Welfare Trust, ACU Benevolent Fund, Just The Job, The Robert Dent Memorial Fund, Richmondshire Rugby Club, Homestart, Marrick Parish Institute, The Mowbray Suite at the Friarage Hospital and the Alistair Bullen Aromatherapy Fund.

The 2016 Scott Trial will take place on Saturday 22nd October.

For more information about the Scott Trial or Richmond Motor Club please contact secretary@richmondmotorclub.com or scottsecretary@richmondmotorclub.com or visit Richmond Motor Club website at www.richmondmotorclub.com

Next Friday, 26th February, Richmond Motor Club’s Scott Trial will host its annual Presentation of Charitable Donations at The Buck Hotel, Reeth.

Representatives from various local Charities and Causes will be invited to the Charity Evening to collect their donations, raised from the 2015 trial.

Winner of the 2015 Scott Trial, Ian Austermuhle, will be joining us to present the donations on behalf of The Scott Trial.

Ian Austermuhle, 2015 Scott Trial Winner  – photo courtesy of John Hulme, Trial Magazine