Category: Results

  • Newsletter October 2021

    It’s all happening , just had the David Ayers trial, in a couple of weeks we have the Tamar trial but before the Tamar many people will be getting ready to go “up north” for the MCC Edinburgh trial, yes the one which basically concentrates on Derbyshire, but Edinburgh  is only a few miles up the road to a racing pigeon.

    Hopefully by next weekend the latest barmy blot of the “fuel crisis” that isn’t will have eased and everyone will be able to concentrate on the event and not where they can fill up next. I am marshalling on Haydale, I theoretically have a chance to get a few hours sleep as I don’t have to be on section until 3.45am, luxury.

    It was a feeling of “we’ve finally got there” when the clubs exhibition  opened in the pop up museum, well worth a visit, it’s closed Sundays and Mondays but open the rest of the week, last entry is 4.00pm.  There is everything from live rolling film to fully dressed manikins of what the best dressed trailers wore/wear and lots of interesting memorabilia, one of our committee members has already been twice to have a look , he’s impressed.
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    Sunday the 17th of October is the Tamar Classic road trial, this is probably our biggest event, it takes a lot of organising by the team and will require a considerable number of marshals, if you are able to help in any way please contact Nigel 07902 542798, go on give him a call.

    Sunday the 21st of November is pencilled in for the Ron Beer sporting trial, I haven’t heard too much about it yet but as far as I know it will be at Ashleigh Farm, Lifton.
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    Now over to our Club President Robin Moore

    The Ramblings of RHTM. Part 6 of the Graham Paige Story

    As I mentioned at the beginning of this story, as purchased, the Graham was remarkably sound in all departments , and I had no reason to think that any item might be non original , and I never met anyone who may have questioned this. When I was able to see my old car a few years later I found otherwise. I knew that Derek Adams had placed it in a museum, and when I next clapped eyes on XV4512 and was delighted with what I found.

    It was after attending the VSCC Welsh Trial a few years later that Marjorie and I stayed on for a few days after the event, as we often did, and we headed for the Garrison Theatre at Pembroke Dock. The auditorium had been turned into a small private car museum,- a far cry from the days of it’s use as a theatre providing relaxation from the rigours of WW2for those on coastal command who were based at Pembroke Dock. We discovered the museum was closed, but on making judicious enquiries at a small shop nearby we discovered a young lad who had the key whilst the owners were away. The owners, whose name eludes me at the moment, were away on a pilgrimage to France to pay homage and  be with the people who had witnessed and been so kind and helpful when their son had tragically lost his life in a motoring accident the previous year. Having established our credentials we walked the short distance to the museum and to be let in and allowed to view our old motor car. I was truly amazed to find that it had been given a face lift in Derek Adam’s hands and was once again as Dr Flower would have been when attracted to the car on the 1928 motor show.

    The car was now as originally presented  and I was able to appreciate it that much more. There had been a number of items that had been missing or changed during my ownership, but I had been none the wiser. I suspect that Derek Adams had realized that a number of items were missing and assume he sourced these parts from the States,- probably not too difficult at the time. I noticed a number of small items such as the plug for the starting handle hole at the bottom of the radiator for example,- I hadn’t ever given this a thought. But the most striking thing which immediately struck me was that the wheels had been re-painted. During my time with the car the wheels had always been a pale green colour, where as now they were correctly painted in an Ivory shade to match the colour of the metal instrument panel set in the centre of the full width wooden dash. Also most striking was the addition of the correct bumpers,- the Yanks call them fenders,- and I must say this really set the car off in my eyes. All was now as it should be, I came away a happy man. The museum closed many years ago, and where the Graham resides I know not. I do know that Derek Adams died a number of years ago.
    RHTM to be continued,
    Ed I just did a quick DVLA search and the last tax due date was 1st January 1998. Last logbook issued (V5) 4th Feb 2019
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    Chairman’s Chat

    The newsletter continues to be a vital part of keeping you all in touch with the club so thanks to JT for reminding me that it is due out shortly.

    Hopefully you are now all aware that the new Lawrence House Pop-Up museum is open at the Merchant House, 11a High Street (opposite the Co-Op in Launceston town centre. The exhibition celebrates the Dunheved Motor Club, North Cornwall Motor Club and subsequently Launceston and North Cornwall Motor Club’s Centenary. It tells the story of our club and includes the many characters who have enjoyed their motorsport and contributed to our success and longevity. You can also discover the stories behind many of our trophies. It is currently open most days except Sunday.

    Recently the David Ayers Trophy Trial was a very successful BTRDA Championship Trials Formula competition. It was good to see Andy Wilks winning the main award as he and his family have supported this event for many years. Congratulations also go to to Nigel Shute the winner of the Frank Ayers Trophy and to Colin Flashman for his class win. Thanks must go to Warin, Mike Wevill and all the volunteers who enabled this event that began in 1963 to continue to be one of the best on the calendar.
    Last week I went to the Goodwood Revival historic motor racing with Andy Prosser. It was a privilege to be part of the tribute to Sir Stirling Moss It included 3 laps round the circuit behind Jenson Button in a Jaguar XK120 chauffeured Andy Smith in his FIA MGB that Stirling drove in the Pirelli Marathon in 1992, his last competitive rally, winning his third ALPINE CUP.

    Our club’s next event is the Tamar trial and the organising committee are working hard under the leadership of Pete Cooper to ensure that it is a success. They really do need marshals to enable all sections to be included as planned so if you, your family, or friends are available please let us know as soon as possible.

    On a purely personal note I would like to wish Simon Oates and John Werren good luck for the Edinburgh Trial. Simon has certainly developed and drives Torum well After they won best car on the MCC John Aley Summer Trial I wished there was a constructor’s award! Andy Prosser and I finished building the car in 1997 and it has seen a lot of competition since then but never had such outright success before.

    Yours in motorsport
    Joe Caudle

    Visit to Prescott Speed Hill Climb.       by Andy Prosser

    Sunday 4th September found me at Prescott, near Cheltenham, watching my first ever hill climb. Well, I say first, but I suppose technically that was many years ago as I did once sneak in to the hill climb at Werrington Park briefly, just over the road from where I live. So, what finally got me to go to Prescott? Two things really, one it has the reputation of being one of the best hills in the country and also my friend Mike Turpin was competing there in his Vauxhall VX220.  This is a car that was originally built for rallycross and which I did a lot of work on, from fabricating and setting up all the suspension, to sorting racing brakes, installing the engine and transmission, fitting variable rate electric power steering and numerous other modifications. The car is fitted with a 2.2 litre supercharged engine built by Martin Bowyer, producing around 400 horse power and a 6 speed Sadev sequential, flat shift gearbox. Having done some work on this gearbox I can honestly say it’s a work of art, everything is beautifully machined and the gears and associated parts would look good on any mantelpiece (although my wife probably wouldn’t agree).

    I have lost count of how many rallycross meetings I have been to throughout the UK and Ireland looking after Mikes cars, going back to the end of his Metro 6R4 days in which he won the British Rallycross championship in 1993, through many years where he was highly successful in his space framed Vauxhall Nova and then the VX.  Mike had only campaigned the VX in rallycross for a couple years when he felt that all the travelling and damage from other cars was taking the fun out of it, so around 10 years ago decided to move to hill climbing.  He has been very successful with it, winning the Midland Hill Climb championship several times. His move to hill climbing meant, barring major driver error (which is virtually unheard of with Mike) that little mechanical support at meetings would be needed. This, together with a change of job for me, entailing a huge amount of travelling, meant I really didn’t have the need or the time to go along anymore so this was the first time I saw the VX in action at a hill climb.

      Mike’s VX220 – pretty don’t you think?

    Two cooling systems, one for the engine and one for the hard-working supercharger.

    So, what was is it like at Prescott? I have to say it is a superb venue in a fantastic setting and the weather was perfect too. The hill itself is 1127 yards long and rises over 200 feet (it’s great after Brexit that we can use imperial measures again!). For those who maybe don’t know, it is owned by the Bugatti owners club, having been bought in 1937 to enable a few wealthy friends to have somewhere to race, having apparently been barred from racing at some of the other venues they’d been using due to making too much noise. These days a huge variety of cars compete from virtually standard road cars, rally cars, historic cars, through home-built specials to out and out hill climb single seaters and not forgetting Bugatti type 51’s! The acceleration of the top cars is amazing, achieving over 100 mph in the first 100 yards or so. The course record had been set by Sean Gould in his, yes Gould, in 2019 with a time of 35.41 seconds. However, Wallace Menzies achieved a new hill record of 35.12 seconds in the qualifiers in his 3.3 litre Gould. In the run off, you could see it was going to be an amazing run, Menzies was totally on it everywhere, the braking points were perfect and he seemed to be able to get on the power sooner than anyone else, plus the car goes like hell. He smashed the record with a time of 34.65 seconds, ½ a second quicker than his previous run, a truly astonishing performance and a privilege to be there to see.  Before the run his crew were even using a hot air gun and paint scraper to get a new clean surface on the tyres – that’s what you call car preparation! Huge congratulations to him and his team.

    Oh, and how did Mike do? Second in class to a 3.8 litre Porsche driven by a guy who I believe owns around ten Porsches and who had been racing at LeMans in one the week before.  Apparently when someone asked him what his favourite track was, he thought about it for a while and then said “Daytona” – playing in a different league perhaps?

    So why don’t I do hill climbing? Unfortunately, I suffer with motion sickness, a problem with my ears I think, so after experiencing the “g” forces of cornering and braking on one run up the hill I am sure I would be parking my breakfast as well as my car in the paddock! I’ll just have to stick to trialling, a much more sedate form of motorsport.   

    What a lovely pair of Bugatti Type 51s.  

    Single seater anyone?

     Now that’s what I call a front wing!

     Wallace Menzies front wheel, functional, art or pornography – you decide!
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    DAVID AYERS TRIAL  2021

     On  Sunday 12th September the Launceston & North Cornwall Motor Club organised the David Ayers Sporting Trial at Marshgate, by kind permission of  the Langley family.

     The event attracted 16 competitors from as far as Yorkshire , Shropshire & the Midlands because it  was a round in both the MotorSport UK & BTRDA National Championships.

    The conditions were ideal after heavy rain in the week but rain holding off on the day.

    The event was closely contested but lunchtime leader Andy Wilks  just held off local clubmember Colin Flashman (Blue class winner) to  win by just 6 points taking the David Ayers Trophy. Local drivers John Fack & Alan Murton  finished 3rd & 4th respectively.

    Nigel Shute  was into the silverware by winning the Frank Ayers Trophy in the clubman class.

    Many thanks as usual to the marshals & organisers.

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    Tailpiece……………
    Back in the late 40’s , early 50’s when the Dellow was originally designed/constructed it was basically a simple car, starting with an Austin 7 chassis and soon followed by a chassis of their own design. Running gear was also simple , using a Ford 1172cc  sidevalve engine, 3 speed gearbox and back axle that could be found in any junk yard under a Ford “Pop” body. In fact it was so simple that many special builders latched on to copy this design. Simple. NO IT’S NOT, if it’s simple why won’t my blooming Dellow start ?

    To explain, on the day of the David Ayers trial I drove in it out to Marshgate, spent a happy day marshalling and drove home again , put it in the garage. The following Wednesday I have to go to Plymouth in the afternoon, so I say to Vivien I’ll take the Dellow after all it’s a nice day. Just before lunch I open the garage, start the car and park it outside, switch off , go in and have a sandwich. Return to car, switch on and it refuses to start, I then spend 10 minutes tinkering with it all to no avail, push car back in garage and trundle off to Plymouth in the campervan.

    On my return I grudgingly remove the bonnet to further my knowledge of non starting cars, to date my knowledge of non starting cars has been greatly expanded because a week and a half later the bloody thing still refuses anything more than a heavy smokers cough. When fault finding it is all too easy to jump in at the deep end and overlook the obvious so I have tried to be methodical in my process.

    Having removed the distributor cap I noticed a spark coming from a low tension wire, got it thinks I, replace wire (even with additional sleeving)  attempt to start, will it start? NO!

     Next  fit my in line spark checker to check good spark, yes, lovely spark, go off to scratch head and various other bits of anatomy whilst battery is recharging – will it start? NO!

    Next check fuel supply , fine , mop up fuel from garage floor. Will it start? NO!

     Next remove number 1 plug that way I can see if valves are closed properly on compression whilst rotor arm is approaching correct firing position, all good.  But will it start NO!

    I am now beginning to run short of ideas, Next – replace rotor arm, throw money at it by fitting 4 brand new plugs, still no joy.
    Maybe there’s a fault with the supercharger, disconnect inlet from charger, remove inlet manifold, replace with original twin carbs, recharge battery, nope engine is fully paid up member of “Dodo” fan club.

    The car carries two HT coils, both giving the same result, get another one from cupboard, fit, same result. No Start!
     Is it an earth problem? Fit additional earth wire from engine to chassis, you’ve guessed it, NO!

    The only simple item not be replaced is the dizzy cap because as it turns out the spare one I have been carrying for the last 4 years isn’t compatible. Order new one and in the meantime recharge battery again . The saga continues……
    Bumper edition this month so thanks to all contributors, certainly makes the job easier, will  have to hold the scooter ride article off to next month.  J.T.

    billjan299@gmail.com       for contributions

  • Motor Traders 2021 Results

    Please see attached the provisional results from Sunday.

    Motor Traders 2021 Results (4346 downloads )

    We hope you enjoyed the day – our next Production Car event is the Testing Trial on 22nd August, more details to follow soon. 

    Our next sporting trial is the Spry Trial on the 25th of July. The regs and entry form are on the website.

  • Newsletter June 2021

    I’ve been caught out, Robin sent in his ramblings on time so no excuses I have to knuckle down and get this month’s offering done. The club’s Launceston Trial was just over a week ago, with thanks to Nigel, Simon, Pete and the team, not only for a great day out but also for organising the weather, it was lovely. The rain a few days before the event got the sections in prime condition, on the day it was just what we wanted, sun, and a lovely laid back atmosphere. The new regulations for car competitors to sign on electronically and the same for MSUK marshals meant that on the day it was merely getting the marshals to sign on for the bikes and for the motorcycle competitors to sign on, much easier.

    Although there were 13 non starters we still had 50 competitors battling it out on the day, The Fulford cup was won by Ryan Tonkin, the Cycle Bowl went to Richard Maddern. What was very interesting is that Roger Ashby’s sidevalve powered Coates Opthera came a close 2nd to Ryan, good to see a classic old style special in the mix for the points. To say that this event appealed to all ages is almost an under statement, with the youngest competitor being 11 years old and the eldest in his mid 80’s you could say there was something for everyone. The day ended on time and by around 5.00pm all the organising crew were exiting the woods allowing the tame Ferret to once again roam in peace.

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    So now it’s over to our club President Robin Moore. The Ramblings of RHTM. Part 2 of the Graham Paige story.

    And so it was, on a dry but overcast day a few weeks later, I left Trefrew to collect the Graham Paige from Somerset. I walked the mile to Camelford station to catch the first up-train of the day at 9.10 travelling the Southern line to Yeovil junction, where I picked up the short link to Yeovil Pen Mill, and so to reach the GWR line to Castle Cary. All this journey hauled by steam locomotives, apart from the link which was diesel.

    Mr Norris was there to meet me when I arrived at Castle Cary, with the Graham Paige standing outside awaiting its new owner. Mr Norris drove the short distance to Castle Cary explaining one or two things that I needed to be aware of. I was surprised to discover this 1928 motorcar had a steering lock activated manually by key , and fitted on the inner side of the steering column near to the dashboard. Instructions and advice was minimal and soon dealt with , and I immediately set off to drive the 115 miles back to Cornwall with confidence, more faith than sense comes to mind, but youth knows no bounds. Surprisingly I had no problem, and trepidation turned to confidence. On reaching Honiton I stopped in the High Street for refreshment at a café.

    Having satisfied the inner man I came out to find a gentleman waiting by my car, patiently waiting for the owner to appear. It was my first acquaintance with Colin Shears, who was later to assemble the large collection of commercial passenger transport vehicles homed at the old wartime airfield at Winkleigh, and subsequently the mecca for enthusiasts on the annual open days weekend.

    “Mr Shears ,- did I wish to sell my motorcar, adding that he would very much like to buy it”. “ Mr Moore, thinking there’s nothing wrong with a quick profit, and the time to sell is when someone wishes to buy, I replied thanking him for his interest, and no, I didn’t wish to sell,- I’ve only just bought the car, and haven’t reached home yet.” I suppose it’s not every day that one would find a Graham Paige parked in Honiton High St. I eventually reached home safely, and the old girl never missing a beat.

    Now those of you who are connoisseurs in the old car movement, will have already noted from the picture of XV 4512 in last month’s newsletter, that this car was not of the standard offering of Graham Paige Motors Ltd, of Brixton Rd, London SW9 1929-1931 . These American automobiles would normally have the standard pressed steel saloon bodies, whereas XV has Mulliner Weymans coachwork, (Not to be confused with HJ Mulliner). The Mulliner Weyman firm patented the use of graphited linen placed between the wooden joints of the coachwork to eliminate squeaks which often became a problem over a period of time. I only discovered at a later date that a chassis had been supplied to Mulliner for them to showcase the work, and the car that I had purchased had been exhibited on their stand at the 1928 London (Olympia) Motor Show as an example of what could be offered by this renowned firm.

    The fabric covered coachbuilt body was finished inside with a top quality leather hide throughout, with the front bucket seats able to be adjusted to recline by straps with buckles fitted, each side of the base. This early type of reclining seat was to be found on other prestige coachwork of the period. The large squab of the rear seat was generously filled with best “down” feathers.

    I later, had the good fortune to meet a gentleman named Bill Vaux and his father. These two gents resided in Ilchester in a large house with a motor house attached in which their cherished giant chain driven cars resided, yes, there were two housed there , and both in pristine condition. We had made arrangements to visit, and Marjorie and I were invited in and found ourselves in a large room where Mr Vaux senior was seated by a very large circular table on which was displayed a fabulous collection of antique paper weights and other small collectables of great value. My wife spied a small glass with a handle on it and intrigued as to what it was. Mr Vaux told her that it was a custard glass.

    When I originally discovered the Graham Paige, Mr Norris had told me that the car had been purchased new by the late Dr Flowers a Somerset GP, and from whom Mr Norris had purchased when the doctor replaced it with another car, Mr Norris using the Graham as a hackney carriage until replaced by the Austins. It was on meeting Bill Vaux which later led to us meeting at his Ilchester home, that I was able to meet Dr Flowers widow, for Bill Vaux was a personal friend and able to introduce me to the lady.

    Mrs Flowers lived with a companion in a house at East Coker, and Marjorie and I were able to visit her subsequent to our meeting the Vaux’s at Ilchester.I remember as a very charming lady who was very interested to learn about our acquisition of her late husband’s old car. She (Mrs Flowers) was still driving herself, her car being a P3 post war Rover 12. I return to Ilchester and our meeting with Bill Vaux and his father. As we prepared to leave after having had a lengthy conversation of mutual interest, Mr Vaux senior rose from his chair, picked up the custard glass and turned to my dear wife Marjorie, and said, “I would like you to have this my dear”,- I’m sure readers can imagine the rest, but I can tell you, this gift was very much treasured and became, Marjorie’s sherry glass for the rest of her life on God’s Good Earth. RHTM To be continued.

    Future Events

    11th of July is the Motor Traders Trial, a single venue event for cars to be held at Waterloo Farm, North Petherwin by kind permission of the Werring family, reg’s should soon be on the website.

    25th of July is the date set for the Spry Sporting Trial, venue to be confirmed.

    Marshals will be needed for both events please, to sign on as a marshal go to the club website and click “event entry” and it will follow through .
    Now that we are nearing getting back to hopefully having face to face meetings we are endeavouring to organise the club AGM, once we have the green light and a venue booked it will be announced.

    The Centenary planning is coming along well, we have the town square booked for a static display and most of the display boards for the Lawrence House Museum are now completed, all in all it should be a good un, once all is finalised we will be making a full announcement.
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    Found on section 2 at the Launceston Trial, a rechargeable LED torch, slightly muddy but still appears to work.(Only driven over a few times) If you have lost it get in touch with the Ed and we will somehow get it back to you.
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    The garage is fairly quiet at the moment with just a bit of two wheel fettling, the Dellow is getting the occasional run out to gradually run it in and at the time of writing it’s probably the best it’s been for some time, mustn’t get too confident though , it has a habit of biting you just when you drop your guard. I have been keeping my eye on the Dellow page on facebook where there are a couple of absolutely beautiful restorations taking place, when these cars hit the road they will probable look better than when they originally left Dellow Motors, I think it’s the grandad’s shovel approach.

    All for this month J.T. contributions to billjan299@gmail.com

  • Launceston Trial 2021 Provisional Results

    Download the Provisional Results

    We hope you enjoyed the day; it was certainly different conditions than we are used to running in. It was good to see so many of you out competing and observing.

    A little surprising was the number of non-starters but we still had over 50 of you turn out to compete on the day. 

    There were 3 clean sheets in the motorcycle classes – Leon Torres & Mark Courtney on their outfit along with Leon Youlton and Richard Maddern in Class B2.  Richard Maddern taking the overall, Cycle Bowl, by virtue of a faster special test time.

    In the cars, Ryan Tonkin took the overall award, the Fulford Cup, dropping 3 marks (crucially the only restarter to clear section 8 – Tunnel Run) just piping Roger Ashby who had a brilliant day in his 1172cc Coates Orthoptera on 5. Andrew Rippon rounding off the top 3 dropping 8 points.  

    We did have to do some juggling in amalgamating for award purposes, congratulations to the award winners and thanks again to all competitors and in particular the marshals who turned out in good numbers in the sunshine. 

    Look forward to seeing you again next time. 

    Simon Riddle – Secretary of Trial

  • Northgate Trial 2021 Results

    We are pleased to announce that the results for the Northgate Trial 2021 are now available to download from this website. Please click on the link below to view or download them.

    Congratulations to John Fack who won the Northgate Trophy also congrats to Darren Underwood and John Firth who both won Class Awards.

    Launceston and North Cornwall Motor Club would like to thank all competitors and marshalls for making it a great day.

    Northgate Trial 2021 Results (3639 downloads )

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    The Launceston Trial 2021 Entry Is Still Open

    The regulations and entry forms for the Launceston Trial 2021 are now available to download below.

    Launceston Trial 2020 Motorcycle Regs (5892 downloads ) Launceston Trial 2021 Car Regs (5494 downloads )



    As with last year, the online entry system is available for this event and can be accessed here www.lncmc.co.uk/online-entry/. Due to Covid 19 restrictions, we can’t accept postal entries for this event.

    This single venue classic trial for both motorcycles and cars is held in Lew & Eastcott Woods, Near Lewdown (approx. 10 miles from Launceston), and will take place on Sunday the 30th of May.

  • April 2020 Newsletter

    As I sit here typing this I have my camera unit running watching the Sparrows embroiled in making a new nest totally oblivious to the Pandemic that has swept the world causing the human population to make drastic changes to how we go about our daily lives. I briefly mentioned in last month’s offering that the virus could have an effect on our sport, I think that was a bit of an understatement.

    The club were very lucky in that it managed to run the Launceston Trial on the 15th of March, the weather was good on the day, the marshals turned out in force, to which we are extremely grateful, all in all it was a bit of a mud bath, but judging by the looks on the competitors faces they were loving it. Marshals were given a Club Beanie hat and a Coaster as a token of our thanks.

    Well done to Nigel , Pete and the rest of the team for all the hard work they put in.

    Results summary : The Cycle Bowl was won by Graham Airey.

    Novice Award Josh Knight. The Newman Cup Alan Keat.

    The Fulford Cup Craig Allen. The full results will be on the club website.

    This photo doesn’t do it justice but this is what you end up with after an event, the plan was to meet up a few days later to clean it all up and neatly sort it, ah well, won’t be using it for a while, have to have a word with the “mud fairies”.

    And now it’s over to our Club President Robin Moore.

    Historical Notes Part 7

    Although we are celebrating the Centenary of the LNCMC this year (2020) and everything is geared up for a big celebration in Launceston on the 1st of August, together with a major exhibition of archive material at the Lawrence House Museum, it is established that the club formally came into existence on the 20th of August 1919 (see part 2).

    The youngest motor club in the Duchy is the Camel Vale Motor Club, and I mention this for two reasons. First, because CVMC is our nearest motor club neighbour, and second, because there are certain similarities in the developments and working practices. Camel Vale was originally a well established motor cycle club. It was on the demise of the old Wadebridge & District Light Car Club in the late 1950’s that a void and a need for the four wheel brigade to be catered for in mid Cornwall. Camel Vale echoed the North Cornwall club, expanding to cater for cars, but each section having its own competition secretary etc.

    The late Evan Holman became Camel Vale’s competition secretary and became very active in promoting all kinds of events. I myself became very involved with Evan as he was lodging in Camelford at the time and became a frequent visitor to Trefrew. Our many escapades are stories in themselves. Evan, having studied navigation during his National Service in the R.A.F. was particularly keen on rallying and even set up small evening classes on map reading and the various equipment required.

    I recall this because it led to co-operation and competition between us, co-promoting many events and ultimately expanding with the advent of Cornish Capers, a major interclub timed driving test event held for a number of years at the old W.W2 airfield, – R.A.F Davidstow Moor, 1942-1945.

    My original navigator on events was ex navy Peter Stedman of Boscastle who became treasurer for Camel Vale M.C. There were a number of ties that brought our two club together. I was a member of Camel Vale at the time and attended their annual meetings. Likewise Camel Vale would be represented at Lanson’s A.G.M. As today, many were members of both clubs, I well remember

    Evan Holman with his Singer Roadster taking me to the North Cornwall M.C. annual meeting on a January night, with snow showers adding to the excitement of the journey from Camelford in the Singer. The meeting that year was held in the Ambulance Hall, – another person present on that night was the late Graham Brazier who at that time had recently purchased the ex- Syd Broad Lotus MG . I have a vivid memory of Graham roaring away into the night to drive home in the deteriorating weather conditions.

    To be continued RHTM

    So now that we are all confined to barracks it’s a matter of keeping one’s self occupied, I’ve painted a couple of doors that were otherwise well down the list, chopped a load of wood ready for next Winter, brushed the flue, and if I’m not careful I will be catching up with things in the garage, now there’s worrying. For those of you who enjoy a good read there’s a couple of books I can recommend.

    The first is “Rice & Dirt, Across Africa on a Vespa by Alexandra Fefopoupou & Stergios Gogos. Don’t worry there isn’t that much talk of the scooter its more of a travel book and the things that happen when you are trying to travel from top to bottom of a huge continent. The corruption at border controls is mind boggling, but balanced by the kindness of strangers on the journey, even the offer of a bride!!

    The second book Frank & Stan’s Bucket List, the TT Races. Frank’s had better days….. The doctor gave him the news he didn’t want and Frank’s discovered the worst kept secret in Liverpool ; that his wife’s fitness instructor is providing her services that extend beyond the gym. Fans of the I.O.Man TT will love it, so will those who aren’t. You can get either book from that well known online bookstore so no need to even go outside.

    All for this month J.T. email billjan299@gmail.com

  • Ron Beer 2019 Results

    We now have the final results for the Ron Beer Sporting Trial 2019. Congratulations to John Cole for winning the event.

    Launceston and North Cornwall Motor Club would like to thank all competitors and marshals for making it a great day.

    Ron Beer 2019 Results (2753 downloads )

     

  • David Ayers 2019 Results – Tamar Trial 2019 Regs and Entry Forms

    We are happy to announce that we now have the final results for the David Ayers Trial 2019 which can be downloaded below.

    Thank you to all who competed and marshalled, we hope you enjoyed the event.

    David Ayers 2019 Results (3223 downloads )

     
     

    Tamar Trial 2019

    Our next event is the Tamar Trial which will take place on Sunday the 20th of October 2019. The regs and entry form are available to download below.

    Entries close on Tuesday the 8th of October 2019.

    As with last year, the online entry system is available for this event and can be accessed here www.lncmc.co.uk/online-entry/. Postal entries are still welcomed.

    Tamar Trial 2019 Car Regs (4873 downloads ) Tamar Trial 2019 Motorcycle Regs (4570 downloads )

    Tamar Trial 2019 Entry Form (4736 downloads )

  • Motor Traders 2019 Results

    The results for the Motor Traders Trial can now be downloaded below.

    Motor Traders 2019 Results (3094 downloads )

    A heart felt thank you all for attending the Trial and we hope that you had an enjoyable day despite the breakdowns!!

    Those that couldn’t attend for various reasons will have their entry fees returned.

    A special “thank you” to all Marshals and helpers for their free time and enthusiasm as without them there would be no trials.

    Due to no Championship contenders, all classes were amalgamated and handicapping done by different tyre pressures as per results.

    Third         Alan Selwood      34 points

    Second    Gareth White      27 points

    First          Jason Daniel         21 points

     

  • Summer Trial for Spry Trophy 2019 Results

    Thank you to all the competitors and marshalls who turned out to the Summer Trial we held last Sunday near Lifton. We now have the final results which are available to download below.

    Summer Trial for Spry Trophy 2019 Results (2605 downloads )

    We are awarding the Spry Trophy to the winner of this event because of the fact we had to cancel the Spry Trial in January.