Club Trial 16 November 2025

Many thanks to all riders and the officials who either prepared the course and or observed. The club was delighted to recognise our youngest riders at this trial. Vice Chairman David Price presented certificates to (from L to R) Theo Hunkin-Mathews, Zak Wheeler and Blake Hockin. Sadly Austen Daw was unable to collect his award due to his rugby commitments.

Dave gave the following speech on behalf of Chairman Darren Lulham
“Welcome to everyone and thank you for entering today’s trial. I am very sorry I can’t be here today as I would very much like to have made todays presentation.
As many of you know last year our club started to offer a six-section course for Youth E and OSET riders at our club trials. We have been delighted to welcome a growing cohort of young riders and impressed with the skill and determination they have shown. We wanted to recognise the four riders who have ridden three or more of our trials and whilst all the riders have put in great performances Theo Hunkin-Mathews deserves a special mention for his consistently low marks.
Before I hand over to my Vice Chairman Dave to make the presentation, I want to thank all the club members who have taken great care to set-out the youth sections, Luke & Stacie Wheeler for their kind sponsorship of the certificates and to say a massive thank you (on behalf of myself and Helen) to all the parents, family and grand-parents of the young riders, whose help in making the trials run smoothly and safely has been invaluable”.

Club director John Luckett also took the opportunity to present Kyle Jacobs with the Martyn Luckett Memorial Trophy.
This trophy is awarded for the season's best ‘Expert’ performance at T&DMCC trials

Please go to the EVENT RESULTS page for a copy of the PROVISIONAL results

Trials Academy 2026

Billy Green and Tyler Rendall will once again be running the South West Trials Academy in 2026. The academy exists to develop our future riding stars. Please contact Hazel Tucker on 01398 331 100 for more information.

Club Fixtures 2026 including Oset/Youth E

Go to the TRIALS page for full details of our 2026 fixtures. Details of all SW Fixtures will be added as soon as they have been published

Club AGM followed by a committee meeting – 13th January 2026

The club’s AGM will be on Tuesday 13th of January 2026 starting at 19:30hrs. All club members are invited to attend at the Torridge vale Social Club, South Street, Torrington. The AGM will be followed by a club meeting.

The AGM will include election of club officers and committee members. All club members are encouraged to attend both meetings. It would be fantastic if a few more club members would come forward to help run the club or stand for officer and committee member positions.

2026 ACU membership, T&DMCC club membership and riders licence renewal - updated information 25.11.25

You can apply for 2026 memberships etc from 10 November onwards. If you need help with the ACU website call Helen on 077 33 300 769 (evenings after 19:30hrs) who will be happy to help you.

The cost of 2026 annual ACU membership is Adult £35, Youth A & B £25, Youth C, D & E £15. The £50 fee recently advised by the ACU only applies to trials riders who ride at Trial GB level, in other words, if you ride Trials at the level of Normandale or club events your annual fee is £35. The new cost provides extended insurance cover, for adults only, as it is intended to cover loss of earnings. If an adult has an accident leading to hospitalization they can start to claim after 3 days in hospital (previously 2 weeks). The maximum payout will be £2,000.00 per hospital stay.

Trials Day Licences - adult day licences will be £10 in 2026 (the rate provides the above mentioned level of insurance cover for an injury sustained at the event for which the licence was purchased); youth day licences remain at £5

Torridge & District MCC annual club membership (1st Jan to 31st Dec) is still only £5

You must have 2026 club membership to get your 2026 trials rider’s licence.

Auto renewal - even if you have set up ACU membership auto renewal, to activate your 2026 riders’ licence, you will need to log in to your account and renew your club membership (unless you also set your club membership to auto renew)

Youth - youth riders may need to upload a recent photograph to activate their 2026 rider’s licence

Your 2025 licence expires on 31st January 2026. Auto renewal payments will be taken on this date.