2026 Events Schedule

Observers – please help your club!

Observers are critical to a successful trial. Observers are paid £15 plus a £5 food voucher for each trial they observe. Observing is straight forward; you don’t need to be a rider; have a trials licence or be a club member. Why not first spend some time shadowing an observer at a trial so you know what to do before you volunteer? Please give up a day for the sport you love by volunteering.

Either contact the secretary during a trial or contact Helen at any time at secretary@torridge-districtmcc.co.uk or on 077 33 300 769

ALWAYS check the Supplementary Regulations for final confirmation of the date and venue.

2024
Congratulations to all! Trophies will be available for collection from any trial from February 2025 onwards

Si Higgins Aggregate Cup Winners for 2024
Expert	Si Higgins Bowl	Finlay Clarke
Clubman Expert	Ron Lake Trophy	Ashley Scott
Clubman	Sabotig Family Shield	Ben Scott
Past Master	Wooldridge Cup	Philip Wickett
Over 50	Sabotig Shield	Pete Rush
Novice	M D Kelly Shield	Faron Davies
Sportsman	Sportsman Plate	Alan Barnes
Pre 65	Luckett Cup	Tim Heard
Twinshock	Twinshock Trophy	Michael Clarke
Expert	Martin Luckett Memorial Trophy	TBC
Youth A	Non Perpetual	Marcus Tucker
Youth B	Non Perpetual	Hudson Ravenhill-White
Youth C	Non Perpetual	Samuel Millmore
Best Torridge Adult	Pearce Trophy	Ben Scott
Best Torridge Youth	Torridge Trial Cup	Marcus Tucker
Best TDMCC Member at Normandale on the hard route	Alscott Cup	Freddie Lintell
Best class performance by a Torridge Club member at the Normandale	Ron and Nell Higgins Trophy	Ben Scott

 

Trials News

Rene Pearce Charity Trial including Youth D Championship & Youth E \ OSET
Sunday 21st September 2025

Mud glorious mud!

After a few days of torrential rain, the 12-section course became incredibly muddy in places creating some extremely slippery conditions to test the field of riders. There was a smattering of rain to start with but then we were blessed with a dry day.

Thank you to all the observers and to all those who entered, especially visitors from Launceston and Holsworthy clubs, your support is greatly appreciated and through everyone’s generosity the amount raised for Care for Kids North Devon is currently at about £448 – FANTASTIC thank you everybody! This now brings the total raised by our annual charity trial to over £15,000.00.

Thank you so much to John & Gill Sabotig who host the charity trial every year. Sadly, and much to his frustration, John was unable to participate this year because of his very recent knee operation – best wishes to John for a speedy recovery. Finally thank you to everyone who helped to prepare the course, particularly Stuart Cann, who stood in for John; mustered many of the observers on this occasion and encouraged quite a few of our riders to enter – phew!

Go to the EVENTS RESULTS page for the final results.

 

£600 raised at our Rene Pearce Charity Trial 2024

From L to R: John Sabotig, Helen Soby, Dr Robin Buckland, John Luckett, Alan Barnes, Gill Sabotig

Host John Sabotig together with Alan Barnes and Stuart Cann prepared an excellent mixture of new and old sections through the woody valley at Hessaford Farm. Sections 1, 3 and 5 were the most challenging however this did not stop close competition in the Over 50’s class with Jonathan Souch picking up just one mark whilst Pete Rush had a clean sheet. We were very pleased to see so many youth riders with congratulations going to Albert Chugg who picked up just one mark in the YD Championship class. Well done to all who competed.

Special thanks for the support shown by Launceston club members and to all those observers who kindly donated their fuel money to the this years charity. Thanks to everyone’s generosity a wonderful £560.00 was raised for the Children’s Holiday Foundation N Devon. Please go to the EVENTS RESULTS page for a copy of the PROVISIONAL results.

After a slow start entries picked up in the week before the trial and we were happy to welcome lots of ‘on the day’ entrants including AMCA members. Donations from our brilliant team of observers, officials, well-wishers, riders and profits from rider fees totalled £600 which we are delighted to donate to the Childrens Holiday Foundation North Devon. Founded by Dr Robin Buckland in 1993 the charity's mission is to provide holidays of a lifetime to Florida for children with critical, life affecting/limiting illness and disabilities. You can donate and read all about the charity's marvellous work at https://chfnd.org.uk

 

 

Hosts Gill and John Sabotig said "We would like to thank everyone who supported us this year as we know people’s finances have been squeezed in recent times. We have hosted the Charity Trial for more than 17 years, which has now raised over £14,693 for a variety of good causes."

Club Chairman Darren Lulham added "The Rene Pearce Charity Trial is an important date in the clubs calendar. My thanks to John & Gill, and to all those who competed or officiated, for raising awareness and funds for the excellent Childrens Holiday Foundation".

 

Over £759 raised at our Rene Pearce Charity Trial!

From L to R: Helen Soby, Mark Trewin, John Luckett, Gill Sabotig, John Sabotig, Robin Thorne, Stuart Cann and Allen Boycott

This year’s Rene Pearce Charity Trial took place once again in hot sunshine. Host John Sabotig together with Robin Thorne, Mark Trewin and Stuart Cann prepared an excellent mixture of sections through the woody valley at Hessaford Farm. Sections 7, 9 & 10 were the most challenging however they did not stop Paul McGrath, Timothy Heard and Corey Wood all completing flawless performances. Credit too, to Shaun Kershaw, Andrew Evenden and Hudson Ravenhill-White who picked up just four marks between them. Well done to you all.

Many club members made up the fifty one riders who entered however the holiday season meant we also had entries from as far afield as Derbyshire and the Channel Islands. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces, club members and visitors alike, turning out to support Myeloma UK our chosen charity for this season.

Each year in the UK approximately 5,700 people are diagnosed with myeloma. Myeloma, also known as multiple myeloma, is a blood cancer. At any one time there are 24,000 people living with myeloma in the UK including our own club member Mick Thompson. Myeloma accounts for 15% of blood cancers and 2% of all cancers.

Myeloma UK myeloma.org.uk was set up to provide information, support and advice to sufferers of this insidious disease.

A fantastic £759 was raised via entry fees, donations on the day and from well-wishers.
Hosts Gill and John Sabotig said “We are very pleased with the amount raised and would like to thank everyone who contributed for their kind generosity. We have hosted the Charity Trial for more than 16 years, which has now raised over £14,093 for a variety of good causes.”

Club Chairman Allen Boycott added “The Rene Pearce Charity Trial is a long running and important feature on the clubs annual fixture list. My thanks to John & Gill, and to all those who competed or officiated, for raising awareness and funds for this important charity ”.

 

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