From an illustration in ‘Wheelspin’ by C.A.N.May. Before the War, Juniper was the most feared of all the hills in the Cotswolds and rates more entries (18) in the index of Austen May’s Wheelspin than any other section. It was also the one about which I’d received more “Do you know where it is?” requests…
Classic Trials Magazines
In January 2016 I started trying to unravel the dates when the various ACTC magazines were published. Then, less than a month later, I was lucky enough to acquire, from MCC member Martin Webb, a veritable treasure trove of old trials magazines which not only filled lots of gaps in my own collection but also…
Website changes
You may have noticed that the menus in the header have been removed, and lists of the Post Categories and Pages have been added to the sidebar. I have also removed a number of pages which I now consider to be redundant. These changes are the first step in another re-focusing of this website, and…
Minor updates to both Databases
I have just published minor updates to both the Trials Events Database and the Trials Sections Database. The Events Database now lists over 1800 events, and the Sections Database now lists nearly 2500 event/section combinations, with my normal caveat that both are still work-in-progress. You can go straight to the latest printouts from these links:…
Another update to the Trials Sections Database
I have just published another update to the Trials Sections Database, which now lists nearly 2500 event/section combinations. You can go straight to the latest printout from this link: Trials Sections Database printout (PDF) The changes since the last published update (29 November 2021) include: Minor additions and corrections to the sections used for the…
A little piece of history
Some of you will know that I have spent a significant amount of time over the last eighteen months researching what I refer to as trialling’s Middle Ages (or even Dark Ages) – the period from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the formation of the ACTC in 1979. Although there…
Databases updated
I have just completed, and published, a major update to both the Trials Events Database and the Trials Sections Database. The Events Database now lists over 1800 events, and the Sections Database now lists over 2400 event/section combinations, with my normal caveat that both are still work-in-progress. You can go straight to the latest printouts…
Sections Database updated
I have just published a major update to the Trials Sections Database, which now lists nearly 2400 event/section combinations. You can go straight to the latest printout from this link: Trials Sections Database printout (PDF) The major changes since the last published update (07 January 2021) are: Sections for 2021 events (to date) added, including…
Pages removed
I have removed two pages from this website. In both cases this is because my ongoing research into the history of classic trials is unearthing new and relevant material, almost on an daily basis. I don’t like outdated information to be live on the website and updating the pages takes time. The pages may return…
Databases – Major update
I have just completed, and published, a major update to both the Trials Events Database and the Trials Sections Database. The Events Database now lists over 1500 events, and the Sections Database now lists over 2200 event/section combinations, with my normal caveat that both are still work-in-progress. You can go straight to the latest printouts…