Category: Results

The first Cambridge Matchless trial of 2026 took place at Great Abington on a nice dry day. We had a great turn out of with 72 competitors.

The club would like to thank the working party for preparing the sections, Cliff Freed for springing into action with Ollie to get a mini-digger there to make the road passable near the car park, the observers (including Chris Koch for giving up his ride to observe the last section), the landowner, and all of the competitors.

Results – Valentine Trial 2026

The results are as follows:

Experts
1st – Martin Hawyes with 16 marks lost
2nd – Martyn Rushbrook on 30 marks lost
3rd – Chris Ryland on 32 marks lost

Expert B
1st – Nick Wilford, keeping clean all day
2nd – Thomas Norman on 1 mark lost
3rd – Simon Nunn on 5 marks lost

Intermediate
1st – Richard Norman with 10 marks lost
2nd – Stevie Roper on 43 marks lost
3rd – Andrew Dean on 14 marks lost

Clubman
1st – Craig Crowfoot with 2 marks lost
2nd – John Chatto on 3 marks lost
3rd – Peter Rushbrook on 6 marks lost (decided on most cleans)

Twinshock
1st – Peter Cook with 9 marks lost
2nd – Julian Mair on 21 marks lost
3rd – Andy Aldhouse on 34 marks lost

Novice
1st – Stephen Roscamp with 3 marks lost
2nd – Daniel Lett on 8 marks lost
3rd – Gavin Pryor on 31 marks lost

Sportsman
1st – Marc Lindup with 8 marks lost
2nd – Geoffrey Rank on 17 marks lost
3rd – Peter Yarham on 20 marks lost

Youth B (Middle Route)
1st – Harry Hawyes with 30 marks lost

Youth B (Easy Route)
1st – Eddie Lett with 51 marks lost

Youth D (Easy Route)
1st – Oliver Norman with 76 marks lost
2nd – Alba Gill on 79 marks lost
3rd – Jasper Gill on 124 marks lost

The Cambridge Matchless MCC,  Chris Wood Trial was held on the 2nd of November at Hinxton.
Seventy-two riders competed in cold, dry conditions, tackling the huge sections in the cutting.

The club would like to thank both working parties for preparing the sections, the observers (especially those braving the cold on the sections at the far end), the admin team for handling the entries and results, the landowner, and finally, the riders.

Chris Wood Trial 2025 – Results

The results are as follows:

Experts
1st – Joseph Collins, winner of Best Expert, with only 4 marks lost
2nd – Max Golla on 24 marks lost
3rd – Julian Harvey on 30 marks lost

6th – Samuel Rolls, the Best Matchless Club Expert and winner of the Chris Wood Trophy on 47 marks lost

Expert B
1st – Chris Koch, winner of Best Expert B, with 5 marks lost
2nd – James Williams on 10 marks lost
3rd – Stephen Douglas, also on 10 marks lost (decided on most 1’s)

Intermediate
1st – Stephen Howard, winner of Best Intermediate, with 34 marks lost
2nd – Christopher Jones on 43 marks lost
3rd – Mark Banham on 48 marks lost

Clubman
1st – Richard Norman, winner of Best Clubman, with a clean sheet
2nd – Stephen Swanson on 1 mark lost
3rd – Gareth Price on 2 marks lost (decided on furthest travelled before losing a mark)

Twinshock
1st – Paul Hadingham, winner of Best Twinshock, with 3 marks lost

Novice
1st – Simon Hood, winner of Best Novice, with 9 marks lost
2nd – Mark Horsley on 15 marks lost
3rd – Lucas Harrs, also on 15 marks lost (decided on most cleans)

Youth B (Hard Route)
1st – Samuel Le Fevre, winner of Best Youth B (Hard Route), with 75 marks lost
2nd – Daniel Adcock on 107 marks lost

Youth B (Middle Route)
1st – Tommy Goodwin, winner of Best Youth B (Middle Route), with 20 marks lost

We hope everyone enjoyed the day.
This was our last event of the year, and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2026.

The championship results will be published soon.

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