31 December 2006 - Mike Hayward has published a history of Falcon's Guy Fawkes Trial. From it's beginnings in the Chilterns in the early 50's. It's move to the Cotswolds, where along with the Cotswold Clouds, it provided some rare Classic Trialling outside of the MCC events. Finally Mike brings us up to date with today's Guy Fawkes, which is run as a PCT, the March Hare taking over as Falcon's Classic event.

Such a work is never completed and if anyone has any Guy Fawkes memories they can share with us please get in touch with Mike or Michael.

29 December 2006 - Added 2007 Falcon events to Falcon Page, Rough Guide and The Calendar

Regulations and Entry Form are now available for Falcon's Murray's March Hare Trial on 11th March

28 December 2006 - 2006 BTRDA Sporting Trials Season Review by Duncan Stephens.

24 December 2006 - Catching up, Published Michael's Musings for November and December. Likewise Classical Gas on PDF. More material to come over the break, including some great contributions from Dave Wall and Duncan Stephen's, Meanwhile, if you haven't seen it Check Out this Video!

20 December 2006 - Click here for Neil's provisional 2007 Race Dates

16 December 2006 - Paul Bartleman achieved the lowest score on The Camel Classic, with Adrian Marfell second, and winning on Index in his 1300 Beetle this time. Click here for full results on The ACTC Site

According to my calculations David Haizelden has won The Crackington Cup, even though he retired on The Camel, with Falcon's Simon Groves in 2nd place. I can be a little more certain that Andrew Martin is The Wheelspin champion. However, I don't want to congratulate them until we hear the official results from Chris Phillips.

11 December 2006 - Videos added to Allen Trial Report

Links to Classical Gas YouTube Video Channel and MySpace page added to the Menu Bar.

Long time trialler Clive Booth has retired from the sport. His well known Geoff Jackson/Reg Taylor built Replica Dellow Mk2 has been purchased by Falcons Ed Nikel who now has his ex Matt Wilmore, ex Mike Pearson Buggy for sale. Click here for picture

8 December 2006 - Picture by Dave Cook added to JP's Allen Trial report.

Duncan found some more pictures of The Gloucester Trial on the Web.

7 December 2006 - Added John Parsons report on the Allen Trial (video by Claire Oakes still to come)

6 December 2006 - Adrian Marfell won The Allen Trial with a clean sheet.

Peter Mountain reports on his Mechanics and Allen Trials

4 December 2006 - Duncan Stephens won his second trial in as many weekends beating John Fack on a tie break at the Gloucester Sporting Trial, both driving Crossle’s. In very challenging and variable conditions Stephens, Fack and Ian Wright were well ahead of Steve Courts in fourth with Roland Uglow next. Rookie Nick Speed had a tremendous day finishing tenth in a high quality field of thirty-five. Click here for Pictures on Duncan's Blog. and while you're at it check out www.sportingtrials.com

30 November 2006 - John Pasons continued his winning ways on Falcon's Guy Fawkes Trial
 

29 November 2006 - Link to The British Motor Sport Association for the Disabled added to the Neil Bray Racing page
Rough Guide updated with details of the excellent Clee Hills Trial. A Classical Gas favourite, don't miss this one.

21 November 2006 - Falcons at Farnborough - Pete Crawford (Marlin) won Clubsport with Ed Nikel (VW Buggy) and Ross Nuten (Dellow Mk 2) taking class honours. Michael Weeks was best National B. Click here for full results as an xls file

20 November 2006 - Adrian Marfell was best overall on The Hardy Trial yesterday. Crackington contenders Simon Groves, Dave Haizelden and Andrew Martin all won their classes, in Simons case after breaking a diff. The event was back to Woolbridge organisation and only had 24 starters after very poor pre-event publicity and late circulation of the regs. Full results on the ACTC site.

1 November 2006 - Michaels October Musings added. Also the October edition of Classical Gas on PDF.

31 October 2006 - Donington report finished.

Please check out these important changes to Andrew Browns Websites.

30 October 2006 - We are the Champions!

23 October 2006 - Rough Guide updated with info on the marvellous Allen Trial on 26 November.

18 October 2006 - Edinburgh Report finished.

17 October 2006 - More Edinburgh Pictures from Duncan Stephens.

Edinburgh reports added from

 Chris Clarke - Class 1 VW Golf

 John Parsons - Class 8 VW Buggy

 Ken Green - Class 0 Ford Popular

16 October 2006 - John Parsons followed up his Edinburgh Gold with best overall on Falcon's Brickhill Trial. Click here for Report, Pictures, Video and Results.

14 October 2006 - Simon Groves won today's Ebworth Classic Trial, despite having no less than five punctures! Passengered by Duncan Stephens, Simon dropped 28 points in his Escort. Rick Neale had the same score in his Melos but Simon had the better time on special tests. It was a wet underfoot and competitors had a tough time with tyre pressure limits. Several hit some of Ebworth's many trees, including Simon who damaged the passengers side rear quarter and wrecked a wheel.

13 October 2006 - Rough Guide updated with details of North Devons Tarka Trial on 5 November and Strouds Mechanics Trial on Saturday 11 November.

11 October 2006 - John Elliott has sent in some pictures from Litton which can be found on The Photo Album.

Click here for more Pictures of Litton and Bamford by Duncan Stephens on the message board. (don't worry if there is a drawing of a man rather than a thumbnail. Click on it and a picture will appear).

Click here for some great Video from Litton by John Elliott You will see there are some of the Exe Valley as well. Thanks John for posting our first YouTube Video's

9 October 2006 - Started on The Edinburgh Trial Report. Don't forget to check out The Photo Gallery for pictures (you can make comments on them!), read and post your own experiences and views on The Message Board and lets not forget the live reports over on The Blog where you can also leave comments like this one from the Chief Official on Bamford

5 October 2006 - Michael Muses on getting his Beetle back.

September edition of Classical Gas on PDF added, with a piece on Stuart Cairney's hillclimbing season that doesn't appear elsewhere.

Nigel Green won the Exe Valley Trial. Click here for the results on The ACTC Site

4 October 2006 - Rough Guide Updated with date changes and information on:-

22 October - Exmoor Clouds Classic Trial

29 October - Tamar Classic Trial

5 November - Falcons Guy Fawkes Trial at Miletree farm near Leighton Buzzard (MCC members don't need a competition Licence).

3 October 2006 - Snetterton Report finalised and link to a new Photogallery added.

2 October 2006 - Ted Holloway reports on the Exe Valley Trial over on Michael's Blog. Click here for pictures on The Crash Box Site.

27 September 2006 - Changes to Class 7 Specification Sheets over on ACTC News. The big thing is that 15 inch wheels will be allowed on the Liege.

25 September 2006 - Report on the second Snetterton race of the year added - David Howard won an exciting race. Three of the four championship contenders had to work very hard for their class wins, only James Christie having a relatively easy victory. Neil had the narrowest win, crossing the line a mere tenth of a second in front of Ian Clark after the pair touched on the Revett Straight. Steve Primett’s class win and fastest lap means he will be champion if he wins the final Donnington round.

22 September 2006 - Neil is racing at Snetterton on Saturday (tomorrow) and I will be posting live blogs. They will start early with the weather and go through the ups and downs of the day. Hope to post bits on all the CTCRC Races. You will see extracts above but you need to CLICK HERE FOR SNETTERTON LIVE BLOG.

Well done to Adrian Marfell on winning The Taw and Torridge. You can get the full results on The ACTC Site

18 September 2006 - Having said that I added the regs and entry form for Strouds Ebworth Trial on Saturday 14th October I see that I never added the link! Have done so now and you can also Click Here to download them.

9 September 2006 - Stroud's Ebworth Trial celebrates its 30th anniversary on Saturday 14th October. Click here for more information, regs and entry form. All available on The Rough Guide.

8 September 2006 - Arnold Lane won Falcon's September Surprise Autotest last Sunday. I wasn't there myself so no report. However, you can Click Here for the Full Results and see Mike Haywards Pictures on the Falcon Blog.

Added some new links:-

www.chinese-tools.com - Chinese Tools to take away

www.uktvstyle.co.uk - Tips on everything

www.investopedia.com - For the canny investor. Shame its American but the principles don't change.

www.grisoft.com - Free Anti Virus Program with regular updates.

4 September 2006 - Falcon's Brickhill Trial takes place on 15th October. It's just off the A5 between Leighton Buzzard and Milton Keynes (about 15 minutes from J14 on the M1). Details have been added to The Rough Guide and you can click here for more information, including a map and the regs. (MCC members can enter without a competition licence).

28 August 2006 - Michaels latest Musings added. Also Classical Gas on PDF for July and August, featuring Neil's racing season so far.
Also added the Inside Story on the French Trip to The Croix Page of Neil Bray Racing.

22 August 2006 - Pembrey Report - David Howard won a damp and action-packed race at Pembrey on 19 August, fending off a fierce challenge from James O’Mahony in his Camaro. Steve Primett was up with the leaders when he spun on the last lap.

17 August 2006 - Information on Crash Box's Exe Valley Trial on 24 September added to The Rough Guide. (this is the one where you get to have a go at Simms).

16 August 2006 - Falcons final Autotest of the year is at Upper Caldecote near Biggleswade on 3 September. Regs, Entry Form, Map and even a Google Earth placemark can be found on The Falcon Page.

14 August 2006 - Points position after Oulton amended. Added an RSS feed to the latest blog.

11 August 2006 - Info on Holsworthy's Roger Pole Taw and Torridge Trial on 17 September and MGCC Midland Centre Autumn Trial on 24 September added to The Rough Guide.

Check out Scottish Petrol Head Graham Millars Rotor Racing Site. Added to Links. Also a link to BMW racer Liam Crilly's Site added to the Neil Bray Racing page.

9 August 2006 - Oulton Park Report - Neil had a good race, winning his class, after a slow qualifying run in the wet saw him way down the grid. A superb start saw him move into a class lead by the first corner. Ian Clark mounted a late challenge but Neil held onto his gain. David Howard was the overall winner in his Jaguar XJ12, ahead of Dave Nixon (Mazda RX3) who beat Steve Primett in Class C. However, Steve maintains his championship lead.

28 July 2006 - Check out The Motor Racing Circuit Database. Unfortunately it isn't updated anymore but its still pretty neat. Added it to the Links page.

27 July 2006 - Classics on the Common last night was fantastic. Click here for some pictures on the SmugMug Photo Galleries. More notes over on The Blog

19 July 2006 - Its July and its hot. Must soon be time for Classics on the Common at Harpenden, In fact its next Wednesday evening, 26 July. If you like cars and live within a hundred miles this is a "must go" do.

Official Website

My previous reports

Map

11 July 2006 - Regs for Falcons Grass Autotest on 6th August at Upper Caldecote added to Falcon Page

Click here for Regs and Entry Form

Click here for a map.

10 July 2006 - Falcon page updated with latest committee and details of The Sporting Challenge.

Championship points revised on the Croix Report as both David Howard and James Christie had two more than I had shown because of their lap records. This means David and James are now both only one point behind Neil.

Steve Primett 69 points

Neil Bray 64 points

James Christie 63 points

David Howard 63 points

7 July 2006 - Croix report finished.

3 July 2006 - Lots of problems for Neil at Croix on the 1st and 2nd July, recording a DNF and 2nd in class, loosing the championship lead as a result. Click here for the start of the report.

26 June 2006 - Finished my account of The Yand C Register's Tour of Holland 2006.

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25 June 2006 - Michaels June Musings and Classical Gas on PDF for June added

21 June 2006 - To Holland in a Y and C. The start of Michael's account of his trip to Holland with Neil in his pre-war Fords.

20 June 2006 - Falcons star at Chelmsford's EACS Midsummer Endurance Road Rally. Owen and Jamie Turner finished first and second respectively with Richard Atherton 18th. A lot of other familiar names in the results as well.

The Midland Centre of the MG Car Club, will organise a TOURING RUN (or Assembly) on Sunday 23rd July 2006, from The Kings Arms, Alcester Lanes End, Kings Heath, S. Birmingham and finishing at Wythall Transport Museum. near J3, M42). A suggested route will follow, or “trail” the route of the 1926 Victory Trial to S. Worcestershire and back of approx. 140miles. Click here to download the regs from the club.

19 June 2006 - Pictures from Michael and Neil's Tour of Holland in Neil's pre-war Ford Model Y and C added to The Photo Gallery.

15 June 2006 - Lydden Hill Photogallery added to Michael's Smugmug pages.

12 June 2006 - Neil increased his championship lead at Lydden on Saturday when Steve Primett had problems with his car. It was a very hot day and everyone struggled with water temperature.

9 June 2006 - Last weekend saw The Dellow Register celebrate its 60th anniversary. As a Dellow owner I am ashamed to say I missed it as I was driving a 1935 C type Ford in Holland on The Y and C Clubs annual bash. However you can Click here for a report from Peter Seabrook-Harris

1 June 2006 - Claire Oakes reports on The Ilkley Trial.

30 May 2006 - Boss back at Brands. David Thomas made his first appearance of the year and won the class at Brands. Neil was second in class and retains his championship lead but with a much reduced points tally as James Christie and Stephen Primett both scored maximums.

25 May 2006 - Robin Preedy was overall winner of The Ilkley Classic Trial on Sunday. Falcon's Keith and Claire Oakes were best in Class 7 in their Dutton Phaeton.

Results from The Ilkley Trial Site where you can find links to Photo's etc

Results (PDF) from the ACTC Site

Dave Cooks Pictures from Sword Point 1 and Wilsons Wood

22 May 2006 - Falcon's Spring Fever Autotest reported.

21 May 2006 - Andrew Brown's Rights of Way News Site explains that NERC Bill relevant to rights of way came into effect on 2nd May 2006. Andrew has published a briefing document for Classic Trial organisers.

Tidied the Neil Bray Racing Page.

17 May 2006 - Claire Oakes reports on The Lands End Trial.

Lands End Photo Gallery added

14 May 2006 - Keith Pettit won Falcons Spring Fever Autotest today.

Click here for more on The Falcon Blog

Click here for the Photo Album. These pictures are resized and compressed. Email Michael if you would like an original.

14 May 2006 - Michael's May Musings added.

Information on The Enfield Pageant and Classics on the Common added to The Rough Guide.

12 May 2006 - Lands End Report revised. Will sort the pictures and add a report by Claire Oakes over the weekend.

10 May 2006 - Added a link to Christina Dudley's excellent F1 and F2 Stock Car Site. (It wasn't the driving on Saturday that reminded me to do this, honest!)

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9 May 2006 - Thruxton report updated with results, pictures and latest championship position.

8 May 2006 - Neil Bray increased his lead in The Classic Touring Car Racing Clubs Post Historic Championship with another class win at Thruxton on Saturday. Click here for the start of the report.

3 May 2006 - Peter Mountain won Windwhistle's Bovey Downs Trial in his Mk1 Dellow. Click here for Claire Oakes Report.

1 May 2006 - Kyrle Report by Claire Oakes added. Plus a Photo gallery of pictures from Dave Cook

30 April 2006 - Some tidying of Older Stuff (renamed from Recent Stuff) and its sub pages.

23 April 2006 - Neil Wins Again. It was a third class win in a row for Neil at a cold and damp Mallory Park on 23 April. It wasn’t easy though. Neil started well back on the grid and a had a real battle with a determined Ian Clark  but the racer came through!

22 April 2006 - Lands End Report updated and a new Lands End Report by Chris Clarke added.

18 April 2006 - Started the Lands End Report

17 April 2006 - Post Lands End Stuff starts with some pictures.

I have started a Frappr Map. It would be super if regulars can show us where they come from. Thanks Kylie for being the first. Great drive, I got some good pictures of you.

14 April 2006 - From 15.00 Good Friday till 18.00 on Easter Sunday you can email Michael about any aspect of the Lands End on the email address below (you will need to type it in). It may take a while to get through as we will be out in the wilds but I should get it on my PDA.

13 April 2006 - The Classic Touring Car Racing Clubs quarterly magazine "Flyer" is now available as a PDF download. Nice but it could do with the touch Pat gives Restart. That's the one that sets the standard.

12 April 2006 - Thomas Aldrian sent this Link to The Scamp Owners Club

New Pictures by Marc Lawrence added to The Snetterton report.

11 April 2006 - April edition of Classical Gas on PDF added.

10 April 2006 - Michael's April Musings added.

7 April 2006 - Finally completed The March Hare Report.

6 April 2006 - Returning to action following a nasty bout of flu Mike Pearson won Falcons Edlesborough Trial on 2nd April. Report and pictures by Clair Oakes.

4 April 2006 - Ron Warren has retired as Falcon President.

3 April 2006 - Site Stats for March added.

Neil Bray won his class at Snetterton putting him in the lead of this years Post Historic Touring Car Championship.

1 April 2006 - Neil is racing at Snetterton this weekend. Qualifying Saturday, race Sunday. Click here for live reports

27 March 2006 - Neil was back in action at Silverstone yesterday and started his season with a Class Win. Click here for the report.

25 March 2006 - Neil Bray's first race of the season in his Capri is at Silverstone  tomorrow (26 March). You can keep track of the day on Michael's blog where regular updates will be posted. Click Here to download the final instructions with the day's timetable. Neil is in Race 4. Click here for a Map.

22 March 2006 - Chris Clarke's Report added to The March Hare Pages.

Click here for Julian Robinsons March Hare pictures from Brickhill

Click here for Dave Cook's March Hare Pictures

21 March 2006 - Camel Vales Presidents Classic Trial is on 2nd April. Start and Finish are in Bodmin. Click here for Regs and here for Entry Form

18 March 2006 - Info on Ross & DMC's Kyrle Trial on 23 April added to The Rough Guide.

17 March 2006 - Info on Ilkleys Classic Trial on 21st May added to The Rough Guide.

Latest Classic Trial Event Results and Championship Tables are on ACTC News.

15 March 2006 - Reminder to Falcon's that our AGM and Annual Prize Giving is tomorrow night (16 March) 20.15 at The British Legion, Thrift Road, Heath and Reach, Beds - Click here for a map.

13 March 2006 - Duncan Welch won Falcons March Hare Classic Trial in his familiar Austin Healey Special yesterday. Thomas Aldrian lost the same number of marks on the hills but Duncan was faster on the special tests.

Click here for pictures.

11 March 2006 - Classical Gas on PDF for March added.

10 March 2006 - Michaels March Musings added.

If you aren't going to Falcon's March Hare you can follow it live here.

Link to Table Top Rallying added

7 March 2006 - Classical Gas on PDF for February added.

2 March 2006 - Michaels February Musings added.

Mike Hayward and I will be organising the sections in Binghams Wood near Hemel Hempstead for The March Hare Classic Trial on Sunday 12th March. We would welcome anyone who can join our marshalling team. No experience is required and we will be on duty from 12.00 to 16.00. If you would like to join us email mleete24@hotmail.com

1 March 2006 - Site Stats updated for February. Slowly getting rid of the excess hits due to my picture of Michael Collins on the Exeter coming almost at the top of the search list on Google Images. Search there for Golf Gti or Gti and you will see what I mean! Although the site thrives on hits we were getting agro from the ISP because of the bandwidth.

27 February 2006 - Barries back! Barrie Parker won Falcons opening BTRDA and MSA PCT round at a very muddy Brickhill. Click here for the report and here for the Photo Gallery.

25 February 2006 - Details of The Edlesborough Trial on 2 April added to The Falcon Page including a Google Earth Placemark.

18 February 2006 - Cotswold Clouds Report added. Victory went to Ian Moss but Kelly Thomas was so un-lucky. Photo Gallery and DVD info

More pictures by Nick Bowler here. Dave Cooks Pictures at The Start Nailsworth Ladder and More Ladder Pictures and finally Climperwell

You can find the live reports on Michael's Blog. To see all the entries click on February Archive and use the arrows above the top entry to turn the pages.

16 February 2006 - Falcon Page Updated.

Details of the highly regarded Windwhistle Single Venue Classic Trial added to The Rough Guide.

15 February 2006 - One time trials passenger Marc Lawrence drove his Escort across America. Click Here to read the story.

13 February 2006 - Details of some free open source software added to the Links page.

Made a number of corrections to The Clee Hills Report.

11 February 2006 - Andrew Brown had published his Cotswold Clouds Report on Section Begins.

Michael will be playing the Cotswold Clouds DVD at Falcons Clubnight on Thursday 16th at Heath and Reach.

Clee Hill's report (finally) added.

6 February 2006 - Click here for The Cotswold Clouds Results on The Stroud & DMC Site

5 February 2006 - Click here for pictures of today's Cotswold Clouds which I believe was won by Ian Moss.

More pictures by Nick Bowler here

Dave Cooks Pictures at The Start Nailsworth Ladder and More Ladder Pictures and finally Climperwell

You can find the live reports on Michael's Blog. To see all the entries click on February Archive and use the arrows above the top entry to turn the pages.

2 February 2006 - Site Stats updated for January.

There will be Live reports on the Cotswold Clouds on Michael's Blog this Sunday.

28 January 2006 - Link to Holsworthy MC's site added to The Rough Guide so you can find out about their Chairmans Trophy Classic Trial on 26 February and also added a Holsworthy Club Link.

26 January 2006 - Adrian Marfell won The Clee Hills Trial. Click here for the results.

More work on The Exeter Trial Report.

25 January 2006 - The Classic Touring Car Racing Club have finally issued their Race Dates. For those of you that would like to support Neil Bray he races his Capri in Post Historic, shown as PHTC.

It was really nice to see the Class 2 entry on The Clee Hills. VSCC members looking for a non-damaging Classic Trial would enjoy Falcon's March Hare on 12th March. VSCC are an invited club. the start is just off J9 of the M1 between Hemel Hempstead and Luton. Click here for more information.

22 January 2006 - Clee Hills Report will appear here. Meanwhile check out The Clee Hills Photo Album and The Clee Hill Blog that was posted live during the event.

21 January 2005 - More work on the Exeter Report but you will see its far from finished!

20 January 2005 - A few small updates to The Rough Guide.        

18 January 2006 - Started the Exeter Trial report. I won't wait until its finished, I'll up load it as I go along.

January edition of Classical Gas on PDF added, including the full article by Claire Oakes and a piece about Dave Nash's new car.

17 January 2006 - The Classic Touring Car Racing Club (the series Neil Bray races in) have updated their site, publishing the latest edition of The Flyer magazine, but still no dates for 2006.

Check out Andrews Blog. Andrew comments on the Exeter and analyses the entry list on MCC Trials.

14 January 2006 - Michael's January Musings added. Lots of Exeter messages and more photo's on The Classical Gas Message Board.

9 January 2006 - Check out these interesting links. Old Classic Car is nice. Safety Fast the MG Car Club magazine as quite a few trials bits, including "bullet proof" all about Brian Osbourn's well known MGB GT. and the 2005 Kimber Classic. Nothing to do with trials but The Money Saving Expert site is very good.

Some Exeter Trial Pictures added.

6 January 2006 - Keith and Claire Oakes had a full and enjoyable trialling year in 2005. Click here for part 1 of their story, written by Claire and illustrated with her photographs.

5 January 2005 - More work done on The Rough Guide.

The Cotswold Clouds takes place on 5th February. Click here to find out more.

Falcon's 2006 dates added.

3 January 2005 - Check out Andrew Brown's Section Begins Site for his Allen Trial Report and 2005 review.

I plan live reports of the Exeter Trial on The Classical Gas Blog. I would welcome help from other competitors, marshals and spectators who can send me  notes or reports by text message which I can post on the net during the event. If you email me I will let you know the mobile number.

2 January 2006 - Rough Guide updated.

Falcons March Hare Classic takes place on the 12th March, Click here for the regs and more information.

1 January 2006 - Site Stats updated for December.