ACU Western 2025 Trials Championship

Page Index: Current Points, The Rounds, The Rules.

Other Year's Championship Winners (On the Trials page)

Updates:

14Dec2025 Awards Presentation report and Pics.

08Dec2025 Main championship now Finalised. Entries already available for 2026 series

02Dec2025 Main championship updated after the final round as The Brian Valder Trial cancelled.

27Oct2025 Main championship updated after round 8 points added. One rounds to go - The Valder.

03Sep2025 The Final Points from the C.D.E Youth Trials Championship results are now added.

30Apr2025 - Round4 planned for 18May is Postponed with a faint possibility of using the reserve date in October.

23Mar2025 - Round3 of the Main championship is now available together with the first round for the CDE classes. And, Here's a reminder of the changes for our 2023/2024 winners of the implications of their success.

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Table of Final Points

for Main and Youth CDE Championships

The final round's points are now compiled and a Printable PDF versions of the Points Standing for the Main championship is now available: PDF of Main Championship and the Final PDF of Youth CDE Championship

(You will be able to download the PDF file to browse offline to save wasting paper, ink and our planet! instead of printing.)

Or click on your chosen class and championship on the grey bars below. Main Championship or jump to Youth CDE Championship

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Click the class bars below to see the full class' listing.

Table of Main Championship Points

Expert Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tot Best 6 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Kurt Brain 20 20 20   20 20 20 20   140 120 1 20 🏆
Lee Hassall 17 17 15   15 13 15     92 92 2 15.33 🏆
Thomas Culliford 15   17     17 17     66 66 3 16.5 🏆
Joe Bendall 10 10 11   11   9 10   61 61 4 10.17
John Luff   13 8   8   13 17   59 59 5 11.8
Reece Legg   9 9   9   11 13   51 51 6 10.2
Finley Kettle 7   13   10         30 30 7 10
Brett Harbud 13         15       28 28 8 14
Chris Wickham 9 11         8     28 28 9 9.33
Fred Bishop 6 8 6       7     27 27 10 6.75
Finley Belcher 8 15               23 23 11 11.5
Jake Evans-Luter         17         17 17 12 17
Iwan Davies               15   15 15 13 15
Henry Bendall         13         13 13 14 13
Tom Plant               11   11 11 15 11
Rob Warner 11                 11 11 16 11
Martin Podesta             10     10 10 17 10
Ben Toms     10             10 10 18 10
Luke Hora     7             7 7 19 7
Club/Exp Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tot Best 6 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Joe Evans-Luter 20 15 15   17   15     82 82 1 16.4 🏆
Oliver Pekala         13 9 17 13   52 52 2 13 🏆
Dan Bishop     20   20         40 40 3 20 🏆
Jon Bees     17       20     37 37 4 18.5
Huw Jones           13   15   28 28 5 14
Amory Falconer 17   8             25 25 6 12.5
Kirby Richards   11       10       21 21 7 10.5
Adrian Brown               20   20 20 8 20
Holly Dixon           20       20 20 9 20
Bailey Tibbs   20               20 20 10 20
Marcus Stanton-Tyzack               17   17 17 11 17
Mark Vaughan           17       17 17 12 17
Dan Sanders   17               17 17 13 17
David Brick           15       15 15 14 15
Vivian Jones         15         15 15 15 15
Chris Morris     13             13 13 16 13
George Marshall   13               13 13 17 13
Leonard Tidd           11       11 11 18 11
Richard Jenkins     11             11 11 19 11
Brianna King     10             10 10 20 10
Nathan Basford   10               10 10 21 10
Ryan Woodward     9             9 9 22 9
Jamie Laverton   9               9 9 23 9
Gordon Brown     0   0 0   0   0 0 24 0 *3
Fred Bishop         0 0       0 0 24 0 *5
Club Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tot Best 6 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Graham Wignall 17 20 17   20 17 20 20   131 114 1 18.71 🏆
Andy Ridley   10 13   13 15   20   71 71 2 14.2 🏆
Ben Wilmore   13     17   15     45 45 3 15 🏆
Jason Cole   5     15 11 11     42 42 4 10.5
Michael Thompson 20 20               40 40 5 20
Simon Ward 15   6       4 11   36 36 6 9
Martyn Wilmore 10 11       13       34 34 7 11.33
Mark Talbot     15   10   8     33 33 8 11
Dean Basford 11 20               31 31 9 15.5
John Wilkey     4   6 10 7     27 27 10 6.75
Charlie Newman     9   9   9     27 27 11 9
Mick Marshall   7         17     24 24 12 12
Roger Thornton     2         20   22 22 13 11
Phill Gardner     8         13   21 21 14 10.5
Stuart Belcher 13 8               21 21 15 10.5
Ian Wakeford           20       20 20 16 20
Ashley Reed     20             20 20 17 20
Rob Faulkner 4 6         6     16 16 18 5.33
Jake Nutman         5 8   2   15 15 19 5
Stuart Thatcher             13     13 13 20 13
Julian Randall-Coles   3           10   13 13 21 6.5
Grant Thomas 8 4               12 12 22 6
Max Bird         11         11 11 23 11
Julian Page     11             11 11 24 11
Joel Mitson             10     10 10 25 10
James Drewett     10             10 10 26 10
Kirby Richards               9   9 9 27 9
Benjamin Panting           9       9 9 28 9
Barry Roads   9               9 9 29 9
Colin James 9                 9 9 30 9
Michael Prytherch               8   8 8 31 8
Matthew Hanney         8         8 8 32 8
Tyrone Rutherford   1     7         8 8 33 4
Mark Woodburn   2 3         3   8 8 34 2.67
Darren Morgan               7   7 7 35 7
Chris Matthews           7       7 7 36 7
Daniel Young     7             7 7 37 7
Duncan Messenger 7                 7 7 38 7
Jez Dance               6   6 6 39 6
Adam Coopey 6                 6 6 40 6
Alan Taylor               5   5 5 41 5
Richard Elliott             5     5 5 42 5
Marc Mullen     5             5 5 43 5
Jack Brooker 5                 5 5 44 5
Lee Randall-Smith               4   4 4 45 4
Cameron Scott-Taggart             3     3 3 46 3
Rob Maller 3                 3 3 47 3
Nicholas Morgan             2     2 2 48 2
Carl Mapes               1   1 1 49 1
Freddy Mitson             1     1 1 50 1
Iain Clarke     1             1 1 51 1
Nathan Basford 0                 0 0 52 0 *1
Richard Jenkins             0     0 0 52 0 *1
Bretton King     0             0 0 52 0 *3
Ryan Woodward 0                 0 0 52 0 *1
Over 50 Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tot Best 6 Tot Pos Avg Notes
David Morris 20 20 20   10 17 17 13   117 107 1 16.71 🏆
Ray Pekala 15 13 17   15 20 20 17   117 104 2 16.71 🏆
Andrew Holvey   15 15     11 15 11   67 67 3 13.4 🏆
Michael Maslin 10 10     11   11 20   62 62 4 12.4
Steve Wallwin 11 11 11   9 10   7   59 59 5 9.83
Sean Donaghy 13 17       13 10     53 53 6 13.25
Tim Bird 8 9 10   8         35 35 7 8.75
Arron Danson 6 5 2   6 9 3 5   36 34 8 5.14
Wayne Buckland     9     15 8     32 32 9 10.67
Paul Ruddock   6 3   4 5   9   27 27 10 5.4
Martyn Goodall             9 15   24 24 11 12
Tim Wheeler         20         20 20 12 20
Adrian Gwynne     4   5 6 4     19 19 13 4.75
Simon Legg     8         10   18 18 14 9
Stephen Nowell         17         17 17 15 17
David Dale 17                 17 17 16 17
Andrew Thatcher             13     13 13 17 13
Jeremy Orchard         13         13 13 18 13
Kevin Miller     13             13 13 19 13
Roger Brain     6   7         13 13 20 6.5
Paul Burgess 9                 9 9 21 9
Dave Williams               8   8 8 22 8
Giles Hixon           8       8 8 23 8
Nigel Davies   8               8 8 24 8
Keith Knight             7     7 7 25 7
Sam Wilson           7       7 7 26 7
Harvey Bennion     7             7 7 27 7
Stephen Price   7               7 7 28 7
Greg Thomas 7                 7 7 29 7
Jonathan Plant               6   6 6 30 6
Byron Williams             6     6 6 31 6
Dale Caswell             5     5 5 32 5
Mark Woodward     5             5 5 33 5
Paul Whitehouse     1         4   5 5 34 2.5
Martyn Wilmore         0         0 0 0 0 *1
Julian Randall-Coles             0     0 0 0 0 *1
Sports Plus Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tot Best 6 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Matt Smith 13 20       20 20     73 73 1 18.25 🏆
David Tayler         17 17 10 20   64 64 2 16 🏆
Tom Whant     20       17     37 37 3 18.5 🏆
Jessica Basford 11 17               28 28 4 14
John Oldale     13       11     24 24 5 12
Gary Matthews         20         20 20 6 20
Ian Cobb 20                 20 20 7 20
Rebecca Brown               17   17 17 8 17
Jono Skilton     17             17 17 9 17
Benjamin Dowdeswell 17                 17 17 10 17
Benjamin Wear             15     15 15 11 15
Alister Williams           15       15 15 12 15
Greg Baker     15             15 15 13 15
Brad Burgess 15                 15 15 14 15
Michael Ellis             13     13 13 15 13
Thomas Powell 10                 10 10 16 10
Max Bird     0             0 0 0 0 *1
Simon Welch           0       0 0 0 0 *5
Matthew Welch           0       0 0 0 0 *5
Sports Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tot Best 6 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Mark Wheeler 15 15 20   20 17   7   94 94 1 15.67 🏆
William Rowlands 9 4 17   17 20   15   82 82 2 13.67 🏆
Steve Venn   20     15 15   20   70 70 3 17.5 🏆
Richard Hunt 8   15   11 10 10 9   63 63 4 10.5
Alf Bendall 17       13   20 11   61 61 5 15.25
Nigel Doe 6 20       13       39 39 6 13
Phil Goodwin   8         15 13   36 36 7 12
Steven Reece   7 11       17     35 35 8 11.67
Peter Culliford     10   9   13     32 32 9 10.67
Phil Marsh             11 20   31 31 10 15.5
Allan Whittington 7 5 8       6 5   31 31 11 6.2
Colin Jones     7     9 9 2   27 27 12 6.75
Richard Gwinnutt           11 8 3   22 22 13 7.33
Iwan Thomas 20                 20 20 14 20
Darren Thomas     6       7 6   19 19 15 6.33
John Sanders 3   13             16 16 16 8
Gary Lane   15               15 15 17 15
Dai Clothier   15               15 15 17 15
Fran Hamer 11 3               14 14 19 7
Ben Vaughan 13                 13 13 20 13
William Lanfear 4   9             13 13 21 6.5
Rachael Wight     5   8         13 13 22 6.5
Shaun Brammer               10   10 10 23 10
Stephen Moss         10         10 10 24 10
Michael Ell   10               10 10 25 10
Luke Ind 10                 10 10 26 10
Andrew Lewis   9               9 9 27 9
John Hill               8   8 8 28 8
Phillip Ham           8       8 8 29 8
Greg Collins         7         7 7 30 7
John Edmonds   6               6 6 31 6
Tim Lovell             5     5 5 32 5
George Price 5                 5 5 33 5
Darren Whybrow 2           3     5 5 34 2.5
Ken Brown               4   4 4 35 4
Neil Peters             4     4 4 36 4
Andrew Laverton     4             4 4 37 4
Matthew Carruthers     3             3 3 38 3
Stuart Digby             2     2 2 39 2
Martin Hendy   2               2 2 40 2
Joe Pusey               1   1 1 41 1
Mark Tull   1               1 1 42 1
Matthew Hunt 1                 1 1 43 1
Alister Williams 0   0             0 0 0 0 *1
Rebecca Brown         0 0       0 0 0 0 *1
Michael Ellis 0                 0 0 0 0 *1
Roger Brain 0         0   0   0 0 0 0 *1
Simon Legg             0     0 0 0 0 *1
Paul Whitehouse             0     0 0 0 0 *1
Byron Williams         0         0 0 0 0 *1
Mick Marshall         0         0 0 0 0 *1
Youth A Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tot Best 6 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Bradley Smith 20 20       20 20     80 80 1 20 🏆
Oliver Thornhill   17               17 17 2 17 🏆
Youth B Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tot Best 6 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Zac Ellway 17   20   20 15 20 20   112 112 1 18.67 🏆
Harry Bishop 20 20 17   17 13 17     104 104 2 17.33 🏆
Dillan Jefferies 13 15 15     11 13     67 67 3 13.4 🏆
Aaron Watson             15 17   32 32 4 16
Kasia Pekala-Dayment   17     15         32 32 5 16
Robin Kedward             11 15   26 26 6 13
Edwyn James           20       20 20 7 20
Mason Tidd           17       17 17 8 17
Fred Warner 15                 15 15 9 15
William Collins         13         13 13 10 13
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Table of Current Youth CDE Championship Points

Youth C Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 Tot Best 4 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Ben James 20 20 20 20 20 100 80 1 20 🏆
Ellyn Welch 17 17 17 15 17 83 68 2 16.6 🏆
Alec Welch     15 17 15 47 47 3 15.67 🏆
Buddy Baker 15         15 15 4 15
Korey Peace         13 13 13 5 13
Krystian Pekala-Dayment       13   13 13 6 13
Freddie Collins     13     13 13 7 13
Youth D Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 Tot Best 4 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Molly Hassall 20 20 17 17 17 91 74 1 18.2 🏆
Gethin Hughes 17 17 20 15 20 89 74 2 17.8 🏆
Oliver Hinckley 11 15 15 13 10 64 54 3 12.8 🏆
Zak Peace 15 13     13 41 41 4 13.67
Daisy Hassall 10 10 10 10 9 49 40 5 9.8
Lucy Welch   11 11 8 8 38 38 6 9.5
Joshua Welch   9 9 9 7 34 34 7 8.5
Felix Wilmore 13       11 24 24 8 12
George Packer     13 11   24 24 9 12
Thomas Tidd       20   20 20 10 20
Freddie Ellis         15 15 15 11 15
Kit O'Brien 9         9 9 12 9
Youth E Route Championship
Rider 1 2 3 4 5 Tot Best 4 Tot Pos Avg Notes
Knox Whatmore         20 20 20 1 20 🏆
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Notes * from above tables

You may see some added Notes in the table for some Contenders - Here is a key to the notes:

  • *1. Riders may only gain points in one championship class. (The higher rating class will be the default.)
  • *2. This may be an error. (Points may change when resolved. Trials Recorder for more information.)
  • *3. Previous Class Winners may not gain points in the same class for a period of 2 years. (But may still ride in those classes if the organisers permit.)
  • *4. Rider may elect to contend a different championship class before the series end. (Points may change when resolved. Contact the Trials Recorder for more information.)
  • *5 Rider chose to forego points. (e.g. Riding down whilst injured etc.)
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Rounds

These are the rounds as discussed at October 2024's ACU Western board meeting.

ACU Western Trial Championship Rounds

Reserve Round dates - could be used if other rounds have to be cancelled for whatever reason.

ACU Western Youth CDE Trial Championship Rounds

The previous year's rules were - If a round is cancelled after rounds have been finalised then the championship will run all rounds that do run less one to count. The total of the highest scores from each rider's points from the number of counting rounds will be used. Dates are initially fixed in January, but if a round needs to be cancelled then it may be possible to run on a new date with adequate warning to contenders.

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The Rules

The Routes and Classes

  • Expert Championship to run on Hard Route.
  • Club Expert Championship to run on Club/Expert Route.
  • Club Championship to run on Club Route.
  • Sports Plus Championship to run on Sports Plus Route.
  • Sports Route Championship to run on Sports Route.
  • Youth A & B Class Championship to be run classes based, riders on hardest route will score most points. This allows riders to progress throughout the year moving up or down routes as required.
  • Youth C, D & E Championship rounds to run over those events where an easier or conducted route is included.
  • Over 50 Championship will run on Sports Plus Route.

Note: Class Numbers - Some results sheets may be tight for space and classes may be abbreviated to the numbers declared on the entry form so here is a quick cross reference.

1 - Open, 2 - Over 50, 3 - Youth A, 4 - Youth B, 5 - Youth C, 6 - Youth D, 7 - Youth E.

Note: We have amended the explanatory table for where you can and can't score points for clarity. There is no real change as CofC's have always been able to identify routes suitable or unsuitable for some Youth groups.

Riders, look for class you want to/should ride in along the top of the columns
Championship Classes
Routes Exp C/E Clb S+ >50 Sp Y/A Y/B Notes
Expert x           x x Experts can't exactly move up a route if they win!
Club/Expert o xn         x x  
Club   o xn       x x
Sports+     o xn xn   x x
Sports       o o xn x x
Key to codes: x Points can be gained in this combination (Youth riders may ride higher routes if they are clearly able to, unless CofC's choose to restrict the route, Reg's will say.)
n No Points can be gained if you've been a winner of this class within previous 2 years (unless >50 as you don't have to move up a route!) You will get points for the next route if you move up a route, of course.
o Can ride this route for no points (Riding down a level while injured etc.)
info Points can be gained if riding up a route by choice as long as remain on that route all year - Or, Ride up a route for no points. (Possibly only the higher route's points should be allowed as otherwise could be pot-hunting!) Only one selected route eligible per year ie no dodging routes to cherry-pick.

 

Winners of a championship class will move up a route for the next year, or ride as no award for the next two years.

The exceptions to moving up a route are, of course, Experts, who can't get any higher, and Over 50's who are allowed to remain on the Sports Plus route. Winners can stay on the same route but will be ineligible for points.

Contact for Championship issues

For more info contact the Trials Recorder by email: johnlaurence5@yahoo.co.uk.

Method of Marking

The Championship will be held under TSR22B - Non Stop.

Championship Points

Championship points will be awarded to the top 15 eligible finishers in each class at each round on the following scale:

  • 1st 20 Points
  • 2nd 17 Points
  • 3rd 15 Points
  • 4th 13 Points
  • 5th 11 Points
  • 6th 10 Points
  • And so on Down to 15th Place 1

Should a Tie occur it is to be resolved in accordance with TSR23A. Riders who score points in one championship class shall not be eligible for points in another championship class.

Championship Ties.

Should a tie occur in a Championship series it shall be decided as follows:

  • a) In favour of the rider with the greatest number of wins in ALL rounds held.
  • b) If not resolved then the greatest number of second places and so on down to 15th place in ALL rounds held.
  • c) If not then resolved, by the rider with the best performance in the final event held.
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