CLUB TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP RULES (revised January 1998)

1. Eliglible events to be all open-to-Centre events, the regulations for which appear in the Gazette, and that are open to Braintree riders, and all Braintree Club events. Excluded are other "Group" trials, National, any events run outside of Essex, Suffolk or Norfolk, and any trial run by another club on the same day as any Braintree Club competition event.

2. The Competition year will run from 1 January through to and including the first week in December, but to include any Braintree event held in December (to allow receipt of results and compilation of awards in time for the Club's Annual Presentation).

3. Club Championship awards for all classes will be based on a rider's accumulated score over all eligible events through the year. A rider's score equals the marks he loses, so that not competing, retirement, or entering under another club incurs the maximum marks possible for that event (number of sections mutiplied by 5).

4. Novice (standard route) rides to count for the Novice Championship and "Clubman" (Novice easy route) rides to count for a separate Clubman Championship, eligible for Centre-gradeded Novices only. This allows a rider to choose routes but his marks for the event will be allocated to the Championship class ridden at that event. Where an event caters for the standard route only, all marks lost by Novice riders, whether or not they ride predominately Clubman route, will be attributed to the Novice (standard route) Championship table.

5. In the case of the Clubman Championship, the Best Clubman award at the year end cannot be won more than once. This is to encourage newcomers, and also the more seasoned "clubmen" to tackle their recognised official standard Novice route. Otherwise, a rider stays in, and is eligible to win, the Championship class he holds in the Centre Grading List at 1 January.

6. Where riders have gained a known advantage over others in their class by riding an easier route, or they have not complied with the regulations (e.g. riding out of class, late entry), their results for that event will not count. The onus is on the rider to query any apparent error in this respect with the Club Recorder following publication of position tables, since, for example, trials results sheets often do not make clear what routes have been ridden.

7. Year-end Club Championship awards will be presented for best in each class (Youth, Novice, Clubman, Intermediate, Expert, Pre-65 and Sidecar). A Novice Runner-up award will also be given. In the case of the Youth classes, awards will be discretionary upon the number of riders taking part over the year and also the number within each of the age groups A, B, C, and D, as defined by the A.C.U. Standing Youth Trials Regulations. There is also a "Best Under-16 competitor" award (the Eddie Wass Trophy) made at the year end which is open to all disciplines including trials.

OTHER TRIALS AWARDS

Other trials awards are presented at the year end for competitions over and above the Club Championship awards. Last year these were:
Charlie Turner Trophy for best Greybeard over the Club's Summer Series (see separate rules below); Bob Drane Summer Series Youth Trials Championship - 3 trophies awarded discretionarily over the 4 classes for best performance over the Summer Series; Hunnable Cup for best Novice over the Summer Series; Jack Warner Cup for best Sidecar crew over the Summer Series; Jacob Cup for best Novice over the Inter Club/Centre Championship rounds; Alan Moth Cup for best Expert or Intermediate over the Inter Club/Centre Championship rounds. Additional special awards are made at individual events: last year they included the Covenbrook Cup for best Greybeard (over 40 years) and Mrs Maud Warner Memorial Trophy for best overall rider at the Club's March trial; Witham RAFA Trophy for best Novice at the Club's December trial. Further awards are made that reflect a rider's performance over the year: last year they included the Sidecar Trials Passenger Cup for best passenger (regardless of driver) over the year and Anniversary Cup for best modern class solo rider not winning a trials award over the year or at the year end.

THE GREYBEARDS TRIALS COMPETITION - Summer Series Only (revised February, 1995)

1. The Competition is open to ANY class of solo rider 40 years of age or over, so long as the rider's age has been declared on the entry form. It is run over the series of Saturday evening summer trials and only Braintree Club members are eligible. The winner receives the Charlie Turner Trophy.

2. AGE PENALTY MARKS:
Age 40 to 49:- 15 penalty marks.
Age 50 to 59:- 10 penalty marks.
Age 60 or over:- 0 penalty marks.

3. ROUTE PENALTY MARKS:
Standard route:- 0 penalty marks.
Easier/Clubman route:- 15 penalty marks.

4. MACHINE PENALTY MARKS:
Modern machine:- 15 marks.
Pre-65 machine:- 0 penalty marks.

CLUB GRASS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

This is run over the Centre Championship rounds and the points gained towards the Centre Championships are identical to those allocated to the Club Championship. All classes count and an individual winner is declared in each class.

THE GERALD FINCH MOTOCROSS TROPHY

This is awarded to the best overall rider over the Club's motocross events in the year.

Richard Sillett 27 February 2002