Please click on the link to enter our flagship Man of Kent Trial on Sunday the 17th of July. Always an excellent event with riders riding to get their name on the coveted John Buttle Trophy. Trial held this year at Crabtree Farm near Cranbrook.
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Provisional Results – EKTC Rakins Tenterden Trial – 12th June
Provisional Results 120622 EKTC
Huge thanks to the landowners, all observers and Mick and his team for laying out an excellent trial.
Please check the ACU website for our next Man of Kent Trial as the entries for this excellent trial are available online.
Entries for Sundays Rakins EKTC Trial – 12th June – More details to follow
1 | Paul Chapman |
2 | Mark Ridge |
3 | Chris Exhall |
4 | Neil Sinden |
5 | Mike Nutbrown |
6 | Mark Teale |
7 | Kev Collins |
8 | Kayden Hart |
9 | Russell Hart |
10 | George Chilham |
11 | Chris Anderson |
12 | Mark Stevens |
13 | Scott Wilson |
14 | Dave Garner |
15 | Adam Wainwright |
16 | D Smith |
17 | Mark Mealham |
18 | Curtis Mealham |
19 | Dave Plumb |
20 | Kevin Morphett |
21 | Paul Hurry |
22 | Ben Blackman |
23 | Dave Luck |
24 | Rowan Dean |
25 | Stuart Mears |
26 | Dave Mears |
27 | Duncan Moore |
28 | Paul Knott |
29 | Jon Smith |
30 | Katie Butcher |
31 | Joe Butcher |
32 | Jack Stiles |
33 | Robbie Nutbrown |
34 | Marc D’amico |
35 | Jon Allen |
36 | Florence Baldock |
37 | Chris Still |
CANCELLED – Club Curry Evening For Members – Badsha Indian Restaurant, Tenterden – 21st March @715pm
All members welcome for a relaxed social evening. Badsha Indian restaurant is the original location of Karl Pugh (our club founder) motorcycles shop. Very apt location, all welcome. Please contact Dave Luck / Keith Francis / Mike Nutbrown to confirm attendance.
Sidcup 60 Trial – INTA Motorcycles Sponsored – 16th Jan – Entry List
https://sidcupmotorcycleclub.co.uk/
Entry is 144, Good luck to all.
The following week is the Dunlop Trial 23/1 entry regs below and on the 6/2 is the Walker Memorial Trial run by the Sittingbourne MCC – Online Entry via ACU Site
75th Anniversary Celebrations – Thanks & a few pictures
A huge thanks to Mike, Dave, Duncan, Roy, Sandra, Keith, Team Mealham and all those who helped put on the 75th Anniversary events of this week.
We have had a landowners dinner on Wednesday, a museum and exhibition event on Saturday and an excellent trial today at Clay Hill to mark 75 years.
We have also produced a commemorative book to mark the 75 years, which can be purchased from Roy or Dave for £10 (plus p&p).
A few pictures from the weekend are on the gallery below. Please post any pictures you have to the club facebook page so we can capture as much of the events as possible, A massive thanks to the Millen family for the use of the excellent piece of land, a wood full of great streams and gullies that has been ridden by many over the last 75 years, but not for many years has it been so wet!! And in August??
12 sections tackled 3 times by 60 riders with one main route – an excellent event in very difficult and wet conditions. Results to follow on here when completed, a huge thanks to those that stayed also to help pack up, man the road this morning and generally help in running this weeks successful events.
75th Anniversary Event and Trial Sat 7th and Sun 8th of August
To celebrate the anniversary the club is running a celebration over the weekend of the 7th and 8th of August. On the Saturday from 10am to 4pm the club has a display of bikes throughout the 75 years at the Tenterden Town Museum, with many members past and present in attendance, the club already has a permanent display of trials items, trophies and memorabilia in the town museum. Everybody is welcome to come along. On the Sunday the club is running a 75th Anniversary trial at Clay Hill, opposite Tenterden Golf club, this is one of the original venues for the club, the trial will start at 1030am. Entries to participate are still available, please contact Dave Luck.
The club has also produced a commemorative book, compiled by Roy Francis, the book displays the 75 years of the club and is titled ‘From World War II to Beyond Lockdown’, the book is over 200 pages and consists of pictures and stories of the events and members over the years. This book will be available to purchase over the celebration weekend and shortly available to order via this website. All proceeds will go fund future club activities.
The club would love to see members past and present and all friends from over the years attend the celebration weekend
EKTC Trial -Tenterden 13/6/21
Thanks to Dave, Mike and helping group for an excellent trial. Huge thanks to the landowners for the kind use of their land much earlier in the year than usual. A great entry and a great day in the sun was enjoyed by all. A few pictures and the results will follow
Please look out for details of our Man of Kent Trial and 75th anniversary trial on the 8th of August
Rakins Return to Trials Trial – 18.4.21
Lovely weather for what for many was their first trials action for several months. There will certainly be a few aches and pains on Monday morning. An excellent well run trial by Mick Baldock, Dave Luck and helpers – well done all and a massive thanks to those who observed and to the landowners for the use of the land. Lovely to see so many faces out enjoying riding again. A few pictures from todays event are below. Results will follow as soon as completed.
UPDATE – Sunday 18th of April Return to Trials Trial – Rakins – Entries Closed to non members. Open for entry to Club Members but please be quick.
Due to the unprecedented demand and to ensure we run the event well within the current Government and ACU guidelines, we have had to close the entry for this trial to all non members. We are keeping a reserve list should riders drop out or guidelines change. Entries from Tenterden Club Members from 2019 and 2020 and those renewing for this year will still be accepted, (subject to numbers) so please contact Dave Luck immediately if you wish to rejoin and ride.
We do plan to run events in June, July, August and October. Entries for these events will be reviewed in line with the updated guidelines, but as always priority will be given to club members.