THE MANCHESTER “17” MOTORCYCLE CLUB LTD. FOUNDED IN 1935 AND AFFILIATED TO CHESHIRE & NORTH WALES CENTRE, AUTO CYCLE UNION

THE FORTIETH DAVE ROWLAND TROPHY TRIAL (Permit ACU 55457) - 9.00 a.m. SUNDAY 7th JULY 2019 Berry Bank Farm, Wildboarclough, MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire SK11 0BG Ordnance Survey Ref: SJ 9867 6811

Camping available at the venue: 07817 972596 to reserve your place www.berrybankfarm.co.uk/

OFFICIALS

A.C.U. STEWARD ...... TBA CHESHIRE & NORTH WALES CENTRE STEWARD ... HARVEY LLOYD – LIC. NO. 31610 MANCHESTER 17 M.C.C. STEWARD ...... VANESSA BROWN CLERK OF THE COURSE ...... KEN ROBERTS – LIC. NO. 36712 ASSISTANT CLERK OF THE COURSE ...... ADRIAN MELLOR – LIC. NO. 16692

SECRETARY OF THE MEETING ..... HENRY ROSENTHAL PHONE: 07801 065331 EMAIL: [email protected]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE MANCHESTER 17 MOTOR CYCLE CLUB LTD. WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING:

LORD DERBY MS R HAMILTON MR C BUSH

MR A KIDD MR B KIDD MR A HAGUE

MR G TUNNICLIFFE MR J BARBER MR J & MRS A ROBINSON

MACCLESFIELD TC, CHESHIRE & NORTH WALES CENTRE ACU, MIDLAND CENTRE ACU AND ALL OBSERVERS, MARSHALS AND OTHER HELPERS www.manchester17.org.uk Cheshire & North Wales ACU Trials www.cnwtrials.org.uk Macclesfield Trials club www.macctrials.org.uk Peak District National Park www.peakdistrict.org

Cover photo (by Scott Ellis) is from the club photo gallery at http://public.fotki.com/MACC-MAN17-CNWTRIALS/trials Facebook: Manchester 17 MCC -Trials and Manchester 17 MCC – Enduro The piece on Dave Rowland is extracted from an article originally written for the Man17 newsletter. Doreen Rowland has kindly given us permission to put scans of Dave's scrapbooks onto our website. PDF files of them can be seen at: www.manchester17.org.uk/Shared_Pages/History%20and%20Heritage/dave_rowland.htm Without you, we couldn't do it! PAST WINNERS

DAVE ROWLAND TROPHY 1979 ...... Malcolm Rathmell 1980 ...... Chris Clarke 1981 ...... John Reynolds 1982 ...... John Reynolds 1983 ...... Steve Saunders 1984 ...... Mick Andrews 1985 ...... Tony Scarlet 1986 ...... Mark Holland 1987 ...... Steven Hole 1988 ...... John Shirt Jr. 1989 ...... John Shirt Jr. 1990 ...... Adam Norris 1991 ...... John Shirt Jr. 1992 ...... Wayne Braybrook 1993 ...... Paul Rose 1994 ...... John Shirt Jr. 1995 ...... Dougie Lampkin 1996 ...... Steve Colley 1997 ...... Graham Tales 1998 ...... Paul Rose 1999 ...... Dan Thorpe 2000 ...... Martin Crosswaite 2001 ..cancelled due to Foot & Mouth 2002 ...... David Bacon 2003 ...... Steve Saunders 2004 ...... John Shirt Jr. 2005 ...... Mike Roberts 2006 ...... Chris Pearson 2007 ...... Dan Thorpe 2008 ...... Richard Timperley 2009 ...... Jonny Walker 2010 ...... Sam Haslam 2011 ...... Ross Danby 2012 ...... Dan Farrar 2013 ...... Ross Danby 2014 ...... Dan Thorpe 2015 ...... Richard Timperley 2016 ...... Richard Sadler 2017 ...... Dan Thorpe 2018 ...... Richard Sadler CLUBMAN WINNERS 2002 ...... Toby Eyre 2003 ...... Toby Eyre 2004 ...... Steve Kenny 2005 ...... Andy Hipwell 2006 .... John (TrialMag) Hulme 2007 ...... Simon Levett 2008 ...... John (TrialMag) Hulme 2009 ... John (TrialMag) Hulme 2010 ...... Mick Boam 2011 ...... Paul Bennett 2012 ...... Richard Moakes 2013 ...... Toby Eyre 2014 ...... Toby Eyre 2015 ...... Stefan Walters 2016 ...... Mike Leddy 2017 ...... Katy Sunter 2018 ...... Steven Davies 50/50 WINNERS 2012 ...... Matt Timperley 2013 ...... Tony Scarlett 2014 ...... Tony Scarlett 2015 ...... Sam Clarke 2016 ...... Chris Koch 2017 ...... Chris Koch 2018 ...... Daniel Clarke OBSERVING METHOD OF MARKING ACU TSR 22A - STOP PERMITTED Marks will be lost as follows:  0 - Clean: 1 - Footing once: 2 - Footing twice: 3 - Footing more than twice.  5 - Failure or when requested by a rider rather than attempt the section .  10 - Not attempting a section when called by an Official or missing a section.

ROUTES & SECTION MARKERS SECTION MARKERS  The harder/Experts route will use red/right & blue/left markers.  The Clubman route will use normal red/blue markers with alternative gates shown by yellow/left and white/right markers.  50/50 route riders will follow the Easy route, unless the Section is marked as 50/50 when they will follow the Harder/Expert route.

RIDING NUMBERS.  All riders will be issued with two number cards with black numbers on a white background, one to be displayed to the front and one to the rear. RIDERS! It's your responsibility to make sure the Observers can see both your numbers at all times! A missing number can mean a missing score or a 5  Cards for the Easy route will have no sticker.  Cards for the 0/50 route will have a green sticker.  Cards for the Hard route will have a red/orange sticker. THE SECTIONS NB: SECTIONS MARKED *** ARE RECOMMENDED FOR SPECTATORS GRID REFERENCES AND TIMINGS ARE APPROXIMATE. OBSERVERS ARE ADVISED THAT SOME RIDERS MAY ARRIVE AT THEIR SECTIONS IN ADVANCE OF THESE TIMES, ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE TRIAL. SECTION/GROUP SUBS OS GRID REF POSTCODE 1ST MAN START - SJ 9867 6811 SK11 0BG 9.00 RHODODENDRONS *** 1 SJ 990 684 - 9.05 CLOUGH HOUSE *** 2 SJ 989 697 SK11 0BD (car park) 9.15 PLANTATION *** 3 - 4 SJ 990 698 - 9.25 CORRECTION 5 SJ 989 707 - 9.45 NORMAN’S 6 - 8 SJ 997 718 - 9.55 CUCKOO GULLY 9 - 10 SJ 991 713 - 10.15 CHEST HOLLOW 11 - 12 SJ 993 720 - 10.30 Cat & Fiddle pub (closed) - SK 0011 7018 SK11 0BE - BOWLER'S BROOK *** 13 - 16 SJ 995 725 - 10.45 UPPER CHEST HOLLOW 17 SJ 994 720 - 11.05 BEN’S SCAURS *** 18 - 20 SJ 997 718 - 11.10 CUMBERLAND TOP 21 SJ 998 702 - 11.30 HOLT GULLY *** 22 SK 007 696 SK11 0BQ (farm) 11.45 CUT-THORN 23 - 25 SK 007 689 - 12.00 Cut-Thorn road off A54 - SK 0024 6811 SK11 0BQ - THREE SHIRES 26 SK 0094 6851 SK17 0TQ 12.20 HAWK’S NEST *** 27 - 28 SK 014 673 SK17 0TH 12.35 ROBINSON'S ROCKS *** 29 - 31 SK 014 670 - 12.50 BARBER'S 32 SK 011 670 SK17 0SS (south gate) 13.05 MANOR STEPS *** 33 – 36 SK 002 662 SK17 0SU 13.20 MANOR ROCKS *** 37 - 40 SJ 995 664 SK11 0BH (top gate) 13.50 SIGN OFF AFTER COMPLETING THE SECTIONS AT MANOR ROCKS STICK CLOSELY TO THE MARKED ROUTE - DO NOT RIDE ON OPEN MOORLAND FOR SAFETY REASONS – NO SMOKING AT THE FARMER'S REQUEST, NO CARS ALLOWED THROUGH THE GATE AT CLOUGH HOUSE IMPORTANT All of the sections and some of the route used in this trial are located on private land for which the landowner's permission has been obtained. • Please do not prejudice it's future inclusion in this and other trials by inconsiderate or inappropriate behaviour. Its use today does not imply authority for access at other times without specific permission. • It is a Cheshire & North Wales Centre rule that trials competitors do not pass through Flash village during an event. OTHER USERS This event is routed along or across public rights of way. Competitors must exercise caution and reduce their speed accordingly near other path users. Be especially careful near horses. SLOW DOWN, STOP AND SWITCH OFF YOUR ENGINE, IF NECESSARY. Fire risk – no smoking please this time last year was a major moorland fire on Saddleworth Moor, which is only around 20 miles away. The same dry conditions could well apply this time. PLEASE BE CAREFUL - DO NOTHING THAT COULD START A FIRE. If you see one, dial 999/112 and report it asap.

HOSPITALS MACCLESFIELD - SK10 3BL - 01625 421000 STEPPING HILL, STOCKPORT - SK2 7JE - 0161 483 1010 ROYAL STOKE, STOKE-ON-TRENT - ST4 6SQ - 01782 715444 NORTHERN GENERAL, SHEFFIELD - S5 7AU - 0114 243 4343 DAVE ROWLAND Brought up in Chapel en le frith, Dave's first interest in bikes came in 1949 when he and brother Roy travelled to the Manx GP to see Geof Duke, later going to watch Sammy Miller compete in the Clayton Trial. Presumably neither Miller nor Dave had any idea that in the not too distant future they would be close competitors. In the Haslemere MCC's 1960 Longmoor Cup Trial Dave won the award for Best Army Rider, whilst in the South Eastern Centre Haslemere Cups Trial - his first civilian event - he took Best Novice on a 350 AJS. That year also saw Dave on an AJS finish a single point behind the winner (Barry Rodgers) in the Loughborough Club’s Nemo Trophy Trial. In 1961 and still on the AJ, Dave was Runner-Up in the North Western Centre Trial alongside Don Smith, Mick Andrews and Eric Adcock before swapping to a 250 BSA on which he completed the Joe Abbott Memorial Trial in the North Western Centre without losing a mark. In1963 he joined the BSA works team and collected 3 National and 9 Centre wins, including the Red Rose, the Clayton, the Lomax and the Manx 2-Day. The Red Rose was perhaps the best win, with Dave beating Sammy Miller by a single mark. The positions were reversed in that year’s Scott Trial with Dave being pushed into the Runner- Up/Best 250 position by Miller. Other achievements in 1963 include winning the Army’s Northern and Southern Command Trials, 4th place in the Allan Jefferies Trial, 5th in the British Experts and a further 4th in the SSDT as Best Newcomer. 1964 followed with Best 250 in the Victory Trial and a 3rd in the Knut. In 1965, Dave and colleagues from the Buxton & DMC were the Best Team in the Peak Trial with Dave continuing to a 1st Class Award in the Vic Brittain, a Special 1st Class in the Scottish and a win in the Hillsborough Trophy Trial. 1966 would almost certainly have seen his most prestigious result to date. Having already won the Ipswich Club’s Mardle National, taken 3rd place in the Victory Trial and been Runner-Up to Mick Andrews in the Kickham, a loss of no marks on the Thursday of the Scottish gave him Best Performance that day, with a potential win on the cards. However, earlier that year, Dave and a friend had witnessed a fatal stabbing in Buxton. The Court proceedings were held the same week as the Scottish and Dave was summoned down to appear as a witness. The SSDT Committee were willing to do everything they could to let Dave complete the trial but the local Police removed his bike from the parc ferme, effectively finishing the trial for him. Still with BSA on returning to Scotland in 1967, Dave took the experimental 173cc Bantam Bushman to 2nd place - again behind Sammy Miller - and the Best 200cc Award. Despite this and wins in the Allan Jefferies and the Mitchell, 2nd place to Mick Andrews in the Bemrose on the tie-breaker and taking the Cheshire Trials Championship, BSA dropped their support for trials in this year. As a result, "Rowly" moved over to a 250 Bultaco in 1968 and helped Man17 win the Cheshire Team Trial (along with some chap called Henry Rosenthal). In 1971, Dave transferred to sidecars and, on a 1958 Gold Star with Kenny Eyre in the chair, he took 3rd place in the Northern Experts Trial. However, it is perhaps Ray Armstrong that most people would know best as Dave’s passenger, the pair achieving Best Sidecar in the Winsford Club’s 1972 Benoit Shield at Oulton Park and a 1st Class Sidecar Award in the '72 Vic Brittain Trial. Is it a coincidence that Scott Rowland went on to take the British Sidecar Trials Championship three times? Dave was also an active grafter behind the scenes as well. A former Man17 President, he represented the club at the Centre Board and was the instigator of both our John Hartle Memorial Trial and of the Inter Centre Sidecar Team Trial. When he resigned from the ACU Trials Committee in 1977, he was one of the youngest and most respected of its members. Finding mobility increasingly difficult, Dave gave up his crutches for a motorised wheelchair – fitted with a CB radio! Under the callsign "Beezer", he was almost as well known around the local airwaves as he had been in the trials world. As a mark of the club’s respect and appreciation of Dave's efforts and achievements, in 1979 the Hepworth Trophy Trial became the first Dave Rowland Trophy Trial, moving from Centre status to Regional Restricted to National. Since then it has been part of both the British Solo Trials Championship and of the MCN/ACU Clubmans Championship, before settling into the trials calendar as a popular clubman’s National event, attracting entries from across the country. The actual Dave Rowland Trophy is the cylinder head off Dave’s old BSA C15 on which he competed in the Scottish. Dave passed away in April 1995, finally succumbing to the multiple sclerosis which he first contracted in 1970. NO NAME TOWN BIKE CLASS START 1 FRED ADAMS DURSLEY MONTESA NATIONAL 9.01 2 COLIN SHACKLETON KEIGHLEY SHERCO CLUBMAN 9.02 3 DANIEL PUGH SHIFNAL GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.03 4 JONATHAN DAWSON SOWERBY BRIDGE VERTIGO CLUBMAN 9.04 5 PAUL MARWOOD ALFORD SHERCO 50/50 9.05 6 JULIAN COLLINS KETTERING MONTESA CLUBMAN 9.06 7 SIMON LEVETT DAVENTRY BETA CLUBMAN 9.07 8 ANDREW CHANDLER NEWPORT PAGNELL GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.08 9 IAIN ROBINSON BUXTON BETE, NATIONAL 9.09 10 ROBERT TAYLOR LANCASTER BETA 50/50 9.10 11 IAN WATTS DAVENTRY BETA CLUBMAN 9.11 12 ROBERT HOYLES REIGATE BETA CLUBMAN 9.12 13 PAUL LONERGAN COLCHESTER VERTIGO 50/50 9.13 14 LEE BLACK SHEFFIELD GAS GAS 50/50 9.14 15 ROGER JOHNS WAREHAM GAS GAS 50/50 9.15 16 RICHARD BEDDOES NEWPORT GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.16 17 BEN CLARK CHESTERFIELD SCORPA CLUBMAN 9.17 18 ANDREW SMITH CHESTERFIELD GAS GAS 50/50 9.18 19 GARY PRIESTLEY HITCHIN BETA CLUBMAN 9.19 20 CLIVE CHARLTON COVENTRY BETA CLUBMAN 9.20 21 PHILIP DUCKER DAVENTRY BETA CLUBMAN 9.21 22 STEVE HITCHCOCK DERBY HONDA CLUBMAN 9.22 23 ANDREW RHODES DERBY SHERCO CLUBMAN 9.23 24 RICHARD WAREHAM DERBY GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.24 25 FRANK PROUD NOTTINGHAM BETA CLUBMAN 9.25 26 ADAM WORMALD NEWARK BETA CLUBMAN 9.26 27 STEPHEN KENNY DERBY BETA CLUBMAN 9.27 28 JOHN HOLLAND MARKET HARBOROUGH BETA 50/50 9.28 29 BARRY ROADS YEOVIL BETA 50/50 9.29 30 CARL BAKER NORTHWICH BETA CLUBMAN 9.30 31 PHILLIP COOMBES MACCLESFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.31 32 DAVID KNAGGS SHEFFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.32 33 DARREN WASLEY SHEFFIELD GAS GAS 50/50 9.33 34 CHRIS BURGIN SHEFFIELD SHERCO 50/50 9.34 35 BEN BURGIN BARNSLEY BETA 50/50 9.35 36 MARK WRAY GAINSBOROUGH GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.36 37 ROMAN KYRNYCKYJ GAINSBOROUGH GAS GAS 50/50 9.37 38 MATTHEW BUCKINGHAM SHEFFIELD BETA CLUBMAN 9.38 39 MIKE EDWARDS STOCKPORT GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.39 40 ANTONY MARTIN EASTBOURNE VERTIGO NATIONAL 9.40 41 HUGH BARKER FAVERSHAM VERTIGO NATIONAL 9.41 42 LEE HUTCHINSON HOPE VALLEY HONDA CLUBMAN 9.42 43 MARTIN JACKSON ROCHDALE VERTIGO CLUBMAN 9.43 44 LEIGH ELLIOTT HOPE VALLEY GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.44 45 JAMES GAMMONS MIDHURST GAS GAS NATIONAL 9.45 46 IAN WAKEFORD HAVANT SWM, 50/50 9.46 47 JOHN COWLEY MILTON KEYNES BETA 50/50 9.47 48 SAMUEL RHODES ASHBOURNE GAS GAS NATIONAL 9.48 49 PAUL HAIGH HALIFAX VERTIGO CLUBMAN 9.49 50 SAM CLARKE DRONFIELD YAMAHA, 50/50 9.50 51 MIKE KING HIGH PEAK JOTAGAS CLUBMAN 9.51 52 GAVIN BLACK SHEFFIELD SHERCO 50/50 9.52 53 ANDREW TURNER BARNSLEY BETA CLUBMAN 9.53 54 RICHARD PLANT DRONFIELD BETA CLUBMAN 9.54 55 MICHAEL HYDEN HORSHAM GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.55 56 KATY SUNTER SHEFFIELD JST GAS GAS UK 50/50 9.56 57 DAN THORPE SHEFFIELD GAS GAS NATIONAL 9.57 58 SAMUEL YEOMANS NEWPORT JST GAS GAS UK NATIONAL 9.58 59 IAN STRUDLEY REDDITCH BETA CLUBMAN 9.59 NO NAME TOWN BIKE CLASS START 60 DANIEL CLARKE HIGH WYCOMBE BETA 50/50 10.00 61 MATTHEW HOPKINSON BURNLEY TRS 50/50 10.01 62 NEIL SAUNDERS BEACONSFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.02 63 DAVE PORRITT MACCLESFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.03 64 DAVID SMITH KIDDERMINSTER TRS CLUBMAN 10.04 65 PAUL SULLIVAN DARWEN GAS GAS 50/50 10.05 66 MARK HAWKINS BELPER MONTESA 50/50 10.06 67 DAVID WOOD SUTTON COLDFIELD YAMAHA CLUBMAN 10.07 68 SCOTT BROOKES STRATFORD-UPON-AVON VERTIGO CLUBMAN 10.08 69 MARK REYNOLDS SKIPTON HONDA CLUBMAN 10.09 70 RICHARD PLANT HIGH PEAK GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.10 71 ANDREW HICKMAN DUDLEY HONDA CLUBMAN 10.11 72 DAVID FOWLER EVESHAM MONTESA CLUBMAN 10.12 73 WILLIAM WOOD ROTHERHAM BETA CLUBMAN 10.13 74 IAN HAIGH HUDDERSFIELD HONDA CLUBMAN 10.14 75 JONATHAN LEE RUSHDEN TRS 50/50 10.15 76 DANIEL LORD ACCRINGTON BETA CLUBMAN 10.16 77 GLYNN BOUGHTON ACCRINGTON TRS CLUBMAN 10.17 78 STEPHEN SWANSON WELLINGBOROUGH JOHN LEE BETA 50/50 10.18 79 BRETTON KING MALMESBURY ECOSOL HONDA CLUBMAN 10.19 80 SHAUN HOYLE BARNSLEY BETA 50/50 10.20 81 STEVEN GERRARD WARRINGTON BETA 50/50 10.21 82 NICK HUMPHREYS ALFRETON GAS GAS 50/50 10.22 83 SAMUEL BEECROFT-PENNY LEEDS TRS NATIONAL 10.23 84 NEIL SAVAGE BARNSLEY GAS GAS 50/50 10.24 85 MEGAN SAVAGE BARNSLEY GAS GAS 50/50 10.25 86 STEPHEN CORNTHWAITE ACCRINGTON VERTIGO 50/50 10.26 87 ANTHONY BROWN ROSSENDALE AB TYRES GAS GAS 50/50 10.27 88 PAUL ATKINSON WINSFORD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.28 89 DAVID PERRY SHEFFIELD SHERCO CLUBMAN 10.29 90 RYAN MACHEN SHEFFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.30 91 MARK SHAW MANSFIELD GAS GAS 50/50 10.31 92 MATTHEW TREWEEK SANDBACH SHERCO CLUBMAN 10.32 93 PAUL BENNETT STOKE-ON-TRENT SCORPA 50/50 10.33 94 IAN OWEN WREXHAM MONTESA CLUBMAN 10.34 95 THOMAS BENNETT NEWCASTLE TRS 50/50 10.35 96 BILLY CRAIG DERBY MONTESA 50/50 10.36 97 STUART WALKER SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD MONTESA 50/50 10.37 98 MARK TIMPERLEY DRONFIELD BETA CLUBMAN 10.38 99 ANDY FOOT BUXTON TEAM6T9 GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.39 100 MARK SMITH YARM AM TRS 50/50 10.40 101 MARTY HILL MACCLESFIELD TEAM 6T9 BETA 4T CLUBMAN 10.41 102 TONY BUCKLEY MOLD BETA 50/50 10.42 103 RICHARD TAYLOR BARNOLDSWICK MONTESA CLUBMAN 10.43 104 MARK COOK MIDDLEWICH SHERCO CLUBMAN 10.44 105 ROBERT SCOTT MELKSHAM SHERCO 300 CLUBMAN 10.45 106 KEITH WOOSTER SWINDON SHERCO CLUBMAN 10.46 107 PHILIP HOUGHTON WREXHAM BETA 50/50 10.47 108 GREG MOOR SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD TRS 50/50 10.48 109 JON PROBITTS OXFORD BETA CLUBMAN 10.49 110 MARK WOODBURN KIDLINGTON MONTESA 300R CLUBMAN 10.50 111 IAN SMART HOLYWELL BETA 50/50 10.51 112 SCOTT ROWLAND HIGH PEAK 6T9 GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.52 113 LOUIS GREY STANLEY BETA 50/50 10.53 114 SHANE HARVEY ILKESTON MONTESA CLUBMAN 10.54 115 ANDREW DENNIS BILLINGHAM AM THR BETA CLUBMAN 10.55 116 STEFAN WALTERS ABINGDON BETA CLUBMAN 10.56 117 RICHARD TIMPERLEY CHESTERFIELD JST GAS GAS UK NATIONAL 10.57