Motu
21st July 2006, 08:45
I'll do a cut and paste of a couple of the emails Peter Boettcher sends out to the trials riders,he explains about the Tri Series and it's intentions.It really is a great series and I think I came 4th one year - a huge confidence booster for someone as low down on the scale as me.......
The Tri-Series
In the late 1990's, the Hamilton trials scene began to
liven up, I think due to the efforts of Neil McCabe
with classic and twin shock events. This allowed
similar riders from Auckland to participate as the
trials were not too far away. Also, some Auckland
riders were traveling to Tauranga for their club
trials and a happy time was had by all.
In 2000, I sorted out a series strategy with Wayne
Cann to tie in the three main centres and have trials
where the lowest point scorer, in any of the three
grades could win the event, not necessarily the best
Expert rider.
The intention was to allow an opportunity for other
less gifted riders to win the series.
In order to attain this, and cater for the Classic A,
Classic B, Clubmen, Intermediate and Expert riders, we
came up with this simple system.
Experts and top Inters were to ride old dungers, in
the spirit of the event, twin shock Bultaco, Honda,
Ossa, BSA for example and were to ride to the red
arrows on the sections.
Other Inters, modern good Clubbies and Classic A ride
to the yellow arrows.
Modern Clubbies, starting off and Classic B ride
anywhere between red and white.
This made it a fairly easy task for marking out
sections and did allow for all grades of riders to win
the series and hold onto the Tri-Series cup for a
year.
I bought the cup as I wanted to put a little back into
the sport and called it the Tri-Series, to be
contested for over the three rounds in Auckland,
Hamilton and Tauranga.
Through the efforts of Allan Reddie, we came up with
an extra scoring system to identify a teams award for
the highest points scoring "district" over the three
rounds. I don't know if this is still functioning or
not or even who would sort out the scores.
Back to the trials - the events were just brilliant,
lots of riders, sometimes over 50, heaps of different
classes of bikes and lots of fun, what more could you
ask for.
I have noticed that, over the past few years some of
the better riders are not on their old dungers, which
needs to be addressed. The intention is to allow any
rider to win and not to make the sections overly
difficult to test the top riders on their modern bikes
which then makes things difficult for lesser riders.
I suggest that any Expert rider and top Intermediate
rider who wishes to ride their modern bikes can do so,
but not be eligible for series points. This keeps the
section marking straight forward and is in keeping
with the spirit of the event; to allow any rider to
win.
Riders with modern bikes in this category would be:
Andrew Poad
Robert Poad
Warwick Merriman
Peter Boettcher
Kevin Knowles
Matt Kershaw
Ray Skinner
Chris Birch
Tri Series Winners
2000 Peter Boettcher - Bultaco /Wayne Cann - Gas Gas
Exp/Club
2001 Andrew Bloodworth -Ossa Clubmen
2002 Paul McLoud TY175? Inter
2003 Kevin Knowles ? inter
2004 Warrick Merriman ? Expert
2005 Darren Stockman Scorpa clubmen
That's about all for now.
Bye, Peter Boettcher.
The Tri-Series
In the late 1990's, the Hamilton trials scene began to
liven up, I think due to the efforts of Neil McCabe
with classic and twin shock events. This allowed
similar riders from Auckland to participate as the
trials were not too far away. Also, some Auckland
riders were traveling to Tauranga for their club
trials and a happy time was had by all.
In 2000, I sorted out a series strategy with Wayne
Cann to tie in the three main centres and have trials
where the lowest point scorer, in any of the three
grades could win the event, not necessarily the best
Expert rider.
The intention was to allow an opportunity for other
less gifted riders to win the series.
In order to attain this, and cater for the Classic A,
Classic B, Clubmen, Intermediate and Expert riders, we
came up with this simple system.
Experts and top Inters were to ride old dungers, in
the spirit of the event, twin shock Bultaco, Honda,
Ossa, BSA for example and were to ride to the red
arrows on the sections.
Other Inters, modern good Clubbies and Classic A ride
to the yellow arrows.
Modern Clubbies, starting off and Classic B ride
anywhere between red and white.
This made it a fairly easy task for marking out
sections and did allow for all grades of riders to win
the series and hold onto the Tri-Series cup for a
year.
I bought the cup as I wanted to put a little back into
the sport and called it the Tri-Series, to be
contested for over the three rounds in Auckland,
Hamilton and Tauranga.
Through the efforts of Allan Reddie, we came up with
an extra scoring system to identify a teams award for
the highest points scoring "district" over the three
rounds. I don't know if this is still functioning or
not or even who would sort out the scores.
Back to the trials - the events were just brilliant,
lots of riders, sometimes over 50, heaps of different
classes of bikes and lots of fun, what more could you
ask for.
I have noticed that, over the past few years some of
the better riders are not on their old dungers, which
needs to be addressed. The intention is to allow any
rider to win and not to make the sections overly
difficult to test the top riders on their modern bikes
which then makes things difficult for lesser riders.
I suggest that any Expert rider and top Intermediate
rider who wishes to ride their modern bikes can do so,
but not be eligible for series points. This keeps the
section marking straight forward and is in keeping
with the spirit of the event; to allow any rider to
win.
Riders with modern bikes in this category would be:
Andrew Poad
Robert Poad
Warwick Merriman
Peter Boettcher
Kevin Knowles
Matt Kershaw
Ray Skinner
Chris Birch
Tri Series Winners
2000 Peter Boettcher - Bultaco /Wayne Cann - Gas Gas
Exp/Club
2001 Andrew Bloodworth -Ossa Clubmen
2002 Paul McLoud TY175? Inter
2003 Kevin Knowles ? inter
2004 Warrick Merriman ? Expert
2005 Darren Stockman Scorpa clubmen
That's about all for now.
Bye, Peter Boettcher.