Darwen Trials Club will organise an Open trial for solo motorcycles, held under the Rules of the AMCA, the following Supplementary Regulations and any Final Instructions issued for the meeting. Please take the time to carefully read any specific Safety Procedures and Notes produced by Darwen Trials Club which form part of the Supplementary Regulations. There will also be a Riders Briefing which all riders must attend ten minutes before the official start time.

PERMIT: TBA

DATE: 26th July, 2026

ELIGIBILITY: All riders must be members of an AMCA affiliated club.

START / VENUE: 10:30 at Calderhead Farm, Cliviger , BB10 4SY

DIRECTIONS:

The venue is located off the A646 between Holme Chapel and Cornholme.
From Todmorden - from Cornholme the road passes a layby/parking on the left, then a bridge controlled by traffic lights. On a stretch of double white lines beyond the bridge, there is a rusty metal gate to the left which leads down a track to the parking area.
From Burnley - follow the A646 through Walk Mill then Holme Chapel. Shortly after leaving Holme Chapel, there is a layby / parking to the left. Approximately 250 yards further there is a series of curves marked with double white lines. The entrance to the parking area is on the right hand side of one of these bends. Take great care crossing here as traffic can be quite fast.

Practising on this land is permitted with the owner's permission only.

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CLASSES: Adult, Youth, Twinshock, Over-50

COURSES: Expert, Intermediate, Novice, 50/50, Easy

OFFICIALS: Clerk of the Course:
Secretary of the Meeting (To whom all correspondence regarding this event shall be addressed): Alex Sykes
 alex@alexsykes.net
  07910765467
Point of Contact for Child Protection Matters: Secretary of the Meeting.

ENTRIES: Adult entry fee: £20
Youth entry fee: £10
Providing the entry limit is not reached, entry on the day will be available at this event and will be subject to a £5 surcharge per entry.
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Opening date for entries: 9:00am May 31st, 2026
Closing date for entries: 6:00pm July 27th, 2026

ENTRY LIMIT: This trial has a limited entry of 60. In the event of the limit being exceeded, acceptance will be determined by Ballot. Entrants will be informed by email once payment is received and their entry is confirmed.

RESULTS: Will be published on the trialmonster.uk website

COURSE: Will comprise one or more laps of a course all on private land. No practising on this land before or after the event. The number of laps and sections will be announced at a riders’ briefing immediately before the event start.

SECTION MARKING AND SCORING: This trial will be a Stop Permitted trial.

Main route (usually Novice) is marked by bLue (Left) and Red (Right) markers with deviations for other routes as follows. Easy route - Pink, Intermediate - White, Expert - Yellow. 

The 50/50 route will ride a combination of Easy and Novice section and will attempt the easier route unless a '50/50' marker is shown at the section 'Begins' cards. The number of sections, laps and any changes will be announced at a briefing ten minutes before the start of the trial.

A machine will be deemed to be in the section when the front wheel spindle has passed the Section Begins card and marks will be awarded until the front wheel spindle has passed the Section Ends card. Marks lost will conform to the Clean-1-2-3-5 system. Further details can be found in the AMCA Trials Rule Book.