Darwen Trials Club will organise a Closed to Club 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: AMCA-2026-5226

DATE: 30th August, 2026

ELIGIBILITY: All riders must be members of Darwen Trials Club.

START / VENUE: 10:30 at South Hollingworth Farm , OL14 6QY

DIRECTIONS:

SatNav: OL14 7SN - Walsden Post Office, Rochdale Road. From the Post Office, follow Birks Road, then Hollingworth Lane uphill to the venue. The lane is narrow and steep with a tight hairpin bend. Please show consideration for local residents.

No practising on this land without the permission of the landowner. 

INCONSIDERATE AND ILLEGAL USE LOSES LAND!

WHAT3WORDS: trials.spurring.lookout 

CLASSES: Adult,Youth

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

OFFICIALS: Clerk of the Course: Barry Sanderson
Secretary of the Meeting (To whom all correspondence regarding this event shall be addressed): Alex Sykes
 darwen@trialmonster.uk
  07910765467 - before 9pm
Point of Contact for Child Protection Matters: Secretary of the Meeting.

ENTRIES: Adult entry fee: £20
Youth entry fee: £15
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: 12:01am August 17th, 2026
Closing date for entries: 9:00am August 30th, 2026

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.