EASTERN CENTRE of the AUTO-CYCLE UNION
CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION CONDITIONS
TRIALS
All Championship events to be run under the ACU Trials Standing Regulations (TSR’s), these Centre Championship Conditions and any Centre Trials Rules. The decision of the Eastern Centre ACU on all matters relating to Championship competitions shall be final.
1. EVENTS
There shall provisionally be up to EIGHT rounds for each class to be held in each calendar year but only the best SIX will count towards the Championship. All documentation should describe the event as the —
“EASTERN CENTRE TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP, Solo, Expert, Intermediate, Novice or Sidecar Round No ..”
Each event may be run either for all classes or separate at the discretion of the Eastern Centre Competitions Committee
2. ELIGIBILITY
Each trial shall be open to any driver who is a member of any Club affiliated to the Eastern Centre ACU at least one month prior to the event. Such drivers shall be eligible to score points for their nominated club which shall be that declared on their first entry for the Championships. Once a driver has declared himself in this way to be a member of a particular club, he may not score points for any other club during any one Championship year unless his former club shall have ceased to exist in the course of that period
All pre 70 machines must comply with the British Trials bike championship rules. i.e. be built in Britain before 31/12/69, and be fitted with British hubs, engine,carburettor and frame. Forks must be of a type used on British bikes at that time.
3. CLASSES
There shall be classes for Experts, Intermediates, Novices, Pre 70 British bikes and Sidecars each having their own route through the majority of sections.
The Pre 70 class may share a route with either novice or sidecar but no harder.
NO STOP rules will apply to P70 & Sidecar classes only.
4. ENTRIES
No limit shall be placed on the number of entries to be accepted up to the closing date of an event, which shall be at least 5 days prior to the event. Solos must have a minimum of 10 entries per class. Sidecar ,P70, Youth A&B classes must have a minimum of 3 entries per class for the trial to qualify as a Championship event.
5. STARTING POSITIONS
A ballot taken after closing date will determine the starting positions for all drivers This must be stated in the Supplementary Regulations and conform to ACU TSR’s.
The First lap of all Expert Rounds will count only as a practice and will not count towards the final score.
A Time Limit,of not more than 5 hours, will be imposed by the Club running the event, this will INCLUDE the Experts unmarked lap (above).
6. TIES
Ties will be resolved by ACU TSR’s.
7. POINTS
Individual Championship points will be awarded in each class as follows:-
1st 20 points, 2nd - 17 points, 3rd - 15 points 4th - 13 points, 5th - 11 points, 6th 10 points, and then reducing by 1 point per position until 15th 1 point.
The Club Championship points to be awarded to the Clubs best Expert Intermediate and Novice who scores Individual Championship points in each round. The scale of points to be the same as the Individual points
Championship, i e. 1st 20 points .... 15th 1 point. The Sidecar Club
Championship points to be awarded to the best drivers from each club.
8. RESULTS
At the end of the year the best 5 scores of each driver and club in each category shall be totalled The highest scoring driver in each category shall be declared Centre...(CIass) Champion and the highest scoring club shall be declared ‘xxx’ Centre...(Solo/Sidecar) Champion Club.
Should a tie occur in the Individual Championships, the better placing shall be for that driver who has the most 1st places, the most 2nd places and so on If a tie still exists then the rider’s best result in the most recent round to decide. Should a tie occur in the Club Championships, the score from the sixth Round shall be taken into account. Should a tie not be resolved by these means then the clubs best result in the most recent round to count.
The pre70 Champion will be the overall winner and class awards e.g. two-stroke, four-stroke, Unit, etc. shall be given to the highest placed rider from that class in the overall result.
9. RECORDING OF RESULTS
Within 14 days of the event the detailed provisional results listed in order of merit shall be sent to each competitor, the Centre Recorder the Centre Steward and the Centre Secretary. The Centre Recorder and any other interested parties shall be notified as soon as possible if any protest makes any changes to the results.
10. AWARDS
The Centre Annual Trophies as detailed below will be awarded to be held for one year and may not be won outright. Replicas will also be awarded
Solo Expert Champion Halstead Challenge Trophy
Solo Intermediate Champion Chris Edwards Trophy
Solo Novice Champion Roy Bannister Trophy
Sidecar Champion Passenger Trophy
Solo Club Champion Ipswich Motor Challenge Shield
Sidecar Club Champion Duckhams Trophy
Solo Pre 70 Overall Champion Palmer-Woodmason Plate
Solo Pre 70 2 Stroke Champion Ken Davis Trophy
Solo Pre 70 Pre Unit Triangle (Ipswich) MCC Trophy
Solo Pre 70 Unit Champion Southend MCC Trophy
Solo Youth ‘A’ Dave Cordle Trophy
Solo Youth ‘B’ Butcher Trophy
Should any Champion not be resident within the Centre boundaries, the best Centre Resident in that class shall be awarded the ‘named’ Trophy, and an additional Trophy shall be awarded to any non-resident Champion.
