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: AMCA 2026/4889

DATE: 25th April, 2026

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

START / VENUE: 13:00 at Cowm Leisure , OL12 8BE

DIRECTIONS:

Follow the A671 into the centre of Whitworth. Leave the A671 at Tong Lane – close to a pedestrian crossing. This will soon become Tong End, then Back Cowm Lane. Cowm Leisure is approximately one mile along here.

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

INCONSIDERATE AND ILLEGAL USE LOSES LAND!

WHAT3WORDS: stance.fenced.shredder 

CLASSES: Adult,Youth

COURSES: Easy,50/50,Novice,Hard Novice

OFFICIALS: Clerk of the Course: Rob O'Connor
Secretary of the Meeting (To whom all correspondence regarding this event shall be addressed): Rob O'Connor
 rob.jane.oconnor@gmail.com
  07976 869938
Point of Contact for Child Protection Matters: Secretary of the Meeting.

ENTRIES: Adult entry fee: £20
Youth entry fee: £10
Enter through TrialMonster
Closing date for entries: 6:00pm April 24th, 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.

NOTES:

Please remain in the parking area before the 12:50 briefing and return to the parking area when you have finished. There is some Enduro practice running in the venue.

Entry to this event does not give any access for free practice - either before or after the trial.

 

2026 Darwen Trials Club membership (£5) is available - please select the Add Membership option when registering your entry