EC TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION CONDITIONS

Note: No responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions in these rules/regulations. They are here only as a guide. Please refer to the rules as published in the Eastern Centre Handbook.

All Championship events to be run under the ACU Trials Standing Regulations (TSRs), 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 be provisionally be eight rounds for each class to be held in each calendar year. 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 for all classes or separate at the discretion of the Eastern Centre Competition 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 the Pre-70 and 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, Pre-70, Youth A and 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 TSRs.
The first lap of all expert rounds will count only as 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 (see above).

6. Ties
Ties will be resolved by ACU TSRs.

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, then reducing by 1 point per position until 15th - 1 point.
The Club Championship points to be awarded to the Club’s 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 to 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 five scores of each driver and club in each category shall be totalled. The highest scoring driver in each category shall be declared Centre…(class) Champion and the highest scoring club shall be declared Centre…(Solo/Sidecar) Champion club.
Should a tie occur in the Individual Championships, the better placing shall be for that driver who has most 1st places, the most second 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’s best result in the most recent round to count.
The Pre-70 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 results.

9. Recording of Results
Within 14 days of each 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 Solo Intermediate champion Solo Novice champion Sidecar champion Solo Club champion Sidecar Club champion Solo Pre-70 overall champion Solo Pre-70 two-stroke champion Solo Pre-70 pre-unit champion Solo Pre-70 unit champion Solo Youth A Solo Youth B Halstead Challenge Trophy Chris Edwards Trophy Roy Bannister Trophy Passenger Trophy Ipswich Motor Challenge Shield Duckhams Trophy Palmer Woodmason Plate Ken Davis Trophy Triangle (Ipswich) MCC Trophy Southend MCC Trophy David Cordle Trophy The Butcher Trophy

Should any champion not be resident within the Centre boundaries, the best Centre Resident shall be awarded the ‘named’ Trophy and an additional Trophy shall be awarded to any non-resident Champion.

Note: No responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions in these rules / regulations. They are here as a guide only. Please refer to the Centre Handbook for full rules.