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Good Luck, U.S. TDN Teams

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Best wishes for our men’s and women’s U.S. Trials des Nations teams this year. (Above photo of men’s team is from last year. See this blog entry.) France is host country this year and the competition gets underway in Breal Sous Monfort on Oct. 28 for the ladies and Oct. 29 for the men. […]

AMA and NATC organizational meetings in October

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

National season is over and October will soon bring organizational meetings for the sport of trials. First up will be the AMA Congress on Oct 6/7 and for the first time our sport of motorcycle trials will be represented at the congress via a special appointed delegate for trials. I will attend and […]

Geoff Aaron’s 10th National Championship

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Congratulations to ERE’s Geoff Aaron on his 10th National Trials Championship!
This is an unprecedented accomplishment in motorcycle sports and one that will likely never be repeated.
Another special note of congratulations is due to Geoff on his recent wedding to Kerry Williams of BC.
We understand that they have settled into their new home in Colorado and […]

Women’s Camp update: date change; Laia Sanz attending

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

Good news on the FIM Women’s trials training camp! Women’s World Champ Laia Sanz (photo on the right above is from the 2004 World Round in Duluth with US Montesa’s Martin Belair) will be there along with U.S. Women’s champ Louise Forsley.
The date is moved back one week from the previous scheduled time so […]

Women’s Trial Training Camp - Nov. 24-26

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

The FIM is sponsoring a series of Women’s Trial Training Camps in Germany, France, South Africa, and the United States. The U.S. camp is open to all women trials riders from North America and will be held here at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, TN on November 24-26, 2006.

Information and details on […]

NATC Round 4 photos

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Bill Smage sent us 4 dozen photos of this past weekend’s NATC Rnd 4 at Rock Creek Riding area, Tisomingo, OK.
They’ve now been posted to the photo album.
Current standings after 4 rounds are posted on the NATC’s results page.

Competition Rules and Club Resources

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

Happy New Year!  Here is one new years resolution for the USMTA members: we need to get to work on the committees for competition rules and club resources!  The competition rules committee will include rules for scoring and section marking for a competition event for clubs, which will be submitted to the AMA for approval and […]

News & Trials World Championship Calendar

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

From the recent FIM meeting in Geneva, the Trials World Championship schedule has been released, as follows:

April 2          Nigran, Spain

April 9          TBA, Portugal

May 20/21   Sequatchie, TN, USA

June 3/4      Motegi, Japan

June 25       La Chatre, France

July 2           Darfo Boario Terme, Italy

July 9           Myslenice, Poland

July 30         Hawkstone Park, Great Britain

Sept. 3      TBA, Andorra

Sept. 24    Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium

Sept. 30/ Oct. 1  Trials des Nations, […]

Team USA Wins International Trophy

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

Congratulations to team USA for a fantastic win of the men’s International Trophy at the 2005 Trials des Nations!  Team members Geoff Aaron, Chris Florin, Cody Webb and Keith Wineland had a great result.  For Shan Moore’s excellent coverage of the event check out the AMA website or the official FIM website, Trial Online.  The USA ladies are a young but […]

Under construction

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

Excuse our dust. We’re going to be experimenting with the site style/theme tonight.
 Don’t get excited about what you see, as it may not last.