THE MANCHESTER “17” MOTORCYCLE CLUB LTD.FOUNDED IN 1935 AND AFFILIATED TO CHESHIRE & NORTH WALES CENTRE, AUTO CYCLE UNION

THE FORTIETHDAVE ROWLAND TROPHY TRIAL(Permit ACU 55457) - 9.00 a.m. SUNDAY 7th JULY 2019

Berry Bank Farm, Wildboarclough, MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire SK11 0BG Ordnance Survey Ref: SJ 9867 6811

Camping available at the venue: 07817 972596 to reserve your placewww.berrybankfarm.co.uk/

OFFICIALS

A.C.U. STEWARD ........................................................................................ TBACHESHIRE & NORTH WALES CENTRE STEWARD ... HARVEY LLOYD – LIC. NO. 31610MANCHESTER 17 M.C.C. STEWARD ............................................ VANESSA BROWN

CLERK OF THE COURSE ...................................... KEN ROBERTS – LIC. NO. 36712ASSISTANT CLERK OF THE COURSE ................... ADRIAN MELLOR – LIC. NO. 16692

SECRETARY OF THE MEETING ..... HENRY ROSENTHAL

PHONE: 07801 065331EMAIL: HENRY@RENTHAL.COM

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSTHE MANCHESTER 17 MOTOR CYCLE CLUB LTD. WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING:

LORD DERBY MS R HAMILTON MR C BUSH

MR A KIDD MR B KIDD MR A HAGUE

MR G TUNNICLIFFE MR J BARBER MR J & MRS A ROBINSON

MACCLESFIELD TC, CHESHIRE & NORTH WALES CENTRE ACU,MIDLAND CENTRE ACU AND ALL OBSERVERS, MARSHALS AND OTHER HELPERS

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Cover photo (by Scott Ellis) is from the club photo gallery at

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The piece on Dave Rowland is extracted from an article originally written for the Man17 newsletter. DoreenRowland has kindly given us permission to put scans of Dave's scrapbooks onto our website. PDF files ofthem can be seen at:

www.manchester17.org.uk/Shared_Pages/History%20and%20Heritage/dave_rowland.htm

Without you, we couldn't do it!

PAST WINNERS

DAVE ROWLAND TROPHY1979 ................ Malcolm Rathmell 1980 .................... Chris Clarke 1981 ................ John Reynolds1982 ..................... John Reynolds 1983 ............... Steve Saunders 1984 .................. Mick Andrews1985 ......................... Tony Scarlet 1986 ................... Mark Holland 1987 .................... Steven Hole1988 ........................ John Shirt Jr. 1989 ................... John Shirt Jr. 1990 .................... Adam Norris

1991 ........................ John Shirt Jr. 1992 ............ Wayne Braybrook 1993 ....................... Paul Rose1994 ........................ John Shirt Jr. 1995 .............. Dougie Lampkin 1996 .................... Steve Colley1997 ...................... Graham Tales 1998 ........................ Paul Rose 1999 ..................... Dan Thorpe2000 ................ Martin Crosswaite 2001 ..cancelled due to Foot & Mouth 2002 ................... David Bacon2003 ................... Steve Saunders 2004 ................... John Shirt Jr. 2005 ................... Mike Roberts2006 ...................... Chris Pearson 2007 ..................... Dan Thorpe 2008 ........... Richard Timperley2009 ....................... Jonny Walker 2010 .................... Sam Haslam 2011 .................... Ross Danby2012 ........................... Dan Farrar 2013 ..................... Ross Danby 2014 ..................... Dan Thorpe2015 ................ Richard Timperley 2016 ................ Richard Sadler 2017 ..................... Dan Thorpe2018 ..................... Richard SadlerCLUBMAN WINNERS2002 ............................. Toby Eyre 2003 ........................ Toby Eyre 2004 ................... Steve Kenny2005 ........................ Andy Hipwell 2006 .... John (TrialMag) Hulme 2007 ................... Simon Levett2008 ......... John (TrialMag) Hulme 2009 ... John (TrialMag) Hulme 2010 ...................... Mick Boam2011 ........................ Paul Bennett 2012 .............. Richard Moakes 2013 ........................ Toby Eyre2014 ............................. Toby Eyre 2015 ................. Stefan Walters 2016 ..................... Mike Leddy2017 .......................... Katy Sunter 2018 ................. Steven Davies50/50 WINNERS2012 ..................... Matt Timperley 2013 ................... Tony Scarlett 2014 ................... Tony Scarlett2015 .......................... Sam Clarke 2016 ....................... Chris Koch 2017 ...................... Chris Koch2018 ....................... Daniel Clarke

OBSERVINGMETHOD OF MARKING ACU TSR 22A - STOP PERMITTED

Marks will be lost as follows:

0 - Clean: 1 - Footing once: 2 - Footing twice: 3 - Footing more than twice.

5 - Failure or when requested by a rider rather than attempt the section .

10 - Not attempting a section when called by an Official or missing a section.

ROUTES & SECTION MARKERSSECTION MARKERS

The harder/Experts route will use red/right & blue/left markers.

The Clubman route will use normal red/blue markers with alternative gates shown by yellow/left andwhite/right markers.

50/50 route riders will follow the Easy route, unless the Section is marked as 50/50 when they will followthe Harder/Expert route.

RIDING NUMBERS. All riders will be issued with two number cards with black numbers on a white background, one to be

displayed to the front and one to the rear. RIDERS! It's your responsibility to make sure the Observerscan see both your numbers at all times! A missing number can mean a missing score or a 5

Cards for the Easy route will have no sticker.

Cards for the 0/50 route will have a green sticker.

Cards for the Hard route will have a red/orange sticker.

THE SECTIONSNB: SECTIONS MARKED *** ARE RECOMMENDED FOR SPECTATORS

GRID REFERENCES AND TIMINGS ARE APPROXIMATE. OBSERVERS ARE ADVISED THAT SOME RIDERS MAY ARRIVE AT

THEIR SECTIONS IN ADVANCE OF THESE TIMES, ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE TRIAL.

SECTION/GROUP SUBS OS GRID REF POSTCODE 1ST MAN

START - SJ 9867 6811 SK11 0BG 9.00

RHODODENDRONS *** 1 SJ 990 684 - 9.05

CLOUGH HOUSE *** 2 SJ 989 697 SK11 0BD (car park) 9.15

PLANTATION *** 3 - 4 SJ 990 698 - 9.25

CORRECTION 5 SJ 989 707 - 9.45

NORMAN’S 6 - 8 SJ 997 718 - 9.55

CUCKOO GULLY 9 - 10 SJ 991 713 - 10.15

CHEST HOLLOW 11 - 12 SJ 993 720 - 10.30

Cat & Fiddle pub (closed) - SK 0011 7018 SK11 0BE -

BOWLER'S BROOK *** 13 - 16 SJ 995 725 - 10.45

UPPER CHEST HOLLOW 17 SJ 994 720 - 11.05

BEN’S SCAURS *** 18 - 20 SJ 997 718 - 11.10

CUMBERLAND TOP 21 SJ 998 702 - 11.30

HOLT GULLY *** 22 SK 007 696 SK11 0BQ (farm) 11.45

CUT-THORN 23 - 25 SK 007 689 - 12.00

Cut-Thorn road off A54 - SK 0024 6811 SK11 0BQ -

THREE SHIRES 26 SK 0094 6851 SK17 0TQ 12.20

HAWK’S NEST *** 27 - 28 SK 014 673 SK17 0TH 12.35

ROBINSON'S ROCKS *** 29 - 31 SK 014 670 - 12.50

BARBER'S 32 SK 011 670 SK17 0SS (south gate) 13.05

MANOR STEPS *** 33 – 36 SK 002 662 SK17 0SU 13.20

MANOR ROCKS *** 37 - 40 SJ 995 664 SK11 0BH (top gate) 13.50

SIGN OFF AFTER COMPLETING THE SECTIONS AT MANOR ROCKS

STICK CLOSELY TO THE MARKED ROUTE - DO NOT RIDE ON OPEN MOORLAND

FOR SAFETY REASONS – NO SMOKING

AT THE FARMER'S REQUEST, NO CARS ALLOWED THROUGH THE GATE AT CLOUGH HOUSE

IMPORTANTAll of the sections and some of the route used in this trial are located on private land for which the landowner'spermission has been obtained.

• Please do not prejudice it's future inclusion in this and other trials by inconsiderate or inappropriatebehaviour. Its use today does not imply authority for access at other times without specific permission.

• It is a Cheshire & North Wales Centre rule that trials competitors do not pass through Flash villageduring an event.

OTHER USERS This event is routed along or across public rights of way. Competitors must exercise cautionand reduce their speed accordingly near other path users. Be especially careful near horses. SLOW DOWN,STOP AND SWITCH OFF YOUR ENGINE, IF NECESSARY.

Fire risk – no smoking please this time last year was a major moorland fire on Saddleworth Moor, which isonly around 20 miles away. The same dry conditions could well apply this time. PLEASE BE CAREFUL - DONOTHING THAT COULD START A FIRE. If you see one, dial 999/112 and report it asap.

HOSPITALSMACCLESFIELD - SK10 3BL - 01625 421000 STEPPING HILL, STOCKPORT - SK2 7JE - 0161 483 1010

ROYAL STOKE, STOKE-ON-TRENT - ST4 6SQ - 01782 715444 NORTHERN GENERAL, SHEFFIELD - S5 7AU - 0114 243 4343

DAVE ROWLANDBrought up in Chapel en le frith, Dave's first interest in bikes came in 1949 when he and brother Roy travelled tothe Manx GP to see Geof Duke, later going to watch Sammy Miller compete in the Clayton Trial. Presumablyneither Miller nor Dave had any idea that in the not too distant future they would be close competitors.

In the Haslemere MCC's 1960 Longmoor Cup Trial Dave won theaward for Best Army Rider, whilst in the South Eastern CentreHaslemere Cups Trial - his first civilian event - he took Best Novice ona 350 AJS. That year also saw Dave on an AJS finish a single pointbehind the winner (Barry Rodgers) in the Loughborough Club’s NemoTrophy Trial. In 1961 and still on the AJ, Dave was Runner-Up in theNorth Western Centre Trial alongside Don Smith, Mick Andrews andEric Adcock before swapping to a 250 BSA on which he completed theJoe Abbott Memorial Trial in the North Western Centre without losing amark.

In1963 he joined the BSA works team and collected 3 National and 9Centre wins, including the Red Rose, the Clayton, the Lomax and theManx 2-Day. The Red Rose was perhaps the best win, with Davebeating Sammy Miller by a single mark. The positions were reversedin that year’s Scott Trial with Dave being pushed into the Runner-Up/Best 250 position by Miller. Other achievements in 1963 includewinning the Army’s Northern and Southern Command Trials, 4th placein the Allan Jefferies Trial, 5th in the British Experts and a further 4th inthe SSDT as Best Newcomer. 1964 followed with Best 250 in theVictory Trial and a 3rd in the Knut.

In 1965, Dave and colleagues from the Buxton & DMC were the Best Team in the Peak Trial with Dave continuingto a 1st Class Award in the Vic Brittain, a Special 1st Class in the Scottish and a win in the Hillsborough TrophyTrial.

1966 would almost certainly have seen his most prestigious result to date. Having already won the IpswichClub’s Mardle National, taken 3rd place in the Victory Trial and been Runner-Up to Mick Andrews in the Kickham,a loss of no marks on the Thursday of the Scottish gave him Best Performance that day, with a potential win onthe cards.

However, earlier that year, Dave and a friend had witnessed a fatal stabbing in Buxton. The Court proceedingswere held the same week as the Scottish and Dave was summoned down to appear as a witness. The SSDTCommittee were willing to do everything they could to let Dave complete the trial but the local Police removed hisbike from the parc ferme, effectively finishing the trial for him.

Still with BSA on returning to Scotland in 1967, Dave took the experimental 173cc Bantam Bushman to 2nd place- again behind Sammy Miller - and the Best 200cc Award. Despite this and wins in the Allan Jefferies and theMitchell, 2nd place to Mick Andrews in the Bemrose on the tie-breaker and taking the Cheshire TrialsChampionship, BSA dropped their support for trials in this year. As a result, "Rowly" moved over to a 250 Bultacoin 1968 and helped Man17 win the Cheshire Team Trial (along with some chap called Henry Rosenthal).

In 1971, Dave transferred to sidecars and, on a 1958 Gold Star with Kenny Eyre in the chair, he took 3rd place inthe Northern Experts Trial. However, it is perhaps Ray Armstrong that most people would know best as Dave’spassenger, the pair achieving Best Sidecar in the Winsford Club’s 1972 Benoit Shield at Oulton Park and a 1stClass Sidecar Award in the '72 Vic Brittain Trial. Is it a coincidence that Scott Rowland went on to take the BritishSidecar Trials Championship three times?

Dave was also an active grafter behind the scenes as well. A former Man17 President, he represented the club atthe Centre Board and was the instigator of both our John Hartle Memorial Trial and of the Inter Centre SidecarTeam Trial. When he resigned from the ACU Trials Committee in 1977, he was one of the youngest and mostrespected of its members.

Finding mobility increasingly difficult, Dave gave up his crutches for a motorised wheelchair – fitted with a CBradio! Under the callsign "Beezer", he was almost as well known around the local airwaves as he had been in thetrials world.

As a mark of the club’s respect and appreciation of Dave's efforts and achievements, in 1979 the HepworthTrophy Trial became the first Dave Rowland Trophy Trial, moving from Centre status to Regional Restricted toNational. Since then it has been part of both the British Solo Trials Championship and of the MCN/ACUClubmans Championship, before settling into the trials calendar as a popular clubman’s National event, attractingentries from across the country. The actual Dave Rowland Trophy is the cylinder head off Dave’s old BSA C15 onwhich he competed in the Scottish.

Dave passed away in April 1995, finally succumbing to the multiple sclerosis which he first contracted in 1970.

NO NAME TOWN BIKE CLASS START

1 FRED ADAMS DURSLEY MONTESA NATIONAL 9.012 COLIN SHACKLETON KEIGHLEY SHERCO CLUBMAN 9.023 DANIEL PUGH SHIFNAL GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.034 JONATHAN DAWSON SOWERBY BRIDGE VERTIGO CLUBMAN 9.045 PAUL MARWOOD ALFORD SHERCO 50/50 9.056 JULIAN COLLINS KETTERING MONTESA CLUBMAN 9.067 SIMON LEVETT DAVENTRY BETA CLUBMAN 9.078 ANDREW CHANDLER NEWPORT PAGNELL GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.089 IAIN ROBINSON BUXTON BETE, NATIONAL 9.0910 ROBERT TAYLOR LANCASTER BETA 50/50 9.1011 IAN WATTS DAVENTRY BETA CLUBMAN 9.1112 ROBERT HOYLES REIGATE BETA CLUBMAN 9.1213 PAUL LONERGAN COLCHESTER VERTIGO 50/50 9.1314 LEE BLACK SHEFFIELD GAS GAS 50/50 9.1415 ROGER JOHNS WAREHAM GAS GAS 50/50 9.1516 RICHARD BEDDOES NEWPORT GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.1617 BEN CLARK CHESTERFIELD SCORPA CLUBMAN 9.1718 ANDREW SMITH CHESTERFIELD GAS GAS 50/50 9.1819 GARY PRIESTLEY HITCHIN BETA CLUBMAN 9.1920 CLIVE CHARLTON COVENTRY BETA CLUBMAN 9.2021 PHILIP DUCKER DAVENTRY BETA CLUBMAN 9.2122 STEVE HITCHCOCK DERBY HONDA CLUBMAN 9.2223 ANDREW RHODES DERBY SHERCO CLUBMAN 9.2324 RICHARD WAREHAM DERBY GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.2425 FRANK PROUD NOTTINGHAM BETA CLUBMAN 9.2526 ADAM WORMALD NEWARK BETA CLUBMAN 9.2627 STEPHEN KENNY DERBY BETA CLUBMAN 9.2728 JOHN HOLLAND MARKET HARBOROUGH BETA 50/50 9.2829 BARRY ROADS YEOVIL BETA 50/50 9.2930 CARL BAKER NORTHWICH BETA CLUBMAN 9.3031 PHILLIP COOMBES MACCLESFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.3132 DAVID KNAGGS SHEFFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.3233 DARREN WASLEY SHEFFIELD GAS GAS 50/50 9.3334 CHRIS BURGIN SHEFFIELD SHERCO 50/50 9.3435 BEN BURGIN BARNSLEY BETA 50/50 9.3536 MARK WRAY GAINSBOROUGH GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.3637 ROMAN KYRNYCKYJ GAINSBOROUGH GAS GAS 50/50 9.3738 MATTHEW BUCKINGHAM SHEFFIELD BETA CLUBMAN 9.3839 MIKE EDWARDS STOCKPORT GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.3940 ANTONY MARTIN EASTBOURNE VERTIGO NATIONAL 9.4041 HUGH BARKER FAVERSHAM VERTIGO NATIONAL 9.4142 LEE HUTCHINSON HOPE VALLEY HONDA CLUBMAN 9.4243 MARTIN JACKSON ROCHDALE VERTIGO CLUBMAN 9.4344 LEIGH ELLIOTT HOPE VALLEY GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.4445 JAMES GAMMONS MIDHURST GAS GAS NATIONAL 9.4546 IAN WAKEFORD HAVANT SWM, 50/50 9.4647 JOHN COWLEY MILTON KEYNES BETA 50/50 9.4748 SAMUEL RHODES ASHBOURNE GAS GAS NATIONAL 9.4849 PAUL HAIGH HALIFAX VERTIGO CLUBMAN 9.4950 SAM CLARKE DRONFIELD YAMAHA, 50/50 9.5051 MIKE KING HIGH PEAK JOTAGAS CLUBMAN 9.5152 GAVIN BLACK SHEFFIELD SHERCO 50/50 9.5253 ANDREW TURNER BARNSLEY BETA CLUBMAN 9.5354 RICHARD PLANT DRONFIELD BETA CLUBMAN 9.5455 MICHAEL HYDEN HORSHAM GAS GAS CLUBMAN 9.5556 KATY SUNTER SHEFFIELD JST GAS GAS UK 50/50 9.5657 DAN THORPE SHEFFIELD GAS GAS NATIONAL 9.5758 SAMUEL YEOMANS NEWPORT JST GAS GAS UK NATIONAL 9.5859 IAN STRUDLEY REDDITCH BETA CLUBMAN 9.59

NO NAME TOWN BIKE CLASS START60 DANIEL CLARKE HIGH WYCOMBE BETA 50/50 10.0061 MATTHEW HOPKINSON BURNLEY TRS 50/50 10.0162 NEIL SAUNDERS BEACONSFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.0263 DAVE PORRITT MACCLESFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.0364 DAVID SMITH KIDDERMINSTER TRS CLUBMAN 10.0465 PAUL SULLIVAN DARWEN GAS GAS 50/50 10.0566 MARK HAWKINS BELPER MONTESA 50/50 10.0667 DAVID WOOD SUTTON COLDFIELD YAMAHA CLUBMAN 10.0768 SCOTT BROOKES STRATFORD-UPON-AVON VERTIGO CLUBMAN 10.0869 MARK REYNOLDS SKIPTON HONDA CLUBMAN 10.0970 RICHARD PLANT HIGH PEAK GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.1071 ANDREW HICKMAN DUDLEY HONDA CLUBMAN 10.1172 DAVID FOWLER EVESHAM MONTESA CLUBMAN 10.1273 WILLIAM WOOD ROTHERHAM BETA CLUBMAN 10.1374 IAN HAIGH HUDDERSFIELD HONDA CLUBMAN 10.1475 JONATHAN LEE RUSHDEN TRS 50/50 10.1576 DANIEL LORD ACCRINGTON BETA CLUBMAN 10.1677 GLYNN BOUGHTON ACCRINGTON TRS CLUBMAN 10.1778 STEPHEN SWANSON WELLINGBOROUGH JOHN LEE BETA 50/50 10.1879 BRETTON KING MALMESBURY ECOSOL HONDA CLUBMAN 10.1980 SHAUN HOYLE BARNSLEY BETA 50/50 10.2081 STEVEN GERRARD WARRINGTON BETA 50/50 10.2182 NICK HUMPHREYS ALFRETON GAS GAS 50/50 10.2283 SAMUEL BEECROFT-PENNY LEEDS TRS NATIONAL 10.2384 NEIL SAVAGE BARNSLEY GAS GAS 50/50 10.2485 MEGAN SAVAGE BARNSLEY GAS GAS 50/50 10.2586 STEPHEN CORNTHWAITE ACCRINGTON VERTIGO 50/50 10.2687 ANTHONY BROWN ROSSENDALE AB TYRES GAS GAS 50/50 10.2788 PAUL ATKINSON WINSFORD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.2889 DAVID PERRY SHEFFIELD SHERCO CLUBMAN 10.2990 RYAN MACHEN SHEFFIELD GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.3091 MARK SHAW MANSFIELD GAS GAS 50/50 10.3192 MATTHEW TREWEEK SANDBACH SHERCO CLUBMAN 10.3293 PAUL BENNETT STOKE-ON-TRENT SCORPA 50/50 10.3394 IAN OWEN WREXHAM MONTESA CLUBMAN 10.3495 THOMAS BENNETT NEWCASTLE TRS 50/50 10.3596 BILLY CRAIG DERBY MONTESA 50/50 10.3697 STUART WALKER SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD MONTESA 50/50 10.3798 MARK TIMPERLEY DRONFIELD BETA CLUBMAN 10.3899 ANDY FOOT BUXTON TEAM6T9 GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.39100 MARK SMITH YARM AM TRS 50/50 10.40101 MARTY HILL MACCLESFIELD TEAM 6T9 BETA 4T CLUBMAN 10.41102 TONY BUCKLEY MOLD BETA 50/50 10.42103 RICHARD TAYLOR BARNOLDSWICK MONTESA CLUBMAN 10.43104 MARK COOK MIDDLEWICH SHERCO CLUBMAN 10.44105 ROBERT SCOTT MELKSHAM SHERCO 300 CLUBMAN 10.45106 KEITH WOOSTER SWINDON SHERCO CLUBMAN 10.46107 PHILIP HOUGHTON WREXHAM BETA 50/50 10.47108 GREG MOOR SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD TRS 50/50 10.48109 JON PROBITTS OXFORD BETA CLUBMAN 10.49110 MARK WOODBURN KIDLINGTON MONTESA 300R CLUBMAN 10.50111 IAN SMART HOLYWELL BETA 50/50 10.51112 SCOTT ROWLAND HIGH PEAK 6T9 GAS GAS CLUBMAN 10.52113 LOUIS GREY STANLEY BETA 50/50 10.53114 SHANE HARVEY ILKESTON MONTESA CLUBMAN 10.54115 ANDREW DENNIS BILLINGHAM AM THR BETA CLUBMAN 10.55116 STEFAN WALTERS ABINGDON BETA CLUBMAN 10.56117 RICHARD TIMPERLEY CHESTERFIELD JST GAS GAS UK NATIONAL 10.57