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Enduro News Articles: October 2010

Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh 
Sunday October 31, 2010
The eleventh Dirt Bike Show is due to run at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry from Thursday 4th – Sunday 7th November 2010. Following the huge success of the 2009 show, which welcomed 14% more visitors than the previous year, the organisers are working hard behind the scenes to ensure that the 2010 show has all of the elements you've come to expect from Europe's number one dirt bike show. The latest dirt bikes, clothing and accessories, racing machines and the stars that ride them, live acti....
 
Sunday October 31, 2010
The EMG Motor Group sponsored Santon Enduro, the fifth and final round of the 2010 EMG Eastern Centre Championship takes place in Thetford Forest on 21 November 2010. Entries are filling fast and riders are reminded that the closing date is fast approaching - 13 November 2010 or when full. It's the last long course forest enduro in East Anglia in 2010 Regs can be obtained by visiting the enduronews.co.uk web site ....
FIM Congress 2010 
Tuesday October 26, 2010
Vito Ippolito re-elected FIM President  A historical number of 98 Federations out of 101 attended the FIM General Assembly on Tuesday 19 October at the occasion of the 125th FIM Congress held at the Venetian Hotel in Macau, China. The members of the FIM General Assembly elected Mr Vito Ippolito (Venezuela) FIM President for a second term by 55 votes versus 41 votes cast for his opponent, Mr Jean-Pierre Mougin. The FIM General Assembly also elected Nasser Khalifa Al Atya (Qatar), Jorge Vieg....
 
Wednesday October 13, 2010
The Trials & Enduro Committee are looking at the possibility of introducing a Twinshock Enduro Series, using a mixture of Traditional Time Card Enduros and Hare & Hounds events.

Rounds of the Metzeler British Enduro Championship are not included in this proposal.

Any interested Organisers should contact Alison or Mary on:

alison@acu.org.uk  or 01788 566409

mary.kerr@acu.org.uk  or 01788 566403
Cambrian Rally 2010 
Tuesday October 12, 2010

The 2010 Cambrian Rally will be held over the weekend of October 16/17th October.

The CAMBRIAN RALLY is an off-road competition specifically aimed at Trail Bikes and other motorcycles that have some off-road capability.The event is open to all fully road legal motorcycles (apart from any form of motocross bike) and is especially suitable for TRAIL bikes.

The event is also open to any road registered sidecar As in recent years, this years Cambrian rally will be based in and around the Tywi Forest, incorporating part of the Strata Florida track and stunning scenery in one of the remotest areas of Mid- Wales. It is likely to have 3 laps each day of about 45 miles each along with 2 Special Tests...................

The web site with more information about the club is at www.wtra.co.uk

 
Tuesday October 12, 2010
Builth Wells Motor Club, Bwlchciliau H&H- Sunday 7th November 2010 Entry forms are now out for Builth Wells Motor Club's popular "Bwlchciliau H&H" on the 7th November 2010. This event, as always, is the final round of the clubs very popular 3 round hare and hound series The Bwlchciliau course is all based in a forestry and the track is usually some 8 miles in length, although this year it might be slightly longer as the club have been able to use some new loops in ....
Mid Wales Trail Riders Winter Challenge 
Tuesday October 12, 2010

WINTER CROSS COUNTRY FOREST CHALLENGE

MWTRA have the regs available for round one of their 2010 / 2011 Winter Cross Country / Hare & Hounds Championship, Starting in October and finishing in March in a 4 round series, there will as awards for each round. At the end of the series the first 3 in each class will get awards, to qualify riders must compete in at least 3 of the 4 rounds.

The rounds are as follows round one 17th October 2010 the Ceri Hare & Hounds, Round two 21st November 2010, round three 9th January 2011 and round four 6th March 2011 all the routes will have a lap of between 14km and 17km long with good rideable terrain.

web site at:www.mwtra.co.uk


 
Tuesday October 12, 2010

27th November and 12th February

Invitations have been sent out today (12th October) to all those National Clerks of the Course and Steward licence holders whose licences expire at the end of the year.

If anyone else would like to attend, could they contact Alison Devine alison@acu.org.uk or 01788 566409 for further information.

 
Monday October 4, 2010

An Open Enduro Forum will be held at ACU House, Rugby on Saturday 30th October 2010 commencing at 11.00am.

To confirmation attendance, or for more information, please contact Alison Devine alison@acu.org.uk 01788 566409 or Mary Kerr mary.kerr@acu.org.uk 01788 566403 by 22nd October.