Entries are open until 25th July, 2026
Darwen Trials Club - Affiliated to the AMCA
Supplementary Regulations for the Novice Beginner 3

Saturday afternoon series usually held at one of our smaller or easier venues. Sections are set to be easier than our regular clubs trials. All welcome - especially Beginners. Help is also available for first-timers. Also a great opportunity for more experienced riders to get some practice as Observers! Start time: 2pm

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: TBA
DATE: 25th July, 2026
ELIGIBILITY: All riders must be members of an AMCA affiliated club.
START / VENUE: 14:00 at Warmden Quarry, Accrington , BB5 2DL
DIRECTIONS:

From the M65 Leave the M65 at Junction 8 (signposted Bury, Manchester A56), take the exit for the A56 and travel towards Haslingden for approximately 2 miles. Leave this road when you see a sign for Mitchell's House WTW. Park through the gate. From Haslingden Follow the A56 towards the M65 motorway. After passing the roundabout at Rising Bridge, you will pass Warmden Quarry to your right as you drop down towards the M65. Keep on the A56 until you come to a roundabout at Huncoat. Leave the A56 here then follow the signs to rejoin it in the opposite direction. As you climb the hill you will see a sign marked 'Mitchells House WTW'. Leave the road here and park beyond the cattle grid.

At the landowner's request, please do NOT start engines until you are off the road. No practising on this land. Avoid parking on the grassy banks in wet conditions. The access roads are public highways - only fully insured and road legal bikes and riders on them, please.

INCONSIDERATE AND ILLEGAL USE LOSES LAND!

CLASSES: Adult,Youth
COURSES: Easy,50/50,Novice,Hard Novice
OFFICIALS: Clerk of the Course: TBA
Secretary of the Meeting (To whom all correspondence regarding this event shall be addressed): Alex Sykes
 alex@alexsykes.net
  07910765467
Point of Contact for Child Protection Matters: Secretary of the Meeting.
ENTRIES: Adult entry fee: £20
Youth entry fee: £15
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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.