Entry List for the 2023 Highland Classic as at 05/06/2023

Classes:

1 – Pre65 Four-Stroke

2 – Pre65 Two-Stroke

3 – Pre’72 Twinshock

4 – Pre’77 Twinshock

5 – Post’77 Twinshock

6 – Britshock

7 – U35 Pre65

8 – U35 Twinshock

Riding No	Name 1	Name 2	Route A/B	Class No.
1	Nigel	Birkett	A	4
2	Bernie	Schreiber	A	5
3	Steve	Saunders	A	5
4	Nick	Jefferies	A	2
5	Alan	Gordon	B	2
6	Grant	Coward	A	8
7	Brian	Mackay	B	5
8	James	Wilson	B	5
9	Fraser	Ross	A	4
10	Stuart	Crayk	A	8
11	David	Edes	B	5
12	John	Moffat	B	5
13	Rhuaraidh	Mackay	A	8
14	David	Craig	B	8
15	Alan	Crayk	A	5
16	Daniel	Lamont	A	8
17	Alexander	Carmichael	B	2
18	Robbie	Allan	A	2
19	Alick	Murray	B	2
20	Gavin	Milne	B	4
21	Steven	Moffat	A	8
22	Paul	Ray	B	5
23	Ian	Thompson	B	1
24	Ronald	Simpson	B	5
25	Andy	Cope	B	1
26	Gary	Baker	A	6
27	James W.	Reid	B	5
28	Harry	Mckay	A	5
29	Iain	Duffus	B	6
30	Jamie	Reid	A	5
31	Donnie	McLeod	B	5
32	Derrick	Edmondson	B	5
33	James	Saunders	A	8
34	Ashleigh	Davison	B	8
35	Andrew G	Brown	A	5
36	Allister	Stewart	B	1
37	Gary	Macdonald	A	1
38	Jamie	McFarlane	B	8
39	Keith	Gardner	B	2
40	David	Murphy	A	8
41	Richie	Power	A	5
42	Gerard	Redden	B	5
43	Chris	Hampshire	B	2
44	Frank	Blackbyrne	B	2
45	Paul	Wareing	A	6
46	Gavin	Johnston	A
47	Clive	Bailie	B	4
48	Oliver	Boland	B	5
49	Terence	Mckee	A	5
50	James	Chambers	B	4
51	David	Lemon	B	5
52	Michael	Adams	B	5
53	Ryan	Farquhar	B	5
54	Kevin	Chapman	A	1
55	Gavin	Cairns	A	5
56	Gary	Maclennan	A	5
57	Kiaran	Hankin	A	2
58	Joel	Gowan	A	7
59	Sean	Radcliff	A	6
60	Gary	Fleckney	B	4
61	Ian	Peberdy	A	5
62	Liam	Swidenbank	A	8
63	Cameron	Edgar	B	8
64	Stuart	Edgar	A	1
65	Ross	Edgar	B	3
66	Calum	Murphy	A	7
67	James	Brown	A	8
68	Alan	Brown	B	5
69	Tyler	Murphy	A	7
70	Martin	Murphy	B	5
71	Brad	Stein	B	5
72	Stewart	White	B	5
73	Colin	Fray	B	2
74	Tim	Bell	B	5
75	Jonathan	Henderson	A	6
76	Rob	Goodwin	B	2
77	Graham	Law	B	5
78	Paul	Salvadori	B	5
79	Benjamin	Allison-Hughes	A	1
80	Colin	Ward Jnr	B	8
81	Christopher	Gascoigne	B	3
82	Grant	Adamson	A	5
83	Neil	Dawson	A	5
84	Jim	McFarlane	B	5
85	Alan	Whitton	B	6
86	Connor	Allan	B	7
87	Nick	Royle	A	1
88	Jack	Varty	B	1
89	Garry	Shaw	B	2
90	John	Dismore	A	5
91	Will	Weatherhead	B	1
92	Brian	Young	B	5
93	Jonny	Clark	A	8
94	Richard	Nicolson	A	5
95	Jeremy	Saffin	B	5
96	Tim	Johnson	A	5
97	Alan	Strachan	B	5
98	Dave	Hull	B	8
99	Marc	Mazengarb	A	5
100	David	Sherlock	A	6
101	John	Macfarlane	B	6
102	Jonathon	Hughes	A	1
103	David	Bell	A	1
104	James	Tennant	B	5
105	Colin	Ward	A	5
106	Ian	Shedden	A	5
107	Nick	Shield	A	5
108	Philip	Baxter	A	8
109	Chris	Monkman	B	5
110	Andy	Townson	B	5
111	Nathan	Britton	A	8
112	Richard	Norman	A	5
113	Melvin	Parkin	B	5
114	George	Houston	B	5
115	Martin	Jones	B	5
116	Nigel	Roe	B	5
117	Allan	Adamson	A	1
118	Mark	Scott	B	5
119	Andrew	Hulme	B	5
120	Eric	McMeekin	B	2
121	Mark	Gregory	A	5
122	Richard	Baxter	B	8
123	William	Birkin	B	8
124	Jeremy	Clark	B	5
125	Glyn	Moses	A	2
126	Mark	Newman	B	2
127	Gary	Younghusband	A	5
128	Stephen	Howard	A	5
129	Ian	Myers	B	6
130	Scott	Turpin	A	8
131	Ross	Thomson	B	5
132	Jerry	Hawker	B	5
133	Margaret	Carter	B	5
134	Owen	Hardisty	B	1
135	Raymond	Cummings	B	5
136	Carl	Batty	A	2
137	Ian	Tracey	B	4
138	Phil	Haygarth	B	5
139	Jamie	Chambers	B	8
140	Michael	Ratcliffe	B	5
141	Adam	Blacker	B	5
142	Mark	Hardy	B	5
143	Stuart	Clink	B	5
144	Murdo	MacPhail	B	5
145	Stuart	Hanlon	A	8
146	Myles	Ellis	B	8
147	Ray	Perkins	A	5
148	Mark	Watmore	A	4
149	Steve	Gossop	B	2
150	Ralph	Petts	B	5
151	Martin	Pratt	A	5
152	Andrew	Chandler	B	5
153	Kurt-Patrik	Beckmann	B	2
154	Jim	Hough	A	1
155	David	Maclean	A	5
156	Barry	Siddle	B	5
157	Willie	Evans	B	5
158	Craig	Eaton	A	5
159	Rene	Stubbs	B	3
160	Kenny	Drummond	B	5
161	Richard	Pool	B	5
162	Roger	Summers	A	5
163	Nick	Atha	B	2
164	John	Garrioch	A	5
165	Brett	Stein	A	7
166	Pete	Clibburn	B	5
167	Anthony	Rew	A	5
168	Michelle	Hanlon	B	8
169	Grant	Smith	A	1
170	Vic	Allan	B	2
171	John Neil	Hebdon	B	6
172	Andrew	Brown	B	5
173	Chris	Brooks	B	5
174	Jon	Gamble	B	5
175	Michael	Batty	A	4
176	Gary	Freeman	A	5
177	Paul	Jackson	A	5
178	George	Noble	A	5
179	Tony	Davison	B	2
180	Gordon	Muir	B	8
181	Robert	Poulton	A	5
182	Peter	Carson	B	2
183	Davy	Morewood	A	5
184	Steven	Corry	B	5
185	John	Long	B	5
186	Alastair	Crocket	B	5
187	Leo	Salvadori	A	1
188	Eirian	Davies	B	5
189	James	Reid	B	5
190	Tony	Swidenbank	A	2
191	Findlay	White	A	5
192	Scott	Mulligan	B	5
193	Iain	Mclean	B	5
194	Neil	Bowker	A	5
195	Peter	McCanna	B	5
196	Paul	Howells	B	2
197	Martin	Matthews	A	6
198	Graham	Wignall	A	5
199	Ossy	Byers	B	2
200	Oliver	Cooper	A	6

Competitors, here are some useful reminders before you travel:

Location: Alvie Estate Biomass Shed – Trial HQ.

What Three Words: ///competing.daytime.driver

OS Grid Ref: NH8609

Postcode: PH21 1NE

From South: Leave A9 signposted ‘IDMCC Trial’ – Kingussie (A86) Kincraig (B9152).Follow signs for Kingussie (B9152) and beyond Kincraig, take left onto Alvie Estate.

From North: follow orange flags off A9 just south of Aviemore.

Start Times: Saturday: 10th June – Signing on from 08:30am – assemble at 10:45 (Rider’s Briefing and introduction to Guest of Honour) – Start: 11.00am (First Man leaves the start area 11.00am)

Sunday: 11th June – signing on from 09:00am – Start – 10.00am. All riders MUST sign on and off each day.

Signing ON: All riders must sign on and off each day, please have your national competition licence or registration card to hand when signing on the Saturday, all start permissions for overseas riders should be e-mailed to: highlandclassic@outlook.com – prior to the event. There will be a list of rider’s numbers on display, please check this carefully and give your riding number when signing on and collecting your ‘welcome pack’. At signing on, you will receive a ‘welcome pack’ which will include your front number board, two zip ties and a helmet sticker showing your riding number for the event. Please fix the small numbered sticker to the rear of your helmet. Your number board has a colour code of Red (A route) or Blue (B Route).

Marking: TSR22B – No Stop – Observers will use score sheets, no results will be available until the evening of 11th June and there will be no presentation ceremony after the Sunday (This allows riders and observers who have a considerable distance to travel the opportunity to leave right after the trial finishes). Awards will be posted to winners after the event and suitably engraved.

Results: These will be available on the event website post event: www.idmcc.net

Catering: Ness Highland Catering will be providing all riders and observers with food and drink each day. Riders and observers/officials will receive a meal ‘ticket’ each day when signing off. You may purchase additional items from the catering unit if you wish. The catering unit will be open from 09:00am both days.

Toilet Facilities: Located beside the Biomass Shed Trial HQ. Heilan Loos supplied ‘Superloo’ for Male/Female use with wash-hand basins will be available all weekend. These will be regularly cleaned during the event. There will also be 3 portaloos on site.

Fuel: No petrol at start, the nearest fuel station is Aviemore BP – 62 Grampian Rd, Aviemore PH22 1PD.

Withdrawal from the event: As we are getting close to the event, it may not be possible to refund entry fees in full if we cannot organise a replacement, we will refund part of the entry fee, retaining an administration charge of £20 to cover our costs.

We are getting closer to the 2023 Highland Classic Two Day Trial and plans are moving swiftly to bring you the ‘Friendliest Classic Trial in Scotland’, The Suzuki Edition.

In preparation for a smooth rider matriculation, we will be accepting riders for signing on at 08:30 on Saturday 10th June until 10:30, that’s 200 competitors in 120 minutes!

Riders will also receive their ‘Welcome Pack’ which will include their machine racing number and a numbered sticker for the rear of the safety helmet so that the number is visible from the front and rear. There will also be some products from our ‘Trial Partners‘.

Our official piper, Donald Morrison will play some Highland tunes from 10:30 until 10:45, just prior to the start where we will introduce our 2023 Guest of Honour, Nigel Birkett plus some other noteable riders.

The IDMCC committee and directors are looking forward to welcoming you to Alvie Estate!

For the 2023 Suzuki Edition, we have refreshed our section marker boards, which are bespoke to the Highland Classic and promote our major Trial Partner, Alvie & Dalraddy Estates who are the landowners.

The boards were specially commissioned from Racing Service, Sport & Design in Madrid, Spain and they arrived this week.

RACING SERVICE

The boards give clear detail of the section begins and ends for riders and officials.

We are sure that you think they look smart!

The entry form for the 2023 Highland Classic – Suzuki Edition opened at 8pm on Wednesday 1st February and again the event proved popular enough to attract 264 entries for 200 places!

This means that 64 entrants are initially disappointed, however history tells us that quite a number of entrants withdraw prior to the event, some many weeks prior, due to injury, family and work committments and so on.

This means that a high proportion of unsuccessful entrants eventually gain a place, so if you are on the reserves, don’t despair!

A surprise entry was received from our previous Guest of Honour, the 1979 World Trials Champion and 1982 SSDT winner, Bernie Schreiber!

Bernie posted on his global facebook page immediately after receiving his entry confirmation:

“Apparently the 2023 entry is full and oversubscribed again, but I’m thrilled to receive a Highland Classic entry and return to the friendliest Classic Trial in Scotland organized by the Inverness & District Motor Cycle Club Ltd. The Highland Classic Trial history can be traced back to 1950. The 2023 Suzuki Edition will take place at Alvie Estate on June 10th &11th with Nigel Birkett as guest of honour over the two-day weekend. Huge thank you to Sir John Moffat for the opportunity to ride one of his unique machines, but he said it will be a surprise and announced only in May. – Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye!“

Bernie Schreiber will be flying into his base near Zurich in Switzerland after having joined the members of the NEOTT (North Eastern Oklahoma Trials Team) for a long weekend at Tulsa Mountain Trials, Oklahoma on 13/14 May, a short break, then out again to Inverness for the Highland Classic in June! Looks like he will be having a busy summer in 2023.

The Highland Classic 2023 Reserve List is displayed on this website – HERE

Photo Credits: Gavin Shaw & David Lewis

There will be a very special feature at this year’s Highland Classic Two Day Trial, apart from being the Suzuki Edition where we pay homage to the Japanese marque in trials!

On display for trials enthusiasts will be the 1946 ex-factory AJS 16MC of Hugh Viney who won the 1947-49 Scottish Six Days Trial on this very motorcycle.

1947 was the first year that Hugh Viney had entered the SSDT and he won it on his first attempt!

The machine will be seen in the Trial HQ at Alvie Estate for all to see and appreciate what works riders were issued to compete on in the late forties and early fifties. This is a unique piece of trials history, it is amazing that this 77 year old machine has survived intact after being sold by the factory when later models were developed.

Hugh Viney apart from being a works rider, became the AMC Competitions manager when his trials riding career came to an end after a serious car accident. Viney had also represented his country in the annual International Six Days Trial on numerous occasions post war.

The AJS HXF641 came up for sale at Bonhams in April 2019:

First registered to AMC in October 1946, this 350 AJS was ridden in period by one of the biggest trials stars of the day, Hugh Viney, who had left his job as a local government surveyor to join the London-based manufacturer. During the war, Sergeant Viney had been a riding instructor in the Royal Corps of Signals, honing his off-road skills in the Yorkshire Pennines and moors. By all accounts he was somewhat reserved, preferring to let his results do the talking. And what a sensation he would turn out to be, winning the arduous Scottish Six Says Trial (SSDT) on his debut in 1947 and going on to repeat that victory in 1948 and 1949, securing the first hat-trick in SSDT history. As well as his SSDT successes, Viney won Gold Medals at every International Six Days Trials between 1949 and 1954, cementing his status as one of the greatest riders the sport has ever seen.

It is certain that Viney rode ‘HXF 641’ to win the 1947 SSDT – it was pictured in Motor Cycling magazine (22nd May 1947 edition) as part of an article by Bob Holliday entitled ‘Gentlemen – The Winners’ – and it is believed that he used this same mount in 1948 and ’49. The original logbook (issued 10th October 1946) records Associated Motor Cycles Ltd of Plumstead as first owner and is signed by one of the Matchless founders, Charlie Collier. The first change of ownership is dated April 1950 when the machine passed to one Rodney Bainbridge of Shrewsbury. Many years later, in 1990, Hugh’s son Michael was able to purchase his father’s old SSDT winner, which he sold to Bob Gardiner in 1992 (see correspondence and V5 copies on file). A few years later the ex-Viney AJS was featured in The Classic Motor Cycle (December 2001 edition) in an article written by Roy Poynting.