2025 Riding Numbers

The riding numbers for the 2025 Highland Classic – British Two Stroke Edition have been released!

1 Trevor Bennett

2 Jeremy Clark

3 Duncan Macdonald

4 Calum Murphy

5 Ian Thompson

6 Rachel Thompson

7 Steven Ainslie

8 Kevin Chapman

9 Josef Kuchlmeier

10 Gerhard Pegam

11 Mark Simpson

12 Mark Hewitt

13 Vince Mackintosh

14 Clive Bailie

15 Terence Mckee

16 Ronald Simpson

17 Adam Blacker

18 Andy Townson

19 George Noble

20 Findlay White

21 Robert Faulkner

22 Gavin Milne

23 Ronnie Looker

24 Michael Batty

25 David Edes

26 James Wilson

27 Andrew Dawson

28 John Ellis

29 Michael Platts

30 Tony Davison

31 Colin Fray

32 Christopher Gascoigne

33 Will Brockbank

34 Sean Radcliff

35 Pete Clibburn

36 Carl John Winstanley

37 Jim Hough

38 Olivia Aitken

39 Rhuaraidh Mackay

40 Kevin White

41 Andrew G Brown

42 Jon Gamble

43 Kenneth Drummond

44 Russell Houston

45 James Chambers

46 Jamie Chambers

47 Desmond Leckey

48 Michael Leckey

49 Christopher Houston

50 Gillie Murray

51 Alick Murray

52 Bryan Bayes

53 Mick Grant

54 Steven Moffat

55 Bernard Schreiber

56 Daniel Lamont

57 Michael Adams

58 David Lemon

59 Brett Stein

60 Brad Stein

61 Michael Ratcliffe

62 John Dismore

63 Keith Annette

64 Robert Stanex

65 Graham Law

66 Cameron Edgar

67 Ross Edgar

68 Kevin Dignan

69 Stuart Edgar

70 Garry Shaw

71 Ross Thomson

72 Steven Corry

73 John Garrioch

74 Paul Salvadori

75 Leo Salvadori

76 Murdo MacPhail

77 Calum Winter

78 Alan Winter

79 James Reid

80 Chris Trafford

81 Roger Summers

82 Jamie Maclean

83 Jamie Hogan

84 James W. Reid

85 Harry Mckay

86 Gavin Cairns

87 Martin Peirson

88 Gary Maclennan

89 David Thomas Murphy

90 Tyler Murphy

91 Alan Crayk

92 Stuart Crayk

93 Harry Stanistreet

94 Jonathan Souch

95 Lindsay McConnachie

96 Bretton King

97 Alan Gordon

98 Andy Owens

99 Bruce Alderman

100 Allister Stewart

101 Ross Mcculloch

102 Duncan Dunbar

103 Darren Johnson

104 Ian Cochrane

105 Frank Blackbyrne

106 Chris Hampshire

107 Connor Allan

108 Vic Allan

109 John Macfarlane

110 Mark Hardy

111 Jeremy Saffin

112 Simon Hirst

113 Graeme Crawford

114 Chris Koch

115 Ashleigh Davison

116 David Craig

117 Craig Middleton

118 James O Rourke

119 Philip Harris

120 Donnie McLeod

121 Barry Burton

122 Jonny Mullan

123 Gavin Johnston

124 Allan Adamson

125 Grant Adamson

126 Neil Dawson

127 Ian Shedden

128 Gary Younghusband

129 John Oswald Byers

130 Colin Jack Ward

131 Colin Ward

132 Grant Smith

133 Alastair Crocket

134 Martin Pratt

135 Martyn Pratt

136 Kim Waters

137 Ashley Towriss

138 Ralph Petts

139 Gary Daykin

140 Terry Raw

141 Ian Hopley

142 Andrew Chandler

143 Jamie Swanston

144 Ray Cummings

145 Neil Hebdon

146 Gary Macdonald

147 Derrick Edmondson

148 Peter Mccanna

149 Timothy Leckey

150 Andrew Walters

151 Mat Mison

152 Mark Kremin

153 Tony Dillon

154 Craig Haworth

155 Mark Jenkinson

156 Graeme Monteith

157 Gareth Jones

158 Andrew Jones

159 Alan Wallace 1

60 Malcolm Bell

161 Christopher Milliken

162 Nathan Britton

163 Robert Poulton

164 George Smyth

165 David Hamill

166 Jack Varty

167 Roy Varty

168 Iain Clark

169 Mike Irving

170 Nick Shield

171 Ephriam Wilson

172 Andy Fitzsimmons

173 Ian Strickland

174 Paul Heys

175 Alex Martin

176 Paul Martin

177 Rob Goodwin

178 Steven Mellor

179 George Houston

180 Gordon Muir

181 Ian Ford

182 Steve Hughes

183 Barry Siddle

184 Stephen Wilde

185 Andrew Dennis

186 Andrew Ellis

187 Shawn Smith

188 Pete Clements

189 Paul Jackson

190 Paul Symons

191 Chris Brooks

192 Chris Banks

193 Ross McCullough

194 Chris Forshaw

195 Andrew Dale

196 Mark Scott

197 Tim O’Neill

198 Melvin Parkin

199 Craig Turpie

200 Stephen Howard

2025 Entries Closed – Entry List REleased!

The time has come to close the entries for the 2025 British Two Stroke Edition of the Highland Classic!

The event remains very popular with riders and we have had to run a ballot for the 200 places.

To those who are now on the Reserve List, do not despair as we do usually have a 10% withdrawal rate, so all is not lost!

To those who have made the first cut, CONGRATULATIONS!

Here is the 2025 Entry List in Alphabetical order of Surname:

2025 British Two-Stroke Edition

Entries will be taken from Saturday 1st February 2025, online for the 2025 Highland Classic Two Day Trial – British Two Stroke Edition!

The regulations have already been released in advance of the entry form being made available by the organising Inverness & District Motor Cycle Club. The event will take place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June at Alvie Estate with some new features for 2025.

All Over 35 rider’s on the A Route, all classes, will be competing for the Premier award, The Ray Sangster Memorial Trophy which was commissioned last year and won for the first time by Cheltenham;s Steve Saunders, the former Comerford’s Bultaco, Honda, Fantic and Armstrong rider.

For 2025, we also have the new ‘Laird Jamie’s Challenge’ for riders who don’t want to tackle the full 18 sections per lap per day, but a shorter run around the Alvie hills with a reduced number of sections being tackled.

The Clerks of Course have responded positively to feedback received after the 2024 event and will be easing some of the hazards and access to them.

There will also be some new ‘social features’ this year for rider’s enjoyment, more will be revealed as we approach June!

The entry form will be available on our facebook page and the Entry Form page on this website from 1st February at 09:00 and will remain open for a three week period.

Entry Fee is payable after confirmation of entries have been sent to riders and the fee remains at £75.

2025 Regulations Released

The 2025 Highland Classic Two Day Trial – ‘British Two-Stroke Edition’ supplementary regulations have just been released, in advance of the entries opening on Saturday, 1st February at 9am.

In the event that we are oversubscribed, then we will do as the last two years, ballot the entry.

The good news is that the entry fee is still fixed at £75 per rider. There is some exciting new features for 2025, one of which is the ‘Laird Jamie’s Challenge’.

Laird Jamie’s Challenge:

This is for riders who perhaps feel that two full laps per day is maybe beyond their capabilities, but still want a challenging weekend with a variety of sections on the B Route. Some classes have been combined and we maintained the Under 35 classes for the more youthful entrant.

The committee has listened carefully to the feedback we received after last year’s trial and have agreed that an easing of some sections and entrances to hazards is required, this has been fully acknowledged and taken on board for this year.

Entries open on 1st February and will remain open for a two week period, it is not necessary to include payment until you have a confirmation of entry, at which time a bank transfer of the entry fee of £75 will be required.

Observers?

If you are planning entering and have a friend, relative, spouse that would be willing to observe for us, then please, please, please put their name on the entry form. It would be very much appreciated. Observers will receive packed lunches both days and catering when they come off the hill.

In the meantime, download the regulations and have a good read of them BEFORE entering.

Supplementary Regulations 2025

We look forward to receiving your entry very shortly!

Mieke de Vos (Event Secretary) & John Moffat (Event Co-ordinator)

2025 Highland Classic

We are already planning for the 2025 Highland Classic Two-Day Trial which will take place on 7/8 June at Alvie Estate.

This year, after the BSA/Triumph edition we picked up on comments made that the B Route was a bit too challenging, so we embarked on a rider feedback where we collected all comments about the event, good and bad.

This feedback was discussed at committee and it was agreed to ease back the B Route and to make some further improvements when laying out the event in 2025.

In short, we listened to rider’s comments and criticisms which helps ensure that the trial is set out at the correct level.

Further, we have decided to have the ‘Laird Jamie’s Challenge’ (named in honour of the Laird of Alvie Estate, Jamie Williamson) where riders can opt to ride a limited amount of sections on both days. We usually have two laps of 18 sections per day, which will continue. However, the ‘Laird’s Challenge’ will be over run over a lap and a quarter per day, so 25 sections (50 in total) will be attempted rather than 36 sections per day (72 in total).

We feel this is an excellent solution, to allow our more mature competitors to take part, without losing the enjoyment of the ‘Friendliest Classic Trial In Scotland’. It also allows the younger competitors to compete for the ‘Ray Sangster Memorial’ award on the A Route (36 sections per day) and all the other classes.

We have now merged Pre65 and Britshock machines to simplify the classes and awards.

New sponsors were brought on board in 2024, including Hodge Plant Ltd and 7even Contruction and this worked well and allowed us to freeze the entry fee and we plan to do the same for 2025. The number plates are already in stock, these have been once again sponsored by Gavin Cairns Roughcasting.

Kudu Products of Leeds have also come on board to supply course marking materials and are our new supplier for the rider’s number boards.

Entries for the 2025 ‘British Two-Stroke Edition’ of the Highland Classic will open on 1st February 2025, online.

Watch This Space!

Many thanks to Classic Dirt Bike (Mortons Media) for their coverage of the 2024 BSA/Triumph Edition.

2024 – Observers Draw

Here are the lucky observers who were prize winners in the Prize Draw – Sponsored by Highland Leisure Sport, Invergordon!

Numbers drawn by our Guests of Honour: Tony Davis; Mike ‘Bonkey’ Bowers and Alan ‘Sid’ Lampkin.

Many thanks to Craig & Chap Middleton of Cromarty Brewing Company for the presentation packs of their products.

Saturday 

Brian Trafford   –    £ 100

Alex Carmichael  –   £ 50

Sheena Mackay  –   £ 25

Sunday

 Adrian Martin   –  £ 100

Carina Gravener  – £ 50

Lorna Dougan   –    £ 25

David Dougan   –   Cromarty beer pack

Donna Summers    –   Cromarty beer pack

Sheena Mackay   –    Cromarty beer pack

Andy Kelly       –     Jitsie Helmet

2024 Final Instructions

Please note:

General Information:

The start is located on Alvie Estate; OS Grid Ref: NH8609; What3Words: ///competing.daytime.driver

Sign on opens Saturday at 08:30 Riders to sign on and off both days.

Observers:

Please sign on both days with Nigel Robertson and Jimmy Jenkins and collect your ‘welcome pack’; packed lunch and observer’s board. Be at your section for 10:00am Saturday and 09:30 am Sunday. You will be given a meal ticket when you return your observer’s board each day. Sections will be closed by back-marker each day.

Riders:

Be ready to start at your alloted time, especially during the first hour. Riders start on Saturday 1-200, one rider per minute, but if we have no queues at sections, we will start setting off riders 2 per minute thereafter. Sections will be closed by back marker each day. On Sunday the start is 10:00 am with Rider 101-200;1-100. We hope to start riders at 2 riders per minute.

Promoted by: Inverness & District Motor Cycle Club Ltd