The rider listing for the 2026 Highland Classic:

Boyd Webster; Ashley Butler; Harry Adamson;

Ephy Wilson; Mitch Smith; Melvin Parkin; Mick Grant;

William Dickey; Barry Burton; Dave Haygarth; Phil Haygarth;

Mark Simpson; Mark Hewitt; Gavin Milne; Andy Owens;

Ashley Towriss; Derrick Edmondson; Mathew Mison; Jamie Reid;

Gavin Johnston; Steven Plain; Ross Thomson; Kyle Neill;

Gary Flowers; Colin Lyttle; Alan Sutton; Andrew Dennis;

Shawn Smith; Andrew Weston; Harry Mckay; Nicky Buick;

Iain Lamont; Daniel Lamont; Gavin Cairns; Will Brockbank;

Grant Adamson; James Richmond; Leo Salvadori; Shane Marriott;

Duncan Macdonald; Tony Dillon; Keith Knowles; Dan Peace;

Rachel Darley; Andrew Brown; Steve Ward; Ian Thompson;

Tom Fletcher; Bernie Schreiber; Vince Mackintosh;

Christopher Milliken; Max Townson; Brett Stein;

Tony Davison; Brad Stein; Abigail Maxwell; David Maxwell;

Gary Macdonald; Nathan Britton; Colin Jack Ward;

John Macfarlane; Fenwick Carr; Gerard Redden; Martyn Pratt;

Kevin White; Alan Wallace; Peter Mccanna; Sean Radcliff;

Chris Hampshire; Carl John Winstanley; John Ellis; Philip Harris;

Darren Johnson; Andrew Dale; Clive Bailie; Colin Ward;

Grant Smith; Jamie Maclean; Ossy Byers; Jeremy Saffin;

Connor Allan; Colin Gibson; Gary Maclennan; Andrew Jones;

Steven Ainslie; Stuart Edgar; Eirian Davies; Duncan Dunbar;

Russell Houston; Trevor Bennett; Vic Allan; Andy Townson;

Ray Cummings; Alfie Watson; John Mullan; David Craig;

Michael Ratcliffe; Jonathan Young; Terence Mckee; Jamie Hogan;

Ken Oates; Stuart Crayk; Alan Crayk; Martin Pratt;

Ian Shedden; Jamie Swanston; Kevin Chapman; IAN COCHRANE;

Sandy Cochrane; Ross McCullough; Lee Emerson; Chris Forshaw;

Gary Younghusband; David Lemon; Peter Clibburn; Frank Blackbyrne;

Jon Gamble; James O’Rourke; Kyle Hewitt; John Dismore;

Andrew Chandler; Jonathan Souch; Adam Mccanna; John Garrioch;

Chris Banks; James Chambers; Ross Edgar; Gareth Jones;

Bretton King; Martin Bruce Alderman; Desmond Leckey;

Michael Leckey; Murdo MacPhail; Mark Scott; CHRIS Trafford;

Alan Gordon; David Klein; Jonathan Henderson; Jamie Chambers;

Andy Brown; Keith Gardner; Neil Dawson; Kenny Drummond;

Peter Clements; Michael Platts; Brian Morrison; Alan Robinson;

Mark Buckworth; IAIN CLARK; Pete Kermeen; Paul Martin Goldie;

Paul Salvadori; Tom Knight; Barry Watson; Juan Knight;

Malcolm Bellalan brown; James W Reid; Roy Varty; Gary Daykin;

Jack Varty; Richard Jackson; Alex Martin; Calum WINTER;

Aaron Richardson; Paul Martin; Jerry Hawker; SAM GAULT;

Amie Walters; Christopher Houston; Mark Kremin;

Allister Stewart; stephen wilde; Jeremy Clark; Calum Murphy;

Andrew walters; David Hamill; Ricky Mair; Lindsay Mcconnachie;

Tyler Murphy; Roger Summers; Stephen HOWARD; Ralph Petts;

David Edes; Simon Hirst; Graham Law; Iain Duffus;

Martin Murphy; Bry Bayes; Adam Blacker; Rob Harrison;

Jim Tennant; Steven Corry; Richard Snowden; DAVID BUTLER;

Stu Day; Nick Jefferies; Cameron Edgar; Michael Adams.

Sherco star, Dan Peace from Kirbymoorside in North Yorkshire will take on the 2026 Highland Classic, but swaps his usual factory Sherco for a 500cc Triumph Twin. He is entering the spirit of the event which is the ‘British Four-Stroke Edition’ by riding a British four-stroke!

28 year old Peace will be competing for the ‘David Page Memorial Challenge Award’, for the best performance by a rider under 35 years of age. David Page was the eldest son of ISDT multiple gold medalist Ernie Page and was one of the most promising trials riders from Scotland who sadly died aged 19 from leukaemia. Page had secured support from Yamaha and had just begun riding the TYZ model in 1993, shortly before his death.

Entries for the 2026 officially closed at 20:00 on Sunday 15th February with the 200 limit being surpassed.

We are now running a ballot for 160 spaces in accordance with the supplementary regulations and the results will be sent to all who entered in the next week.

The HC2DT sub committee would like to thank all those who submitted an entry for our popular event. If you are unsuccessfulm at the first cut, do not despair as those on the reserve list will most likely gain an entry before the event happens.

The entry fee will be due and payable upon confirmation of the entries and must be paid within 10 days otherwise the entry will be voided and offered to a reservist.

Now it’s just a case of waiting for June and hopefully some good weather to enjoy the HC2DT British Four-Stroke Edition on 13/14th June 2026 at Alvie Estate!

The entries are invited for the 2026 Highland Classic Two Day Trial – The British Four-Stroke Edition.

Guest of Honour, Nick Jefferies (CCM) – Photo: Mike Rapley

Entries are taken online and when confirmed then the entry fee is payable by direct bank transfer.

Here is the link to the ENTRY FORM

The Supplementary Regulations are available here, these must be read carefully before completing and submitting an entry:

The HC2DT Sub-Committee wish all entrants the best of luck.

Conditions:

The promoters reserve the right to accept or reject any entry.

Entries must be made on the online official entry form, no other form of entry is acceptable.

Entry fees must be paid no later than 14 days following the issue of the ‘Acceptance of Entry’ notification which will be made by electronic mail.

The entry form wil close on Sunday, 15th February at 20:00 (GMT).

The 2026 Supplementary Regulations for the Highland Classic are now available.

The official entry form will be available form Sunday 1st February at 8pm GMT.

Guest of Honour: Nick Jefferies

We welcome on board a new sponsor for the 2026 Highland Classic Two Day Trial – Pea Farm Enduro!

It is with great pleasure that we announce the naming of the Ladies award at the Highland Classic Two Day Trial – Scotland’s friendliest classic trial!

In honour of the lady who rode national, SSDT and ISDT events, with support from Comerford’s and Bill Slocombe on Greeves and BSA machinery, who would go on to become the Competitions Manager at the Auto-Cycle Union – Mrs. Mary Driver.

From 2026 onwards the Mary Driver Challenge Award will be presented for the Best performance by a lady competitor on either the A or B route. The winner of this award will receive glassware to keep.

Main photo – Mary Driver in the 1964 SSDT on her Comerford’s supported Greeves Photo by: Ron Aitchie.

Link to All HC2DT Awards list HERE

The Highland Classic organisers will present a new award in 2026 for the friendliest classic trial in Scotland!

The Terry Hill Challenge Award will be presented to the rider who makes the best performance by a resident of Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, over either the A or B routes during the 2026 trial.

The award is in memory of the well known Irish trials rider and sponsor, Terry Hill who enjoyed support from BSA and Bultaco.

Link to all awards for the HC2DT HERE

The 2026 Highland Classic has negotiated an agreement for ‘TrialsPrint’ of Leeds to be the official number board supplier.

Formerly known as Kudu Products Ltd, they recently added the trading style of ‘TrialsPrint’ as it more accurately describes their committment to supply quality products for the motorcycle sport.

The company have been providing the numbers boards for 2025 as the original supplier could not supply a printed board at a competitive price. Russ Brodie at Kudu was more than happy to quote and Gavin Cairns Roughcasting sponsored the cost of the boards for the Inverness & District MCC Ltd.

TrialsPrint can be contacted through their website:

TrialsPrint

Make a date for your diary, the 2026 Highland Classic will be run at Alvie Estate on 13/14 June!

We will be celebrating the British Four-Stroke and our Guest of Honour is confirmed as Nick Jefferies, who should need no introduction to trials enthusiasts, being a factory trials rider and motorcycle racer at the same time! Nick has ridden some very exotic machinery in his career.

Of course two-stroke machines are always welcome at the Highland Classic, even although the emphasis is on four-strokes for 2026!

Nick Jefferies rode for the mighty Honda Motor Company on the specialised RTL models in the mid seventies and also rode the development CCM 350T for Alan Clews, so he is certainly no stranger to four-stroke machinery!

We are delighted that Nick is our guest of honour as his family are steeped in British motorcycling history. His father was winner of the SSDT and Scott trials and his elder brother Tony was one of Britain’s best road racers. Of course not omitting the many successes chalked up by his late nephew, David Jefferies.

So, please make a note of the dates, 13/14 June 2026, the entries will open on Sunday, 1st February 2026 at 20:00. Entries will be limited to 200 as previous years. If in the event we are oversubscribed then a ballot will be run.

(Main photo: Courtesy of Jimmy Young)