[ Site Updated 3rd February 2012]
  Scottish Enduros 2012

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Le Touquet Beach Race  2012 Gavin Johnston, Neil Flockhart, Les Winthrop, Ricky Mair & Alex Johnston (Gavin's son ) who is in the youths race on the Saturday are having a go this year. Best of luck boys. Report soon on the trip from roving reporter Bri Hill - Ta

2nd Round of SACU Hare and Hound Championship 2012 - ERMC at Tain 5th Feb The club has a small entry so far and needs more riders. This is a new event and also part of the Championship so a good way to get points at the start of the year. Entry has been extended to Thursday 2nd Feb - so get your entry in now. Please note that clubs can now issue a One Event Licence for £10 per event. You still need to join an SACU or ACU club and enter in advance - but this is a great chance to try out Enduro/Hare and Hound . If you are going to enter give the club a call - details on the entry form. Click here for Regs and entry form. A great new course with a bit of MX - some logs and other interesting stuff. Great event to start the year - good for new riders as well. And the burger van was awesome last year ! Rider Numbers (Friday night - final) - click here.  And make sure you have the right background colour.

3rd Round of SACU Hare and Hound Championship 2012 - Melville MC at Lochhouses. ROUND 3 OF THE SACU HARE & HOUNDS CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2012 LOCHOUSES FARM , TYNINGHAME , EAST LOTHIAN. This is the first event in Scotland that has online entries only. The reason behind moving forward with this decision are that Melville Motor Club now have  90% of riders entering online and it is much easier and simpler for the secretary to process the entries and email out rider numbers. However if you cannot enter online, and have previously entered championship rounds, please text/call  Graeme on  07506166906 or email him  at graeme1@gmx.com  and he will sort something out with you directly. Please try and enter online if you can - this helps you and helps the clubs. Full results will be printed on Scottishenduros. Enter online at www.entrycentral.com

Elgin Endurance Club - 11th March  - 4th Round of the SACU Hare and Hound Championship 2012 Regs are now ready for the 4th round - more details to follow. Click here for regs.

Advance notice of the 12 Hour Hare and Hound at Tinto Moto later in the year - but also a chance to let you know of a sponsored ride for a great cause. Ben and Steve - the forest guys who help out at events are doing the ride for charity to help the Edinburgh Sick Kids.  Louise had a big op last yearand they would like to do their bit to thank the doctors and nurses. View the poster and download the sponsor form. A big thank you to the riders - who supported the Sick Kids last year at Pathhead at Easter. Lets do some good.

Scottish Borders Enduro Club  (SBEC MCC Ltd)   The 2012 AGM will take place on Saturday 11th February 2012 13:00 at The County Hotel, Selkirk, http://www.countyhotelselkirk.co.uk/ Any members wishing to have items added to the Agenda are requested to send them to the Secretary by Monday 6th February 2012.  If enough members advise of their attendance we will look at the possibility of Organising a practice session on the Morning of the AGM. Email: sbecmccltd@yahoo.com

ISDE 2012 - Germany After discussion with the Team manager and members of the Enduro Committee it has been decided not to apply for a team for the 2012 ISDE in Germany. This is because Scotland is now at the bottom of the selection Rota. However we have asked the ACU to notify the SACU Enduro Committee if there is a team space available once all the applications are in. If a team space becomes available we will arrange to organise a team of riders who wish to go in 2012. Due to the funds used in 2011 the team for 2012 will be mostly self funded with some help from the ISDE and Enduro fund. The SACU celebrates it's 100th Anniversary in 2013 and the ISDE is 100 years old in 2013. We will be making a big effort to send a team to Sardinia in 2013. We are continuing to raise funds for the ISDE all year round - with the main event being the 2 day Enduro at Selkirk with the fund raiser in the Yarrowford Hall. As soon as we know team availability we will ask for riders applications.

FREE LICENCE !!!! All riders who apply for a full licence for Enduro before the end of January 2012 will go into a draw where two riders will get their licence fee refunded. Get your licence now as your current one runs out on 1st Feb

Issued Friday 6th January 2012 From: Scottish Auto Cycle Union Ltd. A.J. Shedden, Chairman It is with great pleasure that the Board of Directors, Scottish ACU announce that Stuart Flockhart (3 times Scottish Motocross Champion) has been appointed to the position of ‘SACU Motocross Consultant’ with immediate effect.  Read full Press release. This is in response to a group of clubs who have joined the MCF and will not be  running MX under an SACU licence. For Information any rider who wishes to take part in the Enduro or Hare and Hound Championships will need an SACU (ACU or MCUI) licence. This does not affect any aspect of the Enduro competition and no Enduro clubs are involved.

Last race of the year - at Elgin 28th Dec 2011 Updated Results - click here. Won by Ricky Mair ahead of Frazer Norrie and David Macarthur www.elginenduranceclub.com www.enduro.forumwise.com

More photos of riders at Lochhouses - excellent quality to download I was taking photos at Lochhouses last weekend and have uploaded all photographs to an unlisted gallery on my website, you can view them and riders can download them by following the link below.  http://www.chrishumphreys.net/Motorcycles/Lochhouses-Dec-2011

Supplementary Regs for Enduro and Hare and Hound for 2012 (Changes in red). Know the rules - read the regs SACU Enduro Regs SACU Hare and Hound Regs Note that for all Enduros and Hare and Hounds there will be no goggle Tear Offs allowed - but Roll offs will be permitted - as long as the rider removes any damaged roll offs.

Get your club forms for 2012 and then get your competition licence asap so you are ready for the new season. Remember no day licences. FREE LICENCE !!!! And all riders who apply for a full licence for Enduro before the end of January 2012 will go into a draw where two riders will get their licence fee refunded. Scottish Borders 2012 - Membership form - click here .  All adult riders receive a free beanie hat with their membership!!! We would like to take this opportunity to let you know that due to the low numbers of riders who entered our events last year, we have decided to run just one time card enduro and one hare & hounds and we feel that due to the present economic climate this is a sensible thing to do.  However with an eye on the future we would like to get the views of our club members (riding and non-riding) about what type and how many events you would like to see in the future, so we will be sending out a questionnaire shortly which we hope you will take the time to complete.  By returning completed questionnaires you will be automatically entered into a prize draw for a Club Hoody, Club T-shirt or one of my prize winning Border Tarts.  ELRAT Membership forms 2012 now available for download - click here . ERMC Membership forms 2012 now available for download - click here . Elgin Endurance Club Membership forms 2012 now available for download - click here .    Melville MC Membership form for 2012 - click here . The Melville Motor Club continues to run enjoyable off road events and with the recent large numbers at our Motocross and Hare and Hounds it proves that there is still a strong demand for the right type of races despite the financial situation. Both events at Lochhouses had more than 150 entries each and the results were published on the Tuesday with a full page report in TMX the following Friday providing excellent publicity for off road motorcycling in Scotland. Read more .....  click here   Bon Accord MCC Membership forms 2012 - click here Licences for 2012. There will be no Day Licences in 2012 for Championship events - so you need to get a licence before any race to compete. You will not be able to get a licence on the day. Get your licences now - before the rush. BUT - There will be day licences for National or Closed to club events All you need - 1) Join a club. You need to be a club member to get a licence. 2) Get a licence application form from your club secretary and send in with a photo and fee to get a full licence valid from 1st Jan. English and Irish Riders - all very welcome. All you need is your ACU/MCUI race licence. Join an English/Irish club and get an ACU race licence. Accepted at all Scottish races (and MCUI ones). You do not need to get a Scottish licence to race in Scotland.

2012 Enduro and Hare and Hound Calendar At last the 2012 Enduro and Hare and Hound calendar is complete - and updated. After comments from riders and a meeting of the Enduro Committee the calendar has been revised. Monaughty is now a Championship event (and also the Team Enduro Venue) - ERMC will run their first enduro as a National - which will allow the use of day licences and hopefully get some new riders into the sport. We have had to move Monaughty and ELRAT back a week due to Forestry restrictions - check calendar for new dates. There are new venues at Brechin for Bon Accord Enduro and near Inverness for ERMC working with Elgin Endurance Club. The next event will be the ERMC Hare and Hound on 5th February at Tain . A great course and very popular last year. It looks like being a great year of Racing - and it starts with the 1st Hare and Hound - Melville MC at Lochouses on 4th Dec. Have a great season and stay safe. Click here for the calendar pdf poster Click here for the full season plus ACU BEC  events Click here for the full list of ACU events (Provisional)

Enduro Riders Rally round - and save a rider. Dear All, Firstly I would like to thank everyone for coming to the 1st Round of the Scottish Hare and Hounds championships, it was a fantastic start to the championship with over 160 riders, and I'm sure you will all agree that the course was fantastic and it was a great days racing Up until yesterday I had decided that this event was going to be my last  as competition secretary, and that I was going  leave the sport that I have loved and been dedicated to for over 20 years. This decision was taken due to my garage being broken into  and my bike, riding gear, tools , spares and everything  stolen, and that I could simply not afford to replace all the equipment. When I arrived at Lochouses on Sunday morning I was told that Stewart Campbell, Dax Edgely, Matt Betts, Yogi, Dave Ramsey, The Norrie family and many others had all rallied around to donate spare unused riding gear for me, and I am pleased to say that I now have all the gear to get back on a bike again. Because of this  great feat of generosity from the enduro fraternity I have now decided I can’t leave the post and will remain on as H&H secretary and Look forward to  seeing you all at Lochouses  in February and West Linton in June. I’m saving up now for another bike and tools now, and can’t wait to get back on 2 wheels braaap braaaap.  The enduro riders in Scotland are fantastic, and this has just proved this to me even more now. Thank You guys (and Tracey), much appreciated,  Graeme Chalmers (Melville H&H secretary) Note from Webmaster - If anyone has any spare tools or bike gear Graeme could really use it as the thieves completely cleared out his garage. I have a spare bike stand and some T bar spanners which I will start him off with. Let me know of any tools etc and I will pass details on to Graeme. And thanks to Nick Tokely who has kindly offered a helmet boots and the use of a bike to get Graeme going again. Riders have big hearts out there.

SACU Scottish Hare and Hound Championship 2012 Metzeler Melville Round 1 Results Ver 2 - MX and Enduro - click here Full report on the day - by Campbell Chatham. Click here Yellowhat video taster of Sundays racing. click here  http://youtu.be/lo31tErqNCk Well done to all the riders who took part - and to those riders moving up a class  on great performances on the day. And welcome back to riders in the over 40 class who haven't ridden for a year or two - but will make 2012 interesting - Derek and Grant. 2012 looks like being a great year again. More photos from Lochhouses - click here I was taking photos at Lochhouses last weekend and have uploaded all photographs to an unlisted gallery on my website, you can view them and riders can download them by following the link below.  http://www.chrishumphreys.net/Motorcycles/Lochhouses-Dec-2011  Motocross Scotland started their assault on the Scottish cross country championship with mixed results. The Team consisting of Allyn and Garry Scotland for the first round at loch houses. Allyn riding his brand new Suzuki RM 250, had troubles from the start. His bike failed to start on the line and took a few kicks to get going. As he rode away he realised the bike was bogging and misfiring. He continued to ride the track having to stop several times to restart the bike during the first lap. The bike started to clear after 3/4 of the lap, he then set about moving his way to the front of the field aware that he had lost a fair amount of time on the leaders. He caught and passed Derek Little now riding in the O40 class when disaster struck again. His handle bars had come lose in the clamps which resulted in a spectacular dismount from the bike. He had to return to the pits to correct this problem. Returning to the track to salvage some points, just after the hour mark again disaster struck. His pit crew not realising the time let him go out for one more lap than he should, resulting in him running out of fuel at the furthest most part of the track. He decided that he wasnt giving up and pushed his bike back to the pits following the track. Where he refulled, putting in consistantly fast laps until the finish. Allyn said after the race " this has got to be one of the toughest races I have ever done. Pushing my bike back to pits took me about 40 minutes. Towards the end of the race I was getting cramp all over my body." Garry, his first race back after 3 years away due to a bad crash at Pathhead which resulted in him staying in hospital for a week, rode a steady race in the clubman class. Garry commented on the race saying "due to my lack of bike time and the fact I'm still having problems with the shoulder I damaged a few years ago I'm happy with the result.     Neil Chatham wins at full Chat Drysdale Motorcycles Neil Chatham won the first round of the SACU Scottish Hare and Hound Championship at Lochhouses Farm near Dunbar in East Lothian. Nearly 160 riders made the start despite snow on most of the roads around East Lothian. The Melville Motor Club event did not start well for Neil as Frazer Norrie and Drew Harvey clashed on the first corner giving him nowhere to go but straight into Drew. The pair took a moment or two to get them selves untangled and they continued in last place. Frazer took the holeshot and led around the motocross section, when they re appeared after their first lap it was Ricky Mair leading Frazer with Neil in third place having fought his way through the Experts in the woods. Read full article .....click here

Off road speed licences (MX and Enduro) are now only £20 and run till 31st Jan 2012.

Final Championship Points Final Enduro Championship points -  - click here  ( Revised points up - Gerry Day added 10th at Craiglash.) Please check your points. Well done to everyone including the non points scorers for a great and tough season. And a big thank you to all the clubs and officials who put on the events. Without them their would be no Championship SACU Enduro Champions 2011 Expert 1st Ricky Mair  2nd Richard Hay  3rd Allyn Scotland Over 40 1st James Harvey  2nd Mark Ritchie  3rd Steven Currie Snr Clubman 1st Steven Currie Jnr  2nd Dean Reid  3rd Daniel Boddington E1 1st Dean Reid  2nd Daniel Boddington  3rd Hamish Patrick E2  1st Eric Shonwalder  2nd Chris Gallagher  3rd Steven Currie Jnr E3  1st John Allan  2nd Jamie Reid 3rd Craig White Clubman 'B' 1st Andrew Bisset  2nd Dean Barr  3rd Graham Mechan Sportsman 1st Stuart Cooper  2nd Michael Tawse  3rd Nial Paton Snr 2011 S A C U Hare and Hound Champions Expert Ricky Mair Over 40 Mark Ritchie ( tied on points with James Harvey but wins by having most class wins.) Clubman Dean Reid Clubman 'B' Dean Barr Sportsman Neil Patton Senior Congratulations to all the riders who took part in the Championship and to all the clubs who put on rounds and helped out.

New Regs for 2011 Claims for special time allowance. If a rider can prove to the organisers that they were delayed by abnormal circumstances beyond their control, such as a delay occasioned by stopping to render first aid in the case of a serious accident, an allowance may be given. The competitor must complete the entire route for this to be considered. Alleged balking caused by another rider cannot be considered abnormal circumstances.   (f) Time Limit. Unless specified in the Championship or Supplementary Regulations a rider who arrives at a time check more than (x) minutes after their original starting time for a day’s run, plus the time allowed for travel between each time check passed and any time allowance claimed for Noise Testing is automatically disqualified. (X) = Solo Championship and Experts class – 30 mins All other classes 60 mins

2011 ACU Handbook - in pdf format - latest rules and regs. ACU HANDBOOK Rules and Regs for 2011 Noise Limits for 2011. The official ACU/SACU limits for 2010 are  94 Db for Enduro - this is measured at 20cm. (85 Db measured at 2 metres).  There will be testing at events this year. Noisy bikes will be excluded in 2010 !! Clubs all have noise meters - so check it before you race New Noise Testing Procedure.- The procedure in the past for riders stopped for a spot sound test was that riders were given a 10 minute delay allowance, and had to wait until this 10 minute delay allowance had expired before proceeding. This was very unpopular with riders and organiser’s as it often meant riders circulating well out of sequence, possibly being mixed up with other classes in Special Tests and so on. For 2011, attention is drawn to the following, which in effect means that a rider receives no delay allowance at a spot sound test, and can proceed immediately it has taken place, but may if they desire, claim a 2 min time allowance at the next Time check. They do not have to do this, and may prefer to stay on original time. If the two minutes are claimed, all further times for the day will be plus two minutes. Below is an extract from the 2011 Standing Enduro Regulations: Control of Exhaust Sound Level NB Either the 2 Metre Max or RPM test method is acceptable at an event, however whichever system the sound tester adopts will be the only reading accepted and there will be no opportunity to ask for an alternative method of sound testing There may be one or more sound level tests taken during the event at any point on the route, as close as practical following a time check or refueling area. Any rider who is required to take this spot test may, if he requires, claim a delay time allowance of TWO minutes at the next check point. If these two minutes is claimed then all following check times for the day will be plus 2 minutes).   Note to all riders for 2011 - please ensure you have the correct number background for your class - KTM Orange does not count as a background!!   Expert - Red or green on all sides, Clubman and O-40 Yellow front, Sportsman Black front. . So now you will know you've been passed by a Sportsman !! It really helps the organisers on the course. Experts Clubman - Over 40 Sportsman And a reminder to all riders. You must stop at the start of each Special Test to allow the timekeepers to record your number and to set the timing gear. If you don't stop you could miss having a lap recorded. And ensure you follow the marked route. If you miss a corner you must go back and rejoin the course at the point you left it. Any riders found by the Clerk of the Course off the marked route risk disqualification.