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RESULTS
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2012 Berko Calendar
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Berkhamsted Motorcycle Club Committee Members

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Ron Humphries
President

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Ian Reynolds
Chairman

Ian has been a keen motorcyclist all his adult life and, when much younger, spent several years road racing. These two wheeled sporting activities ceased when family and other commitments came along, and Ian focused on other things. However, it was always his intention to try observed trials, and, as road bikes became increasingly complex, with fuel injection and computers, and thus hard to fettle in the garage, Ian started trials in 2005 by buying an air cooled twin shock, the simplest motorcycle possible. Ian remains happy messing around on a Sunday morning with his bike on the Blue Route. email >>

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Trials Secretary


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Terry Golds Terry Golds
Secretary
Terry bought his first bike in the winter of ’63, an Ambassador, 250 Villiers Twin. And loved it. He fell off for the first time about 3 hours after he picked it up. So he picked it up twice that night. He has had a selection of bikes since then and fallen off most of them! During those first years it was Scrambles on Sunday, West Ham speedway on Tuesday, Hackney Wick Friday and clean the bike Saturday. There has always been a bike in his garage. In 1994 he first took his kids to Motocross at Brill and away they went, Motocross marshalling every Sunday in the Eastern Centre for some years until he became SM Centre Secretary, by that time he was also secretary of Berko club as well. More recently he have dropped the Centre work and tried to concentrate on Berko, even riding a trials bike, but still falling off.
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Martin Greeves Martin Greeves
Treasurer (director of the Ltd Co)

Martin started trials as a Schoolboy at the age of 14 and kept going till he was about 25, when, as he claims his marriage stopped play. He then started riding again around the late 1990's. Martin Claims he would be winning the intermediates regularly if it wasn’t for those pesky youngsters!! While he is the Club Treasurer his wife perhaps does most of the hard work. Martin rides the expert route as Intermediate. E-mail Martin>>

Mike Dunks Mike Dunks
Membership Secretary & Editor of the Club Newsletter

Mike is your membership secretary and has been a member of the committee for many years. He started riding in 2002 in classic trials on a Greeves and joined the single shock brigade in the last few years. After attending his "clerk of the course" training in 2007 he has gone on to be involved in the centennial weekend, trials Secretary and building the clubhouse amongst other things.
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Trials Secretary


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Steve Southwood Steve Southwood
Steve Joined the club in 2007. Got elected as Observer Sec in 09.
Observer Secretary

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Dave Porter Dave Porter
Director / Social Secretary (director of the Ltd Co)
Dave Porter has had a go at most forms of bike sport, he started grass track sidecar driving back in the mists of time and then decided he was a better passenger! This led him to have a go at classic sidecar road-racing, then modern outfits, and then back to classic and modern. He also went back to grass track sidecars and in the not too distant past he also had a go at SOLO trials. He has held several posts in this club and others as well as serving on ACU committees, but what he really wants to do is get his road bikes going and take them on a track day, watch this space--------
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Billy Bishop Billy Bishop
Webmaster

Sole job is the upkeep of this club website and the IT side of the newsletter. This entire site was designed and built by Billy during the early part of the 2008 for the Centenary year. Billy started riding trials with the Nene Valley club around 1978 on a TY80 in the school boy class. In his day he rode the odd national and occasionally ventured up north with his mates Johnny Lee & Steve Swanson! Between them they claim to have some stories! Billy rode the expert route for many years and rides both modern and classic trials. E-mail Billy >>

Ted North Ted North
Vice President & Publicity Officer

After four years in the RAF Ted had a short career in Scrambling until his family came along. His sons took up Moto-Cross and one, Kevin trials. Visiting Nash to support him one day he heard and then saw a BSA going round which got him hooked. He bought himself a Triumph Cub and hasn't looked back since. Ted joined Berko in 1982 and was invited to the committee after a few years and became Chairman in 1990 a position he held until 2011.
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Steve Hoole
Vice President
Steve joined Berko in 1965, after moving from Bedford, and membership of Bedford Eagles. He has been Chairman for 17 years, President for 16 years and Vice President for the last 4 years. He is a founder member of the Trail Riders Federation. He has also belonged to the Army MCA, ESSA, and more.

His motorcycling includes, Road Racing with some success on the circuits; Scrambling again with some success on Greeves and Matchless machines; Grass Tracking on a sidecar outfit winning the club Championship two years running; Trials, over about 14 years he earned around 60 awards and became an Expert. He has Road rallied on an Ariel Square 4, and with Pam won several events outright; He also rallied Reliant's and Isetta (bubble car) three wheelers, scooters and mopeds winning more awards. He finished 10th out of 187 starters in the 1961 two day Army driving Championships in a one ton Humber.

He qualified for a “Special Gold” for maximum possible marks, in the 1960 National Rally, riding a 350cc Matchless. This was a 500 mile in 24hour rally averaging no more than 30mph. Starting in Berkshire, Steve completed 498 miles via Southampton and Wales finishing next day in Manchester.

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Paula Ridge
Awards Secretary

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Ian Sankey Ian Sankey
Committee Member

Ian was introduced to the club by Ray Timberlake and joined in 1998 at the age of 54. He found that he enjoyed observing so much he gave up his commitments with a local football club after some 36 years. He was elected to the committee in 2001 as an untitled committee member. In 2006 he gained a clerk of the course qualification and now helps run the beginners and wobblers trials. Although he cant ride trials these day himself he is still a keen member of the Greeves Association and owns a 1959 Greeves Scottish Trials bike.

Mike Vangucci Mike Vangucci
Committee Member

Mike started riding in the late 50s and joined the Berko club in the late 60s when it was more of a grass track club. Mike loves trials and turns up to assist with various organizational aspects of running trials. He rides a 350 Bultaco and a C15.
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Martin Howlett Martin Howlett
Committee Member (and lifetime member)

Martin began riding trials around 1977 and joined the Berko club at around the same time. He then went on to have a dabble in Motocross before having a break due to the kids. (his son scott rides today) Martin got back into trials in 1984 and joined the committee later in 1990 as a non titled member and has not looked back since. Martin rides a modern bike in the clubman class and was on the expert route as an Intermediate in his day.

Arthur Tomkinson Arthur Tomkinson
Committee Member

Arthur is a non titled committee member and a retired JCB driver who regularly gives up his time to assist at setting out and clearing away at Berko trials. He also helps out at working parties and with the construction of the club house. Arthur began riding trials in 1957 then had a lapse when he had a family in 1965 then began again in the 1980’s when his son took up the sport. He rides a 50 year old Greeves on the easy route and at the time of writing was 69 years old.

Rob Colman
Committee Member

Rob has been riding trials for a couple of years and has progressed to novice level, where he is now starting to get on quite well (well not falling off as much). He started up the Berko Facebook page and try's to keep it up to date. He also enjoys photography, and has put quite a few photos up on our Facebook page. click here >>

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Committee Member

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