Improve your skill set prior to the competition season.
Date: 4-24-22
Location: RITC, 283 Escoheag Hill Road, Exeter, Rhode Island 02817
Starts at 9:00am. Ends at 4:00pm
$20 Donation requested
AMA membership required
For skill levels from Beginner to Advanced
Free Pizza at lunch
Trials Bikes with Trials Tires ONLY!
No camping on state land
Preregister by email at: Leeb627@cox.net
Jeff Salois and John Hoffman will be heading to Scotland at the end of April to compete. John is riding the Pre65 Scottish Trial on April 29th and 30th and Jeff will be competing in the Scottish Six Day Trial beginning on the 2nd of May.
As for the Pre65, over 300 riders apply each year for the 200 rider limit. The sponsoring club picks a certain amount of riders such as former world champions and other high profile riders. The rest of the field is picked by ballot.John’s quest to ride began in 2017 when at his 3rd trip over as a spectator he met a gentleman (Gordon Jackson) at the bed and breakfast where he was staying. They talked for a brief time and John was offered a bike to ride. Gordon had ridden the Pre65 17 times. John began applying but at that time the trial was only for riders of European Nations. Two years ago it was open for riders worldwide. John made the ballot but unfortunately the event was cancelled for two years because of Covid. Fortunately they held the rider’s spots and didn’t have to go through the ballot process again.
John and Jeff are looking forward to competing and representing NETA and the US in Scotland.
The cold and snow will soon be behind us and a new trials season will be underway. This year the season starts with the RITC trials school on April 24th. A week later (on May 1st), MMC is hosting the first competition event of the year.
Before any of the fun starts, everyone should renew their membership. For the first time, the Membership Application is available online. The new application can be used to:
With the online application and Paypal for payments it’s easier than ever to renew your NETA membership.
As with last year, a number plate decal is included with your membership. This is an “opt-in” offer on the application. You can take advantage of this benefit anytime during the year by re-submitting the Membership Application as a “change” requesting a new decal at that time.
This year, you can have the NETA sticker for your AMA card mailed to you. This’ll avoid the aggravation of waiting in line to get your 2022 NETA sticker when you signup for the first event of the year.
Click on Membership Application renew (or join) NETA for 2022.
The annual meeting & banquet was held January 22, 2022. The business part of the meeting was congenial and ended early. The raffle following the banquet raised a little over $500. 72 admissions were sold.
For more information, consult the 2022 Rule Book.
There will be 8 events this season. The traditional beginning of the season trials school will be held at RITC on April 24th. The first event of the season is at Meriden on May 1st. The dates and venues for the entire season are listed on the Events page.
Hall of Fame of the North American Trials Council is the highest honor of the Council. The members are outstanding trials riders and those who have been of great service to the sport. The motto PRAESTANTES JUDICIO ET SERVICE means outstanding trials and service. The aim of the Hall of Fame is designed to preserve the past, honor excellence and connect generations.
At the banquet it was announced Gary Bourque has been inducted into the NATC Hall of Fame for 2022.
On Sunday, November 14th, the Springfield Motorcycle Club (SMC) is hosting a Vintage Trials Fun Ride. Riders with modern bikes are also welcome. The event will be held at the SMC property (219 Warren Road, Brimfield, MA 01010).
NETA Sportsman level sections with “A”, “B” and “C” lines are being prepared for the event. A few sections are from the most recent SMC NETA event. Most are either new or “favorites” from years past. We plan to have 10 sections taped and gated.
This is a recreational trials ride, it is not a competition. Score cards will be available and riders are welcome to self score, but scoring keeping is optional. Finishing coins for the best scores in “A”, “B”, “C” for vintage bikes will be awarded following the ride. A rider’s best 3 of 4 loops will be scored.
The details:
Here are the scoring totals for this year’s events:
If you spot any mistakes please contact the webmaster.
Mike Bryant has obtained a new batch of NETA t-shirts in new colors and an updated design. The shirts are $15 and will be available to purchase at the RITC event on September 26th.
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Hello NETA Members and Family,
We finally have a season underway and smiles were everywhere you looked at the great SMC kickoff event for the 2021 Season.
I am also happy to say that we can now add Oct 24th in Meriden Ct, to now get our season total up to 6 events for 2021.
I thought it would be best to mention clearly that it is our intention to count season points as usual, and work credits will be required as usual for a rider’s season points to be counted.
No doubt this is a much shorter season then those of the recent past, but it is indeed what we have to work with until the time comes over the winter for a return to our formal rule and schedule meetings as done in our pre-pandemic past.
Looking at the math 6 events should now be enough, so hopefully everyone will forgive the “late-addition” to our schedule gracefully, and with the understanding that 5 events would have been almost too prohibitive to allow a work credit for many riders.
As for the “throw away’s”. I think it best to stick with the rulebook as much as possible so one throw away would be in order for a season of 10 events or less. The reason I say “as much as possible” in regards to this is that we are already expecting a bit of flexibilty in adding an event date this late in the season, and I am pretty sure we can all agree that we have all had to work around some very difficult and unusual circumstances these past 16 months or so to get this far here again.
I for one am very confident that our NETA family will continue to recover enthusiatically with a lot of fun set to happen for 2021 !
Safe travels always, and looking forward to seeing everyone in New York this upcoming weekend,
Stuart Preston – NETA Pesident
The NETA T-Shirts have sold out. We hope to order a second batch, but will not until we have a volunteer to handle the sales. Mike Roccanti is moving to Colorado. Contact David Scarbro (webmaster@newenglandtrials.com) if you’re interested in volunteering.
Stu Preston
President
New England Trials Association
72 Mountain Road
South Berwick, ME 03908
Dear Stu,
Thanks for your query regarding the anticipated course of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic as you deliberate a return to NETA activities.
As you and the membership are aware, this global viral pandemic is unprecedented. To date, the virus has infected 112 million people worldwide and has claimed 2.5 million lives. Here in the United States, over 500,000 lives have been lost.
Unfortunately, there has been considerable misinformation and general misunderstanding of the facts about COVID which could frustrate decisions such as yours. Having devoted my professional time in recent months to the fight against COVID, I wish to reinforce the absolute fact that this is a highly contagions and deadly virus.
We have three things that help us avoid transmitting, becoming ill and dying from the virus. They include social distancing, proper masks and vaccinations. Any social activity that doesn’t include these elements will contribute to ongoing illness and death.
Your concern regarding when a safe return to NETA events might be expected is to be applauded. You make no assumptions and that is the only safe and responsible approach to take. There are any number of observations and opinions both for and against resuming events. As NETA President, you are undoubtedly hearing many of them.
We will invite risk by gathering for large scale social and leisure events too soon. It would be wise to wait until a majority of the population is immunized. At our projected rate of vaccine production and administration, barring any setbacks, we anticipate having enough vaccine out to reach heard immunity by mid summer ’21.
Hence, I suggest that you might look at the first week of July as a possibility for safely resuming an event schedule.
Stay safe,
Dr. Hub Brennan
NETA# 33
AMA Board of Directors, Medical Commission and Trials Commission Member
AMA Safe to Race Taskforce contributing author
FIM Medical Commission Member and Chief Medical Officer