We received a notice from Tim Cody over the weekend:
I am saddened to inform the trials community of the passing of John McWilliams Sr. John was an avid rider and major national trials events organizer in the 1980′s in KY.
John was a boy scout leader for several years. He had many passions, including music, animals, and motorcycles.
John spent time competing in motorcycle trials competition with his sons.
Visitation will be from 5:00- 9:00 p.m. on Monday, August 23, 2010 at Oldham, Powell, & Roberts Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2010.
Andrew Oldar alerted me to a new video he just put together.
It features clips of the some of the best youth trials riders in the USA practicing (and crashing) at the TTC earlier this summer at the invitation-only American Trials Teen Camp. Among those featured:
Karl Davis, Jr. Daniel Blane-Gonnet Seth Gray Chase Harker Nathan Hassler Homer Hensley Andrew Oldar Bryan Roper Josh Roper
He has a business called Spot-on-Event Photography but he generously gave us his permission to do whatever we wanted with the TTC photos. So I combed through them and picked those that I thought best represented the activities of the week. Thanks, Sheldon!
NATC Rounds 9 & 10 were held in California this weekend. See the NATC Results page for the scores of all the classes and the year-end results. With a 1st place finish on Saturday, Cody Webb (Gas Gas) secured his first-ever national title.
He’s pictured on the right with his father and minder, Kip Webb. See the full-sized photo at the bottom of the Lewisport USA home page.
After finishing runner-up in the series standings for four straight years, Webb picked up his game in 2010, winning eight of the 10 rounds to easily capture the championship. At Donner, Webb handled the huge granite walls and drops with precision, topping three-time and defending Champ Patrick Smage by 26 points on Saturday and 38 on Sunday.
By taking first place both days in Colorado over the weekend, Cody Webb (GasGas) has all but clinched first place in the 2010 AMA/NATC National Championship Trials Series. With 6 wins (including one in Oklahoma, one in Rhode Island, and two in New York), Webb will likely have his first-ever National Championship next week in California, beating out four-time AMA/NATC National Trials Champion Pat Smage (Sherco).
In front of a huge Italian crowd Bou sealed his fourth successive outdoor title thanks to an almost perfect closing lap. Adam Raga – Gas Gas did his best to spoil Bou’s party with a good early showing, but in the end had to settle for second place as Toni turned up the heat. Bou has now won a total of eight FIM Trial World titles, four indoors and four outdoors, and all since signing for Montesa back in 2007.
I got the Aug, 2010 issue of Trials and Enduro News this week and it contains the Ryan Young tutorial series, Lesson 19, clearing gaps, on Page 34, with the drop-off turn coming next month.
We’d like to create a photo collage of all the overall winners of the Youth Nationals held here at the TTC in the past decade or more. We’ve researched our blog archives and thus far, have these champs:
2010 Logan Bolopue
2009 Bryan Roper
2008 Karl Davis
2007 Josiah Mizell
2006 Josiah Mizell
2005 Will Ibsen
2004 Louise Forsley
Do you know who won in years prior to 2004?
Do you have photos of any of the champs from the year they won? (Photos of them on a trials bike or on a podium would be best.)
If so, please Contact Us. (That page has an upload form that you can use to send us any photos.)
The EnduroTrial is an off-road competition which is designed to test the rider’s overall off-road riding ability by incorporating some of the technical riding skills associated with observed trials into an enduro racing format.
The International Twinshock Association (ITSA) held Rounds 5 and 6 of its North American Championship here at the TTC this past weekend. Liz Thompson took photos.
John was a boy scout leader for several years. He had many passions, including music, animals, and motorcycles.
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