Northampton Motorcyclists Club

22/05/13- Full report on the wonderful Bob Collier Trophy MX here. Photos here. Mylaps times here.

26/4/13- Full results and report from the SMC Rnd 1 at Daventry are now online here. Andy Tindle's excellent photographs of the event are here.

16/04/13- Bob Collier Trophy Motocross- Entry forms available now here- or book in online here. After logging in as you do to renew your licence,(or create a profile if neccessary) Simply click on 'find an event' and chose 'Bob Collier Trophy MX 2013'.

27/3/13- 2013 SMC Registration Scheme. We now have 135 registered riders who have their numbers guaranteed for the season. To see the full list look here.

21/3/13- Our next race is the SMC Round at Daventry on 21/4/13. Entry forms are now online here.

16/3/13- SMC Round 1 cancelled. After a track inspection today the race meeting tomorrow (17/3/13) is cancelled I'm afraid. The track has taken an enormous amount of rain over night and the pits are waterlogged. We''ll reschedule for a nicer day later in the year.

08/02/13- Entry forms for the season opener- SMC 2013 Rnd 1 at Long Buckby on 17/3/13 are here now. You can also enter online -

Go to- https://members.acu.org.uk/secure/Login.aspx
Log in, then click on 'search for an event', then choose '2013 SMC Rd 1'

04/02/13- Wedding Invitiation-

Martyn Raynor and Julie would like to invite all the members of northampton motorcyclists club to their evening reception, it is 7 pm onwards at the quorn country hotel on 9th March, leicester road, quorn, nr loughborough, leics,post code le128bb. They are having a hog roast, a live band, disco etc, the lead singer of the band is none other than the famous brother of michael, mr matt mc clurg, please bring your partners.

07/01/13- The Prize winners from this year's Wild & Woolly are-

1st- Ladies Cup- Jack Lee
2nd- Griff Jenkins Cup- Dale Raynor
3rd- Harrison Cup- Ryan Griffiths
Doug Desborough Cup- James Higgins (oldest finisher)
Margaret Anderson Cup- Matt Willis(first Junior)
Ashley Rogers Cup- Roger Titman (first Novice)
Doug Griffin Tankard- James Barnwell (youngest finisher)

07/12/13- Woolly photos here-

30/12/12- Full Woolly report here.

20/12/12- There's an extra working party this Saturday (22nd) at 10am to finish off building the course. Please come and help if you can.

20/12/12- 2012 MX Club Championships Trophy winners full list here. The Prize Giving night is on Saturday 2nd February 2013.

19/12/12- The Wild & Woolly 2012- Practise is at 10am, race begins at 11am. Arm Farm Blisworth, park in the field next to Youngs Nursery. NN7 3DW

11/12/12- Here are the dates for 2013, some venues may be subject to change

Sun March 17- Long Buckby/Badby, SMC round
Sun April 21- Daventry, SMC round
Sun May 19- Long Buckby, Bob Collier Memorial MX
Sun June 16- Market Harborough?- extra MX
Sun July 7- Culham, SMC GP
Sun Sept. 8- Long Buckby, Club MX
Sun Oct. 20- Long Buckby, SMC round + Partridge Ventilation Pre 83 Series
Dec. 26- Blisworth, Wild & Woolly

03/12/12- Still a few places left for the W&W if you'd like a ride in this historic event.

03/12/12- The 2013 SMC Registration form is now available here. You can use this to register for the series and secure a permanent rioder number for the year. SMC Registration form. The 2013 club membership form is also available now here.

12/11/12- Wild & Woolly entry forms are now available here.

09/11/12- 2012 Wild & Woolly-

I'm very pleased to announce that the 2012 Wild & Woolly will be back at its spiritual home of Blisworth. The race will once again take place at Arm Farm after the tenant Chris Harris kindly agreed to let the event return for the benefit of the village. Entry forms will be out as soon as I can get them sorted, probably be early next week. Please get them sent in asap.
At this time I'd like to once again apologise to Chris and his wife for any misunderstandings that were printed about the event last year, and also thank Mike Wreford for his tireless negotiations to secure the deal.

27/10/12- Final 2012 Championship positions here.

22/10/12- Full results and report from Long Buckby here. A tough day for everyone at the start, but it got better in the afternoon. Photos from Long Buckby here.

8/10/12- Club Championship points to date- here.

6/10/12- The season finale is almost upon us. Time to get your entries in for the final race of the year. The track has been ripped up and rotavated and is looking really good, so it will be a lot different to last time. For those of you who embrace new technology you can also now enter and pay online.

To do so go to http://www.acu.org.uk/. Then on the left hand side click on Licences Applications On Line. ( The online entry page is new so it doesn't have a direct link to the homepage yet.)

Now you'll need to enter your licence no. and password to proceed. If you've not renewed your licence online before you might need to register and setup a password. This will get more streamlined but as its still being tested there is no direct link available, its all new to me as well..

Then look down on the left to Events, and click on Search for an Event. There in the list you should see 2012 SMC Finale- Sun Oct 21st. Click on the Begin Entry button beside it and you're in! Click on the class(es) you'd like to enter and the system should fill in all the rest for you. Please remember to fill out the bit below with your riding number, bike etc. Continue to payment through next step.

18/9/12- Entry forms for the 2012 SMC Season Finale at Long Buckby are now online here. More to come on the track improvements..

13/9/12- All the photos are now online here, with a movie from Martyn Higgins here.

11/9/12- Report and results for Long Buckby are now online here. Whilst many people enjoyed the racing, obviously quite a few felt the track was not prepared as it should have been. The club would like to apologise for that and reassure riders that it will be sorted out again for the October meeting. Lots of factors conspired against us and I've written quite a long explanation on the club facebook page if anyone wants to read it. One thing we can all do to prevent that happening again is to get involved! We were seriously short staffed in the run up to last weekend's meeting, meaning a small number of committee members working incredibly hard to make it happen. With more assistance everything is easier and we can do a better job. If you're a club member and you can find a bit of spare time to help out, please do so.

13/8/12- Our next event is an Open MX at Long Buckby on 9 September. Its also a round of the club championship. The track was graded straight after the Bob Collier Memorial meeting in April so should be in top condition. Entry forms available here-

12/7/12- Former club champion Nigel Smith very sadly passed away last Friday. He will be remembered in the club as one of the good guys. Always friendly, supportive and helpful as well as a damn fast rider. His brother Lee wrote this on facebook earlier in the week, all who knew him are welcome.

Thank you for all the messages over the past few days. We're asking for donations in lieu of flowers please at the website below. The funeral will be at 1:15pm on Thursday 19th July at Grenoside Crematorium, Skew Hill Lane, Sheffield, S35 8RZ, then afterwards at Tankersley Manor Hotel. Feel free to wear what you want, but we'd rather folk didn't wear black. Thank you.

Lee has started a collection in Nigel's memory for Sarcoma UK which you can see here.

4/7/12- Full report and results from the epic SMC Summer National at Culham here.

3/7/12- Full photo gallery from Culham by Andy Tindle here. Report to follow shortly.

2/7/12- Luton & District MCC are running the Honeydon Cup Trial (inc. a round of the SMC Expert Championship) on Sunday July 8th at Manor Farm, Honeydon, Nr Eaton Socon, Beds. MK44 2LT. For more information contact the secretary Mrs Rita Lewis on 01525 402952, or email dreycottage@btinternet.com.
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26/6/12- Just a few days until the SMC Summer National and places are filling up fast. If you want to ride then don't leave it any longer. Its going to be a really popular event.

29/5/12- Right its time to get booked in for the BIG ONE! The SMC Summer National at Culham on Sunday July 1st. This is likely to sell out so please get your entries in early. Also please not on the entry form you are asked to put down your MAIN class. This is the one you'll definitely be riding in, but as usual if there's room you may enter others on the day (but only IF there's room!) The forms are HERE.

The Bob Collier Memorial Meeting raised a massive £5168 for Leukemia Research, thanks to everyone involved.

25/05/12- Full results and report from Badby are online here. Photos from the event are here.

21/04/12- Full report and results on the Bob Collier Memorial MX are now online here. Photos are here. Thanks to everyone who turned out to make this meeting such a big success once again.

10/04/12- Last chance to enter for the Bob Collier Memorial Motocross this Sunday (15th April) at Long Buckby. Give Marge a call on 01604768812 if you want to ride.

03/04/12- Sadly Thomas Rose had a YZ250 stolen last night from the Northampton area. It had no chain or sprocket and the hub was broken. Please keep an eye out for it.

The track crew did a wonderful job at Long Buckby last weekend. If you're not already entered then now is the time..

30/03/12- Our annual Bob Collier Memorial motocross takes place on April 15th at the legendary Long Buckby. NMCC will donate all the proceeds to Leukemia Research, the target is to beat last year's total of £3000. There will be entertainment and a hog roast on the Saturday night, as well as lots of attractions on the Sunday, including the unique handmade trophies. It’s a chance to socialise with long lost friends and enjoy a wonderful atmosphere remembering the great man.

In addition to the usual modern bike classes, there are also twinshock, sidecar and 'friends of Bob' classes. There will also be knockout 'head to head' sprint races during the lunchbreak. Last year's big crowds are once again expected so please come along and watch. Spectators are free, but please give a donation. To enter ring Marge on 01604 768812 or send off the attached form.

18/03/12- Following some very detailed forensic lapscoring analysis, there have been a few updates to the points and positions from Daventry- in particular in the Over 50's. These should now be correct.

14/03/12- Full report for the great meeting at Daventry last Sunday. Round 2 of the 2012 SMC saw a great turnout ant an exciting new venue. Full report here.

08/02/12- IMPORTANT NEWS regarding Long Buckby on 12 Feb. We've decided that due to the adverse weather it would be unacceptably dangerous to try and race this Sunday. The track is frozen solid and covered in snow. There's further snow forecast for thurs night and friday, and beneather the snow there are 6in deep puddles in places that are frozen solid. At no stage is the temperature predicted to rise above 0 deg, so therefore a thaw is out of the question. Sorry to those hoping to race, its always a gamble trying to run an early meeting and on this occasion the weather has beaten us.

07/02/12- Track inspection tomorrow Weds).
07/02/12- Entry Forms are now online for the Bob Collier Memorial meeting in April. Get it here-

3/02/12- Its the Presentation Night tomorrow (Sat 4th Feb.) for the 2011 Club Championships. Come along if you can. Get your entry in quick please if you'd like to ride at our first meeting next weekend.

11/01/12- In the run up to the Wild & Woolly 2011 various news items mentioned that the old Woolly track had been regularly used by 4x4s. It appears this was a misunderstanding and the 4x4s had used a different field. The club would therefore like to apologise to the tenant, Mr Chris Harris, for any bad feeling this may have caused.

05/01/12- Happy New Year everyone. Entry forms for the first meeting at Long Buckby on 12th Feb. are now online here. The Presentation Night for all the 2011 awards is on Saturday 4th Feb. Tickets are only £7.50, available from me on 0116 2796883 or Mick Berrill Motorcycles- 01604 636760

29/12/11- Right, here's the award winners for the 2011 Woolly-

1st- Ladies Cup- Ryan Griffiths
2nd- Griff Jenkins Cup- Richard Main
3rd- Harrison Cup- Michael Mcclurg
Doug Desborough Cup- Steve Harrison (oldest finisher)
Margaret Anderson Cup- Mark McCann (first Junior)
Ashley Rogers Cup- Ross Gray (first Novice)
Doug Griffin Tankard- Ashley Rilings (youngest finisher)

Awards presented at the Presentation Evening on Sat. 4th Feb.

28/12/11- 2011 Wild & Woolly report here!. Well done Ryan.

16/12/11- 2012 Dates and venues are online here. Looks like being a great season.

16/12/11- The Trophy Winners for the 2011 Club Championships are listed here. Come and collect your awards at our Presentation Night on Saturday 4 Feb 2012.

10/12/11- The Woolly needs your help- So we can continue to attract lots of spectators, many of whom are nothing to do with motocross for the rest of the year, we need to let them all know that the venue has changed. Please print off the A4 poster if you can and stick them up in as many local places as you possible, supermarkets, town centres, wherever. Get the poster here.

28/11/11- Ross Gray is planning to ride the Woolly for charity. He's raising money for a 5yr old girl called Grace Windram from Kingsthorpe who needs treatment for cerebral palsy in the USA, to allow her to walk for the first time. To sponsor him per lap, or just to make a donation- please contact Ross on 07952 343267 or rossgray1@ntlworld.com. To read more about Grace's Fund please click here.

26/11/11- Here we go! The Wild & Woolly entry form is now available here.

25/11/11- The 2011 Wild & Woolly is on! The worldest oldest race continues..
As most of you are aware the venue of recent years, Arm Farm Blisworth has proved very difficult to secure this year. The tenant farmer that rents the field for the rest of the year is not happy to have the Woolly there this year. Additionally 4x4s are using the land all the time meaning that the watercosssings are in a terrible state. Rather than continuing to negotiate for a few more weeks I've take the decision to move the event. Hopefully with 12 months to plan it we'll be able to return to a Blisworth venue in 2012 as the race is such a big part of village life.
So for 2011 the race will take place at Airfiled Farm, Market Harborough. Steve Harrison has kindly agreed to let us use his track which will be lengthened and modified to include the usual kind of Woolly obstacles, though it should not be nearly as difficult as some of the recent Woolly mudfests. Look for entry forms in the next few days. Look forward to seeing you all on Boxing Day as usual.
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25/11/11- The 2012 Club Membership form is now online here.

07/11/11- The full report for Long Buckby is now online here. The full championship positions are also online here. Please check your results to make sure there are no obvious adding up errors.

29/10/11- ‎2011 Wild & Woolly-
Due to massive amounts of speculation regarding this year's event I have decided to set the record straight and issue a statement.

The current Wild & Woolly venue is owned by a property company but leased to a local farmer who uses the land for the rest of the year. As some people have been hearing he is refusing us permission to use the track this year. Whilst we continue discussions we are also talking to some other local venues with regard to relocating this year's event. As soon as there is any more news I'll give it, but that's the position where we are right now.

1/10/11- Its October already! Forms for the last round of the SMC at Long Buckby on October 30th are online here now.

18/9/11 Full report on last week's race at Long Buckby is now online here. Also there's a brilliant set of photos here.

28/8/11- Important news regarding September 11th.
It WILL take place on the 11th of September. At the moment this clashes with Kensworth who have unfortunately moved on to our agreed date earlier in the year without us realising. This is regrettable and will affect attendance at both events, am trying to discuss this with Kensworth at the moment. I have tried moving our event to various other dates. However after considering ambulance availability, track neighbours etc, September 11th is still the only viable date we can run. Therefore we are running as scheduled. If you plan to ride with us please get your entries in asap.
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4/8/11- Regs for the next meeting at Long Buckby on Sept 11th are now online here. Please get them in early as this should prove a popular one. Its the penultimate round of the Club Championships, valuable points are still up for grabs.

18/7/11- 2011 Club Championship points to date are available here now. Remember you drop your worst score for the year (best 6 from 7), so the current overall scores can all change. There are still two rounds to go, so its all still to play for.

7/7/11- The Photos from Market Harborough are now online here.

4/7/11- Rnd 5 SMC at Market Harborough- full report and results here. Shame about the low turn out, we decide to run anyway at a loss. For those that missed it, the track was well prepped and watered, and for the first time we supplied ALL the marshals. Report here.

29/6/11- Last chance to enter for Sunday- Please give Giles a ring immediately on 01604 711463

27/5/11- Entry forms for Market Harborough in July are online now here.

26/5/11- Full report from a dry day at Silverstone here. Some amazing photographs available here.

24/4/11- Photos from Long Buckby are online here now.

21/4/11- Full report and results from the Bob Collier Memorail MX are online here. What a fantastic day!

1/4/11- Entry forms for the SMC Round 3 at Silverstone on 22 May are now online here-

11/4/11- Still time to get an entry if you're quick but don't delay.Spectators welcome too.

6/4/11- With just over a week to go to the Bob Collier Memorial MX, its time to get your entry sent in. The track is looking perfect after some extensive grading.

24/03/11- Our Next meeting is the Bob Collier Memorial meeting at Long Buckby on 17 April. All proceeds will be going to Leukemia Research, so we need a big turn out to raise as much money and possible and remember Bob. Time to get your entry in.

24/03/11- There is a practise day at Silverstone on April 3rd on the all new track which we'll be racing on May 22. Price for the day is just £20 to NMCC members, the £5 discount is available when sigining on if you mention NMCC.

24/03/11- Photos from Badby are now available here. What a difference the sun makes, the shots are brilliant.

24/03/11- Full Badby points breakdown now added.

15/03/11- Colin Appleyard Spring Motocross, SMC 2011 Rnd 1 at Badby- full report and results here. Was it the best NMCC meeting for years? Most people thought so..

24/2/11- Photos from Long Buckby are here.

22/2/11- What a good start to the year that was! Well the conditions were horrible, but the entry was really good and most people seemed enthusiastic. Full report on Long Buckby here. Don't forget its the Presentation Night this Saturday...

10/2/11- 10 days to go until the season opener at Long Buckby, time to get those entries in.

1/2/11- The first round of the SMC at Badby is now back on March 13 as originally planned. We had been asked to move the date but its now reverted to the original published date of March 13th..

24/1/11- Entry forms for our first three meetings of 2011 are now available here-

22/1/11- Last minute change of plan, sorry! The venue for our Awards night scheduled for Sat 29 Jan has double booked us. The event has now been postponed until Sat 26 Feb.
We've also been asked by the landowner at Badby to change the date of our SMC motocross from March 13 to March 27.

6/1/11- Happy New Year! There's a new form to register for the SMC this year. If you register you can use your number at any centre meetings during the year. Get the form here.

30/12/10- Lost Transponder
A Spectator at the Woolly lost a transponder which he was delivering to another rider. If anyone knows its whereabouts can they please let me know as he's very anxious to get it back?

Annual Presentation of Awards and Buffet

Our Awards night takes place on Saturday 29 Jan at Northampton Working Mens Club, 56a-56b Sheep Street, Northampton. NN1 2LZ. Tickets are available from me for just £7.50. Congratulations if you've won an award, please make the effort to collect it if you can. If not, come along anyway for a fun social night.

Experts: Trophee Andre Baldet- Ryan Griffiths, 2nd David Frankland

Juniors: Reliant Cup- Martin Streeton, 2nd Fraser Law, 3rd Adam Collins

Clubman: National Benzole Trophy- James Chambers, 2nd Jamie Nelson, 3rd Dan Holmes

Under 40 years: Thornton Trophy- Ryan Griffiths, 2nd James Chambers, 3rd Dan Holmes

Over 40 years: Arnold Payne Trophy- Fraser Law, 2nd Paul Kroner, 3rd Giles Agar

Over 50 years: 1st Trevor Roberts, 2nd Reg Willis

125 cc Cathy & Bob Jones Trophy: Matt Willis, 2nd James Barnwell, 3rd Gerard Scott

Workers: Workers Cup- Fraser Law, 2nd Dan Holmes, 3rd Gerard Scott

Spokes Cup: Ryan Griffiths, Peter Bennie Cup: Expert Ryan Griffiths, Peter BennieCup: Junior Adam Collins, Britten Cup: Martin Stretton, Griffith Cup: Ryan Griffiths, Griffith Junior Cup: Fraser Law, Margaret Anderson Bowl: Adam Collins

In addition there will be all the awards from the Woolly, as soon as they are finalised.

If you'd like a ticket please ring Fraser on 0116 2796883, or visit Mick Berrill Motorcycles.

28/12/10- Congratulations to Jack Lee on winning the 85th Wild & Woolly. Full report here. Photos here.

16/12/10- 2011 Fixtures!

28/11/10- The report from Long Buckby is here, along with all the photos here.

23/11/10- Wild & Woolly 2010- Due to increased sponsorship we've been able to lower the entry fee to just £20 this year. (All riders already booked in will receive a refund), Also in response to some enquiries, ALL riders who start the race are eligible for awards, even if they've only joined the club for the day. There are still some starting place left, to enter ring Marge on 01604768812.

18/11/10- Last chance to enter for Long Buckby on Sunday- ring Fraser on 0116 2796883 to book in.

18/11/10- 2011 Club membership forms now online HERE. The price has been reduced to £20 for 2011 to reflect the economic climate.

8/11/10- 21 November news- we've invited NSMC to join us for this meeting so there should be plenty of new people to race against. This means the classes on the day will now be slightly different, Junior A (inc Expert), Junior B, Over 35, 2 stroke, Schoolboy 125, 85 and 65. Please get your entries in now..

8/11/10- Entry forms for this year's Wild & Woolly are now available here. Club members get first priority so get it sent off asap.

30/10/10- End of Season FUN motocross event at Long Buckby on Nov 21.- The regs are now available HERE. This will be a more relaxed sociable affair, with a reduced entry fee of £30. We'll have normal races in the morning, and then some more unusual race formats in the afternoon. We'll also be trying out the brand new 2-stroke only class for 2011. Get your entries in quick please!

26/10/10 -2010 Club Championship positions are HERE. These are subject to verification, and may contain errors so please let me know if you spot anything. Championship points are based on the results of JUST the club members on a given day, and therefore can vary from the overall results. Also, you drop your worst round, so only the best 4 from 5 count.

26/10/10 What a great day Long Buckby was! The results are HERE, report to follow. Photos are HERE.

23/8/10- Bob Collier by Griff
EVERYONES FRIEND BOB COLLIER

As most of you know Bob died on August 1st after 7 months trying to fight off leukemia. I was privileged to have known Bob for over 25 years as a good friend and colleague. He was always a true club committee member and willing to help in putting on events for the club, never did he not turn up to help at any working parties and always had a smile on his face. What great times did I, and many others, have in his company, we shall all miss you mate.