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    Mote control

    May 05, 2021 3 minutes
    Words and photographs: ALAN TURNER

    Colin Mote (Ariel HT5) secured his first Jack Thompson Trophy at Canada Heights on Easter Sunday. His brother Steve made it a family double by getting his less-modernised 500cc Ariel around the easier Red Route. Neither rider dropped a mark.

    For the organising Sidcup & District MCC, it was the third time of trying to hold this always-popular trial. Covid regulations had made the traditional December date impossible and a late January alternative likewise, so it was Easter Sunday before the ‘2020’ event all

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