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Brian ‘Nick’ Nicolls

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Brian 'Nick' Nicolls & Eric Kitchen - Photo: John Hulme/Trial Mag
Brian ‘Nick’ Nicolls & Eric Kitchen – Photo: John Hulme/Trial Mag

We have learned of the sad news that photographer Nick Nicholls passed away yesterday. Our thoughts are with his family.

Nick Nicholls is pictured here on the left at the 2013 SSDT with his good friend Eric Kitchen.

His legacy lives on through the ‘Nick Nicolls Collection’ at Mortons Motorcycle Media.

Picture Credit: John Hulme – Trial Magazine.

Notification: Trial Magazine UK

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Sandra Gomez – Scorpa

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Sandra Gomez – Goes Scorpa!

Sandra Gomez
Sandra Gomez

Scorpa Motorcycles is very pleased to have reached an agreement with the Spanish Trials rider Sandra Gómez, she will compete for Scorpa in the 2015 sports program and help develop the new Twenty series.

The young Spanish rider is a Grand Prix champion in the women’s division and is an accomplished competitor in the most important races on the trials calendar. Sandra Gomez at age 22 has accumulated an impressive record, with several world team titles to her credit, in addition she has won several national titles and she is credited as one of the world’s best female specialist’s in trials competition.

Scorpa Motorcycles, after developing the new Scorpa Twenty will therefore squarely enter into the sport, betting on the skills of the young Spanish rider the 2015 season. Sandra is considered to be one of the top players in the world of women’s trial.

Article: Trial Magazine UK

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And finally from Rob!

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Rob Edwards (Sandiford Montesa) Scottish Six Days Trial 1981 - Mamore Section - Photo ~ Iain Lawrie, Kinlochleven
Rob Edwards (Sandiford Montesa) Scottish Six Days Trial 1981 – Mamore Section – Photo ~ Iain Lawrie, Kinlochleven
Hello Everyone,
Thanks once again for your support.
Today is rather a sad one for me. The ‘Gaffer Guru’ John Moffat has told me I can keep going as long as I want, but I feel that I have subjected you to quite enough punishment and its time to go.
Never in my wildest dreams could I have expected the support you have given me. I have had a fantastic time, a really fantastic time believe me. I was kept going by the The Trials Guru’s enthusiasm. That plus your comments and likes were a real tonic to me. Despite my health problems I still consider myself the luckiest person in the world.
I have always been a people person and the spectators who lined the sections were just as important to me as the sections and they have repaid me a thousand times!
Like all of us I had made mistakes but in general I am pretty pleased.
One thing I will miss is checking the comments and likes each day.
I was pleased and a little surprised when Benny Sellman and Thore Evertson contacted me.
Benny was a fellow Montesa rider and Thore a works Ossa rider.
I also received an e-mail from Martin Belair in California.
These plus dozens and dozens from all over Europe have done me more good than any doctor or medicine could hope to do.
The new generation of Thornaby Trials riders have been following my story – Thanks a lot lads.
I hope to get to the Telford Show again this year so please say Hello, tea with milk, no sugar please!
It is impossible to thank everybody who made this possible but Eric Kitchen, Barry Robinson, Iain Lawrie and Luis Munoz who allowed Guru John (my gaffer) to use their pictures.
When readers send in comments like Scottish Heaven you could bet that one of these are responsible.
Keep Clicking and thanks!
Many thanks again to ‘Trials Guru’ –  John Moffat and thank you finally to Alberto Mallofre, Pere Pi and Montesa for having faith in me.
A FINAL GOODBYE NOW – ROB EDWARDS
Rob Edwards left with John Moffat trying out the 1912 Scott 'AK222' for size. John is on the 2014 Scott winning Beta Evo 300 of James Dabill. Photo Copyright: John Hulme/Trials Media
Rob Edwards with John Moffat (Trials Guru) Photo Copyright: John Hulme/Trials Media
Trials Guru comment:
It has been absolutely fantastic receiving Rob’s e-mails over the last few months with details of his life in trials and to be able to share this with you all on Trials Guru.
Rob’s story now explains why he hasn’t been seen as often out and about at events, unlike most of his peers from the time when Montesa, Ossa and Bultaco were trying to out-sell each other from the late sixties, through the seventies and into the eighties.
As we have seen, if you have been following Rob’s adventures since late October 2014, what a warm human being he really is.
Despite his health problems which undoubtedly cut short his riding career, that he is as outwardly cheery as he was when some of you rode with him, worked in Head Wrightons with him or marvelled at his skill as a factory Montesa rider in the Scott and Scottish Six Days as well as countless national trials throughout the UK and the rest of the trials-riding world.
I can only say this, many grateful thanks to Rob for taking the time and effort to satisfy my request in the start field at Marske on the 18th October 2014 when I said: ‘Rob, how about doing your story on Trials Guru?’
To all of you, keep commenting and keep telling people to read this story here on Trials Guru, the “Rob Edwards Story ” button will be here on this website for a very long time to come! – The Guru.
VIVA MONTESA!
VIVA MONTESA!

The Full Rob Edwards Story … Here

Copyright: All Text: Rob Edwards & Trials Guru / Moffat Racing, John Moffat ~ 2015.

Photographic Copyrights:

  • Iain Lawrie, Kinlochleven
  • John Hulme / Trials Media

 

 

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Retrotrials.com

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As regular readers of Trials Guru will already know, we support other ventures and web-based trials information sites.

Retrotrials, run by trials enthusiast James Brown is a website we have been viewing over the past six months and we believe is operated in a similar spirit to Trials Guru.

Retrotrials specialises in 1980’s and 1990’s trials and machinery.

You will now find a link to Retrotrials.com on our ‘links’ page and indeed on our Mick Andrews article, penned a couple of months ago, a direct link to a very well researched article which was produced as a direct interview with Mick at his home in Derbyshire.

Here is a link to Retrotrials website to view now… Here

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