We are proud to exhibit the camera work of trials enthusiast, Bob Hosie from Renfrewshire in Scotland. Bob was an active trials rider from 1971 to 1987 and a member of the Stevenston & District MCC for many years. Now retired, he has unearthed some of the photographs he has taken at Scottish events including the Scottish Six Days Trial over a period from 1971 – 1994.
Bob Hosie’s photographs were taken on 34mm roll film and originally produced as transparancies. He took up photography as a hobby in 1987, purchasing his first digital camera in 2002.
Bob Hosie aboard his 340 Bultaco in 1984.
Please respect Bob’s copyright. Bob is a keen amateur photographer, but his images are his intellectual property. Do not use them without permission.
Some captions and more photos will be added shortly.
1992 SSDT – R. Elliot (330cc Gas Gas) who finished in 80th position on 359 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1992 SSDT – Hiro Kamura on the pre-production prototype water-cooled Yamaha TYZ, he finished in 144th position on 517 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1992 SSDT – Steve Saunders (260 Screenart Beta) who finished in 12th position on 136 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1992 SSDT – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1991 SSDT – Photo: Bob Hosie.
Scottish Six Days Trial (1994)
1994 SSDT – Mamoru Ogawa (250cc Beta) who finished in 151st position on 599 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1994 SSDT – Neil Dawson (250cc Yamaha) – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1994 SSDT – Neil Dawson – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1994 SSDT – Ian Shedden (250cc Yamaha) who finished in 68th position on 347 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1994 SSDT – Ian Shedden (250cc Yamaha) – Photo : Bob Hosie.
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‘Fersit’ – Scottish Six Days Trial 1994
1994 SSDT – Gordon Watson ( 250cc Fantic) who finished in 171st position on 673 marks – Photo Bob Hosie.
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1994 SSDT – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1994 SSDT – Steven Rees ( 250cc Beta) who finished in 62nd position on 338 marks – Photo Bob Hosie.
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1994 SSDT – Jason Lawer (240cc Gas Gas) who finished in 8th position on 112 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1994 SSDT – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1994 SSDT – Bon Accord clubman, Peter Mitchell (250cc Gas Gas) – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1994 SSDT – John R. Shirt (Gas Gas) who finished in 5th position on 60 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1994 SSDT – Peter Hallam (240cc Aprilia) who finished in 110th position on 476 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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‘Achintee/Ben Nevis’ – Scottish Six Days (Various Years)
1971 SSDT – Peter Gaunt (350cc Gaunt Ducati) on Ben Nevis – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1971 SSDT – Bill Wilkinson (250cc Ossa) on ‘Achintee’ on the lower slopes of Ben Nevis, he finished 20th on 102 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1971 SSDT – H. Martin Lampkin (250cc Bultaco) on Ben Nevis – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1971 SSDT – Rob Edwards (247cc Montesa) on Ben Nevis – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1971 SSDT – Loch Lomond Clubman, the late Willie Prentice (247cc Montesa) on Ben Nevis – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1977 SSDT – Ernie Page (250cc Suzuki) who finished in 116th position on 370 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1977 SSDT – John Winthrop (250cc Yamaha) who finished in 91st position on 312 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1975 SSDT – Rob Edwards on the prototype 348 Montesa which developed gearbox problems during the week causing him to retire from the event. – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1975 SSDT – Malcolm Rathmell (306cc Montesa) on ‘Achintee’ Ben Nevis who finished in 3rd position on 52 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1975 SSDT – Nigel Birkett (246cc Suzuki) on Ben Nevis who finished in 8th position on 78 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1975 SSDT – Stevenston clubman, the late Gordon McMeechan (325cc Bultaco) on Ben Nevis – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1971 SSDT – Gordon Farley (247 Montesa) on ‘Achintee’ lower slopes of Ben Nevis, he finished in second position on 49 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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‘Blackwater’ – Scottish Six Days
1977 SSDT – Willie Dalling (250cc Suzuki) on Blackwater – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1989 SSDT – Event winner, Steve Saunders (250cc Fantic) on Blackwater, he lost 70 marks to take the win – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1989 SSDT – Wayne Braybrook (260cc Beta) finished in 12th position on 163marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1989 SSDT – Mick Andrews (250cc yamaha) was 20th on 202 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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… More to follow
‘Camp Hill’ – (Scottish Six Days – Various years)
1972 SSDT – Stevenston clubman, Gordon McMeechan (250cc Bultaco) on ‘Camp Hill’ watched by Bultaco dealer, Jimmy Morton and Crawford Logan – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1977 SSDT – Winner, H. Martin Lampkin (350cc Bultaco) on ‘Camp Hill’ – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1978 SSDT – C. John Hemingway (325cc Bultaco) on ‘Camp Hill’ – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1972 SSDT – Three times Scottish Trials Champion 1971-1973, Rodger Mount from Fort William on a 247cc Montesa, on ‘Camp Hill’ – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1972 SSDT – Alan ‘Sid’ Lampkin (250cc Bultaco) on ‘Camp Hill’ watched by Bultaco dealer, Jimmy Morton from Sorn, Ayrshire – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1972 SSDT – Lochaber clubman, Kenneth K. Cameron (247cc Montesa) on ‘Camp Hill’ – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1972 SSDT – Peter Gaunt (125cc Suzuki) on ‘Camp Hill’ he finished in 21st position on 142 marks- Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1977 SSDT – Bernie Schreiber (325cc Bultaco) on ‘Camp Hill’ – Photo: Bob Hosie
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‘German Camp’ (Leitir Bo Fionn) – Scottish Six Days
1978 SSDT – Mick Wilkinson (250 Ossa) on German Camp – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1978 SSDT – Felix Krahanstover (325cc KTM) on German Camp, he finished in 30th position on 244 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1978 SSDT – Alan Lampkin (325cc Bultaco) he finished in 12th position on 166 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1978 SSDT – Stevenston clubman, Alan Miller (325cc Bultaco) he finished in 132nd position on 517 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie
‘Laggan Locks’ – Scottish Six Days
1971 SSDT – Stevenston member, the late Gordon McMeechan on Laggan Locks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1971 SSDT – Gordon Farley (247cc Montesa) on Laggan Locks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1972 SSDT – Malcolm Rathmell (250cc Bultaco) on Laggan Locks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1972 SSDT – Winner on 38 marks, Mick Andrews (250cc Ossa) on Laggan Locks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1972 SSDT – Loch Lomond clubman, the late Willie Prentice (247cc Montesa) on Laggan Locks – Photo: Bob Hosie
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1972 SSDT – Peter Gaunt (125cc Gaunt Suzuki) on Laggan Locks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1971 SSDT – Rob Edwards (247 Montesa) on Laggan Locks, he finished in 6th position on 56 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1971 SSDT – Ernie Page (247 Montesa) on Laggan Locks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1971 SSDT – Martin Lampkin (250cc Bultaco) on ‘Laggan Locks’ he finished in 5th position on 54 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1971 SSDT – Derek J. Edgar (170cc Greeves) on Laggan Locks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
‘Lagnaha’ (Kentallen) – Scottish Six Days Trial – various years
…Images to follow soon!
‘Pipeline’ (Kinlochleven)
1976 SSDT – Ernie Page (500 Ariel) on ‘Pipeline’, the last man to finish the SSDT on an HT5 Ariel, he finished in 180th position on 571 marks – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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1976 SSDT – Mick Andrews (Yamaha) on ‘Pipeline’ – Photo: Bob Hosie.
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Loch Lomond (Dan Stewart) Two Day Trial
…Images to follow soon!
We are indebted to Bob Hosie for being able to showcase his work taken at trials events over a twenty-three year period.
All photographs copyright, Bob Hosie, Livingston, Scotland.
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