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The Experts returned to the forests around Heathcote on Saturday 23rd July with 22 crews entered. The late withdrawal of 2 experienced navigators (Geoff Floyd and Simon Brown) left 20 crews lining up to try and find all of the tricks and tracks road director Phil Nicholas had hidden in the 7 maps and 2 route instruction books.
Continue reading Competition Report: The Experts Trial Re-Visited Navigational TourEntries close this Friday 15 July.
This is an event that gives crews a taste of what it was like to compete in an Experts Trial. The Experts Trial dates back to 1947! Take a look at the winners list to see the names of the rally giants, drivers and navigators that have won an “Experts”. Can you add your name?
Continue reading Entries about to close for The Experts TourYou don’t have to be an expert to be an Expert’s Official!
We desperately need more HRA members to volunteer as officials for the day time and especially the evening section.
There will be very few Controls but there will be lots of very simple Passage Controls. Such is the nature of this Experts Navigational Tour.
Please Please Please help us get this old event back on the road by offering to be on a passage control at ‘The Experts’.
Call Robert Cranston Telephone: 0414 560 688 and e-mail classicstatue@bigpond.com.au
Entries are still open, but will close on Friday 15 July. Don’t delay further.
This is an event that gives crews a taste of what it was like to compete in an Experts Trial. We cannot use the format of past Experts Trials these days, so a Navigational Tour (Assembly) using the areas traversed in the past will still appeal to crews and provide the traditional Experts challenge.
Continue reading Entries still open for The Experts Tour
Originally published with the Supp Regs for the 2022 Experts Trial Re-Visited Navigational Tour
The first Experts Trial was run in July 1947. It was the brainchild of Alan Watkin, an experienced trials competitor who suggested to anyone who was interested “that a really hard trial should be staged”. He was as good as his word and started a traditional event that became the Experts Trial and has always challenged competitors to the full. Those who entered Experts Trials expected no mercy from the Director and received none.
Continue reading The Experts Trial – Tough in the Old Days