Scott Trial

[1] The Bradford and District Motor Club then took over the management of the event and moved the start and finish to Blubberhouses, a small village in the borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire.

In 1938 the land was owned by the Leeds Waterworks Authority which decided not to allow motorcycle trials on their property, so the trial was moved again to Swainby, on the north western corner of the North York Moors National Park in Cleveland and control was taken over by the Middlesbrough and Stockton Motor Clubs.

[1] In 1950 the Auto-Cycle Union, the governing body of motorcycle sport in Great Britain, divided the area into the North Eastern Centre and the Yorkshire Centre and the Scott Trial was moved to Swaledale, one of the northernmost dales in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where it has remained to this day.

Conditions were so bad that only 40 finished from a field of 185 that started, with Miller's Ariel 500 cc a clear winner.

[5] The current Scott Trial continues to be a time and observation event run over an off-road course of 84 miles (135 km), divided into 76 sections.

[1] Over the years a huge range of special awards and memorial trophies have become associated with the Scott Trial, including 'best performing Yorkshireman' and 'oldest official finisher'.

[10] The 2023 Trial, with 190 entrants, was won by Jack Price who scored the most points, although Jonathan Richardson was "the first rider home".