Heavy overnight Dew made for a slippy start to the day on most sections but once the Sun appeared it shone once again on the righteous for Oxford's Good Friday Trial at Steeple Hill Folly Farm Beckley.

 

This was the venue for Ixions 3rd club champs where a good entry of 50 plus riders set off to tackle Ten sections four times with a mix of mud roots climbs ditches and rocks that sorted an outright winner in each class.

 

Ageing Expert Sean McCullagh 250 Sherco showed all his years of experience to claim best expert including four brilliant cleans on section 1 ' Jakes Stump ' a series of sandy cambers and roots culminating with a second gear uphill four foot stump outcrop to hit almost flat-out Sean's tally was 43 for the day.

 

Best intermediate on the hard route was Ryan Tomkins 300 Beta losing 51.

 

Section five was a cracker where a good crowd had gathered to witness thirty yards of marsh before a testing turn up around a large oak Ryan recorded the lowest score of the entire entry here with three cleans and a steadying prod last lap.

 

If you could hold it flat in third then it was on anything less you were on a three.