Competition Report: The Experts Trial Re-Visited Navigational Tour

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 … Continue reading Competition Report: The Experts Trial Re-Visited Navigational Tour

Officials needed for the Experts Saturday 23 July

You 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 … Continue reading Officials needed for the Experts Saturday 23 July

The Experts Trial – Tough in the Old Days

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 … Continue reading The Experts Trial – Tough in the Old Days