18th May, 2025
Four Turnings Trial – Competitor’s Report (With a Wink and a Wince)
📍 Sunday 18th May 2025 | Somewhere between bluebell soap, garlic glory, and mild transmission trauma
Four Turnings lived up to its name—except it felt more like Forty Turnings by the end. A glorious day of Sporting Trials action that saw tyres scream, passengers pray, and clutches weep softly into the Cornish garlic slime. A diverse field tackled six sections across four rounds, with a healthy sprinkle of sun, grit, and just enough confusion to keep things lively.
Clinical. Cool. Probably robotic. Tom and Beth sliced through the course like a hot knife through fudge. Their score was so low it had other competitors wondering if they were on the same hills. Rumour has it they didn’t touch a wheel wrong and still had time for a sandwich between rounds.
A valiant performance from the Beare camp, proving once again that controlled aggression (and a navigator who doesn’t flinch) can keep you high up the leaderboard. A couple of pesky 3s and 4s meant the top step remained elusive—but we’re definitely not bitter.
Andy made Hill 1 look like a parking bay—zero points there and only 13 in Round 1. If he’d been that tidy at home, he’d have finished decorating three years ago. Still, an excellent result and a clear threat for future trials.
Rookie Class – 🏅 Alan Carr & Sharren Carr (Car 9) – 42 Points
Despite being in Class 5 (weird typo or scoring magic?), Alan and Sharren swept their class, blending economy with style. No flashy antics, just clean lines and marital teamwork that didn’t end in an argument. Impressive.
Blue Indy Class – 🏅 Peter & Liz Fensom (Car 11) – 46 Points
Peter and Liz kept things Fensomly focused, with a middle-of-the-pack finish and a class win to boot. If there were points for calm, they’d be national champions.
Blue Indy Class – 🥈 Alan & Gill Murton (Car 19) – 48 Points
Second in class but first in surprising quiet efficiency. And with a total under 50, they drove the hills like they owed them money.
Red Live Class – 🏅 Roger & Julia Bricknell (Car 18) – 48 Points
Roger’s always one to watch, and this time was no different—nabbing the 2-4-6 Class win while looking suspiciously casual about it all. We suspect witchcraft.
Hill 2: Quietly cruel. Lulled you into confidence before knocking your wheels off-line like a passive-aggressive GPS.
Hill 5: The great equaliser. If you left this hill with a clean scorecard, you’re either lying or levitating.
Round 3: Where hopes went to die. Several competitors saw their clean rounds unravel faster than a cheap winch strap.
Sam Beare (Car 2) – 68 Points
Sam and Max put in the kind of enthusiastic effort that we’d call “optimistic”. A couple of cracking hills in Round 4 suggest they’re warming up for something big (or maybe just warming up because of all the pushing).
Geoff & Della Grizzell (Car 16) – 105 Points
Took the scenic route, stopped for tea halfway up Hill 4 (probably), and still smiled across the finish. True Sporting Trials spirit.
Clive Raymont (Car 21) – Non-Starter
Proving that the best way to keep your vehicle clean is not to start. Smart, strategic, suspicious.
Zeroes are heroes: Just ask Bricknell. Keeping it clean is key, even if that means creeping like your nan doing a hill start.
Never underestimate Hill 6: The fresh bracken is always lying in wait. Silent. Slick. Slightly evil.
Bring snacks: For morale, for passengers, and for bribing marshals (kidding... sort of).
The Four Turnings Trial 2025 was a masterclass in bluebell-slinging, banter-flinging, wild garlic dodging brilliance. From pinpoint precision to “well, we gave it a go”, every driver and passenger brought something to the hills—be it talent, tenacity, or the world’s loudest throttle blip.
And if you didn’t win? Don’t worry. You probably looked better doing it.
Filed anonymously from somewhere near the bottom of the results sheet, clutching a muddy scorecard and a half-eaten pork pie.