Woolsbridge Motor Club 4x4 trail 2025

The WoolBridge Motor Club 4x4 trial event was to provide the combination of quarry style sections and those of a more circuitous nature within dense woodland.

Undaunted by the high calibre of drivers, Evershot driver Ben Crook was more than a match for his adversaries.

At the wheel of his 3.9 litre V8 Range Rover powered Whitbread Special, Crook finished six points clear of Will Hull in Class One.

The class featured vehicles fitted with non-standard differential locks, fiddle brakes or non-standard suspension with lifts of over 100 mm.

The Woolbridge Motor Club event saw Crook evens with Chris Tite from Cerne Abbas, in a similarly powered machine.

Chris Tite led but was sidelined by a mechanical failure (Image: Stafford Associates) After three tests Tite moved ahead when his adversary collected five penalty marks on the final run of the morning.

Toby Cameron experienced problems with his Land Rover on the first test and immediately retired from the event having diagnosed a water pump failure.

Tite and Crook both cleaned the first test of the afternoon, but the following section saw the demise of Tite when his mount succumbed to a broken constant velocity joint.

This left Crook to gap Hull to the aforementioned six points.

The winning margin in Class Two, which catered for vehicles without the mechanical features mentioned above, saw a larger margin of victory.

It was no less competitive though, with a tie for second place.

The 2.5 litre turbo diesel powered Land Rover of Darren Evans was never headed across the eight tests.

He was level with John Tite and his Land Rover at the halfway stage both having accrued eight penalties.

Ben Crook mastered the woodland sections (Image: Stafford Associates)

The afternoon was to be a different story though, as Evans forged ahead with four penalties from the afternoon tests.

He finished a mere two points ahead of Tom Claydon who, in yet another Land Rover, also enjoyed a strong afternoon to match Tite with twenty-one penalties at the close of play.

Next up on the Woolbridge Motor Club calendar is the UpWey Cup Trial on Sunday.

Last year's event was won by Sherborne driver and former British Champion Mark Hoppé.

He will be hoping to secure victory as he looks to retain his title as the Woolbridge Motor Club trials champion.

Following that, there is the 12 car Navigational Trial. These are evening road events run during the winter. Crews are given route instructions and have to find their way around to get to control points and locate codeboards.

This will take place on February 12.