This film is about the 1st Sport Superstars Trials in Yorkshire in 1976. Sponsored by Allan Jeffries motorcycles, the film shows famous trials motorcycle riders from Britain, Europe and beyond taking part in what was at the time a unique event. The film includes members of the Wetherby & District Motor Club, the organisers of the event. Title: Allan Jeffries Motorcycles A motorcyclist makes his way along a moorland stream which flows alongside a stone wall. Title: M. Lampkin Gt....

This film is about the 1st Sport Superstars Trials in Yorkshire in 1976. Sponsored by Allan Jeffries motorcycles, the film shows famous trials motorcycle riders from Britain, Europe and beyond taking part in what was at the time a unique event. The film includes members of the Wetherby & District Motor Club, the organisers of the event. Title: Allan Jeffries Motorcycles A motorcyclist makes his way along a moorland stream which flows alongside a stone wall. Title: M. Lampkin Gt. Britain Another competitor tackles a steep and muddy hill hampered by trees and rocks. Title: J.M. Lejeune Belgium A Finnish entrant makes his way along a stream. Title: Y. Vesterinen Finland The German entrant rides over slippery wet rocks. Title: H. Stanik Germany Another entrant from Japan tests his skills through a stream and over nearby rocks. Title: F. Kato Japan A motorcyclist stops and talks to event officials. Title: C. Coutard France Another competitor negotiates a stream. T. Evertson Sweden The competitor from Austria talks to officials. Title: J. Wallman Austria Title: Trials Superstars Title: a CH Wood Production © C.H. Wood 1977 for Allan Jefferies motorcycles. Title: commentary Stuart Hall music Richard Harding. A motorcyclist makes his way up a rock-strewn gulley. The commentary states the year is late 1976, and the competitors are competing in the first ever Superstars Trials in Yorkshire. Views show riders tackling a number of hazards including fast flowing streams and narrow gullies. The view changes to a meeting in a club or pub of members of the Wetherby Motor club who came up with the idea of inviting the world’s top riders to take on Britain’s top riders in a special tournament. A man on the centre table holds up a map to show where the proposed event will take place. The view changes to club officials out in the countryside and moorland marking out the course, which is made up of sections. The rider has to make his way along these observed sections without stopping or putting his foot on the ground. Marks are taken from the competitor depending on how many times he puts his foot down or stops. Other officials pin notice boards on fencing as guides for spectators. Cars rowing or carrying trials bikes to the historic event pull into a car park. A notice at the entrance reads: ‘Wetherby and District Motor Club Welcomes the Superstars’ A number of cars in the paddock show European number plates, an indication of how far entrants have travelled. A number of riders appear on film getting ready for the event, the first is the Finnish entrant followed by a rider form Sweden. Other motorcycle riders including Sammy Miller and road racer Mick Grant are there to watch the competition. The event has proved controversial, British rider Martin Lampkin gives his thoughts on camera. He thinks it’s good for the sport and there is no doubt the spectators will want to see these famous riders. Malcolm Rathmell follows on and gives his views. On camera, sitting on his bike Nick Jefferies gives his view on sponsorship. He states other sports now receive sponsorship, so why not motorcycle trials. The film then shows Nick arriving at one of the sections. He rides onto a ramp and he is given a ticket or official document which Nick places in a pocket then rides off. The French and Japanese riders follow suit. The riders in a large group look at the challenge of negotiating a fast-flowing stream, in one of the observed sections. The best route through is agreed. and the riders make their way through the torrent, which proves extremely difficult for some. A rider further along the route expertly makes his way. Mick Wilkinson arrives at a point on the route where spectators are absent, others follow. The French rider’s skill earns applause from the spectators. Don Smith leads riders into a section of deeper water along the route, which is immediately followed by a climb over almost submerged rocks awash in a fierce current. Other riders follow to attempt this particularly difficult obstacle, with varying success. Spectators start to leave their vantage points to look at another stage of the trials, on the moors at Pateley Bridge. No water here but a particularly long, steep, slippery and rock-strewn incline to negotiate, a real test for the riders’ skill Another section takes the competitors along the edge of a river or lake, then on through a slippery mud gulley. The commentator asks Martin Lampkin his opinion of how the event is going. He also asks the same of the French rider Charles Coutard, neither think they are doing well but are enjoying the event. Riders negotiate a muddy hill, very few go through without losing marks. Rider Malcolm Rathmell shows his skill up a slippery hill with rocks and trees in the way. A judge holds up a figure 2 printed on card, presumably to indicate how many penalties rider Nigel Birkett, who has just gone past, has accrued on that section. She gives rider Alan Lampkin five penalty marks. Don Smith makes his way down a hill section strewn with natural obstacles. The spectators clap contestants who try their best, even when they are not wholly successful on the difficult hill sections. The Austrian rider makes his way along the stream at Ravens Gill, and his penalised for falling off his bike. The engine is stalled and he has trouble restarting it. Another rider almost falls at the same point but manages to continue. The riders head towards a waterfall in this section of the trial, but turn immediately before it and ride up the bank onto moorland. Dave Thorpe rides through this section with the utmost skill. The judge awards him no penalty points. A comic section with some trick photography apparently shows how one rider tires to impress an observer on a second attempt riding through Ravens Gill, by leaping to the top of the waterfall on his bike. Rain makes hill sections very slippery as a rider makes his way along an uphill gully. Nick Jefferies however, makes riding through these sorts of conditions look easy, although he picks up penalties when he reaches the top of one section. Marshals assist some of the riders when they get into serious difficulties. The final section of the trial starts at Kens Canyon, and a healthy crowd of spectators comes to watch, despite the bad weather. Close views of a rider show him struggling to control his machine as he goes up a slippery incline. The French rider Charles Coutard takes a rocky section with great skill where others struggle. Alan Lampkin one of the local riders, goes over the rocks without picking up many penalties. Don Smith manages to fall off his bike. Martin Lampkin completes the last section very well, mirroring His triumph at the first section. The film cuts to an indoor setting and the evening club prize giving. Martin Lampkin takes the premier award with only 72 marks lost. Martin is given a laurel wreath. Malcolm Rathmell is second who also wears a wreath and the Frenchman Charles Coutard is third. The club members applaud the winners and Malcolm Lampkin speaks to members and this followed by Malcolm receiving more applause as he stands with the winner’s trophy. This first superstar trial has been a success for club members and spectators. The film ends showing the premises of Allan Jefferies Motorcycles as the commentator states that it is the company’s diamond jubilee year. The various makes on sale are shown as this section of the film promotes the company. The film shows the owner and founder of the firm Allan Jefferies, himself a trail competitor and winner. Tony Jefferies is also a competition winner and Triumph works racer and Nick Jefferies is a successful trails rider and Honda team member. The film ends as it goes on to show the workshop with mechanics at work and also the section of the business which deals with equipment, spares and accessories. Title: Allan Jefferies Motorcycles