Rob Thornton, Author at The Greeves Riders Association

14th August 2019 by Rob Thornton 0

Held on the 11th August and despite the dire warnings, not a spot of rain fell and the strong wind even abated as the day went...

4th February 2019 by Rob Thornton 0

Held as usual after Christmas on the 30th December, this trial lived up to its usual high standards. Organised by GRA member...

4th February 2019 by Rob Thornton 0

This came about as a result of last year’s October show when Classic Dirt Bike editor Tim Britton asked me if I could identify...

5th April 2018 by Rob Thornton 0

This really is a day out not to be missed by Greeves enthusiasts! We start off with a Greeves-related autojumble, usually...

3rd July 2017 by Rob Thornton 0

Unfortunately this year Dave Harper or his assistant were unable to organise the motocross / grasstrack demo. Dave has not...

12th June 2017 by Rob Thornton 0

On arrival, we found the usual, excellent camping field was provided as usual and manouvered the GRA Hospitality Suite into...

3rd April 2017 by Rob Thornton 0

The event kicked off with the autojumble and this year it was possible to obtain just about anything to complete ‘that...

6th March 2017 by Rob Thornton 0

This story starts with Dick Faggetter and I attending the Stoneleigh Dirt Bike Show back in October. We bumped into Alan...

20th December 2016 by Rob Thornton 0

Martin runs the trial in memory of his late father, Mike who was also a GRA member and author of the excellent series...

14th August 2016 by Rob Thornton 0

The beauty of this event is the lack of organisational hassle, we tell the organiser how many bikes we intend to bring, he...

7th August 2016 by Rob Thornton 0

Having a club stand at this event was initially the idea of local member Alan Critcher. Alan made the arrangements with the...

4th July 2016 by Rob Thornton 0

Because of the above reasons, we agreed at the previous committee meeting that we would not attend the Show this year...