International
GoFundMe campaign setup to support Team Australia Trial des Nations 2022 Monza Italy
I know money is tight for a lot of folks right now, but if you're able to give, this is a great cause!
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NSW & ACT
Denman MCC Trials Rd. 3 17th July
Denman MCC's next club day will be held on the 17th July at the Collin's property at 820 Yarrawa Rd. This is a great property with a lot of grippy rock and plenty of slippery gravely surfaces as well. Register on the day.
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Full results from Round 3 2022 TCC Pointscore Series at Batkins property
Results are up! The club ran a fantastic trial by all accounts with Trevor out of action a few days out from the event. Great to see that the club rallied together and the event ran really well.
Brett Davis took plenty of photos from the event and posted to the TCC Facebook page — thanks Brett!
trials.com.au
Victoria
MV VTS ROUND 3 - Flagstaff Lane Entries Close this Friday
Trials Club of Victoria are hosting round 3 of the Victorian Trial Series at Flagstaff Lane this weekend. Get your entry in soon as they close at 11:59pm this Friday night.
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Dealer News
Triumph Announces The Acquisition Of The Electric Motorcycle Manufacturer Oset Bikes
Last year Triumph announced plans to branch out into motocross and enduro. This year they are pushing further off road with the acquisition of electric motorcycle manufacturer OSET bikes. The plan is for both companies to continue working individually, but maybe we'll see a return of a Triumph branded Trials bike in the near future?
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Comment
One of the reasons I started this email newsletter is to help amplify news that clubs are posting on Trials Australia predominantly and to extend their reach to both members and a general trials enthusiast community.
Slight tangent... I have a real bug-bear with Facebook, they offer a great bit of software and 2+ billion user reach. Choosing to go with ONLY Facebook for your club trials news is paid at a cost of users privacy and a risk of not getting your message to all club members. If you post to your clubs Facebook Group, your post goes into your members news feeds and competes to show up in a high enough position based on an algorithm that Facebook has designed to drive engagement. It shows up amongst family and friend posts and the questionable videos that cousin Derek posts. To really get your message out to members you have to use a platform that guarantees your message gets delivered, either start your own email newsletter, a WhatsApp group or similar.
Back to my point... I'd argue that posting to Trials Australia front page and subscribing to this email newsletter will get you that sweet spot of getting news in front of members and the trials enthusiast community. I would encourage clubs to post more of their club news, bikes and dealer news on Trials Australia. I've been working for months on a new backend "Content management system" for Trials Australia and I want to solve the problem of too much news on the homepage. So post whatever you can, or send your content to me to post, I'd love to help your club get in front of the biggest audience possible, not just the members you have right now.
If you have any links you would like to suggest for future issues or if you have articles to post to TA, email me.
Matt Langtree