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Past SSDT winners gathered at the centenary Scottish in 2011.
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One of the most prestigious achievements a Trials rider can accomplish in their riding career is to lift the famous North British Rubber Company Trophy as winner of the Scottish Six Days Trial. Here we look back at those small band of brothers who have made this remarkable achievement.
2024
Jack Price
Sherco
2023
Dougie Lampkin
300 Vertigo
2022
Dougie Lampkin
300 Vertigo
2019
James Dabill
300 Beta
2018
Dougie Lampkin
300 Vertigo
2017
Dougie Lampkin
300 Vertigo
2016
Dougie Lampkin
300 Vertigo
2015
Dougie Lampkin
300 Vertigo
2014
Dougie Lampkin
300 DL12 Special
2013
Dougie Lampkin
300 Gas Gas
2012
Dougie Lampkin
300 Gas Gas
2011
James Dabill
290 Beta
2010
Alexz WIgg
290 Beta
2009
Dougie Lampkin
290 Beta
2008
Dougie Lampkin
270 Beta
2007
James Dabill
300 Montesa
2006
Graham Jarvis
290 Sherco
2005
Sam Connor
290 Sherco
2004
Graham Jarvis
290 Sherco
2003
Joan Pons
290 Sherco
2002
Amos Bilbao
250 Montesa
2000
Steve Colley
280 Gas Gas
1999
Graham Jarvis
290 Bultaco
1998
Graham Jarvis
250 Scorpa
1997
Steve Colley
270 Gas Gas
1996
Dougie Lampkin
250 Beta
1995
Dougie Lampkin
250 Beta
1994
Dougie Lampkin
250 Beta
1993
Steve Colley
260 Beta
1992
Steve Colley
260 Beta
1991
Steve Saunders
260 Beta
1990
Steve Saunders
260 Beta
1989
Steve Saunders
305 Fantic
1988
Steve Saunders
303 Fantic
1987
Jordi Tarres
260 Beta
1986
Thierry Michaud
301 Fantic
1985
Thierry Michaud
301 Fantic
1984
Thierry Michaud
300 Fantic
1983
Toni Gorgot
330 Montesa
1982
Bernie Schreiber
280 SWM
1981
Giles Burgat
280 SWM
1979
Malcolm Rathmell
310 Montesa
1978
Martin Lampkin
350 Bultaco
1977
Martin Lampkin
350 Bultaco
1976
Martin Lampkin
325 Bultaco
1975
Mick Andrews
250 Yamaha
1974
Mick Andrews
250 Yamaha
1973
Malcolm Rathmell
250 Bultaco
1972
Mick Andrews
250 Ossa
1971
Mick Andrews
250 Ossa
1970
Mick Andrews
250 Ossa
1969
Bill Wilkinson
250 Greeves
1968
Sammy Miller
252 Bultaco
1967
Sammy Miller
252 Bultaco
1966
Alan Lampkin
250 BSA
1965
Sammy Miller
250 Bultaco
1964
Sammy Miller
500 Ariel
1963
Arthur Lampkin
250 BSA
1962
Sammy Miller
500 Ariel
1961
Gordon jackson
350 AJS
1960
Gordon Jackson
350 AJS
1959
Roy Peplow
199 Triumph
1958
Gordon Jackson
350 AJS
1957
Johnny Brittain
350 Royal Enfield
1956
Gordon Jackson
350 AJS
1955
Jeff Smith
500 BSA
1954
Artie Ratcliffe
350 Matchless
1953
Hugh Viney
350 AJS
1952
Johnny Brittain
350 Royal Enfield
1951
John Draper
350 BSA
1950
Artie Ratcliffe
350 Matchless
1949
Hugh Viney
347 AJS
1948
High Viney
347 AJS
1947
Hugh Viney
347 AJS
1939
Allan Jeffries
349 Triumph
1938
Fred Povey
348 Ariel
1937
Jack WIlliams
348 Norton
1936
Billy Tiffen
343 Velocette
1935
Bob McGregor
499 Rudge
1934
Jack Williams
348 Norton
1933
Len Heath
497 Ariel
1932
Bob McGregor
499 Rudge
Why are there no winners before 1932?
The first question on everyone's lips when they look at the past winners of the Scottish Six Days Trial is "Why are there no winners prior to 1932?". The automatic assumption is that records don't go back that far, but actually it's because there was no outright winner prior to 1932.
The way that we score trials today bears no resemblance to those early years. When the SSDT began there were no sections at all. The Scottish road surfaces and hills were considered to be enough of a trial, and the only way that you incurred penalties was by falling away from the time schedule. The route was scheduled around an average speed of twenty miles per hour, and if you reached a time check more than ten minutes late or early, then you incurred penalties. Those who finished the trial with no time penalties won a gold medal, with silver and bronze medals being awarded to all other finishers based on the number of penalties incurred.
In 1914, the rules were tightened up. Every entrant was given a time card and the leeway given at a time check was reduced from ten minutes down to five....and to think people complain about time nowadays! At the same time penalties were introduced for late starting and the route was built to include seven optional hills. The awards system worked in much the same way as before, but if you didn't complete at least five of the seven optional hills you couldn't win a gold medal.
In 1926 four categories in which penalties could be incurred were established. Those were reliability, hill-climbs, daily condition of machine and a brake test. This was also the year that the awards changed. You no longer got a gold medal for completing the trial with no penalties, instead you won a silver cup. Gold medals were awarded to those with no more than three marks lost, silver medals to those with no more than fifteen marks lost and bronze medals to all other finishers, unless you were unfortunate enough to have list more than one hundred and fifty marks, in which case you were disqualified!
1931 saw big changes. Observed hills were introduced with penalties incurred for putting your foot down, and awards were allocated on a percentage basis at the end of the trial, much as they are today. However, there was still no individual winner—it was only the following year in 1932 that the Edinburgh & District Motor Club decided to introduce an award for the best individual performance. The rest, as they say, is history!