In near perfect conditions, there was a full house of entries for the second round of the Mid Wales Centre Trials Championship held at Hundred House hosted by Llandrindod Wells and District Motor Club, writes Malcolm Bates.

Welsh Marches rider Jack Welch won the Experts class in a tight three-way battle with Llandrindod's Josh Hill and Newtown's Gary Jenkins. Impressively, all three top riders finished within just six points of each other.

There was a more clear-cut victory in the Intermediate class with Merthyr Tydfil's Jason Galvin losing just four points, and was 12 ahead of Knighton's Mark Vaughan, with Meilyr Evans of Darowen in third. The Clubman class was dominated by English visitors, with Stroud's Darren Butcher winning from Ross's Gordon Brown. Meanwhile Stuart Ruell of Presteigne, who was riding his Montesa, clinched the Twin Shock class on the same route.

Llanidloes's Paul Lewis took the Sportsman Master class win and St Harmon's Garry Jones won the Sportsman class, while Bishops Castle's Nick Woolley, who was riding his immaculate Ariel, secured the win over Crossgates' Tim Davies in the Sportsman Twin Shock class.

An encouraging number of youth riders competed in the event, with West Wales' Archie Fletcher winning the Youth Expert class and Idris Jones of Aberangell was victorious in the Youth Intermediate class. The Youth Sportsman class was again dominated by girls, with St Harmon's Lily Jones winning from Corris' Megan Roberts, with Llanfyllin's Harper Oliver in third. With the recent International Women’s Day, these girls were certainly leading the way, with a total of nine women and girls competing in the event.

The next round of the Mid Wales Centre Trials Championship will be on Sunday, March 23 at Felindre, Knighton and will be organised by the Central Wales Auto Club - starting at 10:30am.