The results of the last eight events. 2022 - 2025

It has been suggested that a summary of the results of previous events might be informative.

I have trawled the blog to see what I could find…

• Event # 1. GR200. Breaking new ground….

“The results and routes, GoldRiver200 2022

Of course, the results first: Jesse Flach on a 250 KTM with a Samsung mini tablet displaying the roadbooks as PDFs won, after David Beggs was awarded a ten minute late penalty for failing to stop at one of the intermediate time controls.

Gordon Berg had his late arrival score neutralised on Friday night after stopping to help a rider who had slithered to a halt on talcum powdered limestone marbles. He became beached on a rock on Saturday morning as was unable to capitalise on his 4th position.

Everyone who went out returned under their own power.

GR200. To be fair, the scoring system was in its infancy and the fine detail doesn’t bear too much close examination…”

If you want to study this, note the names…

• Event # 2. Test event for Richta. In snow and ice. Desperate conditions, desperate riders…

Special note for Owen Partaik and Robin Black who rode over from Vancouver, did the event and rode back same day!

“Event report: Alberni Autumn Invitational, Saturday 19th November 2022 with Richta rally timing.

Event Entrants: Scott Justson - Yamaha 250. Jamie Emery - KTM 500cc thing. Peter Francis - Honda Africa Twin. Robin Black - another big cc KTM. Owen Partaik - borrowed BMW 650. Darrel Thompson - another big cc KTM. Stuart Ockelford (sweep) - Suzuki DR650.

• Event # 3. The GoldRiver 300. June 2023

GoldRiver300 - motorcycle navigation rally report.

The weekend of 23-25 June 2023 was again GoldRiverRally weekend. The community of Gold River is located in the spectacular mountain, river and lake scenery of the north of Vancouver Island, north of Strathcona Provincial Park.

Day 1 results.

Day 2 results.

Day 3 and final overall results.

• Event # 4. Alberni Autumn Adventure’23 - event report

  Writer: Jonathan Binnington

  Jonathan Binnington

  Oct 17, 2023

  4 min read

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• Event # 5. Sayward April Madness

  • Jonathan Binnington

  • Apr 27, 2024

  • 1 min read

  Updated: Apr 29, 2024

• Event # 6. The GoldRiver400 - Les Chemins Sauvages. The write up….

Usual suspects - in it to win it….. Owen, Sasha and Robin (LtoR). I’m the old dwarf

Event # 7. Sayward September Showcase - day 2. Results and season round-up

• Jonathan Binnington

• Sep 23, 2024

• 3 min read

Day 2 was the day of the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere. The day when, anecdotally the weather flips from a summer pattern to a winter one. Well that was indeed the case. The event weekend marked the end of nearly four months of dry-warm Pacific Northwest summer weather. Very Tolkiensian misty weather blowing about the coastal mountains. The heaviest rain had fallen overnight but the morning was still very autumnal.

and Sasha won the season, having come first in all three 2024 events.

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• Event # 8. The Great Canadian (motorcycle) Roadbook Rally - 2025.

  • Jonathan Binnington

  • Jul 5

  • 9 min read

  Updated: Jul 6

I don’t know what the best way of summarising these results is.

Sasha, Robin and Owen have ridden the most events, between them they have won the most.

Sasha has ridden a Yamaha 250 to good effect, as has Scott Jutson.

Robin rides a larger KTM. Owen will ride whatever has the most fuel in it at any particular time.

I think there is a probable learning curve as returning riders tend to do better on subsequent events compared to earlier ones (no surprise there). Also the fine details of VIME events are subtly different from mainstream car TSD road rallies (discounting the vehicles and roads of course!).

Technology doesn’t seem to make an enormous difference (paper vs PDF, iOS vs Android, high-level motorcycles vs cheap-and-cheerful bikes).

Probably, riding skill above a moderate level of competence also doesn’t make an enormous difference between the results returned by different riders as the technical difficulty of the routes isn’t great in the grand order.

The difference between the winners and the fields has been the ability to 1/ accurately read and interpret the roadbook navigation instructions and 2/ accurately manage speed over multiple legs each of which comprise differing terrains (sometimes widely differing).

All in all, I think the ambition of developing and delivering an accessible, affordable and responsible grassroots motorcycle motorsport has been achieved.

See you at the GR26!

JDB 23/08/25