COLIN Ward, riding his Sherco to good effect, won Sunday's Seaton Delaval centre trial for the Johnson trophy by just one mark from best intermediate James Harland on a Beta.

A-class youth Michael Lee also rode his socks off on a Sherco to finish on the same score as Ward on a very wet, boggy course at Thorneyhough Farm, Pauperhaugh near Rothbury. The very muddy conditions saw 21 of the 76 starters retire.

Results. - Expert: 1 C Ward (Sherco) 48. Intermediate: 1 J Harland (Beta) 49; 2 Derek White (Gas Gas) 67; 3 Carl Shaw (Scorpa) 69. Novice: 1 Nick Riley (Gas Gas) 82. A-class: 1 M Lee (Sherco) 48; 2 Jamie Stephenson (Sherco) 110; 3 Jack Beadle (Gas Gas) 13. B-class: 1 Lewis Peart (Beta) 146. Clubmen's course, novices: 1 Ray Brown (Beta) 1; 2 Steve Maxwell (Beta) 62; 3 Andy Walker (Scorpa) 64. B-class: 1 Chris Haney (Scorpa) 115; 2 Carl Hollis (Gas Gas) 119. Novice course: 1 Darren Palmer (Montesa) 40; 2 David Robertson (Gas Gas) 50 MC; 3 Tom Nixon (Gas Gas) 50. A-class schoolboys: 1 M Compton (Gas Gas) 96; 2 A Battensby (Gas Gas) 141. C-class: 1 P Scott (Beta) 60. Twin shock: 1 S Armstrong (Honda) 40.