they held their last ever meeting at the Southside venue on Sunday.

The club has been at the site for three years but has been forced to move on by impending development.

Their new site at Clearwater Beach should be up and running for the next round of the competition but last Sunday was time to say goodbye to Southside.

However, the track didn't appear too keen to part on friendly terms and a number of riders came to grief during the day's proceedings.

Fortunately the only thing that was hurt during the Cycles International Trophy Day was the pride of the competitors -- their leathers preventing potentially serious injury.

In mini-bikes this year's runaway champion, Paulo Silva, managed to hold things together and won two of the three heats to take the overall victory.

Jonathan Tumbridge tied Silva in heat three when due to there not being electronic equipment available they were given the same time.

However, a third place in heat one meant Tumbridge had to settle for runner-up while Andre Jones took third.

That man Mark Lightbourn dominated the scooters again.

Devon Bailey actually took heat one, but engine gremlins during the rest of the meet put paid to his chances.

Lightbourn's only challenger was team-mate Ricky Perriers who came in second.

Virgil Vermonde, who is also part of the Cycles International Scooter Crew, took third to ensure that all the trophies went back to the event sponsor.

The stock/modified section was reasonably accident-free and ran to form.

Dennis Wilson, the points leader overall, was untouched all day and an orderly line was made to form behind him.

Everyone else retained their positions throughout the three heats with Glen Mello taking second and Perry DeSilva third.

In the smallest class of the day, Formula, Ed Daniels managed to reverse last race day's results pipping Vince Belboda for the big title.

Belboda had the loan of a bigger engined bike than normal but his unfamiliarity with it cost him in the end.

The real drama as usual was left for the big boys in the GP class.

With only three B Class riders present they ran in the same class as the A competitors.

Nine riders lined up for the practice but by the start of the last heat the field was down to three.

Ray Masters was the sole surviving A Class rider and took the overall acclaim.

Grant Goudge and David Jones both crashed out in heat two but Jones finished higher in heat one and took runner-up with Goudge third.

In B Class, Alex Dowling did as expected and rode well to clinch first. Leroy Trott was a much-improved runner-up and another crash victim, Jason Dennis, took third.

The next race day is planned for Clearwater on February 11.