The club was formed in Airdrie around 1934 as the Lanarkshire Motorcycle and Car
Club. Some club records still exist today and these show that, as well as social
events, the main competitions were Scrambles and Trials. In fact it has been said
that the Lanarkshire Club organised the first official Scramble (Motocross) held
in Scotland, just north of Airdrie.
In 1952 the club was split into two, Lanarkshire Car Club and Lanarkshire Motorcycle
Club. The Lanarkshire Car Club is still very active in the Car Rally scene in Scotland.
The Lanarkshire Motorcycle Club continued to organise both Scrambles and Trials until
the early 70’s when it decided to concentrate on Trials. Around this time the Club
membership had dropped to approximately 15 and it continued like this until the late
70's. The Club decided to specialise in organising Trials for both adult and youth
riders and, together with a regular newsletter and club trials, the membership quickly
increased until by the early 80's it was well over 100. Today the club still works
hard at encouraging youth riders into the sport of Trials and has organised rounds
of both the adult and youth Scottish Trials Championships for many years. In fact
the Adult championship trophy was first issued in 1935.
With it’s large membership the club has always worked to promote trials as a friendly
and safe sport. When the Scottish Motorcycle Show first started in the McLellan
Galleries, Glasgow in 1977 the Lanarkshire Motorcycle Club took a stand. The show
soon outgrew the McLellan Galleries and moved to the Kelvin Hall where again the
Lanarkshire Motorcycle Club had a stand and, in conjunction with the show organisers,
put on the first indoor arena trial in Scotland.
Today the membership is just over 100, with members from Killin in the north to Melrose
in the south and from the east to west coast across the central belt. All classes
of machine and age of rider are catered for from 6 to 60+ years.
As well as monthly club trials, rounds of the Scottish Youth Trials Championship
and the Scottish Adult Trials Championship are still held together with the more
recent successful Bob MacGregor Two-Day Trial based in Killin.
