The Manx Classic Weekend 2/3 September 2004
The trial took place in quite good weather conditions after a dull start on Saturday, although low cloud on Sunday made conditions difficult on the mountain in places.

Early scenes in Pit lane on Saturday:-
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Some of the        Dave Jorgensen of  Andrew McGill   Giovanni Dughera  Roberto Visconti Claudio dal Bello
Italian Team        USA, Mick Grant   Mick Ash and
                           looks on                 Dave Pattison

First group Saturday morning, Douglas Head:-
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Paul Howarth        Steven Addis        Roger Feather    Roy "Ago" Wilson    Carl Martin        Stephen Collins

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Jim Davidson          Dave Rielly          David Harding      Damian Owen      Colin Pawson       Eric Boocock

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Richard Thorpe  Duncan MacDonald   Neil Buckley       James Harland       Ian Harland        Martyn Adams

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Kevin Chapman    Stuart Chapman     Ian Newsham       William Price         French rider,     and from Jersey,
                                                                                                                    Eric Cugniet      Graham DuFeu

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Malc Wheeler       Dave Richards       Colin Hedges       Mark Worsfold      Peter Salt          Nick Hough    

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 Mark Spencer       Simon Chell           Mike Dunn

Sunday dawned misty and although the grandstand was clear, you could see the low cloud on the mountain in the background as South African competitors Brian Barson, Earl Krause and Hans Klein lined up at the start.
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Brian Barson         Earl Krause and    Dave Pengilley                        Scenes on the mountain
                             Hans Klein            and family

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Franco Dughera   Maurizio Cumino   Gary Colquhoun   Richard Turner     Tony Dillon        Carl Winstanley
                            Giovanni Trione

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Winner John             and later at the        Second in Premier    Clubman winner
Maxfield, Sunday      presentation.           Stephen Collins         Ian Harland
Sir George's Bridge    

More awards presented by Peter Duke of Duke Marketing with Geoff Cannell doing a fine job of MC
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Roberto Visconti     Maurizio Cumino     Giovanni Trione        Only lady finisher
                                                                                              Judy MacDonald

 

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Andrew Keel         Franco Dughera   Graham Thomas     Dick Janssen        Andy Sykes     Roy"Ago"Wilson
with his 3-legs of
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