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Introduction

The 11th International Six Days Trial of 1929 was a mixed base event travelling each day across central Europe starting in Munich and finishing in Genéve on the 26th – 31st August 1929

Listed as Mid Europe we trace to having been split between mainly Munchen in Germany with Swiss, Italian Austrian plus French ‘portions’ of the routes

There so far appears to be a significant shortage of images for this event and we would appeal to anyone who is able to provide photos of the bikes, riders, course or organisation to get in contact.

The winning team for the International Trophy was Great Britain with G R Butcher, George Rowley & F W Neill. Germany were 2nd and Sweden 3rd. Of the 5 teams only the british trio survived intact. For the International Silver Vase the winning team were again Great Britain with L A Welch, A R Edwards with H S Perrey. With 2nd Ireland V1, 3rd Ireland V2 and 3rd France. 16 teams competed for the Silver Vase

I am grateful for the help in locating and providing these documents by the Dutch Motorcycling Historian & Author Jan Melssen who has now sadly passed away. In addition the FIM have been generous in providing a scanned copy of the Stewards Report for this event.

We will be looking more closely on the route the event took acros the Alpine region of Europe in this article examining the known route details hoping to recreate a map.

“Rudge machines won outright the 500cc and 750cc class and six gold medals in the recent International Six Days’ Trial. The illustration shows GE Butcher on his outfit equipped with an interchangeable wheel.” #87 in 1929 was not Butcher who rode on plate #105 where he was clean on penalties and won a gold medal.

The following image was found on the excellent http://www.austinharris.co.uk website which is a man’s dedication to maintaining the history of historic motorsports using the amazing photo archive at Haymarket. Original prints of these images can be obtained from that site by following this link.

What the Papers said!

We have been able to find the following reports of the event from the newspaper archive at the British Library.

The Final Score: Results

International Trophy

1. Great Britain (1) penalty point
2. Germany (112)
3. Sweden (178)
4. Italy (207)
5. Switzerland (210)

Silver Vase

1. Great Britain 0 penalty points
2. Ireland V1 (20)
3. Holland V2 (28)
4. France (32)
5. Austria V1 (57)
6. Great Britain V2 (111)
7. Austria V2 (138)
8. Denmark (143)
9. Germany V2 (154)
10. Sweden V1 (178)
11. Switzerland V2 (200)
12. Switzerland V1 (200)
13. Italy (207)
14. Holland V1 (211)
15. Ireland V2 (220)
16. Germany V1 (232)

Manufacturers Class

Class A – 250cc
Puch (57) penalty points
Class B – 350cc
AJS (0)
Class C – 500cc
Rudge 2 (0)
Class D – 750cc
BMW (16)
Class F 600cc Sidecar
Rudge (2)

Speedtracktales wishes to thank Marc Pétrier of FIM Information Resources who has facilitated the scanning of the FIM archive of ISDT results material and is allowing us to make it available here as a public service. Download a copy of the original Results and Stewards Report at the link below.

Download Stewards Report for the 1929 ISDT here

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