Dougie Lampkin got back into world indoor reckoning at Belfast on Friday night with a vintage performance that put the Silsden rider on the podium for the first time this year.

His second place at the Oddsey Stadium put Montesa HRC back in the spotligh.

Dougie then jetted to St Petersburgh for round seven on Sunday night just a single point behind fellow Repso Montesa HRC rider Fujinami.

James Dabill scored another two points as a wild card entry when he finished seventh. The Cookridge rider is now ranked seventh and will compete in the Argentina and Brazil rounds as a wild card entry.

Any thoughts of a repeat performance of his podium grabbing ride in Belfast went sour for Lampkin after his long and hurried flight to St Petersburgh.

Lampkin said: "I felt strong. The rib injury is easing and I felt after Belfast that I could make the final but I came down to earth with a bump. I am disappointed but not distraught as I know I was riding well. I was able to match Bou right until the end. There was three huge steps, and no matter how I tried I just could not get up them."

The next round is on Saturday night at Mahon, Menorca, where Lampkin aims to make the final, and get ahead of his Japanes team colleague Fujinami in the points battle

FIM Esedos World Indoor Trials Championship, Rd 6, Belfast: Final - 1, Adam Raga (Esp) Gas Gas, 9; 2, Dougie Lampkin (GB) Montesa, 15; 3, Jeroni Fajardo (Esp) Gas Gas, 25.

Non-qualifiers: 7, James Dabill (GB) Beta, 22.

FIM Esedos Indoor World Motorycle Trials Championship, Rd 7 St Petersburgh, Russia, Sunday: Final - 1, Adam Raga (Esp) Gas Gas, 5; 2, Jeroni Fajardo (esp) Gas Gas, 11; 3, Albert Cabestany (Esp) Sherco, 14.

Non-qualifiers: 5, Dougie Lampkin (GB) Montesa, 21.

Standings: 1, Raga 62; 2, Cabestany 47; 3, Bou 45; 4, Fajardo 40; 5, Fujinami 29;6, Lampkin 29.

Dabill hits jackpot

James Dabill hit the Colonial Trial jackpot on Sunday winning his first national trial with a ride that all the other top northern experts could not match.

He led from start to finish on his JLI Beta troubled only by his teenage rival, and fellow Beta team rider Michael Brown.

Even former Colonial winner Ian Austermuhle failed to halt the 19 year-old World Junior Cup trials champion but it would have been closer if Brown had not ripped a back tyre clean off its rim in the last group of sections.

He swapped rear wheels with Dabill to ride the last two sections. The weather did not help with most of Rosedale Abbey blanketed in dense fog and hit by persistent rain showers.

Autowbars trial

Bradford Motor Club was busy at Glusburn running a round of the popular Autowbars novice and beginners events. The trial attracted over 60 starters. The competitors were tested over a mild four-lap course over a four-lap duration.

With a steady drizzle throughout the course became very muddy and consequently the young riders were tested to the limit.

British Youth Trial

The British youth championship series gets underway at Dob Park on Sunday where 107 riders contest the opening event in an eight round series for riders in the Class A and B age groups.

Four class champions will take part in the two-lap contest. Alexz Wigg, Halifax youngster Jack Challoner, Ipswich Class C champion Jack Sheppard and Welsh and national Class C champion Jake Luter-Evans.

Local riders taking part will be Burley brothers Louis and Edward Haley while Guiseley brothers Joe and Sam Jennings ride the Class B course for the first time.

Chief officials are Guiseley's Andrew Carter and James Noble who have laid out a testing20 section course.

Horsforth trial

Horsforth Motor Club also ran a trial for novices and trials beginners, in the same damp weather conditions but at Home Farm, Tong. The popular trials venue again attracted a strong entry of 106 riders.