On The Pegs January 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Page 129

On The Pegs
Children are the future of
any sport, and trials is no
exception. The first award of
the evening was presented
to Tim Pullman from the
Conley family. Tim received
the “Minder of the Year”
award for his hard work and
dedication helping mind for
many of the children riding
the Youth and Novice classes.
Tim surrendered his entire
Trials riding season, driving
from Virginia to each event to
assist the children with bike
issues, navigating the loops,
and offering advice for riding
sections. “I had a great time
and I wouldn’t trade it for
anything.”
The Conley family were
flooded with a series of
awards this year. Greg Conley
received the highly-coveted
“Mr. Clean” award for secur-
ing the most clean rides of
any rider (305 cleans). Kim
Conley received awards for
her help with photography,
setting up and keeping the
Ohio National on track, as
well as everything else she
helped with for the year. Jim
Zuroske presented the 10th
annual “Titanium Tough”
award to Gwen Conley. This
travelling award was created
to recognize the efforts of
teamwork between children
and parents, and is given
to someone who displayed
persistence through all chal-
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