This year's Easter weekend was blessed with snow in Skipton but as usual the bike trial community were not put off by the inclement weather and turned out to support the charity bike trial event - The Easter Bunny Hop - to help raise money for the Candlelighters charity.

The event is unique as it was actually indoors held on Sunday at the Skipton Auction Mart so the riders were sheltered from the snow and wind and were treated to a selection of obstacles normally found at the Sheffield Indoor Trial where world champion motorcycle trials riders battle it out to see who is the best.

To ensure the best use was made of the equipment the Lampkin family from Silsden were on hand to help put it together with Harry and Dougie taking instruction from their farther Martin, along with the pushbike trial riders.

The format of the day was teams of four who had eight minutes each to show off their talents and skills to the panel of judges made up of an 11-time world champion bike trial rider Cesar Canas and local motorcycle trials display team rider Dan Clarke. They scored the riders on style, courage and most importantly entertainment.

Fourteen teams entered on the day with the youngest riders, Elliot Raven and Gabbie Whitham, at six-years-old and the oldest rider John Peacock at 37. All the teams ran twice during the day with Keighley's Wayne Mahomet setting the standard with an amazing four- metre drop off from one of the obstacles.

Canas arrived from his native Spain and seemed to be shivering uncontrollably for the first hour through the sub-zero temperatures but once out there and doing his demonstration ride he got straight into the action and carried out some amazing gap jumps. He soon warmed himself up along with the crowd and set the mood for the day.

The first teams followed after him in the arena. The teams were made up of riders from all parts of the country with local lads giving the crowd plenty to cheer for.

Team Limbo Kings was made up of riders all under the age of nine. They zipped around the arena showing what can be achieved on a trials bike at such a young age. They were followed by the Girl Power team made up of girls aged six upwards.

They impressed the judges with their riding skill and were joint first after the first round with the Limbo Kings. A surprise third place was the Wanabees which included the two oldest riders John Peacock of Cross Hills and Neil Raven.

Outside of the main arena several other competitions took place, including the bunny hop, gap jump, side hop and Limbo competitions.

Keighley's Tom Buck was well above the competition in the bunny hop which is where a rider tries to jump as high as he can when riding forwards. Buck managed to hop over a bar 42 inches high.

Halfway through the morning events the star of the day, Ben Carlile, arrived. The Candlelighters charity is for children suffering from cancer which was the charity chosen by TykeTrials member Ben who has been diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer.

Nine-year-old Ben was riding competitively until he was diagnosed with cancer last September and has been undergoing treatment to combat the illness since.

Ben was greeted by his hero Canas and had his photo taken with him and Dougie Lampkin, another of his idols. He then watched as his friends continued to ride in the arena followed by a demonstration ride from Canas.

Ben goes back to hospital for more treatment this week and will bravely take on the next phase of his fight against the cancer.

The midway point saw Canas joined in the main arena by Mahomet and Ben Savage for a second demonstration ride.

The final challenge came down to see who could gap from a stack of five pallets onto a huge tree laid on its side, a total distance of over three metres. Mahomet and Canas tried several times but were beaten by Savage who somehow managed to keep his bike on the tree once he had got onto it.

The second round of rides for the teams saw even better lines being taken and braver moves being made. The Tyke Trial Terrors, made up of Keighley lads James Bancroft, Daniel Clough and Sam Day as well as James Stuart put on an impressive display of skill and nerve.

One of the wildest moves was done off the bikes with Chris Ryder performing a back flip off the large tree onto the floor which won him the move of the day!

At the end of the day awards and Easter eggs were handed out to the winners. In third place was the Wanabees team Peacock, Neil Raven, Mahomet and Adam Raven.

Girl Power came in second with their sheer persistence and courage headed by Danielle and Gabbie Whitham of Silsden.

Top spot went to the youngsters in the Limbo Kings team. Local lads Ellis Snowden and George Bell, along with Leeds boys Adam and Elliot Raven, impressed the judges so much in their second run that they achieved a score of 11 out of 10 from one of them.

Anyone who would like to donate to the Candlelighters visit biketrial.co.uk for more information.