HASLINGDEN’S Tom Carne will start his debut season in the Triumph Triple Challenge on Easter weekend.

Carne won the 125GP class of the British Motostar Championship this year and then earned a step up to the Triumph Triple Challenge after winning the Triumph Young Guns scheme.

That scheme saw a number of young riders go through a series of assessments during the year, before 20-year-old Carne was selected as the winner by a panel of judges.

The calendar for the 2014 season has now been announced and Carne will start the Triumph Triple Challenge with three races at Brands Hatch on Easter weekend between April 18 and 21.

There will then be two rounds at Oulton Park between May 3 and 5, before rounds six and seven take place at Donington Park between May 23 and 25.

The championship moves on to Snetterton for three races between June 13 and 15, before two rounds at Thruxton between August 1 and 3. Cadwell Park is the venue for rounds 13 and 14 between August 23 and 25, before a return to Donington Park for two more races between September 5 and 7.

Silverstone then hosts rounds 17 and 18 between October 3 and 5, before the season ends where it started at Brands Hatch with rounds 19 and 20 between October 17 and 19.