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The 2010 Border Bogie Challenge will run on Saturday May 22nd, and entries will be accepted from the 1st January 2010 onwards. More details will be published on the Border Bogie Challenge web site over the coming months, but last years details should give you a fair idea of what to expect. Keep looking for updates though.

Please contact the organisers for further details.

See the Mansel Lacy web site for details.

The Catterline Cartie Challenge is an annual competition for home made "gravity powered" soapbox carties which is held as part of Catterline Gala Weekend. It was first held in 2005, and is now one of the highlights of the village year.

Entries for  new teams will be available from Feb 7th 2010.

Details, entry forms, rules, etc are on Catterline Online.

The Catterline Cartie Challenge is an annual competition for home made "gravity powered" soapbox carties which is held as part of Catterline Gala Weekend. It was first held in 2005, and is now one of the highlights of the village year.

Entries for  new teams will be available from Feb 7th 2010.

Details, entry forms, rules, etc are on Catterline Online.

This is the second year Haselor has held a Soapbox Derby. 

Prizes for;

• Team raising the most sponsorship           
• Furthest distance covered on the day
• Best turned out soap box and crew          
• Best distance Adult team
• Most innovative design                               
• Best distance Junior Team
• Best Novelty soap box

Now in its 9th year, the Kirkton of Skene Cartie Race is a popular part of the annual village gala.

Cartie workshops are taking place on Saturday 29th May at the Milne Hall, Kirkton of Skene at 2pm, and the organisers are providing kits to get the kids involved in making their own cartie.  

Carties are free with participants only having to collect £30 or more in sponsors. Children to come along with an adult and build their very own cartie, all they will need is a battery drill and a cross-headed screwdriver bit.

The Cartie Races are divided into Children's, teens' races and adults' races.

There are a limited amount of places - so it's first come, first serve. If you are interested phone Kenny Freeman on 01224 742804 to book your place.

 

Father’s Day Dilly Cart Race

Lanhydrock, Cornwall, Sunday 20 June 2010

Build your own dilly cart and race it in the amazing setting of National Trust Lanhydrock Park, for fun or to win! As long as you're 5 years old or over, then there's a class for you to enter, and there's prizes for the winners.

For more information, rules and regulations, please get in touch with Alice Barker

alice.barker@nationaltrust.org.uk

01208 265278

National Trust Cornwall Office,

Lanhydrock Park,

Bodmin,

Cornwall,

PL30 4DE

One of the most popular events on the Islands youth calendar.

Details at iowsoapbox.co.uk.

The 2010 Richards Castle Soap Box Derby will be held on Sunday July 11th on Hanway Common, near Ludlow in Shropshire.

The course is 550m in length, with a vertical drop of 50m and gives speeds up to 45mph. Full details at richardscastlesoapbox.co.uk.

The SCA is not associated with this event in any way. If you have any questions about the event, please contact the organisers directly.

Full details at www.cartrace.pebmarsh.com.

The longest and fastest race in the UK - definately not for the faint of heart! Entry forms available for download from soapboxracing.co.uk.

Classes for soapbox and gravity sidecar.

The longest and fastest race in the UK - definately not for the faint of heart! Entry forms available for download from soapboxracing.co.uk.

Classes for soapbox and gravity sidecar.

• 1 mile a fast sweeping tarmac through Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire, speeds 50 mph+
• The format will be time trails Saturday Starting at 1 pm
• Head to head racing on Sunday starting at 10 am
• There is on site camping for everyone (available fri/sun)
• There will be a marquee for all the Teams to get together on Saturday night
• 20 Teams only so first come first served.
• Entry fee £45 per Team   all inc.....
• All carts built to Belchford/Cadwell spec will be suitable only minor mods will be required ie rear view mirrors.
• More details and entry forms contact andyash275@hotmail.com

• 1 mile a fast sweeping tarmac through Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire, speeds 50 mph+
• The format will be time trails Saturday Starting at 1 pm
• Head to head racing on Sunday starting at 10 am
• There is on site camping for everyone (available fri/sun)
• There will be a marquee for all the Teams to get together on Saturday night
• 20 Teams only so first come first served.
• Entry fee £45 per Team   all inc.....
• All carts built to Belchford/Cadwell spec will be suitable only minor mods will be required ie rear view mirrors.
• More details and entry forms contact andyash275@hotmail.com

In aid of the Pilgrims Hospice, Ashford and Aldington School PTFA, Aldington.

Full details at the Aldington Soapbox web site.

Following the success of the Raft Race in recent years, Ellon is hosting its first Pedal Car Championship in the summer of 2010. The streets will be closed off to make way for a fun day of racing where teams will compete in a series of races to raise money for their chosen charities.

This is a race for human powered pedal vehicles so your gravity powered racer will probably not do very well without a few modifications, but if you're interested and have enough time to fit some gears and pedals it should be a fun day out.

Full details at http://ellonpedalcar.co.uk

The Fourth Cookham Dean Gravity Grand Prix will be held on Sunday 12th September 2010.

It is a fun event run by The Kaffirs of Cookham Dean to raise money for The Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance. The course will be from the junction of Church Road and Spring Lane to Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Up to thirty carts will compete for a variety of prizes.

The 9th Belchford Downhill Challenge will take place on Furlongs Lane, Belchford on September the 19th, 2010.

New rules are planned, so make sure your cartie conforms to their new specifications.

See their web site for full details.

Goodwood Motor Circuit, Goodwood Airfield, Goodwood,

Chichester,West Sussex, PO18 0PH

Sunday 10th October 2010 11am – 4pm

A brilliant day out for all the family and an opportunity to support and raise much needed funds for local charity Cancerwise

The main attraction will be a Soapbox Derby – 3 classes:

Organised by Apple Head Gravity Sport and run at Cadwell Park race track in Lincolnshire. Includes soapbox, gravity bike and gravity sidecar.

Entry forms, rules, etc are on the Apple Head web site.

Castle Forbes
  © Copyright Gilbert Scott and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

• Two day time trial event in the beautiful grounds of Castle Forbes, near Alford in Aberdeenshire
  
• Classes for carties and gravity sidecar
• Prizes for Best build, Best time, Fastest time, Days winner, Best novice awards and The Lairds Champion (aggregate over the two days)
• On site camping
  
• SCA Championship points available

See http://castleforbesgravityrace.webs.com for further details.

Castle Forbes
  © Copyright Gilbert Scott and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

• Two day time trial event in the beautiful grounds of Castle Forbes, near Alford in Aberdeenshire
  
• Classes for carties and gravity sidecar
• Prizes for Best build, Best time, Fastest time, Days winner, Best novice awards and The Lairds Champion (aggregate over the two days)
• On site camping
  
• SCA Championship points available

See http://castleforbesgravityrace.webs.com for further details.

Local residents who fancy themselves as the new Lewis Hamilton are being urged to get creative and enter Kemnay Primary’s first ever Cartie Rally before the closing date next month.

Pupils at the school are organising the event - which is due to take place down a 150m stretch of the village’s High Street on May 8 - in association with Aberdeenshire Council, Grampian Police and Kemnay Community Council, and are hoping for a surge of entries before the closing date on April 1.

The rally is open to everyone of school age and upwards to enter, with categories split into P1-3, P4-7, S1-S6 and Adult. Carties must be home-made and push only, meaning no pedals or motors will be accepted. Each category is set to have its own heats and final, with the carties being pushed for the first 50m then freewheeling the last 100m to finish.

There will be prizes for the best designed cartie, best effort, most colourful cartie, fastest time and category winners.

For further information and entry forms, see http://www.kemnay-pri.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/page85.html.

Whirlowbrook Hall Soap Box Derby, near Sheffield.

More details in due course.

Border Bogies 2011 will take place on Saturday 21st May.

• Juniors and Senior races.
• Classes for Soapbox Cartie and Gravity Sidecar.
• SCA Championship points available.
  

Keep an eye on http://borderbogie.co.uk for details, entry forms, etc.

An evening of gravity racing at Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire. See Apple Head Gravity Sports for details.

According to their web site, this event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

The Whitehill Bordon Town Partnership in conjunction with Hampshire Constabulary are holding a Soapbox Derby on the 30th May 2011.

Vehicles are to be gravity powered only, anyone can build a cart, drivers must be 16 or over (under 18’s must have parental consent). 

The event will raise funds for Hampshire Air Ambulance and Bordon & Liphook Charity.

For full details, see the Whitehill Bordon Soap Box Derby web site.

The 3rd Marnhull Soapbox Derby will be held on

Monday 30th  May  2011

at

Common Lane,  Cox Hill,  Marnhull.

Are you the ‘JENSON BUTTON’ of Marnhull ?

Get the tools out and build yourself a ‘Soapbox Racer’

Prizes for

* Best Soapbox *

* Best Time Recorded *

* Overall Winners *

Entry forms, rules and regulations are now available from http://www.marnhullfest.co.uk/marnhull-fest-soapbox.html

Proceeds to Marnhull Fest and local community.

The Catterline Cartie Challenge is an annual competition for home made "gravity powered" soapbox carties which is held as part of Catterline Gala Weekend. It was first held in 2005, and is one of the highlights of the village year.

It also forms part of the SCA Championship series.

Entries for existing teams will be available from 1st January 2011, with entries from new teams being accepted from early February 2011.

Details, entry forms, rules, etc are on Catterline Online.

Bring your homemade cart and test your driving skills speeding through Lanhydrock's magnificent parkland.  Fun and exhilaration for everyone from 5 years old upwards.  Please contact Alice for an application pack and enjoy building your dilly cart!

01208 265278 or alice.barker@nationaltrust.org.uk for details.

Keep up-to-date by following @LanhydrockNT on Twitter and National Trust Lanhydrock Countryside on Facebook.

The one day event sees young people racing go karts that they have made over a purpose built course. The derby, which has gone from strength to strength since 2005, will be held on the recreation field next to The Isobel Centre, Furrlongs, Newport.

In addition to the racing the one day event promises entertainment for the whole family offering refreshments, stalls, play rangers, falconry display, inflatables, Live music and lots more for all ages. Entry is free to both spectators and competitors alike.

For further details, see http://iowsoapbox.co.uk/ .