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.

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

Details at iowsoapbox.co.uk.

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

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.

17 intrepid gravity racers will compete in the inaugural Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme for the honour of being crowned "King of the Mountain".  Teams will be travelling from as far away as Suffolk to compete over two days on the longest course in Britain.

First to sample the course will be Haldir's Arrow (left) from Glasgow. This cartie has some pedigree, having raced twice before at the Belchford Downhill, and should be very competitive.

The carties will run individually against the clock in practice and qualifying runs on Saturday evening, and then run in head-to-head group eliminations on Sunday. The heats will be run for the first twenty minutes of every hour from 10.00am, with the finals starting at 4.00pm.

The full list of competitors is;