Club Triumph

Regulations – Club Triumph 12 Car Navigational Rally

The Essex 12 Car Rally - 2015

1. Announcement: The 2015 Club Triumph Essex Winter Rally, a 12 Car Navigational Rally, will take place on Sunday 18^th October 2015, starting at 10:00hrs and finishing approximately 3 hours later. The event will start and finish at locations near to Colchester, with easy access to and from the A12. Note - this rally will be a round of the 2015 Club Triumph Driver’s Challenge and Rallies Mini-Series.

2. Jurisdiction: The event will be held under the general rules of the RAC MSA as a 12 Car Navigational Rally event and those supplementary regulations and any written instructions that the organising club may issue for the event. An RAC MSA Route Approval and Permit is being applied for.

3. Eligibility: The event is open to all members of Club Triumph and non-members providing that the main entrant is a Club Triumph member.

4. Vehicles: The event is open to crews of two in any model of Triumph motor car.

5. Event Organisers: Mike Banks and (TBC).

6. Entries and Entry List: The Entry Fee is £10 per crew. The entry list opens on publication of these Regulations and Entry Form. The entry list closes on Friday 9^th October 2015. Refunds for the withdrawal of entry will be made if received prior to Friday 9th October 2015. Please submit entries on a completed entry form, with a cheque made payable to Club Triumph Limited, and sent to Michael Banks, 124, Wivenhoe Rd, Alresford, Colchester, Essex. CO7 8AQ. The Club reserves the right to cancel the event should 5 or fewer crews enter in which case entry monies will be refunded to all crews entered. Maximum entry will be 12 cars. A reserve list will be operated should this number be exceeded. An Entry List will be published on the Club Triumph website.

7. Drivers meeting/briefing: A drivers meeting and briefing will take place approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. The purpose of this briefing is to ensure that all entrants fully understand the rules and objectives of the event as explained in this document and supplementary regs/final instructions, and are made aware of any last minute safety notices or route instructions.

8. Documentation/Scrutineering: Signing in will take place from 09:15hrs to 09:45hrs on the day of the event. Crews arriving after this time may be refused entry into the event. A statement is to be signed that states that the car and crew are insured as required by the Road Traffic Act and that the vehicle is currently taxed and has a valid MOT certificate. It is recommended that vehicles carry a warning triangle, a tow rope, a first aid kit and a fire extinguisher. Please note that any crew arriving at the start with racing numbers attached to their car will be asked to remove them, however vehicles will not be scrutinized. Do remember that the event is not a race and is not timed.

9. Objective: The objective of the event is to plot and drive a specific route from supplied route section clues, which will be in a number of differing formats. Along the route there will be code boards to be noted down, thus enabling crews to provide evidence that they have driven the correct route. You will not be required to stop to note down these code boards. Completed clue sheets will be collected from the crews at a control along the route and at the finish, and penalty points given for incorrect or missing code boards noted. These penalty points will be collated at the end of the event to decide the crew’s positions and awards. Envelopes will be provided to crews containing the locations of section end points, should crews get lost, and there will be an additional penalty incurred for opening these envelopes. Full details of the scoring system will be provided in Final Instructions which will be sent to crews in the week preceding the event. This event is not a race, neither the event as a whole, nor any part thereof, is timed and its competitive aspect is solely by means of avoiding collecting penalty points.

10. Costs: All expenses such as car preparation, fuel, etc are to be met by the crews.

11. Awards: Awards will be presented for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd places in each of the classes and will be awarded at the finish. Points will also be awarded to contribute to the Club’s various Championships and/or Challenge.

12. Route: The route is 58 miles in length and is split into 4 Sections. The route is mainly made up of country roads passing through a number of small towns and villages in Essex. The finish point will be as notified on the final section’s clue sheet, after which you will then drive a short distance to a public house where Sunday lunch can be purchased if required, and where the awards will given out.

13. Start: The start is at the public car park next to the River Stour, just to the north of Dedham in Essex. The exact location is OS Map 168, MR059334. The postcode of the nearest building is CO7 6DH. Crews will be free to leave from 10:00hrs onwards; they will not be sent off in any order, although crews will not be allowed to leave within 1 minute of each other.

14. Driving Standards: All towns and villages are considered “Quiet Zones” requiring the extinguishing of main beam headlights and auxiliary lamps (if being used) and passage through the area quietly in the highest gear practical. You are at all times required to drive within the requirements of the road traffic act, to observe traffic law, all speed limits and to drive with courtesy to other road users and participants. Failure to do so may lead to exclusion from the event – remember you are representing the club. There will be a Driving Standards Observer at one or more points around the route who will enforce any penalties relating to driving standards, as described within the Final Instructions.

15. Control Stops: These are adjudged to be the Start, PC1 and the Finish. All crews must be signed in at each of these. At PC1 crews will be given the clue sheets for Sections 2, 3 and 4. There are no other Control Stops between the remaining sections. Should you have to withdraw during the event please contact the organisers, whose details will be published and issued as part of the Final Instructions and are given in 18 below.

16. Mileage: The total route length is 58 miles.

17. Equipment: In addition to the optional safety equipment stated in rule 8, the following equipment will be necessary:

• OS Landranger Map 168, Colchester, Halstead and Maldon. Edition C2 2009 was used to prepare this route.

• Pencils, eraser, clipboard, map-board, rally-romer. Note – the map board must be made of a crushable material, such as thick cardboard. A metal or wooden map board must not be used.

18. Officials: Clerk of the Course: Mike Banks (07773984413): Assistant Clerk of the Course (TBC).

19. Data Protection Act: Prospective entrants and competitors are advised that information supplied on the entry form will be held on computer and will only be used for the administration of the event. Do be aware that entrant’s names, County and basic car details will be posted on Club Triumph’s website.