WSR 2024 - Welcome to the Warwickshire Scatter Rally

Supplementary Regulations

1. Announcement: The 2024 Club Triumph Warwickshire Scatter Rally will take place on Sunday 20th October 2024, starting at approximately 08:45hrs and finishing at approximately 14:00 hours. The event will start from Gilks Garage Café, Kineton and finish at a nearby location TBC.

2. Jurisdiction: The event will be held under the General Regulations of Motorsport UK as a Navigational Scatter event, these Supplementary Regulations and any Final Instructions that the organising club may issue for the event. Motorsport UK Permit no. 200242 has been obtained.

3. Eligibility: The event is principally open to all members of Club Triumph and non-members with an additional one day Club membership. The event is open to crews of two or more. Families are encouraged to enter – as this is an ‘entry level’ event, no specialist skill nor pre-existing knowledge is required. Good map reading ability is beneficial.

4. Vehicles: Any car may be used, however, in the spirit of the event it is desirable to enter in a Triumph motor vehicle, or model of similar age / type. The event will not be split into different classes – the speed and performance of the vehicle is not a deciding factor in the success or failure of a team.

5. Officials:

Event Organiser and Clerk of Course: Jon Fallowell
Event Marshall and assistant scorer: Nathan Ward and Alex Joslin

6. Entries and Entry List: The Entry Fee is £20 per crew for Club Triumph members. If the entrant(s) is NOT a member of Club Triumph there is a supplementary fee of £2 to cover Club Liability Insurance during the event. The entry list opens on publication of these Rules and Entry Form and closes on Friday 11th October 2024, although late entries may be accepted. Refunds for the withdrawal of entry less a £4 admin fee will be made if received prior to Friday 4th October 2024. Please submit entries on the Club Triumph website – you may be required to create a free account in order to sign in.

The Club reserves the right to cancel the event should 5 or fewer crews enter in which case full 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 in Club publications and as part of the Club Triumph Website and Forum.

7. Drivers Meeting/Briefing: A Drivers meeting and briefing will take place approximately 30 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, the Supplementary Regs and any Final Instructions.

8. Documentation/Scrutineering: Signing in will take place from 08.45hrs to 09.30hrs on the Sunday at the start of the event. A crew briefing will take place at 09:30hrs with documentation hand out at the same time. Crews arriving after 09:30 may be refused entry into the event or have penalty points awarded. A declaration is to be signed stating 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 if required by law. 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 strike them through with tape, however vehicles will not be scrutineered.

Do remember that the event is not a race and is not timed.

9. Objective: The event is run as a Scatter event; teams are to visit a series of grid references, where clues will help teams find answers to questions given at the start of the event. Teams are not required to visit more than 75% of the different grid reference points answering a question at each point. Each question will have a score against it depending on difficulty. 

Participants may have to stop the vehicles to record the answer; they may not be easily visible from the road, however, this will be in a safe and suitable area. Please take care and be considerate to other road users when parking.

In the event of two teams finishing on equal points from the Event, the teams mileage will be used as a tie-breaker, having been recorded at the start and finish of the event. In the event that a vehicle does not have a working odometer (ie, no or inconceivable change of mileage) it will be considered null and void, the opposing team will be awarded the prize.

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

11. Awards: These are will be presented to finishers in 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the end of the event, the results of which will be based on the points score from the answers given.

12. Route: Choice of route is up to each individual crew, there being no ‘Recommended Route’ for the duration of the event.

13. Start: Crews should adhere to the following timing;

08:45 – Arrive at Gilks Garage Cafe, Kineton, CV35 0JZ (please note the website will say the opening times are 9am, they have agreed to open a little early to assist the event)
09:30 – Signing on closes; please use the time between signing on opening and closing to have breakfast in the café.
09:30 – Team briefing, paperwork hand out (including grid references, answer sheets)
10:00 – Teams are free to leave, although if any wish to continue to plot grid references past this point they are welcome
13:00 – Event finish time; teams must have answer sheets handed in at 13:00 sharp, penalty points will be awarded for lateness; 1 point per minute late, eg; 13:03.45 would be awarded 4 penalty points.

14.Driving standards: All towns and villages are considered ‘Quiet Zones’ requiring the extinguishing of main beam headlamps and auxiliary lamps and passage through the area quietly in the highest gear practical. You are required at all times to drive within the requirements of the Road Traffic Act, to observe traffic law, all speed limits, 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. Please do not drive if tired, it is perfectly acceptable for other crew members to drive the car.

15. Control Stops: These are adjudged to be the Start and Finish. ALL crew members must be signed in at each of these. It is the crews responsibility to report to the marshal to hand in answer sheets at the end of the event. Your finish time is when you hand in the answer sheet, NOT when you arrive. 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.

16. Mileage: As a guide the total mileage should not exceed 60 miles.

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

a. OS Map 151
b. Pencils, eraser, paper, rule and clipboard, torch, digital camera or mobile phone.
c. Optional Equipment; Roamer, Poti, Magnifying Glass etc

18. Electronic navigation equipment: It is not acceptable to use Satnav and other electronic navigation devices during the event, the use of electronic navigation/route planning devices will not be allowed during the pre-plotting periods at the start and at the halfway stop, as this is considered to be outside the spirit of the event. (Electronic navigation/route planning devices are defined as satnavs, smartphones, PC, Android or Apple tablet/laptop devices, etc., basically anything that is not a “printed on paper” map). Penalty points will be given if you are found using these devices in the pre-plotting periods, or crossing the start-finish line with them attached to the vehicle and actively directing.

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 administration of the event. Do be aware that entrants names and basic car details will be posted on Club Triumph’s website and forum. Photos may be taken during the event, and some information may be published in the Club’s magazine in the form of an event report.