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Navigational Rallying

Navigation rallies take place on public roads in more or less standard cars, usually in the hours of darkness. Navigational rallies are often referred to as "road rallies", but strictly speaking there are some differences in the rules, and true road rallies are extinct in Scotland, though still flourishing in Wales. 

Navigation rallies are legally restricted to an average speed of 30 mph. The object is to follow the correct route while maintaining this average speed, no faster, no slower. The "30 average" may not sound very fast, but that includes the time spent stationary working out the route on the map; maintaining the required average speed in practice requires some enthusiastic driving.

Being the fastest on the road is not the way to win a road rally. The score is kept in terms of penalty points; you get a small penalty for being late at a time control (checkpoint), and larger penalties for being early, for missing out part of the route, for arriving at a checkpoint in the wrong direction, or for missing a checkpoint entirely.
 
The winners are the crew who follow the correct route, and arrive at each control on time; the navigation is at least as important as the driving.


Scottish Navigational Rally Championship 2020

The first round of the 2020 Scottish Navigational Rally Championship (SNRC) is due to take place on the evening of 22nd/23rd February 2020. The John Robson Rally (Interclub) and its associated Trophy Rally (Clubman) is a new event in the Championship and will, I suspect, be quite different to what you are used to.  It is organised by Hexham & District Motor Club who are based in the North of England for a start!  I suspect the format will be similar to the greatly missed Aquarius Rally that formed part of the Championship until last year.  The event also promises to allow you to compete against a much larger entry than we are currently experiencing in Scottish events - last year it had over 40 crews competing.

Regulations for both the 2020 Championship and the John Robson Rally can be found in the downloads section below.

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Please remember that to enter any events this year you will require at least a RS Clubman licence, which is available free of charge from MotorSport UK.

Further information available from Championship Co-ordinator, Dave MacKintosh, email: dave@newtonhillhr.co.uk or phone: 01224 784780.’


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2020 Championship Events



Rally & Club

Date & Location

Contact

John Robson Rally
Hexham & District Motor Club

22/23 February
North of England

Jonathon Webb jonathontwebb@icloud.com
07929 229413

Moonless Rally

Saltire Rally Club

21 March
Perthshire

Colin Wallace saltirerallyclub@gmail.com
07443 573155

Gropers Rally
Stonehaven & District Motor Club

04 April South Aberdeenshire

Dave MacKintosh dave@newtonhillhr.co.uk
01224 784780

March Hare Rally
63CC

09 May
NE Scotland

Dan Forsyth
danielforsyth@live.co.uk

Autumn Rally
Highland Car Club

22 August
Highlands

Mark Forsyth Mark1.forsyth@btinternet.com

Hairst Rally
Stonehaven & District Motor Club

26 September
West Aberdeenshire

Gerry Potter
potterg@gight.org.uk
01651 806862

BoontreeBirl Rally
750 Motor Club Scotland

05 December
Angus

Charlie Brown charliebrown750@yahoo.co.uk
07803 296592


Regulations for the 2020 Scottish Navigational Rally Championship are available for download below.

Navigational Rally Downloads

  
2020 John Robson Rally Regs (1.5 MB)
2020 John Robson Trophy Rally Regs (1.5 MB)
2020 Moonless Rally Regs. (0.4 MB)
2020 Round 3 Gropers Rally Entry Form (0.2 MB)
Prefered entry system is via RallyScore
2020 Round 3 Gropers Rally Regs. (0.3 MB)
Any queries please contact Championship co-ordinator
2020 SNRC Championship Regulations (0.2 MB)
Final 2018 Championship Results (0.2 MB)
Final 2019 Championship Results (0.2 MB)
Parental Consent form - reqd for under-18s if parent/guardian not present (0.2 MB)

Previous Years Navigational Rallies

Navi Rally 2017
Navi Rally 2016
Navi Rally 2015
Navi Rally 2014
Navi Rally 2013
Navi Rally 2012
Navi Rally 2011
Navi Rally 2010
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