Border Bogies 2012 will take place on Saturday 26th May, and entries are open now.

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

See http://borderbogie.co.uk 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 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 2012, with entries from new teams being accepted from early February 2012.

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

Returning to the mountain for the 4th year - the most prestigious sopbox race in the UK, with the best teams from across the country. Intense head to head racing in groups of 4 along the  2 mile course with speeds well in excess of 60mph - there is simply nothing like this anywhere else.

Soapbox carties and gravity sidecar classes.

Entries online from November 2011.

See http://soapboxracing.co.uk for further details.

Returning to the mountain for the 4th year - the most prestigious sopbox race in the UK, with the best teams from across the country. Intense head to head racing in groups of 4 along the  2 mile course with speeds well in excess of 60mph - there is simply nothing like this anywhere else.

Soapbox carties and gravity sidecar classes.

Entries online from November 2011.

See http://soapboxracing.co.uk for further details.

The Annandale Cup is a 3km multi discipline gravity time trial which will be raising funds for UCAN. It is to be added to the 2012 Scottish Cartie Association Championship, bringing the total number of eligible races to four.

The race will take place near Huntly in Aberdeenshire on Sunday 15th July, the day after Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme, giving a potential three days of breathtaking racing in the Highlands of Scotland.

This event will be organised by the British Isles Gravity Bike Association in conjunction with the SCA.

Three miles from Huntly, the course starts from above the village of Thomastown and is 3 km long with a total drop of 140 metres with an average gradient of 1:21 and a maximum of 1:8 and finishes in the hamlet of Annandale.

Speeds of 50mph + are easily attainable.

Check out the hill for yourself at AB54 6EN.

The event is open to all gravity disciplines:

• Soapbox / Cartie
• Gravity Sidecars
• Gravity Bikes
• Street Luge.
  

Overnight camping available Sat / Sun.

Full details, entry forms, etc are available from here.