Comp Sec

i'll email this as well but if anyone wanting a garage can email me on compsec@caterhamlotus7.club , so i know numbers, i'll try to get some booked ahead of general release.

copy of post to chitchat A reminder to members especially with older 7s that our club sprint , which is part of our Northampton Motorsport sponsored speed championship, is also also open to clubman entries (members of the club not part of the speed championship with a qualifying 7 (classes 1-7, and H) with a suitable Motorsport UK license ) Regs are available in the competitors section of the club website. Class H is for Any Lotus or Caterham Seven manufactured between 1957 & 1976 complying with the relevant speed sections of the Motorsport UK General Regulations applicable to Period Defined Vehicles (Non-Rally). Ths is not a class run in the speed championship , it would be great to see some of these older models at Curborough. If anyone is thinking about joining us and has questions, pls reach out to me at compsec@caterhamlotus7.club

Thanks for supporting your Championship guys, Wishing you a good season and looking forward to seeing some of you next weekend at Cadwell. Good luck. Andy

I emailed the organisers yesterday , they're not worried about race numbers as the 2023 numbers won't get assigned until entries are closed to our speed championship and they'll contact me nearer the event to get these. Whilst people are signing up for the championship, suggest you join the speed interest group so that you receive emails pls Thanks Andy

for anyone who missed it, entry to the 2023 Speed Championship is now open on Loveadmin. LInks to entry forms for Cadwell and Goodwood are on the calendar in the competitors area here

UPDATE: Day Date Venue Championship/ Invited Provisional / Confirmed Saturday 25/03/23 Cadwell Park Championship event Confirmed Sunday 16/04/23 Hethel Championship event Confirmed Saturday 22/04/23 Goodwood Championship event Confirmed Saturday 06/05/23 Curborough 8 Invited event Confirmed Sunday 07/05/23 Curborough 8 Championship event Confirmed Saturday 27/05/23 Aintree Championship event Confirmed Saturday 10/06/23 Prescot Invited event Confirmed Sunday 11/06/23 Prescot Championship event Confirmed Saturday 17/06/23 Epynt Invited event Confirmed Sunday 18/06/23 Epynt Championship event Confirmed Saturday 08/07/23 Loton Park Invited event Confirmed Sunday 09/07/23 Loton Park Championship event Confirmed Saturday 22/07/23 Gurston Invited event awaiting formal confirmation Sunday 23/07/23 Gurston Championship event awaiting formal confirmation Saturday 05/08/23 Harewood Invited event Confirmed Sunday 06/08/23 Harewood Championship event Confirmed Saturday 26/08/23 Curborough 2-lap Invited event Confirmed Sunday 27/08/23 Curborough 2-lap Championship event Confirmed Saturday 09/09/23 Wiscombe Championship event Confirmed Saturday 16/09/23 Introduction to Sprinting @ Curborough (support needed ) Confirmed Saturday 23/09/23 Blyton Eastern Championship event Confirmed Sunday 24/09/23 Blyton Outer Championship event Confirmed Saturday 30/09/23 Anglesey Championship event Confirmed Sunday 01/10/23 Anglesey Championship event Confirmed Andy Skinner - Competition Secretary Northampton Motorsport Caterham & Lotus Seven Club Speed Championship

Hethel now confirmed for 16th April; still working on the other 2 unconfirmed events.

cost for joining the championship will be £30, same as 2022. also required is an RS Interclub license at £74 i've not had to get a medical so can't comment on that. each round is approx £100 entry fee , and yes , usually doubles for a 2 day event that's it unless you don't have a FIA approved race suit, gloves , helmet as a minimum.

For those not at the awards lunch, here is the provisional event calendar , as it currently stands. I've added all events to the one calendar and indicated if an event is invited event (non championship) or a championship event, pls also note 2023 will include an Introduction to sprinting event for which we'll need marshals and volunteers to do demo laps as in previous events please. Please also note Curborough events will be switched around with the figure of 8 run in May, this is to reduce the number of consecutive Figure 8 runs for the Curborough championship in August. I will update as I receive confirmations for the events not confirmed. Day Date Venue Championship/ Invited Provisional / Confirmed Saturday 25/03/23 Cadwell Park Championship event Confirmed Sunday 16/04/23 Hethel Championship event Provisional Saturday 22/04/23 Goodwood Championship event Confirmed Saturday 06/05/23 Curborough 8 Invited event Confirmed Sunday 07/05/23 Curborough 8 Championship event Confirmed Saturday 27/05/23 Aintree Championship event Confirmed Saturday 10/06/23 Prescot Invited event Confirmed Sunday 11/06/23 Prescot Championship event Confirmed Saturday 17/06/23 Epynt Invited event Confirmed Sunday 18/06/23 Epynt Championship event Confirmed Saturday 08/07/23 Loton Park Invited event Confirmed Sunday 09/07/23 Loton Park Championship event Confirmed Saturday 22/07/23 Gurston Invited event Not formally confirmed Sunday 23/07/23 Gurston Championship event Not formally confirmed Saturday 05/08/23 Harewood Invited event Confirmed Sunday 06/08/23 Harewood Championship event Confirmed Saturday 26/08/23 Curborough 2-lap Invited event Confirmed Sunday 27/08/23 Curborough 2-lap Championship event Confirmed Saturday 09/09/23 Wiscombe Championship event Confirmed Saturday 16/09/23 Introduction to Sprinting @ Curborough (support needed ) Confirmed Saturday 23/09/23 Blyton Eastern Championship event Confirmed Sunday 24/09/23 Blyton Outer Championship event Confirmed Saturday 30/09/23 Anglesey Championship event Provisional Sunday 01/10/23 Anglesey Championship event Provisional

Congratulations to Jeremy Davies for winning overall in the 2022 Northampton Motorsport Caterham and Lotus Seven Club Speed championship. And well done to the other winners...... Class 1 Paul Boston ( by a tie break over Charlie Wilson) Class 2 Ian Jones Class 3 Robert Jacobs Class 4 Jeremy Davies Class 5 Shaun Elwell Class 7 Simon Rogers Ladies Debbie Jones Veterans Michael Sankey Edward Lewis Ivan Pullen Novices Lewis Carine And the other award winners will be announced at Prescott on 30th October, book now in Love Admin! Thanks to all competitors for making it another fun season, looking forward to next year already!

Great photos Dave, thank you. Surprised you took so many as well as doing the scoring!

A great day and thanks to all those who helped to make it go smoothly. Deeble Dave, Maggie May and Andy H for the scoring and of course to Alan, "Mr compscorer" who prepared it all so well that we didn't notice he wasn't there. Thanks also to Paul "MC" for sorting out the trophies. Great to have Roger Swift, the founder of sprinting in our club, presenting the awards. He even mentioned the possibility of making a comeback next year!

BTTT. Final entry list now in post 1. See you all next Sunday!

48 entries now, latest list in post1. Entries close on Saturday so get your entry in now if you want to compete.

Deeble Dave and Maggie May.....you are both amazing! All of us are really pleased that you have again volunteered to perform this vital task without which we would all be driving pointlessly around in circles......

42 now.....yes we're on. Nice if we had a few more!

39 now.....just another reminder to enter

Some of the old timers might remember that we used to award a cup donated by Roger and Barbara Swift based on performances at our Curborough sprints. The last time this was awarded was 2012 and it seems appropriate to now revive this in memory of Barbara. So this year the cup will be awarded to the lady competitor who scores the highest combined number of points over the 2 Curborough sprints. And Roger will be at Curborough in August to present this and the other awards. For those who don't remember the great work that Roger and Barbara did for the club, I received this from Roger today...... I don’t know if you are aware of Barbara’s involvement with the club sprints? It’s hard to realise but at one time (early 90’s) the club only very occasionally had driving events. Individual areas might hire a car park and have some fun but nothing regular was arranged. After helping at one of these ad hoc events Barbara and I decided that we would organise something at curborough as it was very close to where we lived. We had no experience and learnt on the job. Regs needed to be written, marshals arranged, first aid cover, timing,entry lists etc etc (you will be familiar with this). It wasn’t easy. Because we weren’t msa registered. Timekeepers and marshals were very reluctant to commit. Barbara sweet talked them and between us we got the event running. It was a success so we did it the next year and the following year and for many years after that. It became so popular that if you didn’t apply immediately the event was announced you wouldn’t get a place. The answer was to run two events each year and that continues till today. As well as doing the bulk of the organising, Barbara was the kind face that competitors met at signing on and she worked hard to quell the nerves of the many novices we had at that time. Not content with organising, Barbara also competed with some success. We noted that there were very few lady competitors and so donated the Swift Ladies Cup to encourage them (there was also a Swift cup for male novices which sadly seems to have gone missing…). Presenting the ladies cup will keep Barbara’s connection with the club and curborough alive (.she also served on the management committee or ‘Team” as it was then known). Look forward to seeing you on the 28th Regards Roger

John Martin was at Gurston on Sunday and he took a load of photos and videos, some of which will be in our end of season video. He has provided a link to a Dropbox folder where you can browse ..... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9lj33ayvb1t7i62/AAAk9o1rCgpE0W77mIyWXlG9a?dl=0

36, a few regulars still missing......

Here are final instructions, including paddock plan and entry list.... 2022 07 24 Offical Instructions.pdf

31 now

Entries for the 2 final rounds of the 2022 championship at Blyton will open at 8 am on Tuesday 26th July. Last year these events filled up in a few hours so set your alarm now! Regs are NSCC 2022 Roger Carrington Memorial Sprint Weekend Supplementary Regs V3 published.pdf (Our classes haven't been updated from last year, the new classes 4 and 5 should be up to date on the entry form) Online entries will be accessed from here

Only 25 entries so far, we need 40 to run the event. If you are planning to compete please enter soon!