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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
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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
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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
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Hethel now confirmed for 16th April; still working on the other 2 unconfirmed events.
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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.
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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
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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!
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Great photos Dave, thank you. Surprised you took so many as well as doing the scoring!
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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!
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BTTT. Final entry list now in post 1.
See you all next Sunday!
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48 entries now, latest list in post1. Entries close on Saturday so get your entry in now if you want to compete.
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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......
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42 now.....yes we're on. Nice if we had a few more!
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39 now.....just another reminder to enter
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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
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36, a few regulars still missing......
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Here are final instructions, including paddock plan and entry list....
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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
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Only 25 entries so far, we need 40 to run the event. If you are planning to compete please enter soon!
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If this helps here are the documents sent by Loton
Anglesey Entries
in Speed
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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.