Safari Scatter

25th/26th March 2000

Regulations Entry Form Final Instructions Results Home

Introduction

Welcome to the 2000 Safari Scatter.

Once again we are inviting you to venture out on to the roads of map 185, Winchester and Basingstoke, for an event that we're sure will provide you with an enjoyable evening's entertainment.

We are going to continue to use the fun bits of 'WinchBas', avoiding the built-up areas. Years of experience tells us the roads out there can be fun and we've set an event that will let you enjoy them to the full. The start location at Sutton Scotney services is easily accessible for everyone and puts you right in the heart of the event from the word go, and also means we can all get home to bed quite swiftly once our prompt results team has done its stuff.

This year's event will be fairly similar to last year's Safari. The many of you who have participated in previous Safaris will recognise the recurring theme of 'one thing leading to another', but we continue to move on and keep the event fresh and different from anything else. This year we are putting the route decision and time management element to the fore: this will give everyone the chance of a good score, ensuring crews are separated by more than whether or not they solve one particularly mind bending clue. There will be lots for everyone to do, and the navigation will definitely be Novice-Friendly. This year it will be possible to achieve approaching 75% of the target score from map references alone, so even if you struggle with the clues there will still be plenty of boards to get. As you would expect from the Safari, drivers will continue to be entertained with lots of variety in the territory to be covered, but perhaps a couple more opportunities to pause for breath than in the last couple of years.

Please complete your entry form right now and get it in the post - it would help us a great deal. We have had some of the biggest entries for local scatters over the past couple of years, but with most entries flooding in over the few days leading up to the event, when we'd much rather have them a week or two beforehand and know how many to plan for. Thanks.

We look forward to seeing you on the night.

Doug, AJ and Trevor (with a little help from our friends :-)

Sponsored by

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SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

    Announcement

  1. The Windsor Car Club Limited will promote a Navigational Scatter Event on 25th/26th March 2000 which will be held under the General Regulations of The RAC Motor Sports Association Ltd (incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA) and the Supplementary Regulations.

  2. A Permit has been applied for.

    3. Eligibility

  3. The event is open to all full members of Windsor Car Club Ltd. and the following invited clubs:

    Middlesex County AC Nat WestBank MC Guildford MC
    Wessex MC Hants & Berks MC Cranleigh MC
    Hart MC Dolphin MC

    Start and Finish

  4. The start and finish will both be at Sutton Scotney Services (southbound) on the A34, MR 185/459½ 399½. Petrol will be available at this venue. Scrutineering will commence at 19.00; competitors should be signed on by 19.40. Club membership cards will be inspected. Competitors are reminded that scatter events encourage the use of standard road cars and modified cars are discouraged.

  5. Navigation will be issued to all crews at 20.00.

  6. The finish control opens at 00.00 on Sunday 26th March 2000 and closes by 00:29:59 Crews who start but fail to hand in their route card by 00:29:59 will be deemed to have retired.

    7. Area Traversed

  7. All search points are located on map 185 issue C. There is no set route but it should not be necessary to exceed 100 miles to reach the target score. No more that 75% of the points listed need to be visited to achieve the target score.

    8. Crews

  8. Each crew shall comprise one driver and one navigator. Extra passengers may be carried up to the capacity of the vehicle.

    9. Classes

  9. There will be three classes:

    Experts a crew in which any member has finished in the top two positions in an event based on Ordance Survey maps (other than closed-to-club events, or competing as a driver in a Stage rally, Navigational Rally or Road Rally) in the last three years. Also classed as experts are the winners of the annual 1st Semi-Expert awards in the previous year's Five Maps Scatter championship.
    Semi-Experts a crew classed as neither Expert nor Novice. Also classed as semi-experts are the winners of the annual 1st Novice awards in the previous year's Five Maps Scatter championship.
    Novices a crew in which no member has won a novice class in any two events based on Ordnance Survey maps (other than closed to club events) where the novice starting entry has been five or more.

    A crew may be reclassified at the organisers' discretion. If you feel that the above class definitions places you in the wrong class, then please contact the organisers.

    Awards

  10. The folllowing awards will be made :

    First Overall The Wayfarer Trophy and two awards
    First Expert Two Awards
    First Semi-Expert Two Awards
    First Novice Two Awards

    No competitor may win more than one award. The Wayfarer Trophy is to be held for one year or until one month prior to the awards night for the 2001 Safari Scatter, whichever is shorter. Additional class awards may be presented if there are sufficient entries within that class.

    Entries

  11. The maximum entry is 60, the minimum 20. Entry opens on publication of these Supplementary Regulations and closes at 19.00 on Tuesday 21st March 2000. Entries shall be accepted in order of receipt.

  12. If the mimimum number of entries is not reached by the closing date, the organisers reserve the right to cancel the event. In this situation, entry fees will be refunded less £1 to cover administration costs.

  13. All entries must be made on the enclosed entry form and should be sent, accompanied by the entry fee of £6, to the Entries Secretary, to be received by the closing date. Cheques payable to Windsor Car Club Ltd please. Entries received after the closing date may be accepted at the increased fee of £10.

    14. Navigiational Equipment Required

  14. OS 1:50000 Landranger Second Series sheet 185 issue C (1997) will be required together with normal navigational equipment, including romer, drawing and magnetic compasses, long ruler, protractor, scissors, calculator, tracing paper, bright torches and suitable clothing and footwear. Use of furry dice is discouraged.

    15. Officials

  15. Event officials are as follows:

    16. Clerk of the Course: Doug Robinson Tel: (01703) 396368 (h)
    Secretary: Andy Juniper Tel: (01784) 433689 (h)
    (01753) 661485 (w)
    Entries Secretary: Doug Robinson Tel: (01703) 396368 (h)
    Tel: (01703) 592357 (w)
    84 Commercial St
    Bitterne
    Southampton
    SO18 6NJ
    Stewards TBA

    Results

  16. Provisional results will be announced as soon as possible after the finish control closes. Final results will be posted to all entrants within 7 days after the event.

    17. Protests

  17. As this is a sporting event, protests are not encouraged but will be reluctantly acceped if submitted in accordance with sections O5 and E8.1.6 of the General Regulations.

    18. Timing

  18. This will be by the organisers' and marshals' watches which will be set to BBC time. The master clock to which all official timepieces are synchronised will be displayed at the start.

    19. Codeboards

  19. Route checks will be in the form of codeboards, a sample of which will be displayed at the start. Map references and other navigational problems will be used to identify the location of the codeboards.

    20. Manned Controls

  20. There will be two manned controls. At each location a timed navigational task may be undertaken.

    21. Conduct at control and codeboard sites

  21. Competitiors parking inconsiderately or leaving lights on main beam at route checks or marshal points may be penalised

  22. The Start and Finish and all controls and codeboard sites are designated as quiet zones. Other quiet zones may be published in the Final Instructions or navigation. In quiet zones all drivers should extinguish auxilliary lights (not to incude fitted spotlight which cannot be extinguished separately from main beam), use the highest gear possible, and drive slowly.

    23. Scoring

  23. Details of the scoring system will be published in the Final Instructions.

    24. Ties

  24. Ties may be worn, but we will not be enforcing any dress code. Parity of scores will be resolved as follows:

    1. Greatest number of route checks visited
    2. Least number in crew
    3. Anything else the organisers can think of

    Final Instructions

  25. Final Instructions carrying the same force as these SRs will be posted to the navigator not less than 2 days before the event. These will include any Black Spots and Quiet Zones which may be issued for the event. The organisers reserve the right to publish amendments or additions to these SRs if considered necessary.

    26. With many people now having email and internet access, regulations, finals and previous years results are now available on the internet at http://www.windsorcarclub.co.uk. It may be helpful if you could indicate your willingness to receive your finals by email, by putting your email address(es) onto the entry form.

    The Five Maps Scatter Championship

  26. This year, the Five Maps Scatter Championship is a winter championship, and therefore it does not start until September 2000. This year, this event is therefore not a round of the championship - but it will a key part of the 2000-2001 championship.

    About the event sponsors

  27. Stanwell Trailers is a small, family run company specialising in towbar fitting and van outfitting.

    The company has been going nearly 20 years and from it's base in Stanwell makes and fits interior linings, bespoke towbars and supplies various vehicle accessories such as nudge bars, roof racks and shelving. Linings and towbars can be fitted at the Stanwell workshops or by the mobile fitting service.

    More information can be gained from the web site at www.stanwelltrailers.co.uk or by calling on (01784) 252145.

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