Next Event: Friday 7th November 2025
Announcement
Southsea Motor Club will promote and organise a Navigational 12 Car Rally to be run on the 7th November 2025.
Start location: in the layby on the A272 west of Rogate at Map 197 / 795¼236, this is where signing on for competitors will be.
Map: The event uses OS Landranger map sheet 197. Scale 1:50,000.
Finish: will be in The White Horse Pub, Rogate (Map 197 / 807¾ 238½).
Beginners will be provided with a high quality colour printout of the route, however this can be transferred onto your own map prior to the start if you prefer.
Competitors
Event Supplementary Regulations:
Entry and insurance forms:
- Click on the link above to open the entry form.
- Click on the Disk icon to save a copy of the entry form.
- Minimise the Web page and open the saved copy of the entry form.
- Use the Adobe ‘Fill & Sign’ tool, select Add Text, click on each box and fill out as required.
- Add ######### over the sections that ask you to delete as appropriate.
- Click on the disk icon to save the updated form.
- Attach the updated form to the email, and send to the organiser
Entry fees:
- £15 Entry fee only
- £65 additional for insurance
Insurance:
Additional 3rd party extensions to competitors’ insurance will be available to competitors on the night
of the event, if required. The insurance broker will be REIS (Kingfisher) and the cost will be £ 65.00
subject to meeting the acceptance criteria which are included in the following statement from REIS:
“Vehicles must have a valid motor insurance policy which provides as a minimum, Third Party Liability
cover that complies with the Road Traffic Act. This can be either, by extending an existing motor policy.
to cover the event, or, by purchasing additional cover, providing under the Event Road Section
Scheme as an adjunct to an existing motor policy. If a competitor has an extension to their existing
policy, they will be required to sign a declaration that the cover complies with the requirements of the
Road Traffic Act. Any responsibility for a fraudulent or misleading declaration about existing
cover lies with the competitor.
If a competitor wishes to purchase additional Road Section cover via the organisers, then they can do
so prior to the event, providing they comply with the following:
- is aged 19 years or over
- has held a full driving licence for a minimum of 6 months
- has no more than 6 points on their licence
- has had no more than 1 fault claim in the last 3 years and is named on a valid motor insurance
policy for the vehicle they are driving. - do not have the Third-Party Extension cover on their existing motor policy
- the vehicle has a valid MOT and taxed for the road, unless exempt from doing so
Anyone aged less than 19 years old will also be accepted at the same price should their co-driver be a
more senior member of their family or over 25. Any competitor who falls outside these parameters may
be offered cover at equivalent terms or an agreed price if approval from the Appointed Insurance Broker
has been obtained by the event organisers, prior to the event. Approval can be sought by sending an email to info@kingfisher.com and provide the Drivers’ name and date of birth, the date they passed their driving test and details of any motoring claims and/or convictions.Additional cover provided by this scheme is only effective whilst the vehicle is actively competing in the event and remains under the control or direction of the event organiser(s). Cover will cease immediately if you are precluded, excluded, or retire from the event.The Event Road Section scheme is provided by ABC Insurance Brokers Limited and underwritten by Slipstream Underwriting a trading style of First Underwriting Limited.”NOTE: The cost of this insurance cover to the club is £65 per car, the club have chosen to support grassroots participation in motorsport by not passing this cost onto beginners or new members on this occasion.Competitors in the expert, semi-expert, and novice classes are advised to consider obtaining other, more cost effective, insurance products of their own accord if the £65 premium offered by REIS Kingfisher is deemed unfavourable.
Motorsport UK Licence:
IMPORTANT: In order to compete on 12-Car rallies, you must hold at minimum, a Motorsport UK RS Clubman Licence. The RS Clubman licence is available free of charge from Motorsport UK.
If you can state that you have no medical conditions, are over 18 and a British citizen, you an apply online here: https://www.motorsportuk.org/competitors/rs-clubman-licence/
Marshals
As always, marshals are essential for the successful running of these events.
Please contact Tony Bowers, southseachfmarshal@outlook.com
Signing on:
IMPORTANT Marshals must sign-on in advance using the signing-on form that can be downloaded above or on Marshalling page. Marshals are no longer permitted to turn up and sign-on on the night of the event.
12 Car Rally General Regulations
New general regulations for all Southsea Motor Club 12 Car rallies have been introduced from 2025. They can be downloaded below
Beginners Information
A 12-car rally is a type of car rally, run by motor clubs as a simple and strictly amateur form of the sport.
The rallies are run on weekday evenings (usually a Friday) starting 7.30 to 8.00 and lasting about 2 hours during the winter months. Usually about 50 – 60 miles long they allow you to learn all the intricacies of rally navigation and timing in a low cost and friendly environment. In general they will be run using “plot’n’bash” (i.e. navigate on the move) with up to 8 or 9 time controls. As the events are suitable for novices, plenty of information allowing you to recover the route if you become lost is usually provided.
12-car rallies are run to Navigational Rally rules, which are based on navigational skills rather than speed. In the United Kingdom, the rules for 12-cars are governed by the Motor Sports Association (MSA) and are principally as follows:
- Maximum of 12 competing vehicles per event (hence the name)
- Competition is by crews of two (driver and navigator)
- Only standard road cars permitted, not fully prepared cars (this is at the discretion of the organising club, but is widely upheld)
- Maximum 30 mph average speed only
- No timing to the second permitted, only to the previous minute
- Police will be informed of the event, though route information does not need to be submitted and approved
- Route authorisation must be granted from the MSA’s local representative.
The tools needed by the navigator are relatively few but a little preparation goes a long way.
Maps: You will need to obtain the correct Ordnance Survey Landranger Maps for the event (identified by the edition number, version and date of issue) All our events are set on Map Sheets 185, 186, 196 or 197. The maps are reasonably priced from www dash4it.co.uk phone 0845 6346266.
Nowadays it is ILLEGAL (under MSA regulations) to add information to your maps, other than that given to you by the organisers. You can only highlight information already on it. Some events will check your maps prior to and during the event, to ensure that you are complying with this regulation.
Romer: A romer is your basic means of putting some parts of the route on the map. Its main function is to allow you to plot map references accurately. You can usually buy these at camping and outdoor leisure pursuit centres, or from specialised dealers like Demon Tweeks, Basic Equipment or Rally Navigation Services.
Map board: In order to rest your map on! A sturdy piece of cardboard is recommended as it will fold up in case of an accident but a largish clipboard or piece of hardboard will do.
Clip Board: You will please every marshal enroute if your time cards are firmly attached to a clipboard. It makes writing times and signatures so much easier.
Pencils etc.: A selection of soft pencils (2B or softer), rubber, sharpener, pens etc.
Watches: One watch/stopwatch will suffice but two is ideal, usually one set to time of day (normally BBC time), one for use as a stopwatch. Digital ones are more accurate and easier to use
Beginners Guide
Don’t know where to start? Have a look at our beginners guide below.
Basic Navigation
Want to get off marked maps and learn more about rally navigation? Have a look at this presentation below.
