The 2009 Gates of Brockenhurst Gurston Down Hillclimb Championship

Basis of the Championship

Champ Points for 2009

Annual Awards

The Gurston Down Hillclimb Championship, generously sponsored by Gates of Brockenhurst, comprises four rounds at this famous Wiltshire Hill, with the Championship rounds normally being held at the April, June, July and September meetings.

Steve Butts, 2008 Gurston Down Hillclimb Champion ©2008 Copyright Simon McBeath / maximage

Points are awarded to registered contenders on the basis of how fast they go, relative to their class "bogey" time.  The bogey time is calculated by adding eight seconds to each class record (as they stand at the beginning of each season), and the amount by which each competitor beats the bogey time determines the number of points he or she scores.   For example, if a class record stands at 34.45 seconds, the bogey time will be 42.45 seconds.

If a competitor in that class sets a time of 34.78 seconds, then 7.67 points would be earned.  As you can see, times are measured to the nearest one-hundredth of a second, and points are allocated in the same tiny increments.  And, amazing though it may sound, the differences between competitors at the end of the season can be so small that even these fractions of a point may not be enough to separate them!

Each competitor counts their best three out of four scores, so that if an event is missed, or a driver suffers a mechanical problem, it is still possible to remain competitive in the Championship as long as three good scores have been recorded.   The key to being successful is being competitive in your class, and being able to get close to, or even beat your class record - indeed, to win the Championship almost requires that a driver HAS to beat the class record, as set the previous season, at each meeting in order to put up a high score.

There is an award for the overall winner of the Championship of course, but awards also go to the winners of each class in the Championship too, so there is plenty of competitive action throughout the whole field as drivers vie for position.

The tables set out below detail the points achieved by competitors in last year's Championship.   As you can see, the Championship really can be won by any driver from any class, just so long as they are very competitive.

You can also see how close is the competition between some of the drivers, with the gap between places being measured in a few hundredths of a second in places.

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