Each year the club holds a 3 round series of club Championships. These friendly competitions are open to all vehicles of Grade 3 and above. . The final points are from the best two rounds , allowing each competitor to miss out or drop one round.

The aim is to have as many vehicles as possible competing in these events with a suitable class for everyone. To compete, you must be a financial member of the club.

The emphasis is on having fun without trashing the truck (fingers crossed), friendly competition with a BBQ or social bite to eat at the end of each round. The rounds are usually about 5 weeks apart starting in mid June.

These are based loosely on national trials rules allowing some discretion as this is a fun event for all vehicle types.

The Vehicles

Standard - (Club trucks)

• Open or soft top vehicles require a minimum of 4 point roll cage mounted to chassis.
• Minimum of 3 point Safety Belts.
• Body and chassis can be modified to fit engine/wheels etc and top can be removed.
• Engine/gearbox/transfer case/ignition system/fuel system/exhaust/cooling system/ wheels may be altered.
• Diffs and axles can be modified internally only but no locking devices or limited slip diffs, factory fitted or otherwise can be used.
• No independent wheel brakes allowed.
• Heavier shocks allowed but on original mounts.

Modified

• Full roll cage.
• Full Harness minimum of 3 point Safety Belts.
• Vehicles can be modified in any way.

Standard Shiny

• Must have Reg & WOF.
• Maximum tyre size of 31”.
• No performance enhancing modifications.

Modified Shiny

• Any other vehicle with a current Reg and WOF.

The final decision as to class eligibility will be determined by the scrutineer or trip leader on the day using the above guidelines, please discuss any issues before the event if possible.

Open only to Four Wheel drive vehicles which meet a minimum of Grade 3 requirements.

The Drivers

• All drivers must be financial members of the club.
• All drivers and navigators must wear seat belts and crash helmets while competing.
• The navigator must be seated beside the driver while competing.

The Course

The course consists of a number of obstacles known as hazards, usually about 10 are set before lunch and 10 after lunch depending on the time and number of vehicles.

Most of the graded hazards will be set so as to be easy at the start and more challenging as the hazard progreese.
This allows shiny vehicles to compete without putting themselves into dangerous positions yet still providing a serious challenge for more capable vehicles.

• Each hazard begins at a pair of blue pegs and finishes at a pair of blue pegs.
• The course boundary is maked with yellow pegs to the left and red pegs to the right.
• If you knock over a peg or go outside the course, you incur the points at the previous marked peg.
• The scoring begins when the first hub crosses the start and finishes as son as forward movement stops, the vehicle is outside the course or the first hub crosses the finish line.
• A vehicle is deemed to have left the course if all four wheels are outside the boundary markers.
• Once a vehicle looses forward motion, it must stop driving immediately and leave thehazard without completing it. This may mean backing off or being towed clear so as not to further damage the course.
• Flexible pegs can be bent down until the head touches the ground before incurring a penalty.
• As soon as one of the vehicle's front hubs crosses the start line the competitor's score for the hazard is reduced from 200 to 100 points.
• At each pair of pegs the points are reduced further, usually by 20, sometimes by 10 or 15 until passing one hub across the finish line gives the competitor a perfect zero.

Speed Sections

A speed section usually consists of a timed circuit, where the vehicle must start and stop in an area between four blue pegs, known as a “garage", and complete the allotted course in the shortest time.

The course is still marked with yellow and red pegs and each one knocked out incurs a penalty. Timing starts as soon as the vehicle is rolling and stops when the complete vehicle is stationary inside the garage. There is no penalty for loss of forward motion. If a vehicle leaves the course, it must reenter at the same point.