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The DVD of the 2011 SCA Championships is now available from our friends at AAL Media Scotland.

It features full comprehensive coverage from the second year of the SCA Championship - a close fought gravity fuelled battle over all four rounds of the championship at;

• Castle Forbes Gravity Time Trial
• Border Bogie Challenge
• Catterline Cartie Challenge
• Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme

From planks of wood & Silver Cross wheels to the high tech aerodynamic carbon fibre 'creations'- reaching speeds of in excess of 70 mph at Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme - the longest and fastest gravity racing course in the UK - the ultimate test of driver and soapbox!

This DVD features terrifying on-board runs, heart stopping thrills and spills, Competitor interviews, on-course footage, full results, extras and much much more ... Filmed and produced by award winning AAL Media Scotland. 

C12 broke the track record and took the silverware at Border Bogies

The second round of the SCA Championship took place in the lovely Borders village of Denholm, near Hawick last weekend. 24 teams - the largest field yet - took part in the senior race at Border Bogies, and the juniors were well represented too.

After last year's race there was speculation as to whether it would be possible to complete the course in under a minute, and this year we didn't have to wait long for the answer. Team Rooket, in the second run of the day, smashed the 60 second barrier by 2 seconds. Their records didn't stand for long, however, and C12 posted a time of 56.45 seconds in their second run - a time which nobody could beat for the rest of the day. But that didn't stop everyone trying! C12, Team Alford, Team Rooket, Centa Bavaria and Pist n Broke all managed sub 60 second runs. 

The Scottish cartie racing season will kick off in May with a brand new event at Castle Forbes, near Alford in Aberdeenshire. The Castle Forbes Gravity Race (7th & 8th May), set in the grounds of the castle itself, promises to be very challenging and it will be interesting to see which carties do well there. Can last year's SCA Champion, Team Alford (right), make use of home advantage to start the season with another win, or will one of the many new teams steal their thunder?

Just two weeks after Castle Forbes is the fabulous Border Bogie Challenge (21st May) in Denholm, and then the following month it is back up to Aberdeenshire for the short but intense Catterline Cartie Challenge  (12th June), which will be test drivers and their carties to the limit. Any carties still left in raceworthy condition will then get to race alongside the best teams in the UK at Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme (1st & 2nd July) - the longest and fastest soapbox race in the country.

Alongside all this we'll be running the SCA Championship again. If you're taking part in two or more of these races, why not take your chances and register for the championship too (note - if you've already got a place at Cairngorm you've automatically been registered in the SCA Championship too).

Border Bogies 2011 will take place on Saturday 21st May.

• Juniors and Senior races.
• Classes for Soapbox Cartie and Gravity Sidecar.
• SCA Championship points available.
  

Keep an eye on http://borderbogie.co.uk for details, entry forms, etc.

The cartie racing season in Scotland is about to get underway with the fabulous Border Bogie Challenge at Denholm this weekend. Now in its second year, Border Bogies has rapidly grown in stature and is attracting some very competitive teams from across the UK, including the every competitive Peter Pope and the always entertaining Will Gunn. Scottish teams are well represented, with The Cheats returning to defend their trophy for the best aggregate time. It will also see the first competition for Gravity Sidecar in Scotland.

Border bogies will also be the first round in the new SCA Championship, with registered teams competing for championship points and the honour of being crowned the very first SCA Champion.