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Hawick and Border Car Club
Hawick and Border Car Club
Saturday 14 March 2026
Welcome to an exciting and challenging new look for the Border Counties Rally.
We are very pleased to be returning to the Scottish Rally Championship for the first time since 2019 and thank them for accommodating us in what was our previous calendar position as round 2. We also thank BTRDA for the last 4 years of great competition which their crews brought to the event and look forward to seeing some of them again.
The move to March allows us to revise the route significantly, bringing back stages not used by anyone since 2017. The roads in Elibank and Yair are as you would expect in fantastic condition and together with Cardrona make the classic loop alongside the river Tweed. This will be used twice after the opener in Craik which runs in reverse to recent events and no-one has used that format for 10 years.
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Winners from the last BCR in the Tweed Valley in 2017.
Nat A event, Fredrik Ahlin/Torstein Erikson, Skoda Fabia R5 |
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Service
and trailer parking are again at H & H Auctions in Newtown St.
Boswells, and scrutineering is nearby courtesy of Euroroute Recovery.
Stage mileage is extended to 48 and with Rally HQ, start and finish next to the service area reducing road mileage, we all wish we were competing!
Forestry road repair charges have increased again this year but our aim is to make the most of the new stages and give you the best value we can. The event will use the only alternative running order option available this year by running the permitted smaller engined cars at the front.
We are indebted once again to all our sponsors and supporters, without their help we simply would not be here.
Everyone on the team is working flat out to bring you a great day's competition so get your entry in as soon as they go-live and we look forward to seeing you all in March
The Tweed Valley forests are a rare treat and a warm Borders welcome awaits.
Stage mileage is extended to 48 and with Rally HQ, start and finish next to the service area reducing road mileage, we all wish we were competing!
Forestry road repair charges have increased again this year but our aim is to make the most of the new stages and give you the best value we can. The event will use the only alternative running order option available this year by running the permitted smaller engined cars at the front.
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Winners from the last BCR in the Tweed Valley in 2017.
Nat B event, Jock Armstrong/Paula Swinscoe, Subaru Impreza |
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Everyone on the team is working flat out to bring you a great day's competition so get your entry in as soon as they go-live and we look forward to seeing you all in March
The Tweed Valley forests are a rare treat and a warm Borders welcome awaits.
REGISTER NOW AS A VOLUNTEER
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Marshal Registration Form 2026 (click on image to Register)
Border Counties Rally 10th May 2025 We value all our marshals and you, as volunteers are a massive part of the Border Counties Rally, without them it would be impossible to run safely. If you would like to help out at the event then please complete the form with your details. A variety of positions are available, something for everyone, even if you have no experience, you can be paired with someone who has.
Dip into the archives features the story and entry list from the Border Counties 'Uniflo' Rally on 26 May 1974
The
first all special stage
Border Counties Uniflo Rally, backed by ESSO Petroleum, took place on
26th May 1974.
It was the second rally to take place in Scotland after the Aberdeen
Stages in April, since the enforced closedown of motorsport
following the 1973 RAC Rally, due to fuel supply issues. The event was run on the farm tracks and
airfields of the eastern Borders.A field of 103 starters assembled at Netherdale car park for the Sunday morning start to compete over special stages run over the roads at Easter Housebyres, Bluecairn, Birkenside, West Morrison, Upper Huntlywood, Bield, Sisterpath, Charterhall and Harcarse Hill.
The rally then returned to the finish at the Waverley Castle Hotel, Melrose via the same stages run in the reverse direction.
