2. The event will use the Rally Round Map Board and the Rally Round Rules of the Game (for Internet competitions). You'll find it useful to download and make reference to this map board image (just 68k) for the event. Better still, colour print it on a sheet of plain A4 (or print on A4 glossy/photographic paper for higher quality)

3. The entry fee for all four events is £10. See Entry Form. If insufficient entries are received by September 27, 2004 to make the Championship viable (30 minimum), then the Championship may be cancelled and monies will be returned.

4. For each event, there will be a Road Book with a Marked Map (see link for an example) which will define the route to be followed on the Rally Round Map Board. The Internet address of the Road Book for each event will be e-mailed to each registered entrant. 

5. Competitors must study the features on the defined route and select a single Rally Kit which they think will allow them to make moves to minimise their penalties on the whole event.

6. Using the standard rules and the advantages that each Rally Kit/Hazard! card gives, competitors have to make moves to complete each section of the rally. The moves may be conveniently recorded on a printed copy of the Time Card for the event that you will submit for your answers (see Sample Time Card).
For each move you will need to record your chosen speed and, if you are using a Rally Kit or Hazard! card to override a standard rule, the card that you have used. You should also calculate what your penalties are and record them in the appropriate column.

7. If you have made some mistakes in your submission, they will be highlighted to you and you will have one opportunity to correct them. If they are still wrong, you will receive the maximum penalty for the incorrect section. The maximum penalty will be the target time for the section plus 10 minutes.

8. An example of a complete rally can be found at Example Rally.

9. The Rally Round Rookie Guide will also be useful in helping you play the game.

10. Championship points will be awarded on each event consistent with an entrant's overall position - i.e. 1st place = 1 point, 2nd place = 2 points...100th place = 100 points. The overall winner of the Championship will be the contender with the lowest number of points from three rounds. Contenders completing less than three rounds will not qualify for final Championship placings. In the event of the number of Championship rounds being increased or reduced, the organisers reserve the right to amend the number of qualifying rounds to count accordingly.

11. Event positions will be decided in order of ascending penalties.

12. Ties will be decided on the "Furthest, Cleanest" principle, i.e. the competitor with the least penalties on the earliest section will have the advantage. For example, if two competitors tied on overall penalties, but competitor A had a score of 4 minutes at TC2 and competitor B 5 minutes at TC2, competitor A would be placed above competitor B. If there is still a tie, the competitor with the earliest submission of a completed Time Card will have the advantage.

13. The organisers reserve the right to appoint an arbiter should there be any dispute over a section. or cancel or amend any section should the need arise. 

14. Specific queries concerning the route cannot be accepted, but general enquiries will be answered by e-mail.

15. A trophy will be awarded to the winner of each event. Trophies will be awarded to the first three overall in the Championship. The net income from the Championship will be donated to Cancer Research.

16. This master set of rules will be published here. Any information which changes after original publication, that materially affects the running of an event or the Championship, will be notified via to competitors by e-mail.