Spondon & District Off Road Club is a Derbyshire based 4×4 club, with members from across the Midlands region. Our members participate in Treasure Hunt and Gymkhana type off-road events in a relaxed, family friendly  but marshal controlled environment. We have various types of cane trial sections at our events, with other non-competitive sections for new members and novice drivers to try. We try to cater for all types of 4 wheel drive vehicles (sorry, no quad bikes). Road legal and trailered vehicles are welcome at our events, but all vehicles must meet minimum scrutineering requirements (no scrap yard specials!). Under 14’s are also allowed to drive when accompanied by an over 18 full licence holder, subject to signed parental consent.

We encourage 4×4 owners to utilise the full potential of their own vehicle, ensuring maximum adventure and fun. We hold regular offroading days/weekends ( at various sites around the Midlands area, with one or two trips further afield throughout the year.

If you’re an experienced off roader who doesn’t want the expense and competition of full blown challenge events, or a complete novice who is looking to pick someone’s brains about why something broke or how to fix it, why not give us a try? Take a look around our site, our FAQ’s section should answer all your questions, but if you need any further information, or want to join our club, please contact our Club Secretary Trevor Harrison, using the contact form, or call mobile 07976 586812 (no calls after 9pm please!),  who will be pleased to help you.

For a great dirty weekend, Spondon Off Road, your local 4×4 club!

MSA Weekend at Stainby 

September 4th / 5th

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Although the  whole weekend was brilliant there was an amount of damage  which we as a club haven’t seen for a while or at least at the same event.

The ’Carnage’ wasn’t a last thing Sunday job either as it started within the first couple of  hours of Saturday at the waterfall!

I’ve had a good go at listing all the damage and whether it’s fully accurate or not shouldn’t really matter as this just gives us an idea

of what broke!

John allsop kicked it off below the waterfall with an ‘S’ shaped track rod and then blew a front shaft trying to make an exit.

It was quite a job to get the TD5 back to the pits.

Dave and Liam both broke the same rear halfshaft at the same time and of course it was both of them that ripped the snorkle off??

John Smith also lost his snorkle at some stage whilst he also bent the winch bumper ends along with a wing and the rear of the tub.

Phil broke a front shaft quite early on which sadly would not come out even with Shrek pulling on it!!

Dolly and Barnsley (these were the names I was given) really did manage to turn a short wheelbase landy into a long one and also

found that trees are tougher than any Landrover.

John Stanley’s Suzuki broke a spring eye, lost a shocker, sheared the rear prop off and stoved the side in when it fell over.

Josh’s Disco broke a trackrod end completely off, had to be fixed in the hole in the woods.

Shrek had a rear shocker pull thro’ which then took a tyre valve off.

Jim’s Disco had no damage although Jim said his wallet was damaged!!

Chris’s Landcruiser (Me) nil damage, it’s a Toyota…..

Steve’s  series II came away unscathed which was nice for the oldest truck there.

Gaz, I see that you have uploaded a load of pics, Ill arrange them into a gallery as soon as I can

Its better if you can downsize them before uploading but ill fix it

Mark

Edit:no one has added captions before, so I have to work out how to sort them out so they look better

.Id just like to thank all the members who turned up over the weekend to help celebrate my birthday.

 Friend and family had the chance to have a go and see what its all about.( one went out and brought a disco the next day)They loved it!!!. ( I think the mud could of been a little bit deeper though………….)

I hope you all got safely home .

Id like to give special thanks to Gaz horne, John Wilks and  Amy Wilks Having time off  work and braving  the wind and rain on Friday setting up the site with me.

If you have photos please try and post them on site.  

Once again many thanks.

Stewpot.

IT’S CLYRO TIME!!!!

(this post has been updated, please read through, information updates in yellow)

A FANTASTIC PAY & PLAY EVENT AT THIS AWESOME SITE IN WALES

A superb weekend in the entire bottom wooded area only,( no paintballing taking place!). Sorry,  we will not have any access to top woods as corporate driver training taking place.
 

FEES PER DAY, (FOR THIS EVENT ONLY ) ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 £25 PER DRIVER, QUADS £20 PER RIDER

£6 PER PERSON PER NIGHT CAMPING

Please note: Drivers of vehicles without screens are required to have eye protection, quad riders to have safety gear INCLUDING eye protection. 

Please note: As is normal hotel policy, ALL vehicles for site use and all trailers are to be kept on the car park next to the camping area. ALL site use vehicles (including quads) are NOT to enter the camping area AT ANY TIME during the day. Quads may be taken onto the camping area for locking up at the end of each day. Please ensure you have adequate locks, chains and wheelclamps. Although we have never had anything stolen, there is always a first time!

Those camping will have full use of the hotel facilities; swimming pool & sauna* (see update below), showers, restaurant, bars, and nightclub (an additional fee is payable to enter the nightclub if you are camping)

13/07/2010 EVENT UPDATE: Pool area may not be open due to refurbishment work taking place and running approx 3 weeks behind schedule. Hopefully work will be completed before our arrival but this cannot be guaranteed.

To view the hotel or to enquire about staying in the hotel itself, see http://www.baskervillehall.co.uk/ .Those attending will pay all driving and camping money to Club Secretary Trevor Harrison, who will then pay for the entire weekend.

Anyone wishing to go to the hotel and camp a few days before is welcome to do so from afternoon of 26th July onwards. Trevor will be at the site from Thursday onwards. Please notify Trevor if you will be going earlier in order that he can advise the hotel staff of camping numbers.

Directions to the hotel available HERE

**PAY & PLAY DAY**

Sunday November 21st 2010, 10am to 4pm

Pay & Play day at this ‘ever changing’ site near Leicester

Site has its own ’Pay & Play’ rules, please observe them!!  See them here

Site directions

Directions: Jnct 20 of the M1 follow the A4304 east towards Husbands Bosworth & head to the Gliding school off the A50, you’ll see us at Avalanche Adventure.

If you are using satellite navigation be aware that it will take you straight past us and into Sibbertoft village, We are situated half a mile out of Sibbertoft at the Sibbertoft end of the Airfield.