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2022 XBC Hotel for Awards Dinner

2022 11 19 Frontage

In preparation for the 2022 XBC Awards Dinner, which this year is being held at the Holiday Inn Dumfries on Saturday 19/11/2022, the XBC Team would like to invite you to book your Hotel Room now in order to avoid disappointment.

Set in the grounds of the stunning Crichton estate on the outskirts of Dumfries, expect an evening of good food, good craic, some entertainment provided by your hosts, and maybe even an award or two.

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This is a “dog friendly” Hotel (with the exception of the main restaurant), and has been selected in response to Competitor feedback on this subject. Let Dave know if you intend to bring your dog, and he will provide more information.

2022 11 19 Bar

We have negotiated a discounted room rate, and currently have a number of rooms being held for us, but we would encourage everyone to book early (NOW !!) as the discounted rate will stop 30 days before the event, and any unbooked rooms will then be released.

There is an even better rate available for a two night stay and we would encourage people to explore the delights of Dumfries & Galloway (or further afield if you wish) by joining us on the Friday as well.

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Bed & Breakfast room rates are £45 per person based on two people sharing for a one night stay, £40 per person per night based on two people sharing for a two night stay. Single occupancy supplement is £25 per night.

The Holiday Inn Dumfries hotel rooms can be booked by calling 01387 272410 option 5 (reception) (9-5 Mon-Fri) and quoting CROS181122.

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This event is open to all Competitors, their families and friends, and anyone involved with or connected in any way to the XBC.

Drop us an email to let us know when you have booked your Hotel room. The Dinner itself will be bookable through the XBC website in due course.

We are very much looking forward to our new venue, and to taking a short break to explore and enjoy the surrounding area. We very much hope that you can join us there.

2022 XBC July Update

Kames Alpine

Astonishing as it is, July is now behind us, and we are two thirds of the way through our season. The Kames July Weekend Sprint provided some good close competition over the weekend, with a fine Clubhouse meal on the Saturday evening followed by an entertaining quiz. The main thing to be learned from the quiz was just how many people have used up valuable brain cells to retain trivial and useless bits of information !!!

Additional entertainment was provided on the Sunday, when a helpful competitor, perhaps taking his cue from the colour coded hospital floor line guide system, decided to help future newbies and lost souls by painting a nice black guide line all the way from the bottom paddock, to show the way to the start line. Thanks Fraser !!!

Added excitement and anticipation was provided by the Inter-Club competition of the Tillicoultry Quarries Cup, designed to bring people from disparate Classes together, as opposed to the light hearted low level civil war that ensued when it was realised that certain drivers in certain classes had been “poached” to represent one Club or another !!

In the end, glory was ours, as the EACC (XBC) team brought the cup home from the previous holders, Caithness.

A great weekend, and now the XBC Website has been updated with Results and Scoring to the end of July which you can find on the 2022 Events Page.

We now have Curborough and Forrestburn to look forward to in August, and we hope to see you there.

2022 XBC July Excitement

2022 07 12 Tour de France

The XBC calendar is a little quieter at the moment, some respite for those with family holiday commitments perhaps. However today’s sporting spectacle seen in this photo was to be found at the Tour de France Morzine to Megève stage, where only a few minutes after departure, this video clip shows the entire pack pass through the Montriond rond point in less time than a single run at a Speed Event !!


With entries now closed for a full event at Barbon on the 16th, this suberb hillclimb is expected to be good for those making the trip, and anyone still needing new “QR coded” Car Stickers should see Dave there.

Looking forward to Curborough on the 14th August, entries are now full, with your XBC organisers first and second on the reserve list. You can can add yourself to the reserve list with this link, rather than the normal entry link on the website.

The main upcoming event is however the July Kames Summer Sprint Weekend, where we can rely on a “value for money” number of timed runs after a single practise run. In addition there is the expected additional excitement of an inter-club challenge, which is always good for bringing drivers from disparate classes together. Entertainment in some shape or form is promised for the Saturday night, following the provision of a good evening meal from the girls in the canteen. Here is the official promotional poster from EACC.

2022 07 30 & 31 July Kames Poster

This is always a great event, the best chance of “sunshine at Kames”, but good competition and good craic guaranteed. So it is time to get your entries in before it is too late, and a link is available on our 2022 Events Page.

We hope to see you there.