Ready Steady Go Karting

On Saturday over twenty of us went to the Carlisle Indoor Go Karting arena and true to their word they gave us a discount if we could get twenty people taking part.

We had been once before in September last year so there were no excuses this time except for Jaimi, Leanne and Sam who had not been before.

We began the day by signing our life away as we signed a disclaimer against the firm but that didn’t worry us because we were now experts at Karting!!

We all picked our overalls and helmets and we were raring to go. We started off with a practice lap but no one was holding back. People were straight away crashing into each other in an attempt to overtake them and the track was much more slippy this time so going round the corners was a free for all!

The competition began and again we each raced 5 times, once in each of the 5 different karts.

Our points were tallied up and the top five scoring individuals went on to race in the final round which was a 12 lap race! Gemma’s husband Chris managed to keep his cool and took first place again! He also registered the fastest lap time so well done Chris!

Our own Fran Reay did brilliantly by registering the fastest lap time for the girls, well done Fran!

Where there is a winner, there is a loser and this is where Sam Harrison comes in! She has to get a mention because she came last with the most black flags! Black flags are awarded for those drivers that crash into others a lot or purposely road hog or is generally a menace on the track!! Tut tut Sam!!

This was a great team building exercise and we look forward to hearing about the next race meeting in future.

Sarah Reilly