Soapbox Derby 2012

The West Auckland 9th Annual Soapbox Derby will be held on Sunday 18th March 2012.

The Soapbox Derby is a fantastic event for local children attracting huge support from our community. Photos of the 2011 races are available here

New schools and sponsors are always welcome.

For details contact: info@soapboxderby.co.nz

BROCHURE: Our 2012 Brochure is available now. Expressions of interest from Schools and Sponsors are welcome

FLIER: We have also produced a summary Flier for sponsorship purposes

AASBD: We run the races under the AASBD rules. The rules, and further information, are available at: www.aasbd.org

• Superstock Plans
• AASBD Rules
• Driver Registration Form

NZ RULES: We have a few local NZ 2012 Rules <Last update 9/2/12> to deal with local conditions. These need to be read in conjunction with the AASBD rules.

NZ RULES - Safety Addition

SCHOOL START INFO: New to the derby? No idea where to start? A Guide for Schools

MASTERS CAR RACE: This year there will be a demonstration Masters Car Race run by the NZ AASBD Trust with the 4 or 5 Masters car here in NZ. The rules for this are here

2012 KEY DATES:

Saturday 25 February 2pm - 4pm
Workshop: Car Setup
Scout Hall, Riverhead

Thursday 8 March 4pm - 6pm
Compulsory West Auckland Safety Brief
Moselle Avenue Testing Station

Friday 9 March 4pm - 6pm
Workshop: Car Fine Tuning
Scout Hall, Riverhead

Saturday 10 March
Northcote Rotary SBD
Kaipatiki Road, Glenfield

Sunday 18 March
Waitakere Rotary SBD
Westgate Drive, Massey

Saturday 24 March
Whangaparaoa Rotary SBD
Brightside Road, Stanmore Bay

Saturday 31 March 
East Auckland Rotary SBD
Stonefields Road, St Johns

Sunday 1 April 
NZ Final: East Auckland Rotary
Stonefields Road, St Johns

Thursday 5 May
Complete and post your Video Entries

Wednesday 2 May
Soapbox Derby Thank You Night

NEWSLETTERS

Newsletter #2: 7th February 2012
Contents include:

• Key Dates
• First Steps
• Practice Request (!!)
• First Practice Site
• Workshop info
• School sponsor & Food lists
• Carnival Ideas

Newsletter #1: 28th November 2011
Establishing contact between the schools, sponsors and Rotary SBD teams.

2011 SBD Video

2010 Rotary SBD Video

2010 Waitakere Primary Video
(NOTE: Music changed for You Tube copyright reasons)

VIDEO AWARD

Every year we make a short  video of the Derby to upload to You Tube and our website. A Rotary Only video is... boring. We therefore seek input from the children involved to really make it interesting. And we offer PRIZES to all entrants!

LENGTH: 3 minutes

FORMAT: Suitable for upload to You Tube

CONTENT: Can contain video, slideshows of photos, logos, art work, interviews, voiceovers, music...
Let your imagination run wild!

LOCATIONS: School, Practice Days, Scruitineering and drivers safety briefing day
... Where your car goes take a camera/video camera

SPONSORS: Sponsors are important - without them we can't have a Derby.
The Trusts and your own sponsor(s) provide the money to allow you to race - include their logos and help us promote them.

DEADLINE: Finish it by the end of Term 1 and post it so we get it by Wednesday 11th April 2012.

PRIZES: These will be awarded at our Thank You Night in Term 2.

Resources:
We have two types of logos for you to use. Pick which set you want to use:

Logo on a black 720 x 576 screen

• AASBD
• Waitakere Rotary
• Rotary International Theme
• TTCF

Logos

• AASBD
• Waitakere Rotary
• RI Theme: white background or black background
• TTCF