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Karting for Injured Troops is GO… GO… GO!
KartForce is a new project with the aim of providing injured troops with a memorable adrenalin packed experience which focuses on providing the opportunity of enjoying an action packed programme of kart racing and socialising.
KartForce will be launched with an inaugural high profile event at the superb Whilton Mill venue in Northamptonshire on Thu & Fri August 12th & 13th 2010. In addition to two days racing for up to 50 participants there will be a corporate social function on Thursday evening, and a full programme of entertainment and action packed displays.
Whilton Mill will make twenty of their corporate Pro-Karts available to KartForce, all of which will be fitted with hand controls which have been developed to allow troops with injuries as severe as triple amputees, to compete in kart racing on a level playing field with their non-injured comrades.
Prior to the launch event, KartForce will be organising 2 or 3 tester track days. Anyone interested in testing the karts with hand controls should email Dave – dave@KartForce.org. There’ll also be plenty of practice time on the morning of Thu 12th Aug.
KartForce events are open to serving and ex-services personnel, with injuries sustained either on active duty or in civilian life. There are still places available for the inaugural event at Whilton Mill in August, so if you are interested in taking part, or you have members of your organisation or association that would like to take part, then go to http://www.kartforce.org/participant_registration/register_interest.html to register your interest.
Kartforce will be an ongoing project that will be developed to offer bespoke events at both indoor and outdoor kart venues throughout the UK. There are already events in the pipeline for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and initial contacts have been made for major international events. So, if you can’t make it to Whilton Mill but would like to register your interest in taking part in a future event then submit your details using the link above, or contact dave@kartforce.org so that we may organise our events to best suit the requirements of participants.
The KartForce project has already caught the imagination and support of a host of service organisations and private individuals and we believe it will provide a fantastic resource; but don’t just take our word for it, this is the opinion of Major Gary Tait, OC Army Recovery Centre Edinburgh, “This is a fantastic project and I am convinced that it will deliver exactly what it is offering – level playing field and an opportunity to try out something new and exciting. Great idea.”
Full details and photos of the hand controls can be found at the link below…
Below is a link to the ITV interview from Tue 20th Jul.
http://www.kartforce.org/kartforce_tv.html
If you have any questions or need more info, email me any time.
Dave Player
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Another great initiative for injured servicemen and ex-servicemen. Congratulations. It would be good if these facilities could be made available to civilian amputees as well.
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