Legal Racing Manoeuvres

Shoosmiths retained their title and trophy as “fastest Law firm in Northamptonshire” although it was one of the teams from the Milton Keynes office that came out top. They beat Toller again, but it was Tollers who dominated the podium with their two teams taking second and third. Ten teams from members of the Northampton Law Society took part in the heat on Feb 15th which was one of nine heats with teams as diverse as major companies like Nationwide and McIntyre Hudson, small family businesses, local colleges and even a village This is the sixth year that Nene Valley Rotary Club have organised the event since it was started in 2016 and this year has proved the most popular with all heats filled and some excellent racing Event organiser Neil Hufton said “we are delighted again to have had the support of the Law Society and that so many teams took part. This year we hope to raise more than £10,000 and the NLS heat raised £1500 towards that total. Over the last 6 years Rokart has raised £50,000 for local charities. We have had great support with Shoosmiths taking part every year. They were joined by Tollers, BMTC, Hawsons and DFA law in 2017, Friday Legal took part in 2018 and this year Franklins joined the fray.” This year’s event was particularly competitive but was interrupted by quite a few diving incidents leading to yellow and red flags. The overall lap total in the 2-hour race did not achieve the excellence of 2020 when teams did 260-276 laps with this year’s totals being between 230 and 256. As Teamwork’s course Director commented “Lawyers do not like to give way!” This years nominated charities are The Lewis Foundation (who provide gift bags to oncology patients across 14 hospitals in the Midlands and East Midlands) and Kids Aid (who provide a range of therapies to traumatised children) In addition to the 10 teams in the NLS heat, Hewitsons took part in another heat specifically for supporters of The Lewis foundation and achieved 256 laps, the same as Shoosmiths winning total, in a heat where the winner achieved 281 laps The overall results for the heat are given below. Shoosmiths will go forward to the Grand Final in April where they will compete against the winners from all the heats to win the title and trophy for “fastest firm in Northamptonshire”- a very competitive night The Nene Valley rotary club hope to run the event again as Rokart 2023 when we hope to have a full heat again of NLS members As one of the Franklin novice drivers said (who did not have a driving licence) said “I never thought it would be so exciting and so much fun!”