Navigational Scatter rallies are the perfect way into motorsport. It is low-cost and can be entered in your everyday road car. No special equipment is required. A Scatter Rally is designed to develop teamwork between the driver and navigator as well as a good training ground for OS map reading.

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This event is one step further on than a treasure hunt. Treasure hunts are usually held during daylight hours and clues are found over a set route. The event is not timed, but start and finish times are given, between which competitors must traverse the route and find clues. The team with the most correct answers is the winner.

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Scatters develop this theme, still not timed, but not on a set route. A number of clues are given, usually OS map references or What3Words locations. Usually, there are up to 30 clues, of which up to a maximum of ¾’s should be visited, with varying points based on distance and clue difficulty. The winner is the team that collects the most correct answers within the allotted time. The skill in this type of event is assessing the best way of visiting the required number of clues and this is determined by the navigator finding the shortest or quickest route between the clues.

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Scatter rallies can be run in either daylight or in the darker evenings of the year. These are not speed events, and competitors are usually allowed 4 hours to gather the answers in the daylight events, and 2 hours for those held in the evening. Consequently, the daylight Scatters are often very much family affairs where children can be good at spotting the clues. The Scatters finishes back at a pub where competitors can regale tales of their experiences. The daylight Scatters held during the summer months usually finish at a pub where lunch/dinner can be had to make it a real family day out.