Bouley Bay Hill Climb is a

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event held in

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, and organised by The Jersey Motor Cycle and Light Car Club. The course on Les Charrières du Boulay was "first used for competition in 1921" and since 1947 has hosted a round (latterly two rounds) of the

British Hill Climb Championship The British Hill Climb Championship (BHCC) is the most prestigious Hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. Hillclimbing in the British Isles has a rich history, for example, the hillclimb held at Shelsley Walsh, in Worcestershire, England is th ...

. Bouley Bay and Val des Terres hill climb in

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are normally held in July and provide a two-stop tour for UK drivers contesting the series. Of the 1947 event

Raymond Mays Thomas Raymond Mays (1 August 1899 – 6 January 1980) was an auto racing driver and entrepreneur from Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. He attended Oundle School, where he met Amherst Villiers, leaving at the end of 1917. After army service in ...

said: "My E.R.A.'s time counted as a record because, although it was slower than the figure set the previous year by Bainbridge's 1½-litre E.R.A., the 1947 climb was run for the first time from a standing start." The 2008 meeting included rounds 17 and 18 of the British Hill Climb Championship, both being won by

Scott Moran Scott Moran (born 1976 ) is a British hillclimb driver, based in Ludlow, Shropshire. Scott Moran has won the British Hill Climb Championship six times (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016) driving the Gould GR61X he shares with his father, ...

.''Jersey Evening Post'', 19 July 2008.

Bouley Bay Hill Climb past winners

Key: R = Course Record; FTD = Fastest Time of the Day.

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Bouley Bay Hill Climb past winners

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