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HistoriaBorder Ecosse Car Club anchors Borders rallying with Charterhall Stages and a thriving junior arm
In the Scottish Borders, Border Ecosse Car Club has been a steady home for grassroots motorsport since the early 1970s, running a year‑round mix of stage rallies, autocross, autotests and navigational/scatter events [1][2][3].Signature fixtures carry real local weight: the Charterhall Stages at the former airfield and the Sam Leitch Memorial Autocross near Sprouston, Kelso headline the club’s slate, while BECC also co‑promotes the Jim Clark Rally, a British Rally Championship counter run on closed public roads [1][2][3].BECC helps steward the Borders Rally Championship, first held in 1996 and now split across Tarmac, Forest and Junior sections — a pathway that has strengthened the club’s junior pipeline and given younger members formal representation on the committee [2].Names tied to the club span household champions and Borders stalwarts alike, from Louise Aitken‑Walker, Euan Thorburn and David Bogie to pairings such as Mike Horne/Monty Pearson, reflecting the depth of rallying tradition in the area [2].The club is registered as a company with Companies House and maintains an active online presence via its official site and Facebook, with fresh season updates posted through March and April 2026 — a snapshot of a membership described as longstanding and growing [4][1][5][6][7].