SJOBA RALLY

SJOBA Thunderbolt Rally 2012 Entry Fee

2012-02-20T21:38:00.001+05:30

2W Extreme - Rs 5000
(Late Entries Rs 7500)
4W Extreme - Rs 11000
(Late Entries Rs 15000)

TSD - Rs 14000 for two crew members.
Extra person Rs 8000 each upto a max of 4 crew members
(Late Entries Rs 18000, extra person Rs 9000 each)

Get set for the Silver Jubilee SJOBA Thunderbolt Rally 2012

2012-02-13T17:49:00.001+05:30

It’s the time of the year for which we all have been waiting, and guess what it’s the 25th year of the SJOBA Thunderbolt Rally.

The Extreme Rally will be open to jeeps/cars/bikes with the participants being required to cover approximately 300 kms over 3 days. The rally being extra special this year, so we thought of making it more challenging and more over FAST, pushing the drivers skills to the test.

The TSD this year is going to be a rollercoaster ride for the novice and amateur participants. A special treat for all the off roaders for sure.

As always, the 4W/2W/TSD Rallies would be running concurrently. The tentative schedule is as follows:

Time: Friday, March 23, 2012 at 9:00am - March 25, 2011, at 6:00pm
Entries open – Monday, 20 February, 2012
Closing Date for Standard Entries – Wednesday , 14 March, 2012
Closing of late entries – Monday, 19 March, 2012
Scrutiny and SSS – 23rd March

Leg 1 (Chandigarh to Shimla) - 24 March, 2012
Leg 2 (Shimla to Chandigarh) - 25 March, 2012
Prize Distribution and Dinner - 26 March, 2012

So get ready and gear up!

SJOBA RALLY 2011 - Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik zip to victory

2011-03-28T17:41:00.006+05:30

The pair of Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik sped to victory in the Jeep category that concluded at St John's School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on March 27, 2011.

The team of Mandeep Singh and Honey Narula clinched the second position, while Harpreet Bawa and Virender Kashyap occupied the third spot.
The team trophy went to the Thunderbolt team, while the Indian Army team were declared the runners-up.
In the cars category, the team of Udaibir Sangha and Jasmohan Singh grabbed the top spot for the second time in the row. The teams of Dhirender Kumar and Anish Agarwal came second, while the third position was occupied by the team of Udaibir Sidhu and Tushar Marwaha.
In the bikes category, Mohit Verma came first, while Saajanpreet Singh came second. The third slot was occupied by Gagandeep Rekhi. In the bikes group `D' category, Arun Mehta came first. Puran Singh Bisht and Baljeet Singh came second and third, respectively.
The winners were presented trophies and cash prizes amounting to Rs 1,80,000 at a prize distribution ceremony held at Rock Garden on March 28.
Results:
Jeep category: 1 Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik 2 Mandeep Singh and Honey Narula 3 Harpreet Bawa and Virender Kashyap.
Car category: 1 Udaibir Sangha and Dalip Virk 2 Direndra Kumar and Anish Aggarwal 3 Udaybir Sidhu and Tushar Marwaha.
Bikes overall: 1 Mohit Verma 2 Saajanpreet Singh 3 Gagandeep Rekhi.
Bikes group 'D': 1 Arun Mehta 2 Puran Singh Bisht.
TSD Category: 1 Varun Monga and Narinder Monga 2 Jagmeet Gill and Chandrashekhar 3 Sandeep Malik and Rakesh Sunny Kumar

Click Here to read Overall Results

Click Here to read Category-wise Results
Click Here to read SS Stage Result
Click Here for TSD Result

SJOBA Rally 2011 - 2nd Batch of Pics from Tirlokpur Checkpost

2011-03-26T15:15:00.005+05:30

SJOBA Rally 2011 - Pics from Tirlokpur Checkpost

2011-03-26T15:05:00.000+05:30

Scrutiny Timings - SJOBA Thunderbolt Rally 2011

2011-03-22T20:11:00.003+05:30

Below are scrutiny timings of various categories. Participants are required to reach the scrutiny venue at least 30 minutes before their time mentioned below.
Participants who do not report on their given time for scrutiny will be charged Rs 1000 as Late Reporting for Scrutiny Penalty

Scrutiny Timings - Extreme Cars

RALLY NO	NAME	TIME	BAY
36	UDAIBIR SANGHA	11.30	1
37	SANJAY SIKAND	11.40	2
38	DHIRENDRA KUMAR	11.50	3
39	UDAY BIR SIDHU	11.40	1
40	ANIL WADIA	11.50	2
41	JAGBIR SINGH NIRWAN	12.00	3
42	SAMRAT YADAV	12.20	1
43	ANIL SHARMA	12.30	2
44	KARANDEEP CHABBRA	12.40	3

Scrutiny Timings - Extreme Jeeps

RALLY NO	NAME	TIME	BAY
1	SUNNY SIDHU	9.15	1
2	SURESH RANA	9.20	2
3	KARAN JUNG	9.25	3
4	SANDEEP SHARMA	9.25	1
5	CAPT HIMANSHU PAREEK	9.30	2
6	HAPREET BAWA	9.35	3
7	LT COL D G SINHA	9.50	1
8	SAMEER PANDE	10.00	2
9	LT COL SUBODH VERMA	10.10	3
10	HARKARAN SINGH	10.00	1
11	COL H S SIDHU	10.10	2
12	PRANAB PAL SINGH GILL	10.20	3
13	AMANPREET AHLUWALIA	10.30	1
14	ANUP SHARMA	10.40	2
15	MANDEEP SINGH	10.50	3
16	RAJWINDER BAINS	10.40	1
17	DIWAKAR KALIA	10.50	2
18	TAUFEEQ MUGHAL	11.00	3
19	MANOJ TANWAR	10.50	1
20	MUNEER AHMED	11.00	2
21	GURINDER SIDHU	11.10	3
22	JAIDEEP MANDER	11.30	1
23	RAJNEESH SURI	11.40	2
24	ZAHOOR UL ISLAM	11.50	3
25	PARAS MANN	11.40	1
26	ANNIRUDDHA JAIN	11.50	2
27	HIMANSHU CHAUDHARY	12.00	3

Scrutiny Timings - Extreme Bikes

RALLY NO	NAME	TIME	BAY
60	SANDEEP MATHARU	9.30	4
61	SAJAAN PREET SINGH	9.40	4
62	RAJAN SIDHU	9.50	4
63	YOGESH LAKHANI	10.00	4
64	GAGANDEEP REKHI	10.10	4
65	RUPINDER SINGH	10.20	4
66	UMANG SAXENA	10.30	4
67	FAISAL BHAM	10.40	4
68	MOHIT VERMA	10.50	4
69	NITIN JEET SINGH	11.00	4
70	JITENDER SINGH	11.10	4
71	VIVEK SHARMA	11.20	4
72	DEVINDER KUMAR MEHRA	11.30	4
73	PURAN SINGH BISHT	11.40	4
74	AJAY DHIMAN	11.50	4
75	ISHAAN ARORA	12.00	4
76	AMARDEEP SHARMA	12.10	4
77	BALJIT SINGH	12.20	4
78	ARUN MEHTA	12.30	4

Scrutiny Timings - TSD Category

RALLY NO	NAME	TIME	BAY
101	GULPREET AULAKH	12.40	1
102	JAGMEET GILL	12.40	2
103	SANDEEP MALIK	12.40	3
104	VARUN MONGA	12.40	4
105	GAURI GUPTA	12.50	1
106	MANISH CHATURVEDI	12.50	2
107	RAJESHWAR SIDHU	12.50	3
108	WARIS BAWA	13.00	1
109	SUMIT PAL SINGH	13.00	2
110	ANKUR KUSHWAHA	13.00	3
111	AJAY PAL SINGH DHILLON	13.00	4
112	HIREN UPADHYAYA	13.10	1
113	VIKAS KUTHIALA	13.10	2
114	PARAMJEET SINGH GILL	13.10	3
115	AMIT VERMA	13.10	4
116	NAVEEN RAWAT	13.20	1
117	PRATAP SINGH	13.20	2
118	CHAND RAM	13.20	3
119	ABHISHRESTH DESWAL	13.30	4

24th SJOBA-Thunderbolt Rally 2011 - FAQs

2011-02-24T13:32:00.000+05:30

Details of entry fees are given in the SRs.

Payment must be made by cash / draft favouring "St John's Old Boys Association" payable at Chandigarh.

Please send all documents to the Rally Office - address given in the SRs.

As on Feb 24, 2011, 13.30 hours the SRs of all categories have been revised. Please download the amended SRs.

The 24th SJOBA Thunderbolt Rally

2011-01-30T10:54:00.001+05:30

Date & Time	Friday, March 25, 2011 at 9:00am - March 27, 2011, at 6:00pm

Location	Chandigarh - Shimla - Chandigarh


More Info	As always, there will be the 4W/2W/TSD Rallies running concurrently. The tentative schedule is as follows: Entries open – 21 February, 2011 Closing Date for Standard Entries - 15 March, 2011 Closing of late entries – 21 March, 2011 Scrutiny and SSS - 25 March Leg 1 (Chandigarh to Shimla) - 26 March, 2011 Leg 2 (Shimla to Chandigarh) - 27 March, 2011 PD and Dinner - 28 March, 2011 Route: The Rally will run six Competitive Stages each day. Six brand new stages have been added for this year's Rally. Leg 1: Chandigarh - Trilokpur - Morni - Badisher - Thapli - Mallah - Bhojnagar - Ashinikhad - Jhaja - Chail (Lunch) - Chhalanda - Tehra - Koti Village - Koti Resorts. Leg 2: Koti Resorts - Thailla - Narel - Matiana - Mohri - Sainj - Tiyali - Jaghed - Chhalanda - Chail (Lunch) - Gaura - Bhojnagar - Chakki Ka Mor - Chandigarh

The preparation for SJOBA rally begins on an adventurous note

2010-11-23T10:40:00.004+05:30

The following article was published in The Tribune Chandigarh on November 23, 2010.

The Thunderbolt SJOBA Sub-Himalayan Rally maybe a few months away (scheduled for March 25-27, 2011), but the SJOBA team is already out on the dusty, bumpy trails of the mountains doing a recce for the rally. Over the weekend, two vehicles and a team of promising young (and a couple of not so young) ex-Johnians took off from Chandigarh to test the rugged and unknown tracks in the sub-Himalayan ranges.

"You see, everything has to be just perfect for the SJOBA rally," said Nagendra Singh, president, SJOBA. "And, that is why we were up and about so early on a Saturday morning, checking the tracks the rally will ultimately pass by a few months away. We started preparing the road book for the rally, looked for new, challenging routes to take and also started working out the safety and communication aspects from now itself."

Many kilometers and photographs later, having completed a fair number of routes with a draft of the road-book and GPS tracks, the team reached Koti Resorts for the night, exhausted and full of dust. The road-book and GPS tracks were taken care of by the young lads under the excellent guidance of experienced seniors, who have had a fair share of doing this in the many years that they have been a part of the SJOBA rally.

Sunday morning also started early for the team. All pepped up, the team zoomed off from Koti Resorts early morning onto the dusty tracks once again. As fate would have it, one of the most interesting stretches could not be done because of a landslide, so turning back a little, the team headed off towards another stretch.

A quick lunch at a roadside dhaba was followed by more off-roading and photography, with the youngsters taking over the wheel and letting the elders enjoy the breathtaking view. Due to shortage of time, the team split into two and headed in different directions, finally meeting on the highway in the late hours of the evening. After lots of on-the-spot planning and brainstorming, the team decided on a probable route for the rally, which would incorporate several new tracks which have never been used before.

"Rallying is a sort of addiction and planning a rally is an even bigger one," said Shivneet Singh, a senior member of the team. "Once you do it, you want to keep doing it. You just can't get enough of the thrill, the view, the adventure and the fun," he added.

Two days of hard work, fun and bone-rattling and dusty rides, a highly satisfied team headed back home to Chandigarh, counting down the days till the next recce and to seeing yet another successful SJOBA rally!

SJOBA Rally 2011

2010-09-22T18:26:00.004+05:30

24th Annual SJOBA Thunderbolt Rally will be held on March 25-27, 2011. Apart from the ‘Extreme Rally,’ SJOBA is also organizing the ‘TSD Rally’ , which will be based on the Time, Speed, Distance (TSD) format and can be called a more sober version of Rally. This rally is being conducted with the affiliation of FMSCI.

The Extreme Rally will be open to jeeps/cars/bikes with the participants being required to cover approximately 550 kms over 4 days. The route will be a challenging and an adventurous one covering “axle-breaking” river beds (both dry and wet), fast tarmacs with winding hair pins, unmetalled surfaces and exhilarating hilly terrain in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The competitive stretches will be evenly spaced and followed by the transport sections. Participants will face six competitive sections on each day, which Extreme the drivers concentration abilities, physical endurance and driving skills.

Participants in the TSD Rally will be able to compete in their unmodified cars making this an excellent opportunity for amateurs and for those who want to have a feel of what rallying is all about.

One of the most professionally organized rallies today, the SJOBA-Thunderbolt Sub-Himalayan Rally attracts professionals and budding rallyists from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi and Rajasthan, who want to take up the professional circuit. The rally has become a nursery for motor sports in North India and many rallyists from this region have honed their skills and proved their mettle in the annual SJOBA Rally - Hari Singh, Bittu Mann, Manik Rekhy and Sunny Sidhu to name a few.

Each participant is treated like a member of the SJOBA family and thus provided with excellent food and lodging during the event. SJOBA’s hospitality and professionalism are undeniably the best in the country with manpower of over 100 marshals who ensure that all participants go with memories that they will cherish forever and come back for more each year.

Safety standards have always been a priority of SJOBA. Hence, there are FIVs (Fast Intervention Vehicles) and ambulances at each competitive stage with SJOBA marshals and doctors available with full medical assistance. Each Marshal on the route also carries a first aid kit with himself when on duty.

The rally enjoys the full support of the Police and Administrations of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, hence adequate arrangements are made to ensure that there is no oncoming traffic in the competitive stages. SJOBA also boasts of a near perfect wireless communication network set-up with in-house ham radio operators who ensure that any kind of help is provided immediately to the participants

SJOBA is the alumni association of St. John’s High School, Chandigarh. SJOBA was founded in 1980 and now has over 2,500 strong members and a global presence with a Chapter of the Americas also. Apart from the Rally, SJOBA organizes various events through the year like the SJOBA Winter Ball, Blood Donation Camp and the Mini Marathon.

The idea of Motor Sport came into being, when SJOBA decided to do something for the region. Ideas were thrown about and SJOBA decided that motor sports would be its forte. So, the first SJOBA Motorcycle rally was held in 1981 and this graduated to the SJOBA Open Rally in 1982 where, for the first time, amateurs in the region were exposed to motor sports in a professional way.