Benidorm or Bust Rally: 3 Over Par To Raise Cash For Dementia UK

Three local men will be hitting the road as they take part in the Benidorm or Bust Rally, a challenge that sees people try and get old cars from the UK all the way to Spain.

Nigel Sparks, Dan Hickingbotham and Chris Hedgecox (not in photo) will aim to get their wacky creation, hundreds of miles across Europe while raising money for Dementia UK.

For this epic journey the trio will be driving a 1999 VW golf 1.6 petrol, that already has covered 140,000 miles, yet none of the team are car mechanics !

Originally purchased for  £205 on eBay, the lads set themselves a budget of £250 for the car and any repairs but this has gone over budget slightly because of decorating it in Astro turf.

Speaking to HU17.net about their adventure, Mr. Hickingbotham said;

 “As our car was originally a green colour and with it being the VW Golf model we decided that it would look really good if we could decorate it as a golf course/hole.”

“Our team name,  3 Over Par, came about as there are three of us attempting to make the car get to Benidorm and none of us are any good at golf.”

“We will start our journey officially at Dover on 7 June and finishes in Benidorm covering approximately 1400 miles, depending on navigation skills. However we will be leaving on 6 June to travel down to Dover. So in total we will covering around 1600 miles.”

“We are doing this as part of the Benidorm or Bust Rally which happens every year, it raises money for various charities by light minded people like us trying to get old cars to Benidorm.”

 “The hardest part of it was getting the Astro turf to bond onto the metal work of the car. After trying a few different methods and a test drive we finally got it to stick.”

Their chosen charity to raise money for will be Dementia UK, Mr. Hickingbotham says they settled on that cause as they each know someone who has been impacted by the condition.

When they finally get to Benidorm the car will scrapped and the money from that will also be donated to charity.

You can make a donation by visiting their just giving page; 

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/3-over-par