Vienna or Bust is brought to you again this year by the Cornwall Banger Rally Challenge. The organising team are all volunteers who give up their time to curate these legendary events. The team is made up mostly of the original Round Table members. They have been creating your Rally, dreaming up daft challenges over the years, leading the mayhem and are now busy plotting the 12th rally.
A long, long, time ago....well 2011 to be exact, St Austell Round Table decided it might be a wizard wheeze to organise a charity Banger Rally. Monte Carlo or Bust set off that September. The rally was such a success that the demand for another one was huge. The rest is history as you might say, except.. the reputation and popularity of the rally has grown and grown over the years. The outstanding organisation, amazing routes, crazy challenges, party nights, great campsites, and last-night parties are the stuff of legend, bringing many teams back year after year. But besides the fun, the main drive for the Rally has been to raise money for charities and over the years the Rally has raised a phenomenal sum of over £1.3 million for charities across the country.
Meet the Team
The Cornwall Banger Rally Challenge raises money for charities across Cornwall and Nationwide. Our job is to help you engage with your supporters by sharing your challenges and journey. The entire team is made up of volunteers who work all year to create a unique, exciting and challenging experience for ralliers. The Cornwall Banger Rally Challenge rally is a non-profit organisation
Tom Marshall
Original Round Table founder organiser and Rally Legend. Tom has been heavily involved in the organisation of every one of the Rallies. He loves the Rally and he loves to party. This year you will have seen him team leader as 118 118.
Alice Millgate
The sensible one! Alice is the brains of the operation and keeps us focussed. She'll be the one on the end of your emails and managing your entries. That's who Alice is!
Mike Stevens
Mike is another rally veteran and original Round Table member of the team. You'll find him featured in a video or two over the years. Mike is masterminding all the legal stuff we need. But mostly he is responsible for the outstanding effort in making the iconic piston trophies that are coveted by our ralliers and hotly competed .
Gareth Fitzpatrick
Aka Sergeant Sausage, and his alter ego Wendy. She only comes out at night! The "Sausage report" has become a firm favourite of the evening high jinks as Sergeant Sausage tries to keep the rabble in order and manage the wayward Office Hooker. Another member of the original Round Table team, Gareth is one of the few to have been on every Banger Rally Challenge.
Sarah Hart
Small but very noisy. Better known as Office Hooker, Sergeant Sausage's sidekick and together they protect the rally every day. Rally veterans, they have tirelessly helped to organise the rally. She is however, very naughty indeed!
Darren Millgate
Thankfully managed these days by Alice, Darren is responsible for a great deal of Rally Mayhem. Pictured here with Officer Wendy on Wig Wednesday St Tropez or Bust. Darren and Alice are also Rally veterans with years of experience organising and participating.
Melanie Lewis
As Commando Bond's sidekick, Miss Muddyfanny, Melanie looks after the finances and the website. Not ready to grow up yet they are busy helping the team cook up some oddball activities for next year's rally.
Mark Lewis
Or Commando Bond, aptly named after his penchant for stripping off. Mark is master route planner. Mark and Melanie have been planned many of the rally routes and challenges over the years.
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