News / UK News In Pictures: Competitors all revved up for lawnmower racing world champs By Press Association May 26, 2024, 2:30 pm Competitors race in a heat during the World Lawnmower Championships (Andrew Matthews/PA) Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Competitors have descended on Surrey to take part in the World Lawnmower Championships. The event is being held by the British Lawn Mower Racing Association (BLMRA) at Pondfield Farm, Alford. The association says lawn mower racing started in 1973 when an Irishman named Jim Gavin was looking for a cheaper form of motorsport. (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) The main objectives were – and still are – no sponsorship, no commercialism, no cash prizes and no modifying of engines. (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) With the aim of keeping costs down, the resulting race series has been described by Motor Sport News as “the cheapest form of motorsport in the UK”. The BLMRA still sticks to its origins as a non-profit making organisation, with any money generated given to good causes. (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. Subscribe More from The Sunday Post In Pictures: Mud glorious mud! Competitors raise charity cash in annual mud race