Eleven course records were broken at the Bouley Bay Hillclimb on Jersey's north coast on Monday, a late-summer bank holiday, as the final round of the 2026 British Hillclimb Championship season produced what organizers called one of the most record-heavy days in the event's recent history.
Motorcyclist Matthew Le Brun accounted for three of them alone, clocking 43.66 seconds in the 251–350cc class and 42.64 seconds in the 351–500cc class — a time fast enough to also stand as the meeting's new outright motorcycle record, according to the Jersey Evening Post. On four wheels, Michael Salmon shaved 0.61 seconds off his own racing-car record in the 1601–2000cc class with a run of 38.36 seconds, while Alex Salmon set the unlimited racing-car mark at 40.59 seconds in a Gould GR37.
Rally and road cars added to the tally: Paul Vibert broke his own record in cars up to 1400cc with a 49.69-second run, Ollie Le Bailly set the 1601–2000cc rally mark in a Ford Escort Mk2, and Stewart Barrow's Lotus Elise took the road production 1401–2000cc record. Chris Hanson's Ford Escort RSR and scooter rider Jez Mann, aboard a Lambretta, each added further records in their classes.
Bouley Bay has run hillclimbs on its cliffside course above the Channel, on Les Charrières du Boulay, since the 1920s, making it one of the oldest continuously used venues in British motorsport; it has hosted a round of the national championship every year since 1947. The narrow, roughly 1,000-yard course rewards precision over raw horsepower, which organizers say is part of why record hauls like Monday's remain relatively rare even as cars and bikes have grown faster.
The result closed out the British Hillclimb Championship's 2026 calendar, with the overall season standings to be finalized in the coming weeks once all rounds are ratified.
