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We thought you might like a look back at Round 8 of the Belgian Hill Climb Championship and the 41st running of the Course de Côte de Houyet, held on 12-13 September 2026. Known as “The Queen’s Hill”, Houyet is one of the oldest events on the Belgian calendar, with a wonderful course winding through the village. Practice took place in the dry, but the weather had other ideas for the timed runs, bringing wet conditions and an extra challenge for a full entry of National and Pr

HillClimbing.org, powered by Insite Graphics, is back in Belgium for another taste of European hillclimbing this time at the 66th Course de Côte de Bomerée. Taking place in the Thuin and Montigny-le-Tilleul region of Belgium, Bomerée forms Round 8 of the Belgian Hillclimb Championship and is an event with more than six decades of history behind it. But alongside the competition itself, Bomerée offers a brilliant illustration of something we see time and again when travelling

In the latest issue of HSA Magazine, Paul Parker raises an interesting question around the use of the FIA Performance Factor system as a potential way of attracting more entries into Sprinting. It's a discussion that could be equally relevant to hillclimbing. The system is already used within FIA hillclimbing, and Hillclimbing.org, has been taking a closer look at Performance Factor and how it operates in European competition. With attracting and retaining competitors an impo