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Enter our competition for the chance to win one of 10 amazing prizes including a Skoda Elite Road Bike


HERE you go. It’s December.

We’ve got a good excuse to drink now. And put on a stone. And no one can say anything about it.

Enter our amazing competition to win one of our 10 great prizes in time for Christmas

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Enter our amazing competition to win one of our 10 great prizes in time for Christmas

We also need to start accumulating swag for Christmas. So have a look at the ten brilliant prizes printed here and pick your favourite THREE.

Done that? Good.

Now go to sunoffers.co.uk/secretsunta to enter our free draw — and you just might win one of your chosen prizes in time for Crimbo.

It’s that easy.

Thank you to my friends and motoring contacts for their generosity.

Here are the prize details in full:

Skoda Elite Road Bike, £2,500

Skoda started making bicycles 125 years ago and basically, this is the nuts. Full carbon frame, forks and handlebars with aero geometry. Shimano Ultegra gearing, hydraulic brakes, DT Swiss wheels. Size L

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Skoda started making bicycles 125 years ago and basically, this is the nuts. Full carbon frame, forks and handlebars with aero geometry. Shimano Ultegra gearing, hydraulic brakes, DT Swiss wheels. Size L

KARCHER K7 JET WASHER, £570

The antidote for filthy cars, bikes, patios, barbecues, dogs, pretty much everything really. The K7 Premium Full Control Plus is Kärcher’s most powerful pressure washer. Check out the full range at kaercher.com/uk
The antidote for filthy cars, bikes, patios, barbecues, dogs, pretty much everything really. The K7 Premium Full Control Plus is Kärcher’s most powerful pressure washer. Check out the full range at kaercher.com/uk

Mini Folding Bike, £600

Top bit of kit, folds quicker than an origami blackbelt. Lightweight aluminium frame, leather seat, leather handles. Very cool. Head over to shop.mini.co.uk
Top bit of kit, folds quicker than an origami blackbelt. Lightweight aluminium frame, leather seat, leather handles. Very cool. Head over to shop.mini.co.uk

Porsche 911 Speaker, £400

The original tailpipe from a 911 GT3 as a high- end Bluetooth loudspeaker. Yes please. Has up to 24 hours of battery life. Head to shop2. porsche.com/uk

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The original tailpipe from a 911 GT3 as a high- end Bluetooth loudspeaker. Yes please. Has up to 24 hours of battery life. Head to shop2. porsche.com/uk

Mini JCW go-kart, £160

We say Minis handle like a go-kart, well, here’s a go-kart Mini. Adjustable seat, handbrake and horn. For kids aged 3yrs or 95cm tall. Go to shop.mini.co.uk.

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We say Minis handle like a go-kart, well, here’s a go-kart Mini. Adjustable seat, handbrake and horn. For kids aged 3yrs or 95cm tall. Go to shop.mini.co.uk.

Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage, £110

For kids aged five to 105. This mega playset stands 3ft tall, has parking for 100 cars and includes chomping T-Rex. Go to argos.co.uk.

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For kids aged five to 105. This mega playset stands 3ft tall, has parking for 100 cars and includes chomping T-Rex. Go to argos.co.uk.

Bentley Ride-On Car, £95

For Bentley boys (and girls) aged two to six. Inspired by the Continental GT. Even plays music from the stereo. Class. Go to shop.bentleymotors.com

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For Bentley boys (and girls) aged two to six. Inspired by the Continental GT. Even plays music from the stereo. Class. Go to shop.bentleymotors.com

Triumph T-shirt and cap, £65

Cooler than Beckham carrying an ice box full of beers. Heritage logo Triumph T-shirt (size M, £40) and classic trucker-style cap (£25). Shop the range at triumphmotorcycles.co.uk

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Cooler than Beckham carrying an ice box full of beers. Heritage logo Triumph T-shirt (size M, £40) and classic trucker-style cap (£25). Shop the range at triumphmotorcycles.co.uk

Top Trumps, £23

Quite possibly the best card game ever. You’ll win Grand Prix Heroes, Classic Rides, Fast & Furious and Sports Cars. Prices from £4.99. Go to booghe.co.uk.

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Quite possibly the best card game ever. You’ll win Grand Prix Heroes, Classic Rides, Fast & Furious and Sports Cars. Prices from £4.99. Go to booghe.co.uk.

Can You Make This Thing Go Faster?, £20

Win a signed copy of Jeremy Clarkson’s new book. Unsigned copies available on Amazon

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Win a signed copy of Jeremy Clarkson’s new book. Unsigned copies available on Amazon
  • Secret Sunta entries close at 5pm on Tuesday. Winners notified by December 11, 2020. But you won’t know what you’ve won until it arrives at your door. That’s the secret bit.

I get locked down…but I get up again

WE’VE all seen Cool Runnings. We know it’s tough for the Jamaica bobsled team to train at the best of times.

With lockdown, they didn’t have a snowball in Hell’s chance of being competition-ready.

RAF Regiment Gunner Shanwayne Stephens is using a Mini as a workout with new team-mates Dyneal Fessal and Matthew Wallace

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RAF Regiment Gunner Shanwayne Stephens is using a Mini as a workout with new team-mates Dyneal Fessal and Matthew Wallace

But, not to be defeated, one of the best stories of the summer was watching Shanwayne Stephens and Nimroy Turgott pushing a Mini around Peterborough for resistance training.

Now Shanwayne is back at it again, on the snowy mountain ranges of Hemel Hempstead.

This time the RAF Regiment Gunner is using a Mini as a workout with new team-mates Dyneal Fessal and Matthew Wallace, recruited from Jamaica’s Sevens rugby team. Nimroy is stuck at home in Jamaica.

They have a year to prepare for qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

The team have a year to prepare for qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

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The team have a year to prepare for qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Shanwayne said: “We want to get the four-man team going again. Matthew and Dyneal have never been in a blobsled – or even seen a bobsled – so we’re focusing on gelling as a team and getting them up to speed.

“We have a big task ahead of us but it is doable.

“Just being on ice is completely different to training in the summer.

“The toll on your body is completely different, you use energy in different ways, so today’s been fun and it’s good to get out and get to know each other.

“It’s only –3C in here. That’s pretty mild compared to what we’re normally in – and they’re already complaining about the cold.”

The team are training on the snowy mountain ranges of Hemel Hempstead

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The team are training on the snowy mountain ranges of Hemel Hempstead

So jumping in a fibreglass bathtub to bomb down a frozen drainpipe should be easy, then? Former 100-metre sprinter Matthew said: “I’ve done quite a lot of research into it.

“They’re doing around 80mph and pulling 4 to 5G. That sounds really cool to me.”

Gym manager Dyneal, a former 400-metre runner, added: “It’s nervous excitement, really.

“I’m always up for trying new things and bobsled incorporates power and explosiveness.

“This is serious. We are all big competitors, whichever sport we take up.”

The teams are trying to raise funds for a new sled for the Europa Cup races this winter

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The teams are trying to raise funds for a new sled for the Europa Cup races this winter

I wouldn’t bet against them making Beijing, especially if they can raise funds for a new sled for the Europa Cup races this winter.

Let’s finish with a sentence or two about the Mini.

Shanwayne said: “Everyone is loving the car. We keep getting beeps and smiles wherever we go.

“I was pushing it up and down the street the other day, working the legs, and a van driver stopped to help. He thought we’d broken down.”

No mate.

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it’s bobsled time.

Jacqueline Jossa’s husband Dan Osborne shows off £120k sports car

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