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Stand alongside Santa’s elves, reindeer, and fellow racers as you create a winning team for our Christmas Derby! In this festive Derby, you’ll design, build, and race your very own Christmas sleigh in an exciting team-building event filled with seasonal cheer.
Your team starts with a pre-built sleigh chassis, and it’s up to you to build the rest! Blueprint your sleigh’s bodywork, brand it with festive designs, and race to earn points. But be careful—stay within the rules, or your sleigh might get stuck on the naughty list…
Christmas isn’t just about the sleighs—you’ll also need to create a festive brand for your team! Design team hats, decorate your sleigh, and pitch your Christmas theme to our branding experts. Bonus points for festive puns, creative logos, and clever sponsor names. Once your sleighs are built and decorated, they’ll line up for a head-to-head race. The relay includes a pit stop challenge where your team will replace the "reindeer hooves" (aka tyres!) before racing back to the start for the win!
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Your team will be supplied with a variety of materials to build and decorate your sleigh, but feel free to get creative and use any festive bits and bobs you can find to make your design stand out! Our scrutineers will inspect the sleighs and award points for creativity and innovation.
You’ll also pitch your festive sponsorship deals to our Branding Manager. Bonus points for clever festive-themed company names and amusing sponsor logos. The grand finale is the head-to-head pit stop challenge, with the winning team crowned Christmas Derby Champions!
This event blends creativity, festive fun, and competition, making for a thrilling and enjoyable team-building experience. The Christmas Derby is a fan favourite, with everyone getting into the Christmas spirit. We’ve been running team-building events for over 25 years in venues across the UK, and we can help you find the perfect location for this festive event!
Christmas Derby is a festive team building event for 10 to 150 people, where teams design, build, brand and race their own sleigh. It's a seasonal twist on our F1 Challenge and lasts 2 to 3 hours. Here's how it runs.
Each team starts with a pre-built sleigh chassis, and it's up to them to craft the rest.
Teams use the materials provided, plus any festive items they can find, to build and decorate their sleigh.
Our scrutineers inspect every sleigh and award points for creativity and innovation.
Teams pitch festive sponsorship deals to our Branding Manager, with bonus points for clever seasonal company names and sponsor logos.
A head-to-head pit stop race decides the winners, who are crowned Festive Derby Champions. Sleighs are then taken apart and recycled.
Christmas Derby includes everything your teams need to build and race.
Christmas Derby motivates teams and builds teamwork through a creative project with a tangible result and a competitive finale.
Racing for the title of Festive Derby Champions keeps every team fired up.
Design, engineering, branding and racing all need different skills, so everyone has a role to play.
Every team sees its ideas become a finished sleigh, ready to race.
Scrutineering, pitching and a head-to-head finale keep the festive rivalry going.
The general feedback from the team was that they were expecting a more traditional “teambuilding exercise” which a number of them had done in the past and so were all really surprised how much they enjoyed this. I think the competition element really helped and has certainly still got everyone talking about it today – some are even still wearing their caps!
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Christmas Derby is a festive team building event where teams design, build, brand and race their own sleigh. It is a seasonal twist on our F1 Challenge, combining engineering, creativity and a head-to-head pit stop race to crown the Festive Derby Champions.
Yes. It gives colleagues a shared, hands-on challenge with plenty of laughter, festive decoration and a competitive finale, making it a lively alternative to a standard Christmas drinks or meal. It works well as the daytime activity before a Christmas dinner or party.
Each team starts with a pre-built sleigh chassis and uses the materials provided, plus any festive items they can find, to build and decorate the rest. Scrutineers then inspect every sleigh and award points for creativity and innovation.
No. The chassis gives every team a solid starting point, and the challenge rewards imagination and teamwork as much as technical skill. Builders, designers, decorators and presenters all have an important role to play.
Points are awarded for sleigh design and innovation, the sponsorship pitch and the head-to-head pit stop race. The team with the most points is crowned Festive Derby Champions and receives medals.
Christmas Derby lasts approximately two to three hours. That makes it easy to fit into a Christmas away day, leaving time for lunch, drinks or an evening celebration afterwards.
Christmas Derby is suitable for groups of approximately 10 to 150 people. The group is split into teams, each building and racing its own sleigh, so it scales well for departments and whole-company Christmas events.
Once the race is over, the sleighs are taken apart and the materials are recycled. That means teams get all the fun of the build without leaving a pile of festive waste behind.
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London: 020 3822 0600
The Hewett Building, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3NP
8:30am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday
South: 01590 676599
Dell Buildings, Milford Road, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0ED
8:30am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday
Talk to an expert
London: 020 3822 0600
The Hewett Building, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3NP
8:30am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday
South: 01590 676599
Dell Buildings, Milford Road, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0ED
8:30am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday
Talk to an expert
London: 020 3822 0600
The Hewett Building, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3NP
8:30am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday
South: 01590 676599
Dell Buildings, Milford Road, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0ED
8:30am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday
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The event was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. The venue was excellent and the food likewise. Many thanks to all involved at TBCo"
Enjoyed immensely by all
Thank you so much for the organisation of the event and the event itself! Huge success!"
Everyone LOVED the team build!
A few were hesitant at the start, but pretty much straight away everyone was fully into it. Would 10/10 use again!"
Outstanding
Our team had a great evening last night and have very high praise for your team who they said were outstanding"
Extremelly well organised
Our team absolutely LOVED the event last week and we have not stopped talking about it! 100% recommend"
My word it was a beautiful eve!
The event was just perfect and we have only received compliments. Loads of laughter. It's been a pleasure working with you!"
10/10 from all of us at Dyson!
It was thoroughly enjoyable and extremely engaging. I will defintely look to encourage the rest of the business to use TBCo"
Wonderful memories for the team!
The best corporate experience in London. Everyone absolutely loved the experience!"
The event was brilliant
Everyone really enjoyed it and I've had some super positive feedback. Great to do something a little different"
It was great!
Loads of positive feedback from the team… very enjoyable. As a result, we are planning to work with you again! Thank you"
A truly fantastic day
I don’t think it could've been better! We will definetely bare you in mind for future team events"
Everybody had a fantastic afternoon
The feedback we've had is all positive. It will be difficult to match yesterday's event and impossible to better it"
An absolute success
Haven't laughed that much for a long time! Particular thanks to Dan - he managed the delegates and activity brilliantly"
Would definitely recommend
The feedback from the team was really positive. I am sure I will be in touch in the not so distant future!"
We all really enjoyed the event!
Thanks for your help and support... The venue, food, the event team and actors were great"
The best team building activities we've done at Coke
It's going to be a tough gig for whoever at Coke leads on it next year to top"
The whole day was absolutely brilliant!
Great venue and both evening and day activities were terrific! Definetely on our books for next time"
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I have had such good feedback from everyone. We will most definetely be working with you again"
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