Great TV This would be ideal viewing after clubbing. Dutch launch buggy racing for the elderly ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (Reuters) - A team led by an 82-year-old pensioner has won the first Dutch championship for battery-powered electric scooter racing. The race across an obstacle course in rear-wheel-drive buggies, fitted with comfortable seats, armrests, handlebars and shopping baskets, was all about skilful manoeuvring, with top speeds of just 12 kms (7.5 miles) per hour. A team of Rotterdam pensioners took the chequered flag on Tuesday at Zandvoort motor racing circuit, beating 12 rival nursing homes over the 250-metre course of speed bumps, wooden ramps and plastic slalom cones. "I'm 88. In the end my (buggy's) battery was running out. It was very frustrating," said contestant Wilhelmus Souren. In a country that has one of the highest life expectancies in the world and is home to the world's oldest woman, demand for electric scooters is high with up to 75,000 people owning one. Organisers hope the event will not be a one off. "I think a lot more countries will get the idea of a national scooterbike championship and then we could start with a European or World scooterbike championship. Who knows?" organiser Jan Romme said.
