News: From the Chair

Photo: Peter Hamilton April was a busy month with most venues seeing some form of activity – including stage rallies at some of the circuits. I was out and about at Oulton Park, Donington and Goodwood and May looks set to be a busy month too. There have been a few big incidents at various […]

At the North East committee held on 20 March 2023, Lynne Kendall advised she has decided to stand down as North East Chair and National Training Officer with immediate effect. Lynne has been on the North East Regional Committee for 16 years undertaking a significant number of roles including Newsletter Editor, Media Officer, Grading Officer, […]

Training days are well underway and more planned across the regions. I attended the training day at Oulton Park where I assisted the training team with a record fifty plus new marshals!  Great interactions with our longer standing members too and acceptance of the new Pathway modules. We also had Lille Racewear in attendance to help take […]

We had a great 4 days at Autosport in January.  Well done to the Midlands team for organising the stand and cars – it looked great!  Thanks to everyone who visited us and helped out – we took a number of names of people interested in marshalling and also gave out leaflets to prospective new members.  We also […]

I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year – taken time out, had some relaxation time and a little bit of fun!  Time to start thinking about 2023. Event calendars are coming together and we hope to launch the volunteering system soon – a few dates to iron out but some interesting […]

Yesterday was our final National Council of the year and our annual club AGM – thank you to everyone who attended in person and remotely.  We were finally able to get back together face-to-face for some constructive dialogue in the surroundings of our governing body.  Thanks to Motorsport UK for the use of your conference facilities! December […]

October sees a turning point in the year as championships are decided and rallying in inclement weather becomes more inevitable! BTCC was concluded early in the month and a scary incident in the Porsche support race saw a car launched on to debris fencing protecting a marshals’ post.  Thankfully no physical injuries for anyone involved but […]

September is my favourite time of the year – well it is my birthday month and a big one this year!  A weekend away from Motorsport spent celebrating with my family started the month – with added days to recover. The Goodwood Revival was a triumph again this year – some of the best racing and […]

Another busy month of volunteering for me – days at Oulton Park, weekends at Anglesey and Donington and even some days at our local vaccination centre – preparing for a ramp up of attendees in the coming months! My first truck racing event in August too – which was “eventful”! The support races kept us […]

Marshals Pathway – John Edwards and Steve Woolfe responded to the survey on behalf of the BMMC to ensure no bias from the Chair(!).  The response included: concerns about the omission of the flag grade the combination of Specialist (off track) and Track (on track) in to one Race pathway the reduction in experience days required […]

June 1st to 7th is National Volunteers week A simple message for this month………. THANK YOU Thank you for being a member of BMMC Thank you for attending and / or running training days Thank you for volunteering at events Thank you for enduring whatever the weather throws at you Thank you for professionally dealing […]