News: From the Chair

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 […]

It’s been a bit of a busy one……..events at Goodwood, Donington and Oulton Park on the weekends.  A hectic day job this month too – thankfully we passed our audit this week! The Marshals Pathway consultation process started and although I have been involved in some forums (not all) which have been very Race orientated there […]

April already upon us I can’t quite believe we are heading into April already – where did those first three months of the year go?  I think I may have been a bit busy! National Council meeting at the start of the month was great to virtually catch up with everyone and we had some great […]

I have attended a few more training sessions this month at Oulton Park and Brands Hatch plus a few online sessions with the South Mids region.  I was also delighted to be able to present the Barrie Williams award (https://www.marshals.co.uk/national-trophies/unipart-trophy/) to Margaret Simpson.  Whilst at Brands Hatch the Norrie Bergin Trophy was awarded to David Dray and the BARC […]

I finished January with a trip to Snetterton to take part in their training day.  It was a great feeling to be back face-to-face after a couple of years away and despite COVID still being amongst us everyone was sensible and took lateral flow tests beforehand.  The sessions were run in well ventilated garages and thankfully the […]

I hope you have all been able to enjoy a Happy Christmas with family and friends and are well rested and renewed for the year ahead. I spent Christmas at home with family and Ian and I enjoyed a few days away in a cosy cottage in the village of Eyam for New Year.  A historic […]