I am not normally one for wishing my life away but I think I am not alone to be glad once this year is finally over. To all those who have suffered this year: personally, physically, financially, psychologically – my heart goes out to you. If you need support don’t forget your regional committees but also our […]
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So who wanted to put the clocks back more than an hour? A month? How about a year? COVID-19 reached its first birthday in October and we’re all dreading the terrible twos! Looks like England heading for another lockdown which may affect any events planned for the remainder of the season. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for updates […]
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I started work (from home) on Wednesday morning with a day full of meetings about BREXIT, SAP implementations, graduate mentoring sessions and …..an updated Pandemic Response Team meeting following the announcement of new lockdown measures in North Wales from 6pm on 1 October. As I live over the border in Cheshire I am as yet […]
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The national council, fully appreciates that all members have been touched in some way or another by the corona virus. We would like to show our gratitude for your continued support of the club in a practical way. It has been agreed that, for 2021 a 50% discount to the normal annual subscription fees for […]
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Having just finished only my second event at Oulton Park over the Bank holiday weekend (HSCC Gold Cup) and catching up on work emails (Europe didn’t have the extra day so I’ve been busy!) I thought I had better scribble my blog otherwise we will be well in to September! Plenty of events have been […]
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What a weird and wonderful ten days that was……..British Grand Prix times two! I thought I would take time to reflect on the activities at Silverstone over the last two weekends – the first racing to take place there this year – were the biggest profile events possible so a huge expectation and a monumental effort […]
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So how’s it been? The first month back on track with Motorsport in the U.K. A number of events successfully completed. Lots of learnings. New guidelines to follow. Easing of restrictions. And by the time you read this the first British F1 weekend will be underway. Hopefully it’s not been too stressful coming back and for those of you who haven’t […]
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Kop Hill Climb Festival (KHCF) volunteers have been recognised with the accolade of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) 2020, the highest honour bestowed upon local volunteer groups to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. It is the equivalent of the MBE for such organisations. KHCF is one of 230 charities, social […]
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While lockdown restrictions are gradually easing, I am sure many of you are still facing the same challenges – home schooling, different working hours, long meetings on Zoom, home exercising, not exercising and in some cases, loneliness and grieving. And as we move towards the restart of Motorsport this different way of working and living will […]
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The restart of the motorsport season following lockdown is going to be a whole new learning curve for many of us. This coming weekend I will be commentating on the Austrian Grand Prix from Silverstone while just down the road from my home, one of the first national club meetings of the year takes place at Snetterton. All […]
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We have updated the volunteering database to current available information and will continue to update as necessary. Some dates have only been confirmed this week as clubs return their staff from furlough. The plan is still to start Motorsport on 4 July so your help and support in volunteering would be much appreciated. Please can I request […]
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