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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As we speed towards July and finally being able to get our probans back on (well if they still fit for some of us!), we caught up with BMMC Club Ambassador Max Coates to find out how he’d been coping with lockdown as a driver. Judging from the posts on social media many marshals are […]
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Firstly I hope you are keeping well, safe and sane during these times! Motorsport UK have released their guidelines to getting Motorsport in the U.K. re-started. They have confirmed that events can be given the green light from the 4 July as long as they meet the new guidelines. The limitation to all permits of 50% compared […]
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Motorsport UK have today released their strategy to restart Motorsport disciplines in the U.K. The guidance released is for Race, Rally, Speed, Kart and club events with other disciplines expected to follow in due course. This document is primarily for organisers, however I have been representing the marshals as part of a select panel of industry […]
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Will we start Motorsport in July? Will we have a Grand Prix at Silverstone? Or will we have two? Sadly I don’t have the answers to these questions but I assure you Motorsport UK are working hard to get answers, plan scenarios and working with the government to help in the decision process. We are being […]
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It certainly feels a bit strange writing this when I should have been at Goodwood for the Members meeting but along with so many events it’s postponed. Hopefully running later in the year but will there be enough days in the calendar? Who knows where we will be and when? The new C word is COVID-19 and […]
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A great aspect of my role as Chair is to recognise the efforts and achievements of our membership. Council decide the winners of our National awards based on regional nominations. The nominations for the Marshal of the Year were also sent to Motorsport UK and although no member of BMMC won the accolade they were all […]
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