Today (5 Dec) is International Volunteers day and so I say a huge thank you to all of you – Volunteers ARE Motorsport. You should all be very proud of yourselves. We had our final Council meeting of the year and AGM last Sunday at Milton Keynes. Thank you to those of you who took the time […]
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At its Annual General Meeting today (1st December 2019) the British Motorsports Marshals’ Club (BMMC) ratified the appointment of Ben Edwards as its new BMMC President following the sad loss of Barry “Whizzo” Williams last year. The voice of F1 for Channel 4 for the last four years, and the BBC for the previous three years, […]
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…we’re almost ready for Autosport International 2020! There may be a few things on your shopping list at this time of year that you must sort out soon. But are your tickets for next year’s Autosport International show at the NEC top of the list? BMMC Hall 2 stand no 2392The BMMC stand will feature […]
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So the clocks have changed and the nights are drawing in – circuit racing calendars are nearing completion and rallying started in earnest last month with WRGB. See and be seen out there! Now is the time of year that our regional AGMs and social functions take place. Your chance to have a say in […]
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Early September we had BMMC Council meeting – twice a year the Regional Chairs meet and twice a year the full Council sit. This gives us a chance to focus on the club and our strategies and plans going forward. We used recent donations to purchase training equipment for the regions and this was distributed during […]
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The British Motorsports Marshals’ Club agreed at its recent Council meeting (Sept 8th, 2019) to formally adopt Race Against Dementia (RAD) as its official Charity of the Year for the remainder of 2019 and 2020. Race Against Dementia was founded by Formula 1 racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart, to raise money to fund breakthrough and […]
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Popular Renault UK Clio Cup competitor Max Coates, a semi-professional driver with over 17 years’ experience, has joined the growing family of BMMC Club Ambassadors. Racing karts since the age of 8 Max progressed his racing career into cars in 2010 when he joined the Ginetta Junior Championship. Following two successful years as a privateer entry supported […]
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The beginning of the month was a difficult weekend in our Motorsport world with the sad loss of Anthoine Hubert and significant injuries to Juan Manuel Correa at F2 in Spa plus news that a rally marshal died in France. A sad day and a reminder that ‘Motorsport is dangerous’ and life is fragile. It’s important […]
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‘I declare that I am physically and mentally fit to carry out my duties and that I will inform the organisers immediately should any change in my condition occur which I have reason or ought to have reason to believe would affect my ability to carry out my duties.’ Did you know this sentence forms […]
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It is almost six months since the Brand and communications team was officially formed and felt now was a good time for a brief update on our progress, while sharing details of two ways below where you can help and have an input to the direction of travel. It has been a busy period with […]
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How many of you have questions about the grading scheme? What does it mean? What’s the process? What is in it for me? Who do I ask for help. The grading scheme was originally created by the BMRMC (as we used to be called) and Dave Scott (now MSVR Race Operations Director) helped Motorsport UK adopt it as a […]
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A registered Rally marshal and motorsports commentator Duncan Douglas is the latest addition to the growing band of BMMC Club Ambassadors, continuing a long family tradition of association with the club. Duncan is the Grandson of Keith Douglas, one of the BMMC’s founding members and the Douglas family have been involved in motor racing since […]
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