As a Club we wish to record our our very grateful thanks to the organisers of Kop Hill Climb and Donington Park for their recent donations of £2,000 and £1,200 respectively. In both instances these donations reflect the ongoing support our members have provided. As an independent Club such donations provide essential funding for member […]
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How’s the job going? Mostly this question comes from fellow marshals who I haven’t seen in a while or have not met before and I realise that the inquiry refers to my role as Chairman of the BMMC and not my employment during the week. Yes that seems to surprise some people too – the […]
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We are delighted to announce that the BMMC range of TEAMWEAR has been extended to include T-Shirts emblazoned with the “Proud Marshal” logo. The T-shirts come in three colours – Black, White and Orange and a range of chest sizes from 34″ to 56″. To view the full range of Teamwear please click here.
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Training, training, training One word that can’t be mentioned enough and an activity we should partake in as often as it’s available. Recently BARC NW ran a mid-season training event and the BRSCC NW Rescue Unit offered BMMC marshals the opportunity to watch and partake in an extrication exercise. A great hands on experience with […]
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Where’s summer? We’re already more than half way through the calendar year and there’s so many more events to go! July was a mixed bag of events and I’m not even talking about the weather. F1 came to town in July – literally in London town for F1 Live. What an event that turned in […]
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Many of you will have seen Nadine’s e-mail asking for volunteers for a top secret event. All you needed was to be available on 12th July, have a set of BMMC overalls, your own flags and be able to get yourself to central London. A huge number of us replied volunteering our services within just […]
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Social media – love it or hate it So there’s Instagram, Twitter and Facebook just for starters. Ten-Tenths, YouTube and Blogging – which is kind of what this is. There are various forms of Social Media in existence and new ones appearing all the time. It’s interactive, conversational and open-ended. It enables like-minded individuals to […]
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A change of scenery. As many of you will know my first love of motorsport is circuit racing. Knowing I would never be able to race (without swearing and screaming inside the car with my eyes shut!) I still get the thrill of seeing a full grid of cars eagerly waiting for the lights to […]
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On Easter weekend UK motorsport witnessed one of the most horrible accidents seen in recent history. Broadcast live on National television an aspiring 17 year old Billy Monger, at the start of his single seater career, was involved in a serious accident at Donington Park leaving him permanently disabled. For those who were first on […]
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The first time you witness an incident your reaction may be unexpected. Serious accidents requiring medical intervention maybe infrequent and your reaction to what you have witnessed may be delayed. We recommend that you talk to someone after such an incident. This could be your team on the day, your Post Chief or the Chief […]
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Last week I was away from home with work but watching with interest the comments on Social Media as the goodie bags started to arrive. On returning home on Friday I was pleased to see that ours had also been delivered. And aren’t they great?! A huge thank you to Eric and Colin for putting […]
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A year of celebration ahead! This year the British Motorsports Marshals’ Club celebrates our 60th anniversary. The official formation date of the club was 16 June 1957 at the Queens Hotel in Birmingham. Originally the club was formed by representatives of various motor sports clubs with a view to making motor sport safer. We still […]
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