This years AGM was held over zoom 28th October 2025. Below are the minutes from this meeting.

Attendees (14)
Angela Garbutt, Chris Hobson, Craig Hope, Tim Bendelow, Andrew Palmer, Mike
Bentley, Michael Siddle, Claire Morton, Charlotte Evans, Mark Jarvis, Antony
Curran, Elizabeth Klinkenburg, Alan Barclay, David Buxton
Apologies.
Peter Wilson, Gordon Rankin

Meeting open 19:30-Welcome
Michael Siddle-Northeast secretary opened the meeting. He introduced the
committee who were on the call and also Chris Hobson, the national chair. Michael
ran through the agenda and asked people to hold any questions if possible, to wait
until any other business. Michael then handed over to Ang as chair to carry the
meeting on.

2024 minutes.
Michael shared the minutes from last years AGM on the screen and Ang went
through these whilst those on the meeting could read through them.
Ang then asked for someone to propose and second the minutes.
Proposed by: Andrew Palmer
Seconded by: Mike Bentley

Current Committee

Member Name	Member Duty
Ang Garbutt	Chair
Craig Hope	Vice Chair & Croft Representative
Peter Wilson	Recruitment Officer
Mike Bentley	Cadwell Park Representative
Andrew Palmer	Membership & Grading
Michael Siddle	Secretary
Tim Bendelow	Rally & Speed Representative

New Joining Members

Member Name	Member Duty
Claire Morton	Recruitment & Regalia
Charlotte Evans	Social Media
Alan Barclay	Knockhill Representative

All these members were proposed in by Ang Garbutt and seconded by Mike Bentley & Anthony Curran.

2025 committee reports.
Ang went through her report which gave a brief overview of the year 2025 in the Northeast
region. Ang announced that unfortunately at this AGM Tim Bendelow will be stepping
down from his role as speed and rally representative. Ang on behalf of everyone on the
committee thanked Tim for all his hard work, time and dedication over the years. It was
reminded that due to Tim standing down this would mean that the role of both rally and
speed representative would be vacant and in need on someone to take this over if anyone
is interested. Ang went on to mention a few events that the committee have attended, one
being asked by MSUK to attend an event at Blyton to share the BMMC and marshal
opportunities. Ang then gave an overview of the current committee over this year and
thanked all those who have put their time and effort into this year.
Ang went on to say that the BMMC would like to recognize the cooperation of the chief
marshal at Croft, Bill Sudlow, for allowing the region to take over managing and running
taster days in varied roles across the circuit and also in specialist areas.

Craig as the Croft representative gave his overview of the year and mentioned that the
region has held 2 recruitment days at croft, one being at the BTCC where 30 people
registered interest and the other at a motorsport day in Darlington town Centre and
roughly 30 more people registered interest there too. There was also a car show held at
Croft in which a stand was set up where the overall result was that people didn’t
understand they could or how they could get into marshaling. All the race events have
finished at Croft and Craig pointed out that all events have been very well manned. The
2026 dates are yet to be fully confirmed but a few dates such as BTCC and TCR events
have been announced. Craig mentioned that over the year unfortunately there has been a
few major incidents at Croft, but all have been managed very well by all involved.

Tim started his report by promoting speed events, Harewood have a lot of events
throughout the year and can involve not only cars but motorbikes too. He then went onto
the rally cross events at Blyton and sprinting and wanted people to know that those events
are available for anyone to go and try if they would like.

Andrew gave his report and updated everyone that as the current time of the AGM the
membership figure for the Northeast was at 372 members, which is more than it was at
the 2024 AGM and also 4 new members in the last week.

Mike as the Cadwell representative said that this year due to rescue commitments he
hasn’t managed to spend much time at Cadwell but believed that everything was running
smoothly with no issues. He also mentioned he is in the process of completing his training
to become a trainer also.

Claire, as a new member of the committee, introduced herself and gave a brief overview
of her motorsport career. Claire has been involved in all aspects of motor sports in the last
30 years but is keen to get going with her role and is looking forward to it.

Charlotte as another new member gave a brief overview as she has only just started
marshaling this year and is excited to get going with the social media side of things.

Northeast Chair Announcement.
Ang announced that as of this AGM she would be standing down as Chair of the
Northeast. Michael went on to thank Ang, and on behalf of everyone in the BMMC we
hope she will stay involved although not as chair and still be part of the committee.

National Chair.
Chris Hobson gave his thanks to all of the Northeast committee and especially for pulling
the region back together, he was very happy to hear that we now have a rep for Knockhill.
Chris thanked Ang for all her hard work and bringing new people in and that he is sorry to
see her step down, but he hopes that the committee will continue to work together and
move forward.

Any other business:
Mark Jarvis asked the question to the committee regarding Cadwell Park training events
as that there hasn’t been any formal training at Cadwell for a few years now and that their
marshals haven’t been informed of other events in the region for training.
Elizabeth Klinkenberg asked the question regarding rally stage commander training which
there has been none of recently, Elizabeth and Chris mentioned that this may be due to
MSUK processing whether this is a licensed role or not.
It was brought to attention during and after the meeting that a few members couldn’t
access the zoom meeting due to it requiring a commercial account, this will be looked into
going forward for any future regional meetings.

Close 20:03

At our northeast AGM Ang Garbutt resigned as chair, the whole of the committee would like to thank Ang for all her hard work while in this role. In the meantime, Michael Siddle will be acting as temporary chair of the northeast region while the below process takes place.

All applicants must read through all the below and MUST comply to all sections. Anyone who has any questions and queries and all those wishing to apply must contact the national secretary (nat.secretary@marshals.co.uk). Applicants can optionally include a statement of their experience, intentions and visions should they be chosen, this statement must not be more than 200 words. Applicants must inculde a proposer and seconder for the role, whom must be part of the relevant region.

This vacancy will be open for applications from the 3rd November 2025 through to 5th January 2026. Any applications received after midnight on 5th January 2026 will not be included.

The Regional Chair must agree to the terms of being a director defined by the Companies Act 2006:

Obligations as a Director:

1. Act within the powers as stipulated in the BMMC’s Articles of Association and Rules
2. Promote the BMMC to both its members and third parties, especially the public
3. Exercise independent judgment and fiduciary governance
4. Avoid conflicts of interest
5. Not accept benefits from third parties
6. Exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence in the above
7. Be free of bankruptcy

Objectives:

• Lead the BMMC region to achieve its aims and onjectives
• Represent the BMMC region on relevant motorsport forums
• Improve communications in the region and nationally
• Ensure the region reflects BMMC core principles and objectives

Actions (Including but not limited to):

• Chair BMMC Regional Committee Mettings
• Attend BMMC National Council meetings as a Director and to represent the Region
• Participate in National Council policy making as a Director of BMMC
• Liaise with National Officers and fellow Directors on development of new strategies and policies
• Provide feedback to Regional Committee and members on National Council decisions
• Approve appointment of new Directions and recruitment of new members
• Provide advice and guidance for members on request
• Ensure Regional Committee complies with BMMC financial procedures as advised by National Treasurer
• Motivate and support the committee to deliver their objectives
• Ensure that Region follows BMMC policy guidelines, rules and Articles of Association
• Use every opportunity to communicate and meet with members
• Abide by Motorsport UK Race with Respect
• Abide by confidentiality at Regional Committee, National Council and in dialogue with members, (written, verbal and on social media)

Skills:

• Lead by example, be fair and objective
• Be familiar with Microsoft Office, Word & Excel
• Be proactive and self-motivating
• Be a good communicator both verbally and in writting
• Be approachable and a good listener
• Respond promptly and efficiently
• Attend meetings promptly and efficiently
• Submit replies and responses in time to meet deadlines

Qualifications:

• Member of BMMC region
• Must be approved by BMMC directors
• Must be an active marshal

Notice is hereby given that the 2025 Annual General Meeting for the North East Region of the British Motorsports Marshals’ Club Ltd will be held over zoom meeting on the 28th of October at 19:30. (Please see following page for zoom meeting joining details)
AGENDA
1. Apologies for absence.
2. Minutes of the 2024 AGM.
3. Highlights of the year
4. Question and Answers on the 2025 Committee Report
5. Notification of Committee Member elections / appointments.
6. Any other business
7. Close

The current committee is made up of the following
• Ang Garbutt, Chairperson
• Craig Hope, Vice chair and Croft circuit representative
• Andrew Palmer, membership and grading coordinator
• Mike Bentley, Cadwell Park representative
• Peter Wilson, recruitment officer

Tim Bendelow has stepped down as from this AGM as the Rally and Speed representative, we all would like to take this opportunity to thank Tim for all his hard work and dedication to the role over the years. We would also like to add that Tim stayed on an extra year with the committee to help form and build the new group, a big thank you for doing that also!
Since the last AGM Georgie Ward has also stepped down from her role as social media and regalia, we all would like to take this opportunity to thank Georgie for her hard work during the time on the committee.
All other members are happy to carry on in their
roles.


Sofia Soberon, who was North East secretary for a period in 2024 before being granted sabbatical unfortunately did not come back to the committee. During that time and since Michael Siddle has been acting as North East Secretary and therefore will stand for election at this AGM.
There are two new members since the last AGM who have joined the committee and are fulfilling active roles, both are standing for election.
• Charlotte Evans, social media
• Claire Morton, Recruitment

There are numerous roles, however, which are vacant and currently have no one standing for them.
• Rally & Speed
• Karting representative
• Knockhill circuit representative
• Regalia

If any member is interested in joining the committee, then please contact the North East chair to discuss what is involved. Formal nominations must be received by the end of Sunday 12th October, unfortunately nominations received after this date won’t be able to be included in this year’s BMMC North East AGM; please note, any nominations will require proposing and seconding to stand.

ZOOM meeting details

This year’s AGM will be held over zoom, below are the details required to attend the meeting. If any member has any problems with this please contact the North East chair at the earliest convenience so we can work on resolving them.

BMMC NE Region AGM

Date: 28th October 2025
Time: 19:30

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 882 0044 0467

Passcode: 568757

This year we are pleased to announce not one but two of our own North East Marshals have won national awards. Pheebe Fletcher has won the National Marshal of the Year for 2024 and was presented the Barry “Whizzo” Williams Trophy by Paul o Neil. Pheebe will also be put forward for the Motorsport UK Marshal of the year. Another member Harry Miller won the David Leslie Trophy which is presented for the Cadet Marshal of the Year. Harry was presented the award by Angela our North East Chairperson. Harry was very surprised winning the award. This is a great achievement and we would all like to congratulate Pheebe and Harry on their hard work.

The 2024 BMMC North East Annual General Meeting has been scheduled, the agenda is prepped and all of your wonderful committee members are raring to go. Get ready for highlights, a question and answer with the committee on the 2024 report and more

An email has been sent out to you all sending notice for the AGM.

Date: 6th November

Time: 19:30

Location: Zoom

The full agenda and details of how to login are detailed within the email. If you haven’t received the email, require the login details or have any questions about using zoom or the AGM itself please feel free to send a message.

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Committee reports as below :

Chair report

My report to the NE AGM starts with my role as I started was to rebuilt the NE Region Committee following the resignation of the previous incumbents, to get to know those helping rebuild and once the building blocks were in place to move into a revitalize position for BMMC in the North East, make it inclusive of all disciplines and ensure all committee members feel comfortable and supported in their roles. Following on with keeping the pace of improvement and growth steady but comfortable. I recognize that sitting on a committee is not for all and my aim is to ensure those happy to do so continue to willingly give up their time for the benefit of others.

The committee is almost fully formed with good contribution from all, membership numbers (thank you Andrew) have steadily risen during the year, starting at 327 and now at 357 and we aim to push recruitment in the coming year.

No so well were the hiatus after I first took on the role (poorly and subsequent death of my father) and the loss (hopefully temporary) of Sofia our regional secretary coupled with a couple of HR issues. Thanks to Michael. coming aboard I now have secretarial support.

Plans for 25 I will endeavour to attend meetings at all venues within the NE region and introduce myself and do some recruitment. NE region committee members to continue to promote the value of being a member of BMMC. I would like us as a region to look at facilities for marshals in the various venues -shelter, breaks, valuable briefings and staying over facilities, with an aim of supporting our members and other marshals to have the best experience.

Angela Garbutt

North East Chair

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Vice Chair report

I have been supporting Angela with the new roles we have taken on. It has been a very busy time getting some of the committee roles filled with a few still left and also getting access to various systems..

I have also spent a time getting to know who is who within our North East Area along with the main BMMC Committee along with this I have had some great support as it’s very new to me.

I also started to bring the Social media side of things up to date but thankfully this role has now been taking over with Georgie coming on board.

In the last couple of weeks i have managed to get logins for the web site which I have been working on and brining things Up-to-date. 

In the coming year i will continue supporting Angela and any BMMC member while also continuing with various roles to allow the North East Region to be where it should be,

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank you all for the support. The same goes to the people that have come forward to take on roles at the Club

Craig Hope

Vice Chair.

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North East Secretary Report

I only joined the committee in September this year; and the original aim was to join as a general committee member with no specific role, with the idea of supporting those other members of the committee and seeing what input I could add. 

However due to the regional secretary, Sofia, having to take a step back temporarily I have stepped into supporting the chair, Ang Garbutt, by taking on the secretarial duties for the North East and still helping as and where I can. Although I am enjoying the role, I send my best wishes to Sofia and hopefully we see her back in the secretary role in early 2025. 

Going forward I hope to continue learning how the committee functionalities work, supporting the committee as a whole and supporting the chair until with being stand in secretary until Sofia returns. 

Michael Siddle 

Committee member & stand in secretary

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North East Rally & Speed reports 2024

Rally

NE members have marshalled on events throughout the region – from the forests, rough-roads & old airfields of North Yorkshire, Kielder & Scotland through the tarmac surfaces of Cadwell Park, Otterburn, & closed-roads around Duns, Dunoon & Mull; to the night rallies in the region, along with the use of MOD land for Historic & Targa events.

Events outside the region have also featured – namely the North West, the Isle of Man, Ireland, Wales, Jersey, & possibly mainland Europe.

Some events suffered from minimal marshalling numbers, but most ran well-staffed.

It may be the case that some marshals are choosing to do more local rallies, rather than travel to some of the far-distant events.

BRMC members number 874, which is approximately one-third of the total BMMC membership.

Speed 

NE members marshalled at the regular speed venues of Harewood, Blyton, Scammonden Dam & at Cadwell Park’s now annual-season opener; plus the Scottish venues of Doune, Kames, Forrestburn, Fintray, Bo’Ness, Golspie & Boyndie. Again, some sprints & hillclimbs ran with a minimum of marshals, but enough to allow events to go ahead. Barbon Manor, Aintree, Three Sisters, & possibly Anglesey & Curborough may also have featured in some marshals calendar’s. 

                 
Tim Bendelow

North East Speed & Rally 

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North East Media report 2024

2024 has saw the implementation of a mostly new committee for the BMMC NE region. Approximately 3 months ago I took over the media coordinator role. It hasn’t been the easiest of starts, with some admin and technical issues (what media role doesn’t though ), but my hopes for the 2025 season and beyond are high.

So what went well in 2024 do you ask?

Currently the public Facebook page has 175 followers and the private group has 42 members. Both have steady engagement levels with membership levels increasing within the private group. The website building is well under waywith thanks to Craig Hope and we have worked with a published motorsport magazine with a reach of over 100k readers to highlight the north east region.

What are the plans for 2025?

In 2025 we want to continue the growth of both the public and private pages, ensuring as many members are involved as possible. We want to ensure that the content delivered is relevant and most of all that it’s enjoyable and fun!

Once the website is up and running, we want to start working on the newsletter. Sharing stories and what’s going on around the region.

We also want to continue working with outside media such as magazines to showcase the incredibly hard and exciting work that all of our volunteers do.

Most of all we want to make sure that the content we deliver across all platforms is what our members want and need it to be. So we will be engaging more with members to make sure that as a member you are getting what is best.  We will be reaching out across the season but if anyone has any ideas please reach out to us.                                                

 Georgieleigh Ward

North East Media coordinator      
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North East Regalia report 2024, As part of the reformation of the NE committee. I have also taken on the regalia role. This is something I have just taken on. So for 2024 we are sorry that regalia is something we haven’t focused on but we will be trying our best for the 2025 season. 
I am in the process of organising stock,(convincing the committee to let me call it Merch) and setting up a little portable shop to bring to circuits and events across the north east next season. I am even going to try have an online section across our media platforms and see if I can post things so that regalia is easily accessible for all our members. 

Again we appreciate any feedback so if there are any ideas on things you would like to see then please reach out. 

Georgielee Ward 

Regalia coordinator

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Grading report

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Membership report.

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Croft Representative.

I have attended all car events at Croft in 2024.

Most people all ready know me but in 2025 I will make sure any new member gets a warm welcome.

Craig Hope

Croft Representative

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All your committee have now included an annual report for 2024.