We have been asked to support the Krazy Races team again this year!  (www.krazyraces.co.uk)
There are two repeat venues and two new locations to chose from.
I would be grateful if you could advertise these within your region as appropriate – thanks.
Each event is looking for a minimum of 3 volunteers for the day.Lunch will be provided – timings are roughly 9am to 4pmFull details will be provided closer to each event to those who have volunteered.
Events are:Sunday 25 May – CreweSunday 22 June – LincolnSunday 24 August – Newbury (NEW!) Sunday 7 September – Bristol (NEW!)
Please volunteer direct to Nat.Volco@marshals.co.uk – providing contact details and event of choice.

“The funeral of Jeremy Clarke – a former NE region BRMC Stage Commander, & long-term supporter of rallying within the region; will be held on Wednesday 7th May, 2025, at 10.45am, at St. Mary’s Church, Spen Lane, Gomersal, West Yorkshire, BD19 4LS. Former colleagues & marshals who worked with Jeremy are encouraged to attend to pay their respects ” Thanks, Tim Bendelow, NE BMMC Rally Rep.

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Applications are now open for the 2025 Formula 1 British Grand Prix! Please read the information below carefully before making an application using the link found below. To be eligible to apply, Marshals must be a member of a recognised Motorsport UK club.  A summary of your application will be sent to the indicated primary club for verification.  Overseas applicants should provide approval from their National Governing Body. Have held the correct grade for the role being applied for, as of 31 December 2023; marshals who had Registered Marshal status (formerly Trainee) and have upgraded since, can still apply if the minimum marshalling days of 12 has been achieved after the upgrade date. Renew your Motorsport UK Registration for 2025.submit an application no later than 2 December 2024.have marshalled a minimum of 12 days during the 2024 season.  You should include all circuit race event days that you have marshalled in any capacity.  Application Form Notes Please note that marshalling for the minimum number of 12 days is not a guarantee of selection. Only Motorsport UK or FIA licenced Circuit race event days are eligible to be counted (training days, track days, kart and motorcycle events are excluded).Only submit one form. If you need to make any updates, please send the information through to bgp@motorsportuk.org. Please do not submit a second form unless advised to do so. Priority will be given to officials who are available to attend all 3 event days (4/5/6 July) and are available to sign-on and attend additional training sessions/briefings on Thursday 3 July, where required. If you have individual circumstances that prevent you from meeting the criteria above, please complete the form and send a covering e-mail to bgp@motorsportuk.org for consideration.  Available RolesThe following roles can be applied for via this application method:- Post ChiefIncident OfficerFlag MarshalTrack (Incident) MarshalPaddock MarshalPit/Grid MarshalFire Tender driverJCB SnatchDriver Recovery/Marshals’ MinibusRace CommunicationsRace PhonesRescue (Silverstone unit personnel)Breakdown (Silverstone unit personnel)Marshals’ Welfare TeamScrutineer Track Safety Team applications will open later into the New Year. Chiefs, deputies and assistants of roles are appointed once the application process is complete. An application form should be completed, as above.   The following roles are appointed outside of this application process:- Clerk of the CourseStewardsMedical TeamSweeper personnelIndependent Rescue Unit personnelIndependent Breakdown personnel  Thank you for reading the requirements carefully and we look forward to any application you may wish to make in respect of the 2025 event. The link below can be paste and copied for your 2025 application: https://marshals.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7ef599c01a58ffd619f17a61&id=86097b3dc6&e=1ded161b0T Events Team Motorsport UK

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.

Exciting News: The North-East Newsletter Returns in 2024!

We are thrilled to announce the revival of the North-East Newsletter, set to make its grand return in 2024! After a not-so-brief hiatus, we are bringing back this communication platform to keep our community connected, informed, and engaged.

What to Expect:

• Quarterly Deliveries: Our newsletter will be delivered directly to your email inbox every quarter, ensuring you stay up-to-date with the latest news, events, and developments in the North-East region.
• Easy Access: In addition to email delivery, we’re making the newsletter easily accessible to everyone. You can download it directly from our website, making it convenient for you to read at your leisure.
• Dyslexia-Friendly Version: Recognizing the diverse needs of our community, we are committed to inclusivity. That’s why we’re offering a dyslexia-friendly version of the newsletter. Clear fonts, concise language, and thoughtful formatting will ensure that everyone can enjoy the content effortlessly.

Get Involved:

We believe that the strength of our newsletter lies in the diversity and richness of our community. That’s why we invite you to be a part of this exciting initiative in three ways:

1. Volunteer as the Newsletter Coordinator: Are you enthusiastic about coordinating and organizing content? Consider taking on the role of our Newsletter Coordinator. Your dedication will be instrumental in shaping the newsletter and ensuring its continued success.
2. Submit Your Photos: Do you have captivating photos from recent events or memorable moments in the North-East region? Share them with us! Selected photos will be featured in the newsletter, showcasing the vibrancy and spirit of our motorsport community.
3. Contribute as a Writer: If you have a passion for writing and a knack for storytelling, we welcome your contributions. Whether it’s event recaps, driver spotlights, or technical insights, your words can add depth and variety to the newsletter.

How to Get Involved:

For photo submissions, expressing your interest in contributing as a writer, or volunteering as the Newsletter Coordinator, please reach out to our Regional Secretary at ne.secretary@marshals.co.uk or our Media Coordinator at ne.media@marshals.co.uk. Your involvement will play a vital role in making the North-East Newsletter a true reflection of our community.

As we embark on this exciting journey, we look forward to reconnecting with you through the pages of our newsletter. Let’s make 2024 a year filled with shared stories, memories, and a celebration of our collective passion for motorsport in the North-East!

After the need to postpone our Autumn 2020 and Spring 21 traditional Marshal Training Events due to current lockdown restrictions – we are pleased to say that planning is underway to revamp a training schedule ready for 2021.

This year, we hope to bring you a mix of new online sessions delivered via Zoom as well as the usual face2face practical marshal training days.

Further information and booking forms will be made available via our Training page.