November club news
National AGM
The 67th Annual General Meeting of the British Motorsports Marshals Club will take place this year on Sunday 1st December 2024 commencing at 14.00 at Motorsport UK, Bicester Heritage Museum OX27 8FY, and, also as a virtual event. Our guest speaker will be TV presenter and Club Ambassador Paul O’Neill, and we look forward to his insights into racing and marshalling.
Minutes of the meeting will be posted on the BMMC website by 10th December for your information
Regional AGMs
Since the last issue of Club news, the following AGMs have been held:
- Southeast 31st October 2024 at Hailwoods restaurant Brands Hatch and Zoom.
- Northeast 6th November by Zoom
- South Midlands 29th October venue Zoom
- Northern Ireland 7th November
- Rally 29th October Zoom
We welcome Colin Robinson as the new Regional Chair for Northern Ireland, Ian Whiting as the new Regional Chair for South Midlands, and ratification of Ang Garbutt as the new Regional Chair for North East. Our thanks go to Robert Coursey and Chris Whitlock for their service as Regional Chairs.
Minutes of the regional AGMs will be posted on the regional websites in the near future.
A number of members have volunteered for new committee roles within the regions. For details, please contact your regional secretary for further information.
BMMC signs Armed Forces Covenant
We are proud to announce our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces community through the signing of the Armed Forces Covenant which took place on November 10, 2024, at Trac Môn, Anglesey, before the start of the 10th Mission Motorsport Race of Remembrance.
The signing was conducted by Group Captain G J J Currie OBE ADC MA RAF on behalf of the Armed Forces, and BMMC National Secretary John Edwards representing the British Motorsports Marshals Club.
The Mission Motorsport Race of Remembrance, held annually at Trac Môn, Anglesey, provides a fitting setting for this commitment, honouring the service and sacrifice of military personnel. The BMMC looks forward to establishing this formal pledge, further strengthening its ties with those who have dedicated their lives to serving the United Kingdom.
Financial and Insurance
The finances of the Club remain healthy and year to date we have a surplus of just over £3,000.
Steve Woolfe (Treasurer) is in the process, along with Adrian Liddiment National Regalia Officer, renewing our sponsorship deals. To date, Ginetta, CSCC and Cataclean have committed to 2025. Prodrive, Clapham North and NGK are still considering their budgets for 2025. Adrian has a list of potential new sponsors that he will be contacting soon.
If anyone has any good ideas/contacts for new sponsorship, then please let Steve know at nat.treasurer@marshals.co.uk.
Should anyone be interested in the Treasurer’s role (and you needn’t be an accountant as we have an exceptional bookkeeper who does most of the work), please contact Steve Woolfe for a chat.
Around the regions.
Whilst the Race, Speed and Kart discipline season is just about over, the Rally discipline continues on with a number of high-profile events still to go before the year is out. If you fancy a go at something different rather than putting your feet up, contact the BRMC (recruitment@brmc.org.uk) and they will try to arrange for you to attend an event. There is a rally marshals Taster Day at Donington Park on the 1st of December if you wish to ‘try before you buy’, again contact the email address for further information.
December 2024
· 1st Northside Truck & Van Dukeries Rally
· 7th Grizedale Stages Rally
· 7th Phil Collings Memorial South Down Stages
· 7th & 8th The Fox Road Rally
· 14th & 15th The Preston
· 29th Rixy Stages
· 29th West Wales Spares Jaffa Stages
For more information, please see https://brmc.org.uk/contacts
Membership and Grading
Welcome to our new members (to date) in November by region:
Midlands 2, North East 6, North West 6, South East 6 , South Mids 2
Membership now stands at 2996; only another 4 and we hit the 3000 mark!
Congratulations to the following members who have upgraded:
· Mark Spafford Race Grade 1
· Brandon Green Race Grade 1
· Darran Connolly Race Grade 1
· Leslie Joyce Race Grade 3
· Samantha Goodge Race Grade 3
· Stuart Germon Race Grade 1
· John Gunner Race Grade 1
· Phillip Beeson Speed Grade 1
Motorsport UK re-Registration – (from Motorsport UK Marshal Bulletin)
Please remember to re-register with Motorsport UK. Please see the instructions taken from Marshal News
If you haven’t recently logged into your account, please
use https://www.motorsportuk.org/login/ go to MEMBERS LOGIN and then put your email address and click on Forgot Password? to be sent a reset password link. However if you do not receive it please check your Spam Folder first before emailing marshals@motosportuk.org and they will forward your request to Membership.
Once logged into the Motorsport Management platform, please go to Edit Profile and upload a headshot which will be used for your Marshal Registration card only and held on your record.
Then go to Marshal Registrations. For each discipline held, please click on the green Current and then work through the questions. Once you have renewed, you will see that the date has changed from Valid To 31/12/2024 to Valid To 31/12/2025.
You will also receive an email with your digital card showing the Marshal Registration; this can also be requested by clicking on the three dots to the righthand side of the Registration Type and then use Resend Marshal Registration Email for each of the grades held.
Your 2025 Motorsport UK Marshal Registration card will be sent out to you later this month, however please remember that your 2024 cards are valid until 31/12/2024.
If you are marshalling with a colleague who does not have access to emails, and they would like a renewal form posted to them, with their permission do please email marshals@motorsportuk.org and MUK will put a form in the post to them
Regalia
This week is Orange becomes the new Black! week, please see the email issued via Mailchimp or the BMMC Facebook page for information on your regalia discount.
Now is the ideal time to order these Lille always get a large influx of orders early in the year and to assist managing that demand get your orders in early? Please contact https://www.marshals.co.uk/regalia/regalia-how-to-order
Additionally, we always look for ideas for new items and would love to hear your suggestions. Feel free to email us at nat.regalia@marshals.co.uk with your ideas.
Training
Your Regional Training Coordinators are already hard at work devising their training plans for 2025. Please keep a lookout for the publication of training dates in your, and other, regions and sign up early to avoid disappointment.
Whilst the Race, Speed and Kart discipline season is just about over, the Rally discipline continues on with a number of high-profile events still to go before the year is out. If you fancy a go at something different rather than putting your feet up, contact the BRMC (recruitment@brmc.org.uk) and they will try to arrange for you to attend an event. They do have a rally marshals Taster Day at Donington Park on the 1st of December if you wish to ‘try before you buy’, again contact the email address above for further information.
Don’t forget, Motorsport UK have a wide range of online training modules you can revisit at any time to refresh your knowledge – just visit their Learning Hub for the full list and away you go.
From Motorsport UK – Marshal Bulletin:
Please note, not all Marshal Training Modules are currently available to Trainers for their Marshal Training Sessions. Motorsport UK are currently working to complete the full set of modules; in the meantime, they are happy for individual Motorsport UK Trainers to give training in this instance to the level required. Motorsport UK have confirmed they will not stop individuals from upgrading if those modules are not available to those wishing to upgrade.
The following are currently unavailable:
- Kart 03A Incident and Safety Management
- Race 02A Incident Response (and used for Off Track)
- Race 02C Advanced Flag
- Off Track 02C Advanced Off Track
- Rally 03A Incident and Safety Management
- Rally 03D Advanced Radio
British Grand Prix 2025
Finally, for those interested in marshalling at the British grand Prix in 2025, remember to get your application form submitted
Please provide any feedback on the BMMC club news to nat.secretary@marshals.co.uk