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BBMMMMCC MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE South Midlands Region BMJManuCary M201A5 GAZINE SouthMidlands RegionJuly 2014 Contents PicturebyAE-Photography.co.uk 3 – The Chairman’s 10 – Formula Kart Chatter 4 – Membership Matters 12 – South Mids Regalia Order Form 5 – Karting News 13 – 50 Years of Motorsport 7 – BMMC South Mids 15 – Regional Officers Training Days 8 – Rally Training Days 16 – National Officers 9 – MG Car Club Donation to the Marshals Club The Chairman’s Chatter…. Paul Harris – South Midlands Chairman.......... Welcome to the Newsletter for the South Midlands Region…. A very happy New Year to you all. Another day another dollar: so says the old adage. Another year another training weekend says South Midland Region. Yes; we are at that time of the year again when we have to sort out our probans for the coming season, and complain they have shrunk since we last wore them, even though they were not washed over the closed season. This year’s Training Weekend is again at the Rockingham Motor Speedway near Corby on 7th/8th February. You will all, by now, have received you booking forms and hopefully will have sent them back to John Turner to book your place on the weekend. If you have not done so, then please do, as you guys are the ones who make the weekend a success. A new feature for this season is the opportunity to volunteer on line for any, or all of your marshalling days this year. Last year the North Region of BMMC launched an online system which proved very successful and now Council has decided to use the same system and have “rolled” it out nationwide. Please use the system, it is there to help you and will cut out all the postage incurred with posting your slips to each and every club you want to marshal for. You will by now have been sent instructions on how to register you name on the system. All you need to do then is to follow the links and register your availability for any meeting you wish to marshal at. At the moment the system does not allow you to volunteer for Rallies, this anomaly will be sorted in due course. Don’t forget that it is now up to you to change any of your personal details on the national database and this can only be done if you have registered, You will not now be able to blame anyone else if your contact details are incorrect. Please use the system; it is there to help you. th As usual your region is organising the club stand for Race Retro on 20 , 21st and 22nd February if any of you are intending to be there, please come and say Hi!!!!!, it does make the day go quicker. A reminder to you all the Noggin and Natter evenings are still going strong at the White Horse Silverstone starting at 8pm. Further details can be seen on the BMMC South Mids Regional website. Have a safe marshalling year. Keep safe PaulHarris ChairmanSouth Mids Region British MotorsportMarshals’Club Membership Matters New Members Well, 2015 has arrived, we have new members looking forward, in most cases, to their first year of marshalling. I would like to welcome them to the club and our region, as usual, if you cross their path at a meeting, please extend a hand of welcome. This year if the opportunity arises let’s try to encourage more marshals to join our club. Steve Caldwell, Leighton Bromswold Thomas Smith, Oxford Les Garratt, Milton Keynes David Weston, Swindon John Morecroft, High Wycombe Al Woodward Jr., USA Steve Slack, Rothwell Renewals Have you renewed your membership yet, you should have received a renewal email in December. If for some reason you didn’t, the renewal form is available on the website. Your club is encouraging members to renew using direct debit wherever possible, however paying online by credit/debit card or by cheque are still available options. The link to the forms are here: Renewal Form www.marshals.co.uk/resources/77515071764.doc Direct debit form www.marshals.co.uk/resources/39225211156.pdf If you have renewed and are waiting for you 2015 membership pack please be patient with 2500 members it does take a while. Change of Details I received a complaint from a marshal (not our region) that they had not received their 2015 membership card yet. I explained about possible delays and asked for their details so I could check progress. It turned out that the member had moved address and changed email address also. The new membership card had been sent to the old address. Can I ask you all to access the database, if you have not already, to check and update your personal details, there is also the opportunity to enter your next of kin details. If you don’t tell us or update the details we don’t know. The link is on the home page of the website www.marshals.co.uk then click on ‘Volunteering Website’. Once you have logged in click the symbol in the top right corner, looks like a monopoly piece this will take you to the database page. Dave Reed Regional & National Membership Secretary Karting News SHENINGTON: Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. We kick off the Shenington year with our first meeting on 17/18 Jan but prior to that I organised an informal training day / get-together for Shenington marshals on 10 Jan – thanks to those who attended. We covered various areas and had a lot of lively discussion. Don’t forget the Kart Marshal Training Day organised by Harry Heath at Whilton Mill on Sunday 29 March 2015. The first weekend of 2015 saw the Shenington 2014 Awards Evening and Dinner Dance at the Stratford Manor Hotel. Well done to all the award winners but very special congratulations to two people in particular: Phil Rowlands, Kart Marshal who was presented with the Norman Palmer Memorial Marshal Trophy – a very worthy winner of a trophy which the late Simon Walker introduced when Norman Palmer passed away. Well done Phil. The other award winner I must mention is Max Speed (a very appropriate name!) who was nominated for the Most Improved Cadet Award as well as the Perseverance Award. Max won the Perseverance award – he is only 9 years old and started karting through Let’s Go Karting Scheme at Shenington. Well done Max, it is a real pleasure to see one of our ‘home grown’ karters winning such a prestigious award. 2015 dates from February are as follows: Shenington: 14 / 15 Feb 14 / 15 Mar 21 / 22 Mar (Easykart – not SKRC) 18 / 19 April 8 / 9 / 10 May (Super One) 16 / 17 May 20 / 21 June 17 / 18 / 19 July (Superprix, including Historic Kart Club – note this is a month later than usual!) 15 / 16 Aug 11 / 12 / 13 Sept (Super One) 19 / 20 Sept 17 / 18 Oct 14 / 15 Nov 28 / 29 Nov (replaces Dec meeting) Whilton Mill: 21 / 22 Feb 21 / 22 Mar 25 / 26 April 23 / 24 May 30 / 31 May (Extra rounds IAME / X30) 27 / 28 June 25 / 26 July 22 / 23 August 28 / 29 / 30 August (Super One) 26 / 27 Sept 24 / 25 Oct 21 / 22 Nov Rissington: 28 Feb / 1 Mar 4 / 5 April 2 / 3 May 6 / 7 June 4 / 5 July 1 / 2 Aug 7 / 8 / 9 Aug (Super One) 29 / 30 Aug (Mids Champs – moved from Sept) 3 / 4 Oct Contacts for Marshalling: Shenington: Pete Cox Tel: 01295 257674 / 07770 866006 Whilton Mill: Chris Allen Tel: 07939 664852 Rissington: Mike Wynell-Mayow See Rissington web page for details Pete 01295 257674 / 07770 866006 / [email protected] British Motorsport Marshals Club South Midlands Region 2015 Training The BMMC (South Mids) 2015 training will be held over the weekend of the 7th and 8th of February, 2015 at Rockingham. The programme will be: Sat 7 Feb: ● Flag Sun 8 Feb: ● Basic Skills (Sign on ● Report Writing (Sign on ● First on Scene 08:00) ● Communications 07:30) ● Incident Handling ● Leadership ● Incident ● Mentoring Management ● Fire ● Specialist The programme on Sunday will include practical sessions so you will need to bring your marshalling gear, and be prepared for all weather conditions! Tea and coffee will be provided on arrival and during the day. You must bring your own lunch as there will be none available on site. Numbers are limited so book early. Regards, John Turner (Mob: 07523 162049) Please send in the information detailed below to request a place at the training. Send requests by email to [email protected], or by snail mail to 39 Presland Way, Irthlingborough, NN9 5UL. The closing date is 30 January, 2015. Sat 7 Feb: Yes / No Sun 8 Feb: Yes / No Name: Address: Phone: Email: BMMC No: MSA No: Current Grade: Grade Training For: Emergency Contact Name: Emergency Contact Phone: Rally Training Dates Rally Training Dates for 2015: Cambridge – 7 Feb 15 Telford – 8 Mar 15 Derby – 15 Mar 15 Oxford – 12Apr 15 If anyone is interested in attending any of these dates, please contact Jaz Bareham for details. Jaz Bareham South Midlands Rally Rep BRMC Treasurer www.brmc.org.uk MG Car Club Donation to the Marshals Club I am extremely pleased to say that the MG Car Club, thanks to the generosity of its competing members has donated £1,750 to the club. This is an appreciation from the club and its competitors for all the hard work you have done during their meetings over the last 12 months.