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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEVENOAKS and DISTRICT MOTOR CLUB
THE
ACORN
APRIL
2013

Sevenoaks and District Motor Club Ltd
PRESIDENT: John Symes VICE PRESIDENT: Vic EIford
ACORN MAGAZINE
April 2013
The Editor, Committee and Club do not necessarily agree with items and opinions expressed within ACORN magazine
OFFICERS and COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN, Andy Elcomb, The Cottage, Deans Hill, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8BB
MEMBERSHIP SEC: (Home) 01622 884856, (Work) 020 8309 1011 andyelcomb@yahoo.com
SECRETARY: Tracey Niel, 35 Augustine Road, Orpington, Kent BR3 3JY
(Home) 01689 602456 tracey.niel@ntlworld.com
TREASURER: Clive Cooke, 1 Willow Bank, Robertsbridge, East Sussex TN32 5NH
(Home) 01580 880568 cooke137@btinternet.com
DEP. CHAIRMAN, TRK: Chin, 36, Churchside, Vigo, Kent, DA13 0SJ
ACORN EDITOR: (Home) 01732 823132, (Work) 020 8691 6221 chin@btinternet.com
COMPETITION SEC, Ian Crocker,
WEBMASTER: (Home) 01892 546006 ian@seight.com
SPEED LEAGUE David Balderson, 17 Glentrammon Close, Green Street Green, Kent BR6 6DL
CONTACT: (Home) 01689 601661 balderson@ntlworld.com
SPEED LEAGUE Russell Giddings, 45 Castle Drive, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6RW
SCORER: (Home) 01959 524837 sdmc@hotmail.co.uk
RALLY SECRETARY: Iain Gibson, 8 Knights Croft, New Ash Green, Kent DA3 8HT
(Home) 01474 873573, rallyep3@hotmail.co.uk
CHIEF MARSHAL: Chris Scudder, 4 Northdown Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7QW
(Home) 07711 078552 chris.scudder@virgin.net
SOCIAL SECRETARY: Rosemary & Nigel Mead, 3 Heather Bank, Paddock Wood, Kent TN12 6BW
(Home) 01892 832420 mead.nigel@virgin.net
PRESS & PR: Darren Tyre, 35 Augustine Road, Orpington, Kent BR3 3JY
(Home) 01689 602456 darren.tyre@ntlworld.com
CPO: Dawn Travers, 91 Carlton Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 2DE
(Home) 01737 210377 dawn.travers@ntlworld.com
WITHOUT PORTFOLIO: Steve Thompson, 159 Penhill Road, Bexley, Kent, DA5 3EU
(Home) 0208 3002609 stevthom1@hotmail.com
WEB ACORN: Ralph Travers
ralph.travers@ntlworld.com
Website - www.sevenoaksmotorclub.com
Front Cover—It’s the MSA Year of the Volunteer.

Editorial
It’s still horribly cold! Whatever happened to global warming, they’ve changed the terminology to
climate change! We’re preparing for our first Sprint of the year as I write this and, although we’ve
had snow at North Weald before and it’s always been subject to a keen Northerly or Easterly
wind I fear this year may be the chilliest yet. We are hardy folk on this island so I hope to see lots
of you there (Me I’ll be sitting in my nice warm car reading my book! Club Stewards have to,
honest.)
Our AGM is here again, another year has passed and there has much to celebrate but there are
also many aspects of our sport and our club on which we ask you to air your views. Your
committee discuss what we think you’d like (probably biased by what we like) but we only really
know what you want if you tell us. As with all
discussions amongst a group of people there will be
conflicting interests, but if we know your
preferences we can use that information to help
make our decisions. Also you could air your
thoughts (not rants, please) on our forum and in this
magazine.
Good to see so many of you at the March social
night for the quiz put on by Rosemary and Nigel and
it was an honour to be on the winning team, not that
I contributed much as the rest were real founts of
knowledge, well done Joy, Alex and Colin. There
GN SPIDER at Crystal Palace 2012
were several new members there which really is
encouraging.
With technology having an ever more important part to play in the way we communicate it’s
interesting to see how the online entry system we (or rather Karen Webber and Ralph Travers)
have developed for Crystal Palace is working.
Entries are much faster coming in than in previous
years and the automatic capture of the entry data
has made the whole thing much easier. If you look
at other clubs the more pro-active are going or have
gone that way. The MSA is catching up with online
licence and permit application but at present their
website is letting them down; let’s hope the
revamped and user friendly site they’re working on
brings them up to date. On that topic we have
nothing to crow about at present with the
changeover to our new website taking longer than
anticipated for which your committee apologises—
but it’ll be good when it arrives. Keep checking for
the update and look for up to date information,
together with the various topics of discussion, on MONACO 500 at Crystal Palace 2012
our forum.
Two major events which require a huge input to make them work are coming up soon. The
London Rally for Heroes on 20th April and Crystal Palace at the end of May will need lots of you
out to make them work. Both are very different in format and requirement but both will be the sort
of event where even the most humble job will give great satisfaction in knowing you’ve been a
part of the action. Let the organisers know now that you’ll be there to help. Andy Elcomb will
need help strapping tyres for Crystal Palace on Saturday 12th May and I’ll need help putting up
banners etc. on Sunday 5th May. Please let us know you can help—addresses, phone numbers,
emails etc. in the list at the front of this mag.
Chin

Welcome to April’s Chairman’s Chat.
This grotty weather continues to play havoc with our motorsport and we were very disappointed
to have to call off the 17 th March Car Trial at Stoneacre a few days beforehand. The
ground was sodden a week before and whilst the hills aren’t too bad as they drain well, as
ever it was access to the field that would have been the main stopper. The rain that was forecast
for the day and just before it meant that it was definitely the right decision. The Trial in
Cambridge scheduled for the weekend before also didn’t happen, although in that case they
had to call it off after trying to start it, so a fruitless journey for those that went. Fingers crossed
that the summer Trial will be a joyous affair!
There has been some discussion as to the pros and cons of bend boards and pointer and
barrier cones at North Weald sprints on the 7Oaks Fast Talk forum and it is a very useful medium
for this sort of thing. Unfortunately not many of you pop up and have your say on there –
why not
Our first sprint at North Weald is due to take place on 31 st March so will have happened before
you read this and we have decided to run the course in the opposite direction to Borough 19’s
event on 17 th March, thereby avoiding the high speed, very bumpy, approach to the gate
posts. It’ll be interesting to see what the regular competitor’s preferred course is and I’d really
appreciate feedback on this and any other matter.
To date we are still waiting to get our new website up and running so are stuck with our out of
date old one, which means that we can’t update the regulations and events links, other than
via the Facebook / Twitter link in the middle of the home page and via the forum. So, please
bear with us and use those parts of the website in the meantime to get access to current information.
You don’t have to be “into” Facebook or Twitter and you don’t have to wibble on forever
on the Forum but if you do use the internet in any way then there is no excuse not to
know what is coming up.
Talking of things coming up, on Wednesday 17 th April 7Oaks will hold its Annual General
Meeting at The Bell, Kemsing and all are invited to help your club conduct the business of
formally approve the last year’s accounts and this year’s club officers. Also there will be the
opportunity to ask questions and have a general chat about what’s good (and maybe what’s
not) about your club and local motorsport in general. Should you fancy a spell on the committee
and put a bit back in then your nomination would be very much appreciated too.
April should see Maidstone attempt to get their Trial underway at Stoneacre (good luck with
that, chaps!), Nigel & Rosemary Mead’s scatter rally on the 18 th (a good, cheap fun evening in
the lanes around Paddock Wood that should be the first port of call for anyone fancying doing
a bit of rallying) followed shortly by the London Rally for Heroes on Saturday 20 th , where if you
volunteer to come and marshal you’ll get to see some cracking rally action at Rushmoor Arena
for free. But you can’t just come along to help if you think the weather is going to be kind – you
will have to commit beforehand as it is vital that we know who and where to allocate marshals.
You can of course come along as a spectator, where you will have the chance to contribute to
the worthy cause at the car park.
The weekend after that, Graham Child & I will be off to Herefordshire for the Ross Endurance
Rally in Graham’s 1400cc Rover 214. This is turning out to be a classic year for this quite economical
rally series. Low-spec, standard engines and no knobbly tyres yet we are still having
great fun in the forests during the day and then on to a decent road rally through the night.
Very tiring but stupendous value for money – take a look at www.endurance-rallying.co.uk to
see what it’s all about.
Enjoy your motorsport!
Andy Elcomb

Somerset Stages Rally
SATURDAY 20th APRIL 2013
MARSHALS & RADIO CREWS
WANTED
www.somersetstagesrally.com
Nigel Winkworth
0845 0951385 or e-mail
marshals@somersetstagesrally.com
General enquiries please contact
Chris House, Deputy Clerk of Course
on 0845 0951386 or email
chris.house@somersetstagesrally.com
RALLY SCHOOL
Wed. 10th April
The Bell Kemsing. 8.00pm
Bring map 188, soft pencils, brain.
Learn the noble (black) art of rallying
on the highway– it’s good, legal fun in
the dark.
More on navigation with emphasis on
the summer regularity 12-cars.
PLEASE PHONE BEFORE 9pm.
Chairman’s joke page
A Dutch inventor was developing inflatable shoes, unfortunately he popped his
clogs before completing his project

London Rally For Heroes, 20th April 2013
Kent Clubs to run the Rushmoor Arena Venue.
The Maidstone & Mid Kent, Sevenoaks and Bexley clubs are privileged to have
been asked to assist in the first running of this event that is being promoted by
Southern Car Club, organisers of Rallye Sunseeker.
As the stages are being run on military land all sponsorship and profits are
being donated to the Help the Heroes charity.
The event is a multi venue sealed surface rally starting and finishing at
Brooklands. We have been asked to run the service park and special stage at
Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot. This is the longest and the official spectator stage
for the event.
Andy Kilby is service park manager and Andy Jenner (MMKMC) is stage
commander with Bruce Jenkins as stage safety officer and Andy Elcomb has
overall responsibility for the whole venue.
We therefore are looking for a substantial number of marshals to help with the
event. If you are planning to spectate there will be a charge to do so, so if you
volunteer to marshal instead, you will get in free!
Unlike most forestry events, a lot of the Rushmoor stage is open therefore
provides excellent viewing opportunities.
If you are able to help please contact either of us as soon as possible.
SERVICE AREA:
Andy Kilby – Andrew.kilby@blueyonder.co.uk
STAGE:
Andy Jenner email: the3jenners@btinternet.com
Bruce Jenkins email: bajenkins@btinternet.com
Thank you in anticipation of your support
ASEMC Speed Championship
Regulations are now available for the 2013 ASEMC Speed Championship once again
sponsored by Essex Emergency Services 2000 Ltd. There are some changes to the
class structures that only affect motor-cycle engine cars, but if you haven’t got your
regs yet contact Chris Judge the Championship Co-ordinator at
judgece66@aol.com.
http://www.asemc.org.uk/

S&DMC SOCIAL EVENT CALENDAR
(Contact Rosemary or Nigel Mead, Tel.No.: 01892 832420
e-mail : mead.rosemary@virginmedia.com).
Please contact The Bell if you will be purchasing food, Tel.No.01732 761550.
WEDNESDAY 17 th APRIL
S&DMC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At The Bell, Kemsing.
WEDNESDAY 15th MAY
Bowling at Tunbridge Wells
It is noted that this event will not be booked unless sufficient
numbers have been confirmed by the end of March.
March Quiz Night
Good crowd with wit
and wisdom flying. Six
teams including new
faces had a great night
out. The scores were
decidedly varied and
the banter was both
pointed and lighthearted,
it shows what
a friendly bunch we
are. Thanks to Nigel
and Rosemary
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 17 th April, 8pm at The Bell, Kemsing.
Please note that the 7Oaks & District Motor Club will hold its Annual General
Meeting at the April social evening, Wednesday 17 th April 2013.
As a Company Limited by Guarantee, we are obliged to hold this meeting to
conduct the formalities of presenting the annual accounts and re-electing the
committee.
So if you fancy helping your club by giving some time at committee meetings (the
committee meets on the 1 st Wednesday of every month) and contribute to
maintaining the excellent reputation that the club holds, then please get in touch
with any of the committee listed inside the front cover.
This is also a good time to have a chat (after the main formalities) about what you
would like to see in your club – or not see – so please take the time to think about
helping guide us forward.

MOTORSPORT GLOSSARY:
Jargon, abbreviations etc. explained If you don’t understand the explanations—please
ask!)
Before we go on to rally terminology here are a few more basics:
Event statuses; all events operate under a permit (or a waiver of permit) from the MSA
(see last month) some of which require the competitor to hold a Competition Licence.
CLUBMAN (CM)—the ‘lowest’ grade of permit which allows competition by members of
a limited number of clubs (currently 15 plus the organising club) no MSA licence is
required for these events, just a club membership card.
NATIONAL B (Nat B)—at this grade you’ll need an MSA licence and this level makes up
most regional championship and similar events; Car Trial championships only require a
Clubman licence but all the rest require Nat B .
NATIONAL A (Nat A)—This grade of event allows competition at that level all over the
country and is mostly used for our national championship rounds.
INTERNATIONAL—As implied by the title this grade of event is for competitions at an
international level under the direct jurisdiction of the FIA.
FIA—(The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) the world governing body for our
sport
So that’s a bit more about the governance of our sport. On to the world of rallying which
really is full of jargon, abbreviations and for Navigational Rallies is a bit of a black art:
Firstly types of event:
Scatter—Full title Navigational Scatter; involves (a bit like a Treasure Hunt but without a
fixed route) finding clues at a number (usually about 40) points you’ve plotted onto your
map and visited in any order. Great fun and extremely useful for beginners learning how
to get about the country lanes using a map.
12-Car—Rally with a fixed route and time schedule but the simplest you’ll find in our
area. Most run on Friday evenings with a few more on Sunday evenings. Your normal
road car is probably suitable as long as it’s legal and quiet.
20/20—A form of Navigational Rally at Clubman level restricted to 20 cars run from
10pm usually on a Saturday night and finishing by about 1am. Organised like larger
events with Route Authorisation but aimed at the beginner who wants to step up from
12-cars.
Navigational Rally—next step up but sadly no longer run in our area. You’ll find the
ones with really hard navigation in Scotland!
Road Rally—Most competitive of the wholly road based events where the emphasis is
on maintaining the time schedule.
Endurance Rally—A relatively young version of our sport for fairly standard cars mostly
1400cc hatchbacks involving tests on private land as well as competition on the
highway. More expensive than the others but very demanding and satisfying.
Targa Rally– Introduced this year these events comprise solely special tests on private
land, often linked via the highway and again for the sort of car allowed on Endurance
Rallies
Regularity Rally—Often run in daylight, these rallies require that the crew keep
accurately to a time and speed schedule tested by secret checks. Not easy but still great
fun
So what sort of jargon is used on road events
See next month or come to Rally School
Chin

BRANDS HATCH WINTER STAGES – 12 TH JANUARY 2013
The first event of the new year for Team TR Motorsport turned out to be both dramatic and
challenging for both driver Terry Luckings and co-driver Russ Burton as the day dawned at a
dark, wet, slippery and extremely cold Brands Hatch for 8 special stages laid out incorporating
the short Indy circuit, the first quarter mile of the Grand Prix circuit, the pits complex, the main
paddock and rally school track.
Out of 80 cars entered we were seeded as car 34 and
were in class C for up to 2 litre normally aspirated cars
in the red MK2 Golf GTI. On such a cold day it was
going to be difficult to get heat into the tyres even with
softened suspension settings, and special stage 1
proved our undoing as going anti-clockwise into the
second apex of Graham Hill Bend we got the front offside
wheel on the greasy kerb which pulled the car
onto the wet grass,
which spun us
through 180 degrees
to hit the tyre barrier side on into the waiting tyre barrier
on the driver’s side (the car is a left hooker). Immediate
damage was the disintegration of the drivers plastiglass window
and a sudden cold blast of air, and a sound of the front
bumper/spoiler dragging along, however all four wheels were
still pointing in the correct direction and no other untoward
mechanical sounds were audible so we pulled back onto the
black stuff and completed the stage not surprisingly having lost a bundle of seconds time.
Back in service besides the damaged drivers window, the driver’s door was severely dented as
was the front nearside wing/headlight plus the front bumper/ spoiler hanging off. The service
crew quickly assessed the damage and without visible damage to the roll cage patched the car
up to be able to continue albeit very draughtily.
The next few stages proved equally greasy with us
having several more spins and moments, along with
virtually the whole field although we did manage to
temporarily repair Terry’s window during the lunch
interval with stout clear plastic sheet reducing the
draught. We had made some progress nevertheless
and at the midpoint had climbed from 34 th to 32 nd .
As darkness fell and with conditions continuing to
deteriorate on the final stage however, i have to confess
to making a navigating error when I called a split
junction incorrectly and we were awarded a stage maximum time, dropping us from a highest
position of 32 nd to an overall 48 th and 19 th in class, not one of our more memorable performances,
but with all our adventures a finish nevertheless.
Dean Thomas /Mark Burt in the Davrian Dav-Tec Mk8 won the event overall with Jeremy
Straker / Simon May in a Darrian T9 in 2 nd with Royston Carey / Bridge Carey 3 rd in the Renault
Clio 172.
Since the event the car has been in the course of repair and funds permitting will be out again
later in the season.
Slight compensation and notoriety from the event was that we got ourselves a mention and
briefly featured in Motors TV coverage of the event which has been repeated several times and
have recorded for posterity.
RussBurtonMotorsport

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WHAT’S ON
Sat 06.04.13 Tunbridge Wells Sprint Lydden NB
Sun 06.04.13 SEMSEC Race Meeting Lydden NB
Sun 07.04.13 Blackpalfrey Regularity Run CM
Sun 07.04.13 Maidstone Car Trial Otham NB/CM
Fri 12.04.13 Cen Sus 12 Car CM
Sun 14.04.13 Chelmsford SV Stage Rally RAF Honington NB
Thurs 18.04.13 Sevenoaks Scatter CM
Fri/Sat 19/20.04.13 Southern MV Tarmac rally
Lon. Rally for
Heroes
NB
Sun 21.04.13 Eastbourne Regularity 12 Car CM
Sun 21.04.13 Buckmore Park Kart Meeting Buckmore Park NB
Sun 21.04.13 Harrow/Green Belt Sprint North Weald NB
Fri 26.04.13 Chelmsford 12 Car CM
Sun 28.04.13 Maidstone Autotest Training Day Headcorn CM
Sat xx.04.13 Bognor Sprint Goodwood NB
Wed 01.05.13 Maidstone Evening Autotest Headcorn CM
Thurs 02.05.13 Sevenoaks Evening Autotest Brands Hatch CM
Sun 05.05.13 Blackpalfrey Regularity Run CM
Sun 05.05.13 Borough 19 Sprint Hethel NB
Wed 08.05.13 Maidstone Evening Autotest Headcorn CM
Sat 11.05.13 Tun Wells Sprint Lydden NB
Sat 11.05.13 Eastbourne Grass Autotest Rye CM
Sat 12.05.13 Falcon MC Car Trial Mile Tree Farm CM
Sun 12.05.13 Herts County Sprint Debden NB
Sun 12.05.13 Green Belt/Wickford SV Stage Rally Woodbridge NB
Tues 14.05.13 Tun Wells Grass Autotest Gabriels Farm CM
Sat 18.05.13 SEMSEC Race Meeting Lydden NB
Sat/Sun 18/19.05.13 Borough 19/BRSCC Sprint Snetterton NA/NB
Sun 19.05.13 Chelmsford Targa Rally Debden CM
Sun 19.05.13 Buckmore Park Kart Meeting Buckmore Park NB
Wed 22.05.13 Maidstone Evening Autotest Headcorn CM
Sat 25.05.13 Brighton & Hove Sprint Goodwood NB
Sun/Mon 26/27.05.13 Sevenoaks Sprint Crystal Palace NB
Fri 31.05.13 Sevenoaks Autotest Brands Hatch CM
Sun 02.06.13 Blackpalfrey Historic Road Rally Hughes Rally NB
Wed 05.06.13 Maidstone Evening Autotest Headcorn CM

Nothing Changes!
Becoming aware of how expensive headlight units are for some cars prompted us to take a look at
modern car lighting systems, only to discover that the old saying "there is nothing new" is probably
true. When motor vehicles were first fitted with dipping lights the means of switching from high to
dipped beam and back was mechanical, each light unit being pivoted downwards to attain a dipped
beam. Perhaps that is why the phrase "dipped beam" came in for the lights were in reality "dipped".
Things developed and over the years we had twin filament bulbs and in some cases "dual headlights",
a pair of "main beams" and a pair of "dipped beams". Changing one C220 for another, but
later model, we found the lighting system to be totally different and it didn't take too long to work
out why headlight units for cars with such systems cost so much. Each headlight unit is best described
as a light projector, each mounted in some sort of gimbal so that the projector can rotate
both vertically and horizontally. Not sure of the detail but that is certainly the principle. The position
of the projector is controlled by two suitable servos which in turn are controlled by a microprocessor.
With the system in manual operation moving the control lever to "dip" and the servos move the
projectors so they assume the "dipped beam" position. Switch to main and the servos rotate the
projectors suitably upward. The microprocessor takes an input from the steering system so that if
you steer the car to the left the servos rotate the projectors slightly left so the light beams look into
the turn. Steer to the right and the same happens, the beams look into the turn. Presumably having
a car on opposite lock is not something that came too high up the list of the lighting designer!
Selecting the automatic light function does not just mean that the lights are turned on automatically
when appropriate for in this mode the lights also dip and return to main beam automatically. it defaults
to dip beam but once the car is travelling at 50kph providing the ambient light intensity is
below a fixed level then it automatically changes to main beam. Come up behind another vehicle
and a sensor detects a concentrated light source so the lights automatically dip. Exactly the same
when a car comes the other way or the ambient light level increases when you do such as run into
a street lit area from an unlit road. It is not quite foolproof for if running on main beam and there is
a nice big white signboard the sensor picks up the reflected light and the lights dip.
It is a bit disconcerting at first but you soon get used to it. You do have to take care when jumping
into other vehicles to remember to both turn the lights on and to manually dip lights!
Not too long ago it was noticeable that a number of the most modern cars had lights which had a
distinct blue tinge. This was Xenon technology at work and now seemingly considered to be old hat
for it is Led technology that is coming into the most modern cars. Initially only in the up market end
but now even some modest hatchbacks now incorporate Led technology. No longer do cars have
"side lights", so some things do change, they have "running lights" in the form of a strip of Led's.
There is a Citroen hatchback where the "running light" on each front corner comprises of something
like 10 individual Led's in a strip.
Lighting on vehicles is subject to legal regulation with a requirement that all lights be "E marked".
The marking has to be intrinsic within the light unit and will incorporate a number so, for example
an individual unit could be marked "E10", the number indicating the capability of the unit. Add all
the numbers together for the forward facing lights and as long as the total does not exceed 100
then you are within the law. If the total exceeds 100 and/or some lights are not E marked then you
are outside the law. Obviously there are period exceptions but the E mark requirement has been in
force for a great number of years so you have to go back a long way to gain the exception.
Noticed how many "one eyed monsters" there are on the roads these days Changing a headlight
bulb used to be a simple 30 second job but on many car this is no longer the case. Look in many
modern car handbooks for "Changing light bulbs" and it will simply state "Take your car to your
nearest dealer". There is one modern car where the workshop time for changing a main beam light
bulb is 90 minutes for the front panel has to come off and a few other parts before you can gain
access. No wonder that failed bulbs are not so readily replaced as was once the case.
Modern vehicle lighting is undoubtedly hugely improved but in many cases it comes with a price of
higher cost and complexity.
JOHN SYMES

Sevenoaks & District Motor Club
Annual General Meeting to be held at The Bell, Kemsing
20.30 Wednesday 17th April 2013
Agenda
1.Chairman’s Introduction
2.Present.
3.Apologies for absence.
4.Minutes of the previous AGM.
5.Chairman’s Report.
6.Treasurer’s Report:
7.Adoption of accounts / appointment of accountants.
8.Election of Officers:
9.Officers & Directors all resign as required.
10.All those resigning are prepared to stand again for the time being
unless there are any other nominations for their positions.
11.Nominations for new committee members are welcomed.
12.Any Other Business.

SEVENOAKS & DISTRICT MOTOR CLUB
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at the Bell, Kemsing
Wednesday 18 th April 2012
1) Present:
Andy Elcomb, Chin, Clive Cooke, David Balderson, Sue Jessop, Bill Shewan, John Potts, Russ Burton,
Russell Giddings, Iain Gibson, Nigel Mead, Rosemary Mead, Chris Scudder, Andy Webber, Derek Lane,
Sarah Lane, Jason Andrews, Shelly Albrow, Colin Shipway, Brian Kirby, Colin Billings, Susan Billings,
Darren Tyre, Tracey Niel.
2) Apologies for absence:
John Symes, Ron Cotrell, Jim Giddings, Darren Clayden, Julie Clayden, Simon Greenwood
3) Minutes of the previous meeting / Matters arising:
Minutes were agreed – proposed by Chin, seconded by Colin Shipway.
4) Chairman’s Report:
Looking back on 2011 I think we can say that 7Oaks has had another good year despite the ever increasing
financial and legislative pressures.
Crystal Palace has been the highlight once again and I hope that we are all keen to support the event in any
way we can this coming May. I would like to thank all those involved in making this one of the “must do”
events in the South and long may it continue. I feel very proud to be a part of this and I hope that you do too.
The sprints and autosolos at North Weald have again proved popular and have been well organised, but in
2012 I hope that we can encourage even more competitors to join us. The same goes for the autotest series
but being mindful that the Farningham venue wasn’t too popular with some competitors we have taken steps
to run at Brands Hatch in 2012. This will be more expensive, but your committee believes that the improved
surface quality and increased space should make the series a lot more appealing and hopefully a few more
competitors will offset that cost.
Whilst 2011 was successful few of our events ran at full capacity but despite this the finances have been
covered adequately. However it does mean that we aren’t being able to put aside a great deal of spare cash
for future projects. If we can’t encourage more competitors, then we must keep a tight rein on our costs and
in this respect I think we have also been successful. With more of our members opting to read the Acorn
electronically we have been able to at least offset increased postal charges and we will be looking to
increase the online options for both membership and event entries.
It would appear that real basic, grassroots, events are becoming more popular, helped in no small way by
the junior classes recently added by the MSA so don’t forget that there are many ways that your children
can become involved – but do it quickly before their thumbs become so distorted by playing electronic
games and texting that they can’t hold a steering wheel properly!
In addition to the events that we ran, 7Oaks support was in evidence on the London to Brighton Veteran
Run in November, the Rally Sunseeker near Bournemouth in February, Goodwood Festival of Speed in July
and nearer to home by marshalling for some of the other local clubs on their 12car and 20/20 rallies. We
also received help from other clubs so the spirit of co-operation and goodwill remains as strong as ever.
In summary, 2011 was a relatively ordinary year without any major dramas – we even struggled to find many
nominations for the Bent Con Rod and Batturd Cup trophies! Your club is still in good shape and benefits
from an excellent reputation at the MSA and within the motorsport world as a whole, despite the fact that we
no longer run a stage rally or National A sprint. I would like to see that change – maybe if the closed roads
legislation becomes enabled we will be able to become involved in events like those again, but in order to do
that we must be ready, and willing, to try new things and with lots of help from the membership. So, don’t be
shy – if you come across a possible new venue or idea for an event, or if you would like to add your input to
the running of the club, then don’t keep quiet – please speak up.
Andy Elcomb
4) Treasurer’s Report:
This AGM covers the activities of two different companies, Sevenoaks & District Motor Club Ltd., and
Motorsport at the Palace Ltd. They both, naturally, have entirely separate sets of accounts, but there is
inevitably some interaction between the two and often some difficulty in deciding how to apportion some of
the related income and expenses. We also have to be sensitive to the fact that one is registered with the
revenue for VAT and one is not and therefore some care has to be taken to ensure that we do not fall foul of
the rules by claiming inappropriate tax refunds. There is another factor which has affected both sets of
accounts and that is that the grant of £2500 which the MSA made to the club has this year been included in
the Motorsport at the Palace accounts rather than Sevenoaks as this was thought more appropriate. The
effect of this is that Sevenoaks this year shows a deficit.
Motorsport at the Palace is of course a fully owned subsidiary of Sevenoaks & District Motor Club and I
suppose the most important figure is that as a 'group' we have achieved a net profit in excess of £15000.

Starting with the Sevenoaks accounts, our income section shows a small decrease in event income which is
however more than offset by a welcome increase in membership numbers of nearly 15%.
The expense of putting on these events has increased but this does include some items such as wallets for
membership cards and a better projector and sound system for our social events, as you will have witnessed
at the Awards dinner. Overall the events apart from the first North Weald Sprint and the expected loss on
the Summer Autotest Series, do pay for themselves as you can see from the gross profit of nearly £4000,
not forgetting the bank interest which has rocketted from £12 to £20 !
This gross profit then has to go to on cover all the items of expenditure and this year unfortunately it was
unable to do so. As you can see most of the figures are as close to last year's as you could reasonably
expect, with the majority of the small differences resulting simply from the timing of the invoices, some falling
in this year and some in the next. There is however one exception which stands out and that is the cost of
producing the Acorn. Part of the increased cost as compared to last year, can presumably be attributed to
not only the increase in membership referred to earlier and the price increase from the printers, but also the
increase in the average size - carefully monitored I might add so as not to increase the postage cost to those
who do not yet have the 'electronic' version.
This however does not totally explain the difference so I examined the records for 2010 in detail, only to
discover that we were only charged for printing five editions of Acorn. This may have been because some
editions did not appear, although I don't recall that happening, or because the printers for reasons known
only to themselves, simply omitted to charge us Whatever the reason, the figure shown this year is the
correct one.
One new figure to appear this year comes as a result of the bank deciding to levy charges, despite the size
of our deposit with them and this neatly negates the interest they apply, and more.
Partly as a result of this, our banking is now online, thus avoiding some of the obvious charges for issuing
and accepting cheques and we will be looking closely at online payments for events, providing it proves to
be cost-effective.
With these figures, combined with the reallocation of the MSA grant mentioned earlier this leaves us with a
deficit of £1420.
Motorsport at the Palace
Moving on to the Motorsport at the Palace Ltd. accounts, the Crystal Palace sprint weekend was again
judged to be a success, with mostly fine weather contributing to a slightly larger attendance than the previous
year.
This, plus an increase in the number of trade stands, the invaluable help from our sponsors/advertisers,
commission from the food organisers and of course the MSA grant, helped the total income to a figure of
£94,937, a 1.1% increase on 2010.
The ticket and programme sales would actually be some £3,500 higher but for the amount of partially exempted
tax due on the 2010 entries which is not known until the following year.This arrangement allows a
certain amount of the 20% VAT from each entry to be retained by the club, but only once the turnover for
the whole year is known.
It therefore runs one year in arrears and the 2010 figure was understated by that amount, as there hadn't
been a previous year.
A similar amount is now on the event budget for 2011, to be paid this year !
As you will see the total expenses this year amounted to £77214, a decrease on last year of some £8000,
due mainly to not having to engage in any major resurfacing works. Unfortunately this cannot be guaranteed
to happen every year so again we have a figure in the budget to allow for this contingency, all of which
rather depends on the severity of the winter frosts.
There is also the rather obvious fact to be considered that generally costs tend to move in an upwardly direction!
Just to remind you, this is a public event, so in addition to the costs we are more familiar with such as
awards, scrutineers, timekeepers etc. we have the costs associated with having the public involved, such as
temporary fencing, portacabins, toilet facilities, medical staff, security and of course those costs incurred in
complying with the many and various Health and Safety issues, which as a matter of interest include having
to formulate plans for a mass evacuation should it prove necessary and also provision for an air ambulance
landing area!
For this, and other matters such as ticket design, coping with sponsors etc., in which we are relatively inexperienced
we had to rely on specialist skills, which of course all come at a price.
It may help if I run through the larger items of expense to give you an idea of what is involved.
We tried, not altogether successfully, to try and differentiate between the expenses related to the 'public' and
'event' sides but inevitably there is a lot of 'crossover' involved.
The 'Hire of Plant & Machinery' and the 'Event equipment hire' categories which include the temporary fencing,
portacabins, marquee, toilet facilities, waste bins and the Armco installation could really be amalgamated
as they do really relate to very similar things, and unsurprisingly they are very similar, in total, to last
year.

'Event expenses' consists of the more familiar scrutineers, timekeepers, rescue unit, paramedics, recovery
unit etc. and also included an amount for Armco storage in 2010,(it was only stored for a short time) which has
since been incorporated into a more suitable category. The MSA permit fees were also included here in 2010
but for this year more correctly figure under the 'licences and permits' heading lower down, hence the large
difference in both categories year on year.
'Advertising and Publicity costs' for any event of this size have to be large if we are to encourage the sort of
response we need and includes things such as press releases, the excellent website, leaflet and poster design
and printing and of course the regular Newsletter.
'Event merchandise' mainly consists of the expense of the fleeces issued to selected personnel in order to
present a smart, unified, professional approach, These are of course not 'dated' and can be used again this
year, along with the shirts purchased last year.
'Event entertainment' was the cost of having the Roary the racing car activity centre, and his personal attendance
which proved popular particularly with our younger visitors. It was felt however that it was not quite so
successful this year, and also more expensive so there will be alternative entertainment this year, including
Diggerland.
'The first aid & medical costs' relate to the facilities provided for the benefit of the public ie. St. John's Ambulance
attendance.
'Event management & planning' includes part of the costs of our professional assistance in advising us on all
aspects of the organisation, some of which we are now able to carry out for ourselves, at a lower cost.
'Security costs' are exactly that for the 24 hour security coverage which was essential, very effective and
hopefully transparent to most people. This will, incidentally, be slightly cheaper this year as it is not a Bank
Holiday with it's associated higher labour costs.
'Marshals expenses' includes the provision of 'goody' bags, a scant enough reward for all the sterling work
which they carried out on both days.
The ''Meeting venue costs' relate to the few official meetings which had to be held, with the London Borough
of Bromley for example, where we had to provide a suitable venue and light refreshments, again a small
enough cost in relation to the effort put in by the various parties.
As a result of the generosity of many individuals, in particular competitors, we were able to donate over £3400
to the Royal London Society for the Blind, and St. Christopher's Hospice, both of whom were extremely grateful
and both of whom we intend to support again this year.
The inevitable Bank Charges now make an appearance as we had finished our introductory free year and as
with Sevenoaks, we have moved to Internet banking to try and allay some of the costs - it would be nice if all
the competitors and spectators could pay online!
There is a liability of £3,466 in corporation tax and after that is paid we have a net profit of £13,654, some of
which has already been spent on this year's event by way, for example on deposits, press releases and of
course the newsletter.
We are naturally constantly reviewing our budget and the various options open to us whilst at the same time
building on what we have achieved so far in the light of comments received. For example we arranged to
have the toilet facilities refreshed on a more regular basis, and also the 'mix' of catering outlets was amended
to try and make improvements.
A note of caution however.
As a result of the alteration of the official extended bank holiday to the following weekend it may be that this
year we will notice a reduction in attendance and resultant 'flat' budget, especially at such a weather dependant
event.
It would be a shame, but with the resources from the two previous years I believe we don't need to be too
concerned and with the continuing goodwill of the Club and the huge amount of work put in by a relatively
small band of volunteers the event will still grow year on year.
Let's hope for a good one!
Accounts are accepted – proposed by Colin Billings and seconded by Iain Gibson.
It was agreed that the existing accountants have continued to advise us well and we will retain them – proposed
by Shelly Albrow and seconded by Bill Shewan.
The ''Meeting venue costs' relate to the few official meetings which had to be held, with the London Borough
of Bromley for example, where we had to provide a suitable venue and light refreshments, again a small
enough cost in relation to the effort put in by the various parties.
As a result of the generosity of many individuals, in particular competitors, we were able to donate over £3400
to the Royal London Society for the Blind, and St. Christopher's Hospice, both of whom were extremely grateful
and both of whom we intend to support again this year.
The inevitable Bank Charges now make an appearance as we had finished our introductory free year and as
with Sevenoaks, we have moved to Internet banking to try and allay some of the costs - it would be nice if all
the competitors and spectators could pay online!

There is a liability of £3,466 in corporation tax and after that is paid we have a net profit of £13,654, some of
which has already been spent on this year's event by way, for example on deposits, press releases and of
course the newsletter.
We are naturally constantly reviewing our budget and the various options open to us whilst at the same time
building on what we have achieved so far in the light of comments received. For example we arranged to
have the toilet facilities refreshed on a more regular basis, and also the 'mix' of catering outlets was
amended to try and make improvements.
A note of caution however.
As a result of the alteration of the official extended bank holiday to the following weekend it may be that this
year we will notice a reduction in attendance and resultant 'flat' budget, especially at such a weather dependant
event.
It would be a shame, but with the resources from the two previous years I believe we don't need to be too
concerned and with the continuing goodwill of the Club and the huge amount of work put in by a relatively
small band of volunteers the event will still grow year on year.
Let's hope for a good one!
Accounts are accepted – proposed by Colin Billings and seconded by Iain Gibson.
It was agreed that the existing accountants have continued to advise us well and we will retain them – proposed
by Shelly Albrow and seconded by Bill Shewan.
Election of Officers
Exiting officers:
Andy Elcomb – Chairman and Membership Secretary
Clive Cooke – Treasurer
Chin – Trophy Records Keeper
Iain Gibson – Rally Secretary
David Balderson – Speed Championship
Sue Jessop – Acorn Editor
Chris Scudder – Chief Marshall
Russell Giddings – Speed Scorer
Tracey Niel – Secretary
Steve Thompson – without portfolio
Rosemary Mead – Social Secretary (joint)
Nigel Mead – Social Secretary (joint)
Ian Crocker – Webmaster and Competition Secretary
Darren Tyre – Press & PR
Proposed by Colin Billings and seconded by Bill Shewan.
AE gave thanks and appreciation on behalf of the committee and also thanked Colin Billings formerly for all
of the work that he has put in for Crystal Palace.
Any other business:
Colin Billings said traditionally the committee has been rewarded by a meal out paid for in part by the club,
Chin said that the Motorsport at the Palace committee should be included – this was proposed by Colin
Shipway and agreed by everyone.
Chin advised everyone of a forth-coming campaign by Go Motorsport – The Year of the Club. Richard
Egger has taken over this campaign and the aim is to introduce taster events that clubs can run without the
requirement of club membership. The aim is to make members of the public aware of our events and what
they need to get involved themselves. Discussion followed about the difficulties in promoting events that
spectators cannot come along to.
Leaflets and posters for Motorsport at the Palace were distributed.
Meeting closed at 22:50.

TRK Report
We’ve now started the Speed season with
the first Sprint results in the tables. Our own
Sprint at North Weald is happening just after
this goes to press so the tables will be much
longer next month.
Sadly our Car Trial was cancelled (I get a
nasty feeling of déjà vu!) due to the weather
and our 2020 through lack of entries but lots
of effort had gone into these so the Trog
table has scorers. I’m still awaiting results
from a couple of road events and will have
them by next month.
Please keep your results flooding in.
Trog Trophy:
Although we’ve only run one
event so far it’s not for the want
of trying and that’s reflected in
the Trog Trophy table:
Member
Points
Paul Wickes 90
Chin 80
Tim Loftus 60
Clive Cooke 25
Chris Judge 25
Basil Tye Trophy:
The list is growing!.
Events to date:
Date
Name
12-Jan-13 CMC MGJ Eng Winter Stages
07-Feb-13 MMKMC Feb Scatter
10-Feb-13 Falcon MC Car Trial
10-Feb-13 BpMC Feb Regularity 12-car
14-Feb-13 SDMC St. Valentine's Scatter
16-Feb-13 CMC Xpart Endurance Rally
15-Mar-13 BLCC 12-car
17-Mar-13 Barc Mallory
Tyrell-Flemming Non-Speed Trophy:
That man is creeping ahead again but now
I’m back to navigating he’d better watch
out—now back to reality. Nice to see a good
number of names in the list considering the
Car Trial season has taken a pounding.
Member
Points
Kevin Ablitt 145
Andy Elcomb 138
Jack Brazil 85
Martin Brazil 85
Chris Judge 80
Oliver Howard 77
Simon Howard 77
Graham Child 68
Russell Burton 52
Sue Jessop 40
Nigel Mead 35
Rosemary Mead 35
Tom Harewood 30
Glyn Williams 28
Clive Cooke 27
Chin 20
Sam Williams 15
Paul Wickes 10
David Balderson 10
Andy Kilby 10
Tim Loftus 10
Member
Points
Andy Elcomb 9
Glyn Williams 6
Kevin Ablitt 5
Chin 4
David Balderson 4
Sam Williams 4
Rosemary Mead 4
Nigel Mead 4
Chris Judge 3
Graham Child 3
Andrew Webber 3
James Silk 3
Martin Brazil 3
Oliver Howard 3
Russell Burton 3
Simon Howard 3
Jack Brazil 3
Tom Harewood 2
Paul Wickes 2
Daren Hall 2
Clive Cousey 2
Clive Cooke 2
Stephen Thompson 2
Sue Jessop 2
Andy Kilby 2
Tim Loftus 2
PLEASE keep the results
flowing in.

Date Event Status Venue Organiser Phone
18-Apr Scatter Clubmans Chin 01732 823132
20-apr London rally for heros Nat B Brooklands SCC
2-May Autotest Clubmans Brands Hatch Stacey Thompson 020 8300 2609
26-May Sprint Nat B Crystal Palace Karen Webber 01732 875091
27-May Sprint Nat B Crystal Palace Karen Webber 01732 875091
30-May Autotest Clubmans Brands Hatch Stacey Thompson 020 8300 2609
13-Jun Autotest Clubmans Brands Hatch Stacey Thompson 020 8300 2609
16-Jun Car Trial Clubmans Meopham Clive Cooke 01580 880568
27-Jun Autotest Clubmans Brands Hatch Stacey Thompson 020 8300 2609
30-Jun Autosolo Clubmans North Weald Keith Crocker 01732 860099
11-Jul Autotest Clubmans Brands Hatch Stacey Thompson 020 8300 2609
4-Aug Autotest Clubmans Brands Hatch Stacey Thompson 020 8300 2609
1-Sep Sprint Nat B North Weald Keith Crocker 01732 860099
8-Sep Weald Trial Clubmans Kent - various Chin 01732 823132
22-Sep Autosolo Clubmans North Weald Keith Crocker 01732 860099
18/19 Oct Rallye Sunseeker Nat B Poole SCC
TBA 20-20 Clubmans 188 Chin 01732 823132
3-Nov London to Brighton N/A Brighton RAC/ Chris Scudder 07711 078552
8-Nov 12 car Clubmans Chin 01732 823132
10-Nov Car Trial Clubmans Clive Cooke 01580 880568
12-Dec Scatter Clubmans Chin 01732 823132

LAST MONTYH’S QUIZ—The Winning Team—don’t they look happy about it!

Sevenoaks & District Motor Club
Speed League 2013 – Regulations
1.1 Sevenoaks Speed League 2013 is organised and administered by the Sevenoaks & District
Motor Club Ltd. in accordance with the General Regulations of the Royal Automobile Club Motor
Sports Association (Incorporating the provision of the International Sporting Code of the FIA) and
these Championship Regulations.
MSA Championship Permit No. CH2013/S34 (Grade C )
Championship Grade C
Officials
Championship Co-ordinator is Christine Balderson 17 Glentrammon Close Orpington Kent BR6 6DL
Tel: 01689601661 e-mail: balderson@ntlworld.com1.2.2 Eligibility
Scrutineer is Mike Betts 52 New Road London E4 8ET 0208 529 8294 mikebetts@btinternet.com
1.2.3Championship Stewards are: Steve Pattinson, Iain Gibson, Colin Billings .
1.2.4Championship Scorer & Registrar is Russell Giddings 45 Castle Drive Kemsing Kent TN15 6RW
Tel: 01959524837 mobile 07739178413 e-mail SDMC@hotmail.co.uk
Competitor Eligibility
1.3.1 Entrants must be fully paid up valid membership card holding members of Sevenoaks &
District Motor Club and in possession of valid MSA Entrants Licences.
1.3.2 Drivers and Entrant/Drivers must be fully paid up valid membership card holding members of
the Sevenoaks & District Motor Club, be registered for the Championship and in possession of a valid
2013 MSA Competition License (minimum Non-race national B)
Members must display at least one Sevenoaks and District Motor Club Ltd Championship
sticker on their competing cars.
1.4 Registration
In order to score points, members must register with the Championship Registrar. This is free to
members. Registration will be allowed on the day of a Championship round but members will only
score points from that event onwards.
1.5.1,2,3 Championship Calendar—see final page of these regs.
Best 10 scores from 23 rounds to count unless rounds drop to 15 then the Championship Coordinator
will try to find a suitable replacement in good time .If that is not possible, the championship
will be
decided on ‘Best 9 scores less one for each round lost”. (Thus, best 9 from 15; best 8 from 14, etc.)
1.5.3 Obtaining regulations for Championship rounds is the responsibility of the registered
contender and neither the club nor its officials will be held responsible for a competitor’s
failure to secure an entry. Please note that reserved places are not held open by organisers.
1.6 Scoring
Members can only score points in one car per event. It is up to the member to advise the
Championship Scorer which vehicle is to score, (if more than one is entered, before the start of the
event.)
Points will be awarded based on class position (regardless of class size) as follows:
1 st in class 10 points; 2 nd 9 points; 3 rd 8 points; 4 th 7 points; 5 th 6 points; 6 th 5 points
All other finishers will be awarded 4 points. (To be a finisher, competitor must complete one timed
run)
A competitor making FTD will receive 12 points, regardless of class size.
One extra point will be awarded for each class competitor beaten up to a max of 5pts.
[E.g. class of 10 places 1st to 5 th will get 5 points, 6 th – 4pts, 7 th – 3pts, 8 th – 2pts, 9 th – 1pt, 10 th – 0
pts.
Class of 14 places 1st to 9th will get 5pts, 10 th – 4pts, 11 th – 3pts, 12 th – 2pts, 13 th – 1pt, 14 th – 0pts.
class of 4 1 st – 3pts, 2 nd – 2pts, 3 rd – 1pts, 4 th – 0pts,]
(Any driver who starts practice, but fails to complete a timed run, will be considered as a ‘competitor
beaten’ by a finisher. Competitors must advise the Scorer where this occurs; as such cars may be
shown as DNS in the results.) FTD winners will score the extra points against their regular class.
2 points will be awarded to contenders starting practice but not completing a timed run.
In the event of a tie the MSA standard method will be used, as defined in Q3.4. of the MSA 2013
Yearbook.

1.6.3 Appeals arising out of the Championship classification or points must be made in
accordance with Section C6.5.1. of the MSA Yearbook 2013.
1.7 Awards
1.7.1 Awards will be presented as follows;
1 st Overall-SDMC Trophy 6 th Overall-Trophy
2 nd Overall-Trophy 7 th Overall-Trophy
3 rd Overall-Trophy 8 th Overall-Trophy
4 th Overall-Trophy 9 th Overall-Trophy
5 th Overall-Trophy 10 th Overall-Trophy
Special awards will be made as follows;
a) The Tourist Trophy, other than the overall winner, with the highest combined score at 5
Rounds defined as "TT" rounds on the calendar.
b) The Local Trophy, Other than the overall winner, with the highest combined score at 6 rounds
defined as ‘’LT’’ rounds on the calendar.
c) The Hillclimb Trophy (The Neil Davison Award) Other than the overall winner, with the highest
combined score at 3 rounds defined as “Hill” rounds on the calendar.
d) The Kentish Times Cup to the highest placed driver of a taxed and insured road car other than
the overall winner.
e) The Muller Cup to the highest placed saloon car driver other than the overall winner.
f) Special award to the highest placed single seater or sports racing driver other than the overall
winner.
g) Best new comer to the person the Championship co coordinator believed to have done well
during the season.
1.7.2 To qualify for an award, competitors MUST marshal or act as an official at ANY
Sevenoaks organised event in any discipline this must be an all day event or two half days/
evening events equivalent to 1 days work i.e. Rally Events, Autotests , Speed events, PCT’s etc
any event setups and any other club activity deemed to be equal to that of marshaling. It is the
responsibility of the competitor to inform the Championship Scorer on the relevant form
with a club official’s signature when and where this occurs or via Email endorsed by any one
of the event organisers. This will be confirmed from event signing on sheets if deemed
necessary. Qualifying Period from 1 st January 2013 – 31 st December 2013.
All awards will be presented at the awards evening and dinner be held in 2013
2.0 Sporting Regulations Judicial Procedures
2.1 Rounds - in accordance with Section C of the MSA Yearbook 2013.
Championship - in accordance with Section C of the MSA Yearbook 2013
3.0 Technical Regulations
3.1 Eligible Vehicles - are those complying with the Technical and Safety Regulations
laid down by the MSA, and with the class requirements of each individual event. Eligibility
protests should be made in writing to the Championship Co-coordinator. In the event of a protest
the onus is on the competitor to satisfy the organisers of the validity of the protest and not the
organisers to prove non-compliance.
3.2 Classes - Competitors will run in Classes as defined in the SR’S for each round.
3.3 Safety & Environmental Requirements- All cars must comply with the requirements of
Section S and K as appropriate to the category of car. in the MSA Yearbook 2013.
All cars must comply with the current MSA Noise Regulations, and any special requirements
applicable to a particular venue. Stated in the SR’S of each Round.
REGISTRATION FORM FOLLOWS

SEVENOAKS SPEED LEAGUE CALENDER 2013
Date Event Type Trophy Club Contact Email
17-Mar-13 Mallory Park Sprint TT BARC Midlands Centre Noreen Ward noreenward@tiscali.co.uk
31-Mar-13 North Weald Sprint LT SDMC Keith Crocker keithcrocker@btinternet.com
6-Apr-13 Lydden Sprint LT SEMSEC (Tunbridge Wells Motor Club) Ken Greenfield ken@semsec.plus.com
21-Apr-13 North Weald Sprint LT Harrow Car Club / Green Belt MC Chris Deal chris.deal@greenbeltmc.f9.co.uk
28-Apr-13 Wiscombe Hill TT Woodbridge Motor Club Dave Hiscock davehiscock@cbreeches.co.uk
5-May-13 Hethel Sprint TT Borough 19 Motor Club Ltd John Sharp jmsharpb19@hotmail.co.uk
12-May-13 Debden Sprint LT Herts County Auto and Aero Club Pete Walters pete@3arc.com
18-May-13 Goodwood Sprint LT Brighton and Hove MC Len Wooler Len Wooller
8-Jun-13 Lydden Sprint LT SEMSEC (Rochester Motor Club) Ken Greenfield ken@semsec.plus.com
8-Jun-13 Abingdon Sprint TT Sutton and Cheam Motor Club Mr & Mrs B Guess BarryGCharlie@aol.com
16-Jun-13 Blyton park Sprint TT Shelsley Walsh Company Roger Thomas secretary@shelsley-walsh.co.uk
15-Jun-13 Goodwood Sprint LT SEMSEC (Tunbridge Wells Motor Club) Ken Greenfield ken@semsec.plus.com
27-Jul-13 Llandow Sprint TT BARC (Wales Centre) Anita Williams anita.williams1@btinternet.com
28-Jul-13 Lylys-y-fran Hill TT Swansea Motor Club Robert Allender rob.allender@ntlworld.com
3-Aug-13 Goodwood Sprint LT Brighton and Hove MC Len Wooler Len Wooller
3-Aug-13 MIRA Sprint TT Shelsley Walsh Company Roger Thomas secretary@shelsley-walsh.co.uk
4-Aug-13 Hethel Sprint TT Borough 19 Motor Club Ltd John Sharp jmsharpb19@hotmail.co.uk
1-Sep-13 North Weald Sprint LT SDMC Keith Crocker keithcrocker@btinternet.com
14-Sep-13 Brighton S T Sprint LT Brighton and Hove MC Len Wooler Len Wooller
15-Sep-13 Brands Hatch Sprint LT SEMSEC(T. Wells MC & Rochester MC) Ken Greenfield ken@semsec.plus.com
22-Sep-13 Shelsey Walsh Hill TT Shelsley Walsh Company Roger Thomas secretary@shelsley-walsh.co.uk
6-Oct-13 Debden Sprint LT Herts County Auto and Aero Club Pete Walters pete@3arc.com
19-Oct-13 Lydden Sprint LT SEMSEC (Rochester Motor Club) Ken Greenfield ken@semsec.plus.com

Sevenoaks Speed League 2013
Registration Form 2013
The championship is only open to fully paid up members of Sevenoaks and District
Motor Club.
No registration fee is necessary.
NAME................................................................................
ADDRESS...................................................
.........................................................................................
…………………………………………………
POSTCODE.......................…
TEL No...........................……….(Home) ...........…………..........…...(Work)
E-MAIL...........................................................................................……
VEHICLE MAKE…….......................... MODEL............................. C.C. ........
IS THE CAR TAXED AND INSURED............................YES / NO
SIGNED...........................…………….............
DATE.......…...................
Send to Scorer: Russell Giddings 45 Castle Drive Kemsing Kent TN15 6RW
Tel: 01959524837 mobile 07739178413 e-mail SDMC@hotmail.co.uk
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Sevenoaks Speed League 2013
Marshaling Qualification
In accordance with Rule 1.7.2 I confirm that I marshaled / officiated at the
following event(s):
.......................................................................................................
Please note that only one FULL DAY OR 2 HALF DAYS/EVENING events are required
to qualify, but please do more if you can.
Signed.........................................................................Please print
name…………………………..
Signed 7Oaks Official _______________________Print Name
_____________________________
Once you have marshalled Send to Scorer
Russell Giddings 45 Castle Drive Kemsing Kent TN15 6RW
Tel: 01959524837 mobile 07739178413 e-mail SDMC@hotmail.co.uk

SEVENOAKS & DISTRICT MOTOR CLUB
SUMMER AUTOTEST SERIES 2013
Our thanks to MSV Brands Hatch Circuit
REGULATIONS
Sevenoaks Motor Club Ltd. will organise a series of six Clubman Permit Autotests
and Production Car Autotests on the following dates in 2013: May 2, May 30,
June 13, June 27, July 11 and SUNDAY August 4. These tests will take place at
BRANDS HATCH (directions to exact location on separate page).
1) Signing-on, scrutineering etc. taking place from 18.00 hrs. Last sign-on accepted
19.00 hrs. (Aug 4 th – 10.00 hrs. and 11.30 hrs. respectively). Please note there
is a curfew at this venue and all motorsport must be finished by 8pm.
2)These events will be governed by the General Regulation of the MSA Ltd.
(incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA), these
regulations and any further instructions issued.
3)Each event will be run under dual Permits issued by the MSA, as follows:-
Classes A to E - Clubmans, Autotest Permit
Class J & P - Clubmans, Production Car Autotest Permit
Which will be on display at the corresponding event.
4)The event is open to members of the organising club and the following invited
clubs: Weald MC, MGCC, Brighton & Hove MC, Tunbridge Wells MC, MX5OC
and AROC.
PLEASE NOTE: ALL CLUB CARDS MUST BE SHOWN
5)Permit numbers will be issued at each event start, or as advised by the MSA.
6)All entries to be sent to the meeting secretary -
Stacey Thompson, 159 Penhill Road, Bexley, Kent, DA5 3EU (0208 300 2609)
7)Other officials: Clerk of the Course – Chin, Stewards TBA.
8)The entry fee will be £12 for each evening event (Sunday August 4th - £18) or £70
if entered for all 6 at the same time.
9)Each event (except August 4th) will comprise six tests on grass with two attempts
at each test. The faster run will count towards the final score.
10)Each event will consist of six classes as follows:-
A. Front wheel drive Touring Cars up to and including 12ft overall length.
B. Front wheel drive Touring Cars over 12ft overall length.
C. Rear wheel drive Touring Cars.
D. Sports Cars and Specials.
E. Four-wheel drive Series Production Touring cars.
J. Production Car Autotest, for Junior Drivers. – Aged 14 to 17 who do not
hold a full RTA Licence. All vehicles competing in this class must be by definition “a
Touring Car”. Whilst competing, one passenger must be carried in each car, who
holds a full RTA Licence, is a full member of one of the above named clubs and is
experienced in Autotesting.
P. Production Car Autotest – for anyone who wants to run with a passenger
including the passengers of Juniors in Class J
11)All vehicle lengths will be taken as stated in the “Parkers Car Price Guide” or if not quoted,
the manufacturers specification.

12)Classes with fewer than three entries may be amalgamated; A with B, B with A, C with E,
D with E, E with D, or as otherwise seems appropriate to obtain a fair and competitive
outcome.
13)Tyres specifically designed for use in mud/snow, or general ‘off road’ conditions e.g. gravel
rally tyres are NOT permitted.
14)Perpetual awards will be presented as follows:
FTD
Best Junior
Best Novice (person in their first year of Autotesting)
1 st in Class
2 nd in Class (subject to 6 or more entries)
3 rd in Class (subject to 10 or more entries).
15)Results will be declared at the end of each event. Protests will be frowned upon
and dealt with according to section ‘C(d)’ of the Blue Book. A competitor’s best
FIVE scores from a possible six will count towards the final championship results.
16)Timing will be by hand held watch and will start as the driver crosses the start line
with the front wheel centre. Penalties as per the Blue Book i.e. 0.1 mark for each
tenth of a second taken to complete the course and ten marks for striking a pylon
or not stopping as required.
17)As the event is held on private land, vehicles do not need to have MOT or road
tax, but must be silenced in accordance with MSA rules.
18)The event will not run with less than 10 entries (maximum 40 entries).
19)Any entrant aged under 18 will be required to have the indemnification form
countersigned by their parent/guardian (who may also enter).
20)Any under 21 year old Sevenoaks member will have entry fees paid by the Club.
21)Any person associated with this event in any way who is caught misbehaving
within the Brands Hatch circuit will be dealt with under Section C of the MSA
Yearbook.

SEVENOAKS AND DISTRICT MOTOR CLUB
SUMMER AUTOTEST/PRODUCTION CAR AUTOTEST SERIES 2013
ENTRY FORM
Entry for: MAY 4 MAY 30 JUNE 13 JUNE 27 JULY 11
AUGUST 4 ALL 6
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Driver’s Name:………………………………………………………………Club…………….
……………………………………….………..
Address:……………………….………………………….………………..
Code…………………….….
……………………………………………….………………………………………..…Post
Email address (please write CLEARLY!!)
………………………………………………………………………………..
Tel. No……….…………..……..Car make………….……………..Model…………..
……………………CC…………..
Is the vehicle taxed, insured and MOT'd Yes / No
Class entered…………………....
Yes / No
Do you hold a valid RTA Licence (Road Driving Licence)
DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR CLUB CARD!!
Please send the completed entry form, not forgetting to sign the Declaration of Indemnity below,
with the appropriate fees to: Stacey Thompson, 159 Penhill Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 3EU
(cheques to be made payable to Sevenoaks & District MC)
DECLARATION OF INDEMNITY
I declare that:
I have been given an opportunity to read the General Regulations of the Motor Sports
Association and, if any, the Supplementary Regulations for this event and agree to be
bound by them. I declare that I am physically and mentally fit to take part in the event and I
am competent to do so. I acknowledge that I understand the nature and type of the event
and the potential risk inherent with motor sport and agree to accept that risk. Further I
understand that all persons having any connection with the promotion and/or organisation
and/or conduct of the event are insured against loss or injury caused through their
negligence.
2. To the best of my belief the driver(s) possess(es) the standard of competence necessary for
an event of the type to which this entry relates and that the vehicle entered is suitable and
roadworthy for the event having regard to the course and the speeds which will be reached.
3. The use of the vehicle hereby entered is covered by insurance as required by the law which
is valid for such part of this event as shall take place on roads as defined by the law.
4. I understand that should I at any time of this event be suffering from any disability whether
permanent or temporary which is likely to affect prejudicially my normal control of the
vehicle, I may not take part unless I have declared such disability to the ASN which has,
following such declaration, issued a licence which permits me to do so.
CONTINUED OVERLEAF

5. Any application form for a Licence which was signed by a person under the age of 18 years
was countersigned by that person’s parent/legal guardian/guarantor, whose full names and
addresses have been given.
6. If I am the Parent/Guardian/Guarantor of the driver I understand that I shall have the right to
be present during any procedure being carried out under the Supplementary Regulations
issued for this event and the General Regulations of the MSA. As the Parent/Guardian/
Guarantor I confirm that I have acquainted myself with the MSA General Regulations, agree
to pay any appropriate charges and fees pursuant to those Regulations (to include any
appendices thereto) and hereby agree to be bound by those Regulations and submit myself
without reserve to the consequences resulting from those Regulations (and any subsequent
alteration thereof). Further, I agree to pay as liquidated damages any fines imposed upon
me up to the maxima set out in Section Z.
Note: Where the Parent/Guardian/Guarantor is not present there must be a
representative who must produce a written and signed authorisation to so act from
the Parent/Guardian/Guarantor as appropriate.
7. I hereby agree to abide by the MSA Child Protection Policy and Guidelines
Driver's Signature:………………………………Age (if under 18) ……….Date………………………
Any indemnity and/or declaration as prescribed by the paragraphs overleaf which is
signed by a person under 18 years of age shall be countersigned by that person's parent
or guardian whose full name and address must be given below.
Counter signature…………………………………………………………………………………..…
In case of an accident or injury please contact………………………. Tel No. ………...….………….