Apr - Sevenoaks & District Motor Club

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
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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