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Contents Picture by AE-Photography.co.uk 3 - The Chairman’s Chatter Notes from the Chairman 5 - Howard Strawford 6 - Editor’s Comments Going into Rallying – The Process 10 - Membership Matters Dave Reed 11 - Grading Officer Announcements Ben Harris 12 - BMMC Sth Mids Training Days Clive Wayland 14 - Karting Article Pete Cox tells us what is going on in the Karting world 16 - London Rally 18 - 750 Sporting Trials Day 2013 Season 19 - Regalia Sales Order Form BMMC - S Mids Regalia Sales Order Form 20 - Chairman’s Challenge Can you crack the pictures 21 - Chase Templeton Insurance Special Rates on Personal Insurance for BMMC Members 22 - Regional Officers 23 - National Officers 2
The Chairman’s Chatter…. Paul Harris, South Midlands Chairman…….. Welcome to the newsletter for the South Midlands Region…. I have to start this Chatter on a rather sad note. No doubt you will all by now have heard of the death of yet another irreplaceable and much loved character in Motorsport. I speak of Howard Strawford the charismatic owner of Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire, who died on 23 rd February. He will be sorely missed not only at Combe, but in the wider aspects of our sport as well. It was he who resurrected the circuit from certain closure back in the ‘60’s and built it is to the very popular and well attended circuit that it is to day. Popular with everyone who marshalled at the circuit, in the days when he enjoyed better health, he would, at every meeting, walk round the circuit, stop at every post and ask if everything was all right, was your family ok and have a laugh and joke with all of us. This tradition carried on even when he became less able to walk so far, but it didn’t stop him coming round for a chat, because he used his golf cart to drive himself and his guests round the circuit and continued the tradition. A short obituary appears by kind permission of the Strawford family inside this edition. On a lighter note now, the season is getting under way; and I hope you have all managed to complete your volunteering forms and sent them off to the appropriate clubs. If you have not yet asked David Reed for insurance cover, please do, just in case (god forbid) anything happens to you; don’t forget that the insurance covers you from your home to the circuit, while you are marshalling and back to your home. It also helps the club to know how many days our members marshal when negotiating insurance cover for future years. New for this year is the repatriation insurance for those of you who marshal abroad, at only £10 for the year not per event a bargain. Don’t forget if you go abroad, your normal holiday insurance may not cover you for your marshalling duties. If you were not able to get to any of our 3 training days last month, then you missed out on a lot of fun, especially at the fire ground. I know that Clive Wayland apologised for the lack on heating on the Sunday but that was out of his and our control, hopefully it will not happen again. Plans are being put into place, for at least 1 evening training session later in the year, what that will be for, will, to a certain extent be up to you, let Clive Wayland know the type of training you require and we will do our best to accommodate you. It’s your club, it’s your training, make the most of it. The region organised and manned the club stand at this years Race Retro at Stoneleigh in February, not many potential members signed up but those who did seemed keen to join, if they do, I am sure they will be warmly welcomed. I would like to thank all the guys who helped on the stand over the 3 days, without their help we would not have been able to have a stand at all, especially as this year the show clashed with 2 of our training days. 3
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