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RALLY CLUB SEEKS MORE
MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATION
Chairman Noel reports to 65th Anniversary AGM
As the Barbados Rally Club
(BRC) marks its 65th
Anniversary, the membership
can look back on a decade of
steady progress during which
goals have been successfully
achieved, says Chairman Geoff
Noel, but greater member
participation in the running of
the Club is a priority for the
future. He was addressing the
Annual General Meeting last
evening (Thursday) at the
Barbados Clay Target Shooting
Association (BCTSA) Clubhouse
at Searles, Christ Church. Noel,
who last spoke at an AGM as
Chairman nearly a decade ago,
said: “Looking back, I reviewed
the goals for 2011: sponsorship,
timing systems, Motorsport
Services, running successful
Rally Barbados events and
refocusing on MudDogs and
Autocross. Almost all the boxes
were ticked! The only goal not
achieved was the improvement
of our gravel events and interest
has faded,so we no longer have
those events.
“This is what I would think is a
successful Club. When you look
back after 10 years and see that
almost all the goals have been
accomplished in a non-profit and
fully volunteer organization. One
area that we are very pleased
about is the recent popularity of
Autocross. Geoff Goddard and his
team are having record entries,
more sometimes than our speed
events. This is the grass roots of
our Club and we can firmly say
that we are doing our bit for the
development of motor sport in
Barbados. This is a job well done.
“At the 65th Anniversary Shelbury
June Safari, we had Don Hunte
start the cars and Bill Mallalieu on
hand with a Rover 75 that
competed in the very first event in
1957. The competitors enjoyed the
event immensely. Motorsport
Services also continues to be a
successful and important tool in
our Club. Michelle assists us in
many tasks that were previously
handled by CoM members, which
removes some of the burden from
the CoM.”