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Despite that success, however,<br />
speaking of the Club’s plans for<br />
2023 and beyond, he cautioned:<br />
“We desperately need more<br />
member participation in the<br />
running and organization of the<br />
Club. A perfect example of this is<br />
Rhett Watson, who managed the<br />
road repairs this year and even<br />
assisted with a resident who had<br />
concerns prior to an event. This is<br />
your Club and it needs your<br />
assistance.” After Noel became<br />
Chairman again in June last year<br />
and while the coronavirus<br />
pandemic restricted motor sport<br />
activity, the Committee of<br />
Management (CoM) carried out a<br />
detailed review, part of a longterm<br />
goal to ensure the<br />
sustainability of the Club. Noel<br />
explained: “We spent the first six<br />
months redeveloping and<br />
redefining the roles of the CoM<br />
members. We went through and<br />
extensively overhauled each<br />
person’s duties and documented<br />
them to ensure that all CoM<br />
members knew their roles and<br />
could plan to execute their tasks<br />
without too much outside<br />
assistance. The time spent on this<br />
exercise should be beneficial in<br />
the future, as we will continue the<br />
streamlining of the CoM to ensure<br />
that no one person is burdened<br />
with the running of our Club.”<br />
Despite two difficult years as a<br />
result of the pandemic, Treasurer<br />
Jeanne Crawford had positive<br />
news: “The club was able to enter<br />
2022 with a positive balance<br />
sheet as it looked towards the<br />
relaunch of motor sport. As you<br />
all know, costs have gone up<br />
across the board, so we will need<br />
to be diligent in reviewing our<br />
expenditures.” Noel echoed this,<br />
saying: “We have had declining<br />
revenue because of Covid, but<br />
the expenses are still there; we<br />
have trucks that require<br />
maintenance, fuel, insurance,<br />
radios that need repairing etc. All<br />
of the costs add up and we will<br />
be having a small subcommittee<br />
discussion on this topic starting<br />
next week.” There is only one key<br />
change to the Committee of<br />
Management: Kreigg Yearwood,<br />
who served as Assistant<br />
Competition Secretary for five<br />
years before becoming<br />
CompSec in 2019, has resigned,<br />
replaced by Jamal Brathwaite,<br />
who moves up from Asst<br />
CompSec; the CoM will now<br />
remain at 11 members . Noel said:<br />
“Kreigg Yearwood has decided to<br />
step away from the<br />
organizational role to focus on<br />
his career.<br />
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