The British Motorsport Marshals' Club is celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a gala dinner on 17 March 2007 at the Jarvis Ramada hotel in Leicester.
The British Motor Racing Marshals' Club was formed in 1957 by a group of enthusiasts, who saw the need for properly-organised and trained marshals around UK race circuits. Motor racing was a dangerous pastime then and it is in no small part due to the improved marshalling services that motor sport is so much less dangerous today.
The Marshals' Club innovated a formal Training and Grading Scheme for marshals in the mid-1970s, which transferred almost in its entirety to several countries around the world. At one stage, it had been translated into 16 different languages. The Marshals' Club Scheme became the National Training and Grading Scheme when adopted by the MSA in 1992/3.
To better reflect the Club's participation in rallying and introduction of Training and Grading schemes into other branches of the sport (karting, speed events, hillclimbs, etc), the name was changed to the British Motorsport Marshals' Club in 2001.
BMMC members make up the great majority of the marshalling effort in the UK and the club continues to innovate. A recently set-up MSA Commission on Alternative Marshalling Methods was inspired by an original BMMC report to the MSA. Behind the public face of Volunteers in Motorsport, it is the experienced BMMC "professionals" who are driving the various steering groups to better recruit, train and retain marshals in all branches of the sport.
The BMMC hopes to celebrate its GoldenAnniversary in some style on 17 March. Why not join us? We welcome all marshals, officials and those connected with motorsport who might like to join us for the evening. Any competitors who care to come along and join "The Angels in Orange" enjoying their Golden Anniversary will be especially welcome.
Tickets are priced at £30 each, obtainable from Chris Hobson, "Ballaugh", 27 Dollicott, Haddenham, Bucks HP17 8JL.Tel: 01908 283600.
Date: Saturday 17 March 2007Venue: Ramada Jarvis Hotel LeicesterTime: 19.30 for 20.00Cost: £30.00 per personDress: gentlemen - dinner jackets/lounge suits; ladies - posh frocks
