Don Caisey: We are sad to announce that Don Caisey passed away on Friday 11th August.  Don, a Vice-President, died peacefully in his sleep after a long illness.   The funeral will be next Monday 21st August @ Cheltenham Crematorium, Bouncers Lane, Cheltenham, GL52 5JT @ 13.00 and afterwards @ Dumbleton Cricket Club, Dairy Lane, Dumbleton, Worcs.  Our thoughts are with his wife Sue and daughter Sarah (14.08.06).

Rosemary Williams: John has advised that Rosemary's funeral service will be held (with private burial later) at 2.30 pm on Tuesday 8th August at St Leonard's Parish Church, Pyrton Lane, Cuxham Road, Watlington and afterwards at White Mark Farm.  John states that all are welcome and has requested no formal attire.  Also no flowers, but donations, if desired, payable to Diabetes UK should be forwarded c/o A. B. Walker & Son Ltd., Blyth House, 158 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. RG9 1EA (01.08.06).

The July/August issue of The Middlesex Magazine is now available from our Club Mag page - see side bar (19.07.06).

A message from Tony Phillips:  Val extends many thanks to the Council and friends at MCAC for their concern, kind wishes and herb planter sent to her following her recent operation. We are both hoping now for positive news and a full recovery (18.07.06).

Another message from Tony Phillips:  Somehow, I seem to have volunteered to take on the role of Club Historian/Archivist to collate all the activities and paperwork for the Club. As you all know, Adrian has been very busy over the last year (and still is!) collating the first Centenary of the Club history and putting this into a book. He would still like to receive any information that is available concerning any activities involving members during the last 100 years. Adrian has experienced some difficulty in piecing together some of the Club’s history because of the lack of information or the problems of collating the information after finding where the details are! In view of this, we felt it would be a good idea to collate all the current activities as we go and keep them together for future reference. Therefore, if you have organised an event, taken part in an event, had any correspondence on behalf of the Club, got a mention in the press or, in fact, anything involving the club or any of the members, over the last 18 months or so please let me have a copy for the records. Of course, this is an on-going situation, so please also let me have any relevant information and/or press cuttings in the future as well (18.07.06).

Donna finally cleans up her act:  Pete Farmer, Andrew Stacey, Brian Catt, John Wilson and Kirstin Farmer assembled at High Wycombe to give Donna a much needed clean up in time for the Uxbridge Autoshow.  A couple of bottles of Cilit Bang (as recommended by Peter Nathan), some Fairy liquid, a couple of nail brushes, some cleaning cloth and a heck of a lot of elbow grease has wiped off many years of grime and left us with a nice shiny trailer.  Well done all (18.07.06).

News has come in of the passing of John McKerrell.  John was a member of Hampton & District MC for many years and a championship sponsor.  Our thoughts are with John's family and friends at this sad time.  Peter Keel's obituary of this remarkable man has now been uploaded.  It has also been published in the July/August issue of The Middlesex Magazine (10.07.06).

New Championship Secretary Rob Brook is going for broke.  He has sent me two sets of updated Championship Tables in the same day!!  Rumour has it that he is also planning to declare an amnesty on all events from 13.2.06 so if anyone wishes to claim, they will have 2 weeks after the publication of the next club magazine to update him with any claims. Of course, that's all unofficial at this stage! (10.07.06).

With the deadline for the July/August issue of The Middlesex Magazine now past, it is disappointing to note that Pete Farmer has not received any articles for publication (04.07.06).

GP Masters Silverstone 12th/13th August: Standard weekend tickets cost £60 adults, £30 children but we can get a 10% discount on this.  Contact Rob Brook for further details

The Club's AGM took place on Wednesday 27th April 2006 at  Gerrards Cross Sports Club.  Our thanks go to Andrew Stacey, who has resigned as Competition Secretary due to his business commitments, and Chris Keys, John Roseblade and Martin Lush who have decided not to stand for re-election to the Council of Management.  Congratulations go to Peter Nathan who has been elected as our new Competition Secretary, and returnee Pete Cook and Andrew Stacey who have been elected to the Council.

Apologies for the delay but half a dozen or so photos from the March Brakefast Autotest have now been uploaded.  Follow the Autotest link on the Events page to see them and, as usual, click to enlarge.

The March/April issue of The Middlesex Magazine (less the financial reports) is now available from our Club Mag page - see side bar. 

A number of Club members paid a visit to the David Sutton Rally Car Museum in Daventry on Saturday 18th March.   Have a look at the photos here.

The Club's Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 26th April 2006 at Gerrards Cross Sports Club.  Please read the official notice for further information.  This date is one week later than originally scheduled to avoid the Easter Holiday weekend.

Further to the tragic death of Brian Curd details of the funeral arrangements, on Wednesday 8th March, can now be confirmed: 

13:00  Funeral service, St Georges Church, Castle Way, Hanworth, Middlesex.

14:15  Cremation, Hanworth Crematorium, Hanworth Road, Hanworth, Middlesex.

After the cremation refreshments will be available at The Royal Navy Association Club, Park Road, Hanworth, Middlesex.  Floral tributes may be sent to Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors, Feltham, Middlesex. Should you require any other information please telephone Phil Nichols on 07815 429227.

We have recently received news from Gus Morison that his partner, Kirstin Morrissey succumbed to a metastatic adenocarcenoma and liver failure on Monday 13th February at the age of 51.  Gus tells us that the speed at which the malignancy developed precluded any active treatment - she was still riding her horses less than four weeks before.  Kirstin's funeral will be at Shrewsbury Crematorium, London Road, Shrewsbury, SY2 6PS on Monday 27th February at 2.00pm with a reception afterwards at The Lord Hill Hotel, Shrewsbury, SY2 6AX. All are welcome but no flowers please.  Donations instead can be made to Riding for Disabled Perry Group, and/or Cancer Research UK.  Our thoughts are with Gus and Kirstin's family at this difficult time.

Grand Prix Race Day Hospitality at the RBS WilliamsF1 Conference Centre in Wantage, Oxfordshire: The Grand Prix season is fast approaching  in March and for the following GP's you have the opportunity to do something different.

Monaco - 28 May 2006

Monza - 10 September 2006.

   tactics and strategy from WilliamsF1 Pit Lane

BBC-2 are re-running the Top Gear Winter Olympics on Saturday 18th February 10.15-11.15  Highly recommended for those of us that appreciate the Clarkson sense of humour.

The Club recently 'sponsored' Serpent Motorsport Rescue's successful MSA grant application and we have received a letter of thanks from Neil Tamsitt and his team.  It can be read here.

Martin Lush and his motor star in the March issue of Retro Cars.

The new Junior Championship Rules 2006 are now available.  These will, of course, be accessible from the Points page.

Championship Secretary Kevin Dawson would like to remind everyone that, from this championship year, we will no longer be automatically submitting claims for points.  You must submit your own claims for each and every event.  With this in mind he would  also like to reminds members that claims for the Rockingham Stages event in December, will continue to be accepted until the end of February.

It is with sadness that we have to report the death of club member Brian Curd.  Brian, who was Tom Lambert's well respected mechanic, passed away on January 31st.  Our condolences to his family.

www.petrolprices.com: Search over 10,000 UK Petrol Stations to find the lowest fuel prices in your area. 

Brian Catt reports that the the need for new marshals and organisers is getting  ever stronger.  At Council level, new blood is needed to replace several people who are feeling the strain of managing ever increasing levels of pressure at work, with their work for the Club suffering as a result.  Some, being "retired" persons, are able to devote more hours than most but young blood is definitely needed in Council to help keep MCAC at the forefront in the motor club stakes. Talk to Kathleen Dawson on kathleend@mcac.co.uk

Brian also reports on the RallyStar proposals fronted by Russell Brookes, (ignored by Motorsport News) which sets out proposals for introducing newcomers into stage rallying with limited power cars.   At MCAC are offering a date (not fixed yet, probably 2007) to run possibly the first of the series of events at Oakington.  We, as a host Club, are hoping to allocate current competing members to mentor and  assist the entrants on their first foray into the sport.  More news later. 

The Club's Annual Dinner Dance and Awards Evening is rapidly approaching.  This is at Stockley Park Golf Course on Saturday 28th January.  Please contact Peter Nathan on 07979 814654 or petern@mcac.co.uk  for reservations.

MSA Rally Marshals Training 2006: For more information on this scheme please visit the MSA website.  Details pertaining to the sessions available at each Training Day can be found at http://www.brmc.org.uk/training_events_2006.htm. Currently the nearest Training Days to MCAC are :-

1, at North Kent College (Dartford) on Saturday 18th March (http://www.brmc.org.uk/brooklands_2006.htm)

2, at Oxford & Cherwell College (Bicester) on Sunday 19th (http://www.brmc.org.uk/bicester_2006.htm)

3, at Lackham College (Chippenham) on Saturday 20th August (http://www.brmc.org.uk/chippenham_2006.htm)(all pages having links so that people can download the Training Application Form in MS WORD format for completion and return). As always this training is provided free of charge by MSA Marshals Instructors, the only costs to attendees being their fuel, plus either the college refectory or local café prices for breakfast and lunch, if people don't take their your own sandwiches, etc. As you will no doubt be aware for any marshal wishing to volunteer for the Rally Wales GB in December there is an MSA/Event requirement that they are listed on the National Marshals Register, which the Introduction To Rally Marshaling course can provide the necessary training to support their application. Similarly for existing MSA registered marshals there is an ongoing requirement for them to attend a Marshals Training Day, particularly if they wish to upgrade. Again the other courses provide the necessary training. If you have any queries regarding this MSA Training the please don't hesitate to contact either Allan Dean-Lewis at the MSA, ACSMC Regional Association Training Officer, Mike Farnworth or British Rally Marshals Club National Training Officer (2006) Derek Machin who supplied this information.  Derek can be contacted on phone/fax - 01625 869720 or email training@brmc.org.uk

The January/February issue of The Middlesex Magazine is now available from our Club Mag page - see side bar.

An Appeal For Information:  In case you missed last months appeal, here is a quick reminder of the information that Adrian L’Estrange is appealing for in order to help complete the club records. He needs details of the winners of the following awards:

The Donegall Award (Presented from 1963 - 1975) - in all years EXCEPT 1963, 64, 70 & 75

The Poxon Award (Presented from 1976 to date) - in all years EXCEPT 1978 - 85, 96 & 98

The Bengt Armco Award (Presented from 1982 to date) - in all years EXCEPT 1991, 95 - 04

The President's Award (Presented from 1988 to date) - in all years EXCEPT 1998 - 04

Please let him know:

a) If you were the recipient of any of the above, the award and year it was presented, and/or b) If you have any definitive knowledge of the winner of any of the above in the missing years. His email address is adrian.lestrange@tesco.net , or contact any member for the council.

We now have different claims forms for Marshals and Officials and Competitors.  Please ensure that you use the correct form (although I'm sure that nice Mr Dawson will point out any error in the nicest possible way!)

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