ASWMC Annual Awards and news

[Lawrie]

I've received the following letter - do we have an ASWMC rep?

ASWMC ANNUAL AWARDS PRESENTATION 3RD FEBRUARY 2008

This is a reminder that our Awards Presentation will take place at the Hartnoll House Hotel at Bolham, near Tiverton, commencing 2.15pm on Sunday 3rd February 2008.

The Association would love to see most of the member clubs represented, and we look forward to meeting you there.

As of 1st January 2008, I am now the ASWMC General Secretary, (address, email and telephone number as above), and all correspondence should now be directed to me, and not as stated in the MSA Year Book.

Invoices for renewal of your club’s membership for 2008 have recently been sent out, hopefully to your club’s latest correct address. If you have not received an invoice, then please let me know.

The new ASWMC Executive Committee is working hard to give you the clubs, and your members, every assistance in 2008, and we look forward to a successful year together.

Yours sincerely,

Howard West
ASWMC General Secretary

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[Flying Spanner]

Not in the club as far as I am aware???

[Lawrie]

There's more. Anyone interested? We didn't attend last year

Dear Club Representative

Please find the following attached to this email.

Minutes of AGM of 21st October 2007
Agenda for AGM , Council & Dates Meetings due to be held on 19th October 2008 at 2.30pm.

The minutes of the Council Meeting held on 9th March 2008, were distributed to everyone in March.

Simon Fowler, MSA Competitions & Clubs Manager and Michael Duncan, MSA Stewards Administrator, will both be in attendance at the AGM and Council Meeting, and a good turnout from member clubs is expected, especially as the Dates Meeting follows the Council Meeting.

There is a lot to discuss.

If you have any proposals for amendments to the ASWMC 2008 Yearbook Rules, then these should be submitted to me by the 15th September 2008, so that I can circulate these to all clubs.

Regards

Howard West
General Secretary
ASWMC

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[Lawrie]

And more - a Newsletter - I have it in a better format

ASWMC
NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 2008
Issue 1
Welcome to the ASWMC Newsletter.
I have been asked to be editor of this newsletter on a temporary basis and I hope that you
like what you see, if not then please feel free to step forward and volunteer!
I must start with an apology that it has taken a long time to bring you news this year of
what is happening within the Association, but we aim to rectify this by producing them on a
quarterly basis from now on. This newsletter is designed to be downloaded and all of it, or
bits of it be included in your own club publications
If you wish to contribute to the Newsletter in any way then my contact details are at the
bottom of the page, I am always open to juicy gossip.............
Jannine Loveys
AGM
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE AGM WILL BE HELD AT THE
HARTNOLL HOUSE HOTEL, NEAR TIVERTON
ON
SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2008
@ 2:30PM
CONTACT DETAILS:
CHAIRMAN : PAUL PARKER : Tel: 01275 843478 ~ email: britishsprint@paulparker.f9.co.uk
SECRETARY: HOWARD WEST: Tel: 01297 551375 ~ email: howardw@aswmc.org.uk
TREASURER: BARRY LUXTON: Tel: 01823 330738 ~ email: b.luxton@sky.com
CHAMPIONSHIP CO-ORDINATORS CONTACT DETAILS
HILL CLIMB/SPRINT/AUTOCROSS:
DARREN LOVEYS: Tel: 01202 721349 ~ email: darrenloveys@btconnect.com
RALLY/TRAINING:
ALAN WHITNEY: Tel: 01548 559169 ~ email: alanaswmc@hotmail.com
TRIALS:
PETER GIBBONS: Tel: 01453 811266 ~ email: trials@aswmc.org.uk
AUTOTEST/U21:
NIC AYRE: Tel: 01473 747935 ~ nic@aswmc.org.uk
EDITOR: JANNINE LOVEYS ~ jannineloveys@btconnect.com ~ 01202 721349 01/09/2008
PP’s PITSTOP..............
I have to begin with an apology!
Upon my appointment last October I gave an undertaking that
communication to both Championship contenders and member
clubs alike, would be improved. Whilst the Championship
Contenders are now being provided with more regular and comprehensive updates from their
respective co-ordinators, member clubs have received nothing. This is the first attempt at
such a communication and an attempt to correct matters since the resignation of our Newsletter
Editor.
We now need a new Newsletter Editor and nominations, will be welcomed in time for the
AGM in October. If there is anyone in your Club who feels that he or she can devote some
time to assist in the compilation of a Newsletter to member Clubs, no more than four times
a year we would like to hear from them. Much of the content will be written by various
members of the Executive, who will always be on hand to give assistance.
PAUL PARKER
Chairman
GO MOTORSPORT CAMPAIGN
The MSA has begun an initiative to try and persuade more motorsport enthusiasts to become
involved in our sport. There are three strands to it encouraging involvement as a competitor,
a volunteer official, or simply as a spectator. This is likely to be an ongoing campaign
to recruit more people into the sport. You as a Club need to play your part because
enquiries will be directed to your Club if you have registered your interest and have someone
in your Club who can quickly deal with any enquiries.
Whilst the participation by member clubs of the ASWMC is, so far, above average, this will
be the best opportunity your Club will have to recruit new members, with the MSA paying
for the campaign!
Therefore you need to register your Clubs’ interest at www.gomotorsport.net as soon as
possible.
EDITOR: JANNINE LOVEYS ~ jannineloveys@btconnect.com ~ 01202 721349 01/09/2008
WEST’S WANDERINGS.................
Since I took over as General Secretary in January, I hope that all members clubs are now
receiving Council Meeting minutes, agendas, etc., which are sent to every club via email. If
you have not received these then please let me know, via email or phone to ensure we have
the correct details.
AGM: The next AGM, Council Meeting and Dates Meeting is due to take place on Sunday
19th October, at the Hartnoll House Hotel, near Tiverton, starting at 2.30pm. We will be
joined by Simon Fowler, MSA Competitions and Club Manager, and Michael Duncan, who
works at the MSA as the Stewards Administrator, who will inform us of any of the latest
developments proposed by the MSA, both are also happy to answer any questions that you
may have. Remember if you want your club’s voice to be heard then it is important that your
Club is represented.
EXECUTIVE GOING ONS:We are pleased to welcome Pam Hartill to the
Executive and she is representing the interests of the Cornish Clubs. To date she has kept
us up to date on the recent changes to Truro& District Motor Club and the possibility of the
hillclimb at Tregrehan being reintroduced to the 2009 calendar and more information
regarding this will follow in due course.
Alison Ayre will be standing down as Registrations Secretary from the next AGM and on
behalf of the Executive we would like to thank her for all of her hard work and support of
the Association.
MSA CLUB OF THE YEAR:
Camel Vale MC were voted the ASWMC Club of the year for 2007 and therefore the
Executive have decided to propose them for the MSA Club of the Year.
MSA MARSHAL OF THE YEAR:
As with the Club of the Year the Executive have decided to propose Marshal of the Year
2007, Jan Abel for the MSA Marshal of the year award.
Howard West
GENERAL SECRETARY
WANTED
CAN YOU OR DO YOU KNOW SOMENE THAT CAN SPARE A FEW HOURS ONCE EVERY
THREE MONTHS?
THE ASWMC REQUIRE:
A
NEWSLETTER EDITOR.
IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN HELP THEN PLEASE CONTACT THE GENERAL SECRETARY
~ HOWARD WEST.
ALSO IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
THEN PLEASE ASK YOUR CLUB SECRETARY TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS TO HOWARD
WEST BY NO LATER THAN 1ST OCTOBER 2008.
EDITOR: JANNINE LOVEYS ~ jannineloveys@btconnect.com ~ 01202 721349 01/09/2008
ROAD RALLY ORGANISERS MEETING
In July, many of the ASWMC Road Rally Organisers, met with some of the ASWMC
Executive and Route Liaison Officers, to discuss the future co-operation between the organisers
and possible rule changes for 2009. Minutes of that meeting are being sent to all
those who attended plus all member clubs.
Any proposed rule changes will be advised to all member clubs before they can be put to the
AGM and voted on.
PROTECTION OF MOTORSPORT VENUES
As you may have seen in Motorsports Now, on page 3, from 13th August on page, or some of
you may have received an email on the subject. It is important that your Club and it’s
members sign a petition for the following:
To safeguard events taking place at venues threatened by environmental
legislation instigated by residents who have moved to already existing venues,
and now complain about noise and traffic.
To sign the petition you should visit: (http://)petitions.pm.gov.uk/livewithit
CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS
SPEED: You will all have read about or received a letter from the MSA, as organisers,
detailing the proposed changes to I 68, in particular the Roadging Series and Roadgoing
Specialist Production Cars. This will make them comply with the whole of the Blue Book
rules from I.70 to I.81. The one that will affect ASWMC Competitors the most is I.79
where List 1A Tyres are required.
As you can imagine this has led to some unhappy competitors............ To rectify this every
competitor that it affects has been written to and attached is a copy of what has been sent
out with their newsletter. I would urge you to lobby the MSA as this will affect YOUR
events. Please copy all correspondence that you send to the MSA to Howard West, this way
we can monitor the strength of feeling from both the members and member Clubs alike.
TOP FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS:
SPRINT HILLCLIMB
Grahame Harden 94.90 Rodney Thorne 122.64
Ian Parr 92.21 Dave Gardner 102.33
Ben Stephenson 74.12 Mike Potter 92.15
Andy Stoddart 71.82 Geoff Newman 89.70
Mike Parr 68.99 Alex Clark 89.57
AUTOCROSS AUTOTEST
Chris Butler 278.00 Mark Williams 38
Jason Byrom 274.36 Ernie Burles 32
Andrew Hoare 273.00 Wayne Grimshaw 32
Derek Hill 263.78 Ian Griffiths 22
Roger Brunt 237.00 Nic Ayre 16
EDITOR: JANNINE LOVEYS ~ jannineloveys@btconnect.com ~ 01202 721349 01/09/2008
LOOSE SURFACE RALLY:
DRIVER CO-DRIVER:
Clive Anstey 170 Derek Davies 128
Wug Utting 145 Ian England 124
Martyn England 122 John Leigh 68
Michael O’Brien 84 Ian Withecombe 67
Paul James 84 Tim Young 31
SEALED SURFACE RALLY:
DRIVER CO-DRIVER:
Stephen Furzeland 228 Yvonne Furzeland 237
Kev Carr 207 Marie Venn 189
Ben Gunn 196 Brett Wookey 171
Jonathan Giles 188 Richard Marsh 147
Stuart Bliss 169 Aubrey Bage 130
HISTORIC:
DRIVER: CO-DRIVER:
Trevor Short 36 Philipa Le Coadou 36
Peter Stimpson 18 Mark Butler 18
CLASSIC TRIAL: SPORTING TRIAL:
Keith Sanders 25 Duncan Stephens 43
Martin Sticker 23 Ian Rodman 37
David Haizelden 19 Roland Uglow 27
Ray Goodright 18 Steve Courts 24
Dick Bolt 16 Calvin Kneebone 23
UNDER 21 CHAMPIONSHIP
Jason Byrom Autocross 104.50
Samantha Hoare Autocross 71.00
James Aldridge Nav Rally 67.64
Matt Facey Classic Trials 54.63
Chris Ferin Hillclimb 46.68
EDITOR: JANNINE LOVEYS ~ jannineloveys@btconnect.com ~ 01202 721349 01/09/2008
MARSHALS: If you feel that your Club could benefit from a Marshals training day ~
whether it be a refresher day or a day to encourage your newer members to become more
involved, then please contact Alan Whitney, Marshals Training Co-ordinator to see if there
are any training days coming up in 2009.
FINALLY..............
Howard has sent every club forms for their dates for 2009 can you please ensure that your
Competition Secretary completes these and returns them to Nic Ayre before 27th
September to ensure that they are included in next year’s calendar and Championship rounds
can be confirmed.
Also forms were sent out for completion by Club secretaries for up to date Club data, once
again please confirm that all the details s that are correct for the 2009 year book and
return them to Nic Ayre before 1st November 2008.
EDITOR: JANNINE LOVEYS ~ jannineloveys@btconnect.com ~ 01202 721349 01/09/2008
PROPOSED CHANGES OF RULES
The MSA has announced changes to MSA Blue Book Regulation I.68. These will come
into effect from 1.1.2010 if ratified. They will make the categories, shown in the Blue
Book, mandatory. It will mean that all the rules in the Blue Book, for each category, will
similarly become mandatory.
So far these rule changes have been only approved by Motor Sports Council. They cannot
become implemented until Motor Sports Council ratifies that approval. So between
now and then we have the opportunity of having our say.
They should have little impact upon our Sprint & Hillclimb championship rules apart from
one significant area – TYRES. Those in the Roadgoing classes will be obliged to use
tyres from List 1A (I.79), rather than the tyres in widespread use in the ASWMC area
presently. This will affect every event and every championship in the country.
Our Chairman, Paul Parker, is attempting to have the rule in I.79 changed. His efforts in
the MSA Sprint & Hillclimb sub committee, Speed Events & Regional Committees haven't
yet been successful.
We are not alone in this. There are very many championships throughout the country
which presently use the phrase “Road Legal” or “List 1A or List1B” in the tyre regulations
in some or all of their roadgoing classes.
Meanwhile if you want to continue using the tyres you do presently you should make your
feelings known NOW by writing to Cheryl Lynch, the Speed Executive at the MSA. If you
give a reasoned argument why the ASWMC rules are better than “List1A” then we might
be successful in getting the existing rule I.79 changed to suit our requirements.
We must emphasize that you use a reasoned argument. Don’t simply “slag off the MSA” it
is likely that your letter will be ignored. In addition please ensure all your fellow competitors
also write in. It will be the strength of feeling which will succeed in the end.
Please copy your letter/or email to Howard West, ASWMC General Secretary
(howardw@aswmc.com) so that we can monitor the strength of feeling in the ASWMC.
THIS IS YOUR SPORT AND YOUR
OPINION COUNTS

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[Lawrie]

And there's more
I am inviting your club to the ASWMC Special General Meeting and Council Meeting on the 8th March 2009 at the Hartnoll County House Hotel, Bolham, Tiverton, Devon EX16 7RA.

Anyone interested should let me know.

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[Flying Spanner]

I would go but as I am away for two weekends after might mean divorce courts for me!!!!

As it is I have an invite to the AWMMC AGM in Bromsgrove next Tuesday any offers???

[Lawrie]

To all Clubs and Executive members

Subject AGM, Council and Dates Meeting 2.30pm on Sunday 25th October 2009.
Please find the following attached to this email.

1) Agendas of AGM, Council and Dates Meetings
2) Minutes of AGM held on 19th October 2008
3) Minutes of Council Meeting held on 8th March 2009
4) The latest edition of the proposed ASWMC Rule amendments (the latet changes highlighted in yellow)

Best regards

Howard West
General Secretay
ASWMC

Anyone interested?????

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