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The Club and Volunteer Development Team Club Workshops take place in October and November 2025 around the UK. These workshops explore a wide range of topics, including Sustainability, Marketing, and Welfare, plus Club management and the role of Event Officials. The Club Workshops are open to all club committee members who can benefit from attending – whether it is your sustainability officer, safeguarding officer or social media content creator. Keep an eye on your email for more information and to sign up.

Basingstoke Motor Club ' s The Summer Night 12 Car was a rally that nearly wasn ' t. The second year of running, and designed to encourage beginners, good fun for novices, and challenge the experts, 2025 had a truly great turnout with a full entry. The most important change of the night was that Eddie Gale would step in for Tim Cuthbert on driving duties. This was originally entered by Roy Cuthbert and Paul Vaughan. Roy had not felt well enough to compete, and son Tim had kindly stepped in. The Club was informed of Roy Cuthbert’ s passing earlier in the day, and considered postponement, but that was not what Roy would have wanted, having been such an avid competitor himself. A sombre atmosphere filled the air at the start, but everyone was ready to do Roy proud. The results were really encouraging for our beginners, a slight step-up from marked maps, they were supplied with each section of marked map in envelopes to open at each control, as to put them in the same situation as the other crews, and an inkling of what it is like not knowing where you are going as you are about to leave the control. Beginners are included in the overall results – every crew had their handicap, making it fair.

• 1st Beginner, 1st overall Allan Strachan / Jake Wallbank on 0F 8M

• 1st Novice, 2nd overall Steve Garside / Richard Dix on 0F 27M

• 1st Expert 3rd overall Colin Woodhouse / Rhys Williams on 1F 7M

And special mention to the marshals helping to make the event possible, Mark Browell and John Connolly covering MCT1 & TC6, Rob Willshire covering TC2 & TC7, Alex Reynolds covering TC3 & TC4, Glynn Hayward covering TC4 & MTC9, Chris Pratt and Bridget Dix covering TC5. Having a smiley marshal standing out in the dark, eager to give you your minute and mark your timecard, really elevates the whole experience, so thank you from everyone. Everyone raised a glass for Roy at the finish, remembering one of our own, one of our friends from the lanes, a truly great bloke, a pillar of our club, always happy and laughing.

Revolution- September 2025

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