Category: Regional Associations

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Loughborough Car Club at Coventry Motofest – 6 & 7th June 2026

From ANEMMC:

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From: Richard Egger
Subject: Loughborough Car Club at Coventry Motofest – 6 & 7th June 2026
To: ANEMMC Secretary
Loughborough Car Club will be running events on both days of Coventry’s Motofest

Saturday 6th June – BTRDA & EMAMC AutoSolo. Regulations http://loughboroughcarclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Coventry-AutoSolo-regulations-2026.pdf

Sunday 7th June MSUK & BTRDA Championship Autotest. Regulations http://loughboroughcarclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Coventry-Autotest-regulations-2026.pdf

Entries for both are on https://autotest.sapphire-solutions.co.uk/eventlist.php?sitename=lcc

Richard & Pat Egger

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ANECCC Update

From ANECCC:

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Prudhoe last Thursday for our association AGM. We were pleased to welcome John Ryan and Polly Dedman from Motorsport UK. We will circulate an overview of their presentation and question answers shortly.

I’ve attached an updated date list, the regulations for Durham’s autotest, the information for ‘One for Frank’ Illuminations Tour and the quiz invitation from Whickham and District Motor Club.

Stage Commander training dates, Event Safety Officer and Spectator Safety Officer training have been released. Clerks of the Course, Stage Commanders and Grade 3 marshals should have had this information already. If anyone is interested in attending the training they need to be recommended by a Clerk of the Course.

Any questions, any info, anything to be added to the website, please let me know.

Kind regards,

Lindsay Burnip
Vice-Chair
Association of North East and Cumbria Car Clubs

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Motorsport UK – Keep in touch webpage

From ANEMMC

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Subject: MSUK – Keep in touch webpage.
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:32:56 +0100
From: ANEMMC Secretary

Please share with your club members.

If you have been trying to update your email preferences, but have found no way of carrying this out on their website page, the reason is that after MSUK had moved to another email provider, there has been so much trouble with them, they have gone back to the existing one over the last few weeks.

They also took the opportunity to update this page so it’s much more user friendly. It is now ready for use if you’d like to update your email preferences.
https://www.motorsportuk.org/contact-us/keep-in-touch/

I would suggest doing this as when I looked at what preferences I had set previously, some were missing despite contacting MSUK last month about this. I will be checking once a month until I am confident that these are not getting removed.

Kind Regards,
Roy Bell.
Secretary – Association of North East Midland Motor Clubs

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Dates from ANECCC (April to June 2026)

From ANECCC:

8th April – Navigational Scatter, Durham Auto Club. Start Wackerfield (near Raby Castle), finish The Cross Keys, Hamsterley. Contact Gordon Dundee

9th April – Treasure Hunt, Alnwick and District Motor Club. Start Willowburn Industrial Estate, Alnwick. Finish The Ale Gate, Alnwick.

16th April – AGM and Association meeting 7.30pm, Prudhoe Social Club. Food!

18th April – Kielder Forest Rally.

19th April – Autotest, Wigton Motor Club

19th April – Autotest, Berwick and District Motor Club

30th April – Inter club quiz, Whickham and District Motor Club. (Invitation attached)

2nd/3rd  May – Berwick Classic Rally, Berwick and District Motor Club

10th May – Galloway 100 Touring Assembly, Solway Car Club

20th May – Scenic Tour, Durham Auto Club

22nd/24th May- Borders Competitions Jim Clark Rally

24th May – Autotest, Croft. Organised by Durham Auto Club

5th-7th June – Scottish Summer Hill Rally, nr Lauder. Part of the British Cross Country Championship. Contact Lindsay for more details.

28th June – Classics at the Castle, Raby Castle. Organised by Durham Auto Club.

More information on the events can be found by contacting the individual clubs, using their websites of following their facebook pages.

Kind regards,

Lindsay Burnip
Vice-Chair
Association of North East and Cumbria Car Clubs

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WRC returns to the UK: Rally Scotland

From ANWCC:

Dear Clubs and Association Secretaries,
Yesterday, Hugh Chambers announced that Motorsport UK had secured an agreement with World Rally Championship Promoter GmbH to bring the FIA World Rally Championship back to the UK, with a new event titled Rally Scotland, beginning in 2027.

Following funding agreements with the Scottish Government, Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council, Rally Scotland is confirmed for an initial three-year run from 2027 to 2029.

The return of the championship is a landmark moment for UK motorsport. As a cornerstone of the World Rally Championship since 1973, Britain’s place on the calendar is restored—reconnecting the series with one of its most passionate and knowledgeable fanbases.

Based in Aberdeen, Rally HQ and the Service Park will be located at P&J Live. The event will blend world-class forest gravel stages with dynamic urban spectator sections, bringing the action closer to fans than ever before.

More than a sporting spectacle, Rally Scotland is designed as a platform for progress—demonstrating how motorsport can contribute to wider societal and environmental goals. This includes:

Advancing sustainable fuel and low-carbon technologies, with WRC cars already running on 100% fossil-free fuel

Inspiring communities through STEM and future mobility initiatives

Supporting volunteer development across the motorsport community

Expanding diversity and inclusion within the sport

Delivering tangible economic and tourism benefits to the region

Motorsport UK will work in close partnership with the WRC Promoter, government and local stakeholders, and the rally community to deliver an event of the highest standard.

Further updates will be shared as plans develop. Visit rallyscotland.org to sign up and follow @RallyScotland for the latest news.

Kind Regards
Tracey Smith
ANWCC General Secretary

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Route Liaison Officer (RLO) for Lincolnshire

From the ANEMMC

——– Forwarded Message ——–
Subject: Route Liaison Officer (RLO) Lincolnshire
From: ANEMMC Secretary

This position is currently vacant. If you are interested in taking over the role, or require a route authorisation, please contact David Powell from the Competition Authorisation Office (CAO) at MSUK.

Email: cao@motorsportuk.org
Tel: 01753 765000

Kind Regards,
Roy Bell.
Secretary – Association of North East Midland Motor Clubs

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Gerry Blyth – Funeral arrangements – 19 February 2026

From the ANEMMC Secretary

Details of the funeral arrangements for Gerry Blyth (former ANEMMC Chairman) are below.

David

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Subject: Fwd: Gerry Blythe’s Funeral Service Details
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 11:53:05 +0000
From: ANEMMC Secretary <anemmcsec@gmail.com>
To: ANEMMC Secretary <anemmcsec@gmail.com>

I’ve been asked to forward the following to our member clubs.

Please accept our sincere apologies for those who were not aware, however we are deeply saddened to share the recent untimely passing of Gerry Blythe, who will be sorely missed by not only his family and friends, but also by all those who knew him.

A funeral service will take place in his honour at Alford Crematorium on Thursday 19th February at 2pm. We warmly welcome all who knew and loved Gerry to join us as we come together to pay our respects, however we kindly request no flowers other than family flowers, and any donations will be gifted to the Royal British Legion. The funeral will also be streamed via a live link for those who are unable to attend the funeral; please contact Beth directly on supernav.jnr@googlemail.com for the link to be shared in due course.

We appreciate your kind thoughts during this time.

Warmest,
Beth, Rhiannon & Clare

Recipients: Member club secretaries and committee.

Kind Regards,
Roy Bell.
Secretary – Association of North East Midland Motor Clubs

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LARA news – potholes

News from LARA via the ANEMMC …

FYI, let’s hope something comes of this.

https://www.theaa.com/about-us/newsroom/pothole-partnership

Kind Regards,
Roy Bell.
Secretary – Association of North East Midland Motor Clubs
email: secretary@anemmc.org

 

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From: LARA Technical Advisor <admin@laragb.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 at 21:09
Subject: LARA News

The Pothole Partnership says that a radical new approach is needed, including 5-year warranties on every non-emergency pothole repair.

The Partnership:

issues new data revealing AA called out to 613,638 pothole incidents in 2025 – an average of 1,681 every day – including 58,380 last January and 58,275 in December;
welcomes government’s new traffic light system of monitoring local council performance on fixing potholes BUT says radical new approach is needed;
proposes that councils and contractors should be compelled to issue 5-year warranties on every non-emergency pothole repair;
issues reminder that while potholes can damage cars, they put the lives of cyclists and motorcyclists at risk;
urges greater use of innovation to make repairs permanent, in place of temporary manual ‘patch and run’ fixes which need re-visiting within months or weeks.

Read more in the LARA News post

Copyright © 2026 LARA, All rights reserved.

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ANEMMC website

From the ANEMMC (Association of North East Midland Motor Clubs)

The website has received some updates to the home page and includes a new page for Motorsport UK that has links to the various types of motorsport offered, home page, motorsport TV and the NCR’s.
https://www.anemmc.org/motorsport-uk-links
The 2026 association calendar is now available.
https://www.anemmc.org/page-5

Kind Regards,
Roy Bell.
Secretary – Association of North East Midland Motor Clubs

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ANECCC update – November 2025

Just a quick update from the association.

Berwick and District Motor Club are hosting an autotest at Rock Midstead, near Alnwick on Sunday 30th November. If you would like to enter, please follow the enclosed link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gA6LTnKDtoKNYefJqEzaYNY21TSJ6bsd3L0Z02b-J6w/edit

Attached to the email is information for the the British Motor Sport Marshals Trust. The association has been asked to share this with you, and to ask you to include this on your event documentation and website where appropriate.

Please may I also remind you that if you would like event dates/information sending out via email, or including on the association website you need to send the information through to me. (I am sorry, but I do not have time to trawl through facebook/websites looking for it.

Finally, an early reminder that our January association meeting is Thursday 21st January. The meeting will take place via Zoom.

Hope to catch up with you soon,

Kind regards,
Lindsay Burnip
Vice-Chair
Association of North East and Cumbria Car Clubs