UTS Cheviot Keith Knox Rally 2010
If you'd like to read the latest information on the UTS Cheviot Keith Knox Rally then just check out the link below:
Click here to view the 'UTS Cheviot Keith Knox Rally 2010' page
WDMC September AutoSolo Regs out now!
If you were at the June AutoSolo, then you'll obviously need no persuading to have a look at the September AutoSolo page:
Click here to view the 'WDMC AutoSolo' page
Marshalls Required page
We now have a new page - 'Marshalls Required' - where you can find details of any events within the region that may need your help with Marshalling.
If you can help please just contact the person involved, - it must just make the difference between running and cancelling an event.
If you're new to marshalling, why not just come along one night to see who we are and what makes us tick.
Click here to view the 'Marshalls Required' page
Closed Road Rallying Petition
There is currently a petition sponsored by the MSA to allow more closed roads racing in Britain. Whickham and District Motor Club would like to ask all club members to take a look at it and make your own mind up.
You can sign the petition at www.petition.co.uk/MSA
Tyneside Stages Rally
Thanks to Jack Morton for some cracking photos of the Tyneside Stages Rally on Otterburn Ranges - it looks like some of the competitors were certainly giving it the beans!
Check out Jack's photos here
Silverstone Classic
Phil and Jack Morton and Jo Hind recently went to the Silverstone Classic event at - you guessed it - Silverstone racing circuit, where they had an absolutely fantastic time.
You can read Jo's report in our Cheers! pages here: http://www.wdmc.org.uk/?page=91
T Thompson and Sons
Shaw Trophy Classic Rally - Sunday 18 July
What a brilliant day! What a cracking Rally!
Just two of the comments from competitors on the Shaw Trophy Classic Rally held on Sunday the 18th July.
Blessed with a good day that varied from glorious sunshine to patches of cloud, it seems almost everyone really enjoyed the day and the smiling faces at the presentation of awards at Morpeth Rugby Club told the story that we'd all hoped for - a thoroughly enjoyable day's motorsport that was competitive, demanding and downright fun.
Click here to view the 'Shaw Trophy Rally 2010' page
Fabulous photos and great questions
Wednesday the 7th of July saw Peter Metcalfe put on a quiz with a difference - a superb collection of fabulous motorsport photographs taken by some of the world's best photographers.
There was something there to test everybody's knowledge and our powers of observation were really tested in some cases with only the barest of details being visible in some of the pictures.
To say the standard of competition was good would be a real understatement - the top three finishers were separated by only one point and the tie break question - but the overall winner with a maximum possible points score was Andrew Roughead, showing indeed that motorsport blood very definitely runs through the Roughead family!
The Club meets every Wednesday night at Kibblesworth Workmen's Club - new members are always welcome
WDMC is registered with the RACMSA
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Go Motorsport tv
The MSA has recently launched a new online service called GoMotorsport.tv. which is designed to provide a YouTube-type service for the motor sport community, allowing MSA clubs to upload video footage free of charge and providing each club with its own customisable home page.
It is anticipated that the service will become a showcase for the best of grass-roots motor sport around the country and provide an important outlet to show people that there is much more to motor sport than simply Formula 1.
GoMotorsport.tv is provided completely free of charge for use by all MSA clubs.
If you would like to register to use the service, or just require more information, please contact the MSA Communications Department on 01753 765005 or by email tv@msauk.org.
Barmy? I should think so!
Our intrepid Adventurers are Barcelona Bound
On Wednesday 14th July Whickham and District Motor Club member Pete Gibson and a couple of friends set off on a totally Barmy Barcelona Trip in aid of charity. You can read more about their escapade in our Cheers! pages and hopefully follow their progress via their blog.
Like it says in the title - it's Whickham Motor Club, and that means anything to do with motors. Even if it means taking an old banger to Barcelona. And the boys won't be the first ones to do that!
They'll be driving along the Mediterranean Coastline, in the glorious sunshine, surrounded by sun-kissed beaches and bathing beauties, and all in the name of charity, with no thought for themselves. It takes a special type of person to do that.
Where do I sign up for next year?
Click here to view the 'Barmy to Barcelona ' page
WDMC AutoSolo - 20th June
The Club's AutoSolo event at the Metro Centre Car Park on Sunday the 20th June was a fantastic day and enjoyed by absolutely everyone. We were very fortunate with the weather as it was a glorious day and I think most of us have caught the sun. It was particularly good to see how many kids were around as well, enjoying the day with parents and grandparents and hopefully getting a taste of the motorsport bug. I think it's fair to say that it was not only great fun to take part in but also brilliant to watch.
Click here to view the 'Autosolo' page
What a superb event!
I think it's fair to say that Colin Fish's Classic Navigational Event on the 30th June was a real trip down memory lane for many club members, and a welcome insight into what could be for many of the younger ones who'd never experienced one of his events before.
Colin was one of the old gang who could always be relied upon to put on a cracking Wednesday night Navigational event, and the general consensus of opinion was that the event on the 30th June was a real cracker!
Free to enter, and brilliant fun, it gave a total of 14 crews the opportunity to see what the old buggers are always on about - a quick plot, and then a thoroughly enjoyable evening driving round the country lanes trying to spot the occasional code board whilst making sure you were on the right road, going the right way.
Thanks Colin - it was blooming mint!
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