Scottish Association of Car Clubs Meeting held in Bridge of Allan 16th June 2015

The most recent meeting was again a mixture of routine, but none the less important, procedural stuff, including vital communication from the MSA, interspaced with a very active debate on a range of related topics.

In terms of proceedings, one of the key things that clubs should be making members aware of is the ongoing high workload at the MSA. The governing body for UK motorsport looks after our interests by getting involved in all sorts of stuff including important legislation from the UK and European Governments that we might otherwise never hear about until we trip over them. One of these is a move by the EU to legislate by 2017 for mandatory 3rd party insurance for every motorised vehicle regardless of where it is used.

Reivers at the Ready

This weekend’s Jim Clark Reivers Rally marks the halfway point in the 8 round ARR Craib National Scottish Rally Championship.

First run in 1970 this year’s event will return to its roots. Tree roots, that is. Having run as a ‘Closed Public Road’ rally since 1997, using stretches of public road closed by Act of Parliament within Berwickshire, this year’s event will revert to forestry road Special Stages just over the Border in Northumberland.

SACC Rally Time Trial Championship: Good News and Bad

Stravaigers Lodge

Fort Augustus Rally Time Trial 2015

The Stravaigers Lodge Gravel Sprint turned out to be a truly excellent day out, with a big entry of 27 competitors, perfect weather and a lot of very happy faces.

GoMotorsport Open Day at Knockhill

GoMotorsport and Scottish Motor Sports, will this summer be co-ordinating a motor sport open day at Knockhill, during the mid-season Scottish Motor Racing Championship race day on 16th August. The event will be a great opportunity for members of the public to get their first taste of club motor sport and find out how easy it is to get involved. We are now looking for a selection of clubs to be involved in the day.

SACC Newsletter May 2015 Published

On the First of May, the first edition of the Association's newsletter was published.

It was emailed to club officials and representatives and officers of the Association, and is also downloadable from the Newsletter page.

The Merrick Stages Rally to Move to the Central Belt in 2016

In a new venture, the team behind the organisation of the Merrick Stages Rally since 1990 announces that it is planning a new championship rally to take place in Central Scotland in 2016, but the Merrick will not run in 2015.

Scottish Motorsport Marshal Training Action Group

Clubs promoting motorsport events in Scotland identified some time ago that action was needed to improve recruitment, retention and training of marshals.  SACC Club representatives have heard on several occasions about the Marshalling initiative to be set up in Scotland.

But the mechanics of a workable proposal were not that easy ....

Safety Training 30th May before the Jim Clark Reivers Forest Rally

Two Safety Training Sessions will be held before the Jim Clark Reivers Forest Rally, for officials, marshals, competitors, Spectators. In Newcastle and Kelso .

MSA News - Scottish Motorsport Event Safety Review

A report on the Scottish Motorsport Event Safety Review in the April edition of MSA News, worth a read.

Also available is a summary of the 29 recommendations of the Motorsport Event Safety Review, plus one added by the MSA.

SACC News: April Update

Welcome to SACC April update. 

I am David Law and I am going to be working as communications co-ordinator for the SACC. I plan to create a newsletter style report quarterly with past and future event news; details of what clubs have been up to, links to regulations, along with any information from the SACC/MSA to help bridge the gap between the SACC and your members. The first of these will be circulated