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The British Rally Marshals Club was formed in 1980 by a group of people
within the
British Motorsport Marshals Club
who all had a common interest in rally marshalling. Back in 1980 the "mission"
of the BRMC was to promote Safer Motor Sport and that remains the club's
primary objective to this day.
The club is organised into
six regions, each covering a
defined area of the country. It offers members the opportunity to marshal at virtually any
event they wish, coordinating volunteering and liaising with the organising clubs. The
club has its own insurance scheme to provide members with extra cover whilst they are
marshalling at or traveling to a recognised event.
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Competition and Social activities
Unlike many motor clubs the BRMC does not exist primarily for competition members or
for it's social life. That is not to say that we do not run competitive events or are we
are all boring antisocial xenophobes. In previous years the BRMC has run Single Venue
rallies (Multi Use rallies in modern MSA speak), the BMMC normally runs at least one
race meeting per year. The regions that make up the club organise varied social events
throughout the year. These range from formal dinners through clay pigeon shooting and kart
racing evenings to pub quiz nights.
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Marshalling and Officials
The strength of the BRMC is in assisting the conventional motor clubs with running
their rally events. This can be through the provision of marshals, radio crews, stage
commanders, timekeepers etc.
Increasingly BRMC members are to be found getting involved in the organising teams and
as Senior Event Officials on some of the larger and more prestigious National and
International events that run all over the UK.
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Safer Motor Sport and the Marshal
We need to make clear at the outset that the BRMC is NOT a "trade union" for
marshals. What we are is a club which specialises solely in aspects of motor
sport that are:
- related to either marshals and officials
- directly related to safety
It would not be true to categorize the BRMC as a pressure group but by maintaining its
independence from other concerns it is able to concentrate on what is best for the
marshal. Also because we are able to stand back from what is happening sometimes we are in
the best place to see the obvious and those things that affect the safety of our sport.
The BRMC also provides a voice for the marshals in all sorts of debate, be it at MSA
Specialist Committees and Working Groups, Regional Associations or in the organisation of
major events. With the BRMC's independence from other concerns it is able to concentrate
on what is best for the marshal.
Typical example of this is in the Rally Officials Training Working Group
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Training and Grading
BRMC has its own training and grading scheme (which in the future may be linked to any
MSA National or Regional Register that may evolve).
The Training Programme is aimed to provide all our members with the skills that they
may require whilst involved with marshalling at Stage and Road Rallies. The training
programme is fully integrated with the syllabus proposed for any MSA sponsored schemes
and is recognised within those schemes. The programme aims to ensure members receive the
training for officials duties within the sport. Included in this are
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- Personal safety, duties and equipment
- First aid, incident handling, first aid and fire fighting
- Radio procedures
- Timekeeping and controls
- Stage building
- Spectator control
- Senior stage or event roles
The Grading Scheme is one of the club's most cherished assets. It aims to provide every
member with the recognition of the skills that they have attained and the experience that
they have in the many and varied fields of marshalling.
Although to the an outsider the scheme may seem complex in operation it is quite
simple. A newcomer would start as a trainee and then after gaining knowledge of the basic
marshalling skills and attending a few events the club will recognise the fact that he or
she knows what they are doing. Essentially each step upwards is similar, only the exact
training required and roles that the candidate has to experience change. A member can stop
at any point where they feel happy or progress on upwards.
Uniquely the top grades are reserved not for members who are involved as organisers of
top flight events but for those experienced members who are prepared to actively supervise
and train those coming up through the ranks. This is a sign that the BRMC remains
genuinely interested in the marshalling members and not just in status.
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