History of the Jersey Motorcycle and Light Car Club

The Club was formed in 1920, solely for motorcycle events, and the first to be held was a Reliability Trial, for which the Cope Cup was presented by the owner of the Pomme D'or Hotel, and then progressed to Hill Climbs, with many venues, prior to settling for the picturesque setting of Bouley Bay.

Sand racing was introduced at Greve d'Azette and later at St. Brelade's Bay. Millbrook, St. Ouens and West Park is where the majority of events are now held.

Cars were included in events a few years after the formulation of the Club and the majority of vehicles at that time were sports cars.

The International road Race was held on Victoria Avenue in 1947/48/49/50 and 52 and contrary to belief was not discontinued because of the major accident, but due to the heavy financial burden placed on the Club.

The Club of today, runs in the region of 65 events each year with around 500 members of which approximately 100 are juniors, who form a big part of the club taking part in motorcycle events from six years old. Safety is paramount, and all events are run under the auspices of the MSA and the ACU regulations.

The Club is indebted to all local Authorities for granting permission to run a heavy programme each year, in addition the St. John Ambulance Brigade and Normandy Rescue who perform an invaluable service.

This year four hill climbs will be held at Bouley Bay on Easter Monday, Liberation Day 9th May, and August Bank Holiday. In addition to these dates, the prestigious National Hill climb is held in July and attracts a considerable number of contenders for the British Hill Climb Championship from the Mainland and Guernsey, together with top competitors from Jersey riders and drivers.

Four sprints are held on the Five Mile road each year for bikes, cars and karts along with an ever growing number of classic and vintage machines. The Run what you Brung class is proving very popular with the local bikers and the newly introduced RWYB for cars.

Sand Racing is held approximately once a fortnight from April through to September and includes Junior and Senior motorcycle competitors. The majority of cars are Production cars and in recent years, the buggies have been introduces which have proved to be most entertaining and popular with both competitors and spectators alike.

Special Stage Rallies are organised and the famous Jersey Rally event is in October which is another event that has gained national coverage and has a high quality field of entrants from the UK and locally.
Navigational rallies are also organised for night time events and Auto Tests are held at Les Brayes Car Park and these prove to be most entertaining.

Further information can be obtained from the General Secretary, e-mail secretary@jerseymotorsport.com or the website www.jerseymotorsport.com

The Club was formed in 1966 for the benefit of owners of old vehicles manufactured prior to 31st December 1950. The Club is also open to interested persons who do not own such a vehicle.

The Club has a justifiable reputation for friendliness and informality. A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of the Club`s activities and forthcoming events is published, together with an annual Gazette.

The Club`s activities include monthly events such as organised runs, lunches, picnics and other social activities, as well as an informal pub meet on the third Sunday. The Club organises overseas trips and engages in other organised touring rallies in Europe and the U.K.

The objects of the Club are:

To encourage the ownership of vehicles manufactured prior to 31st December 1950.

To provided information and advice on, and encourage the restoration and preservation of old vehicles.

To further the motoring interest of its members generally and where necessary or desirable, to join with other persons to that end.

To encourage courtesty, good driving and safety on the roads.

To encourage the use of vehicles for sporting activities.

The Oldest One-Make Car Club in the World. Established 1923 and on a computer since 1974.

The Jowett Car Club is international and offers a monthly magazine, library, parts, spares, technical information, events, motorsport, rallying and global contributions from its members. It celebrates Classic British Cars made in Bradford- namely- Jupiter, Javelin, Bradford, Jason, Black Prince, Curlew, Kestrel, Weasel, Flying Fox, Falcon, Long Four, Focus, Blackbird, Kingfisher, Black Prince, Wren, Grey Knight, Silverdale, Chummy, 7cwt Van, Short Two. http://jowett.org/join.htm
Please visiting the website to read the joining form

Dedicated to the promotion of sporting trials and historic sporting trials. The Club organises events that are both included in the Motorsports UK championship and at club level. The Club is broadly based in the South East, but runs events throughout the South of England in pursuit of the best venues.

Kidderminster Motor Car Club meet every Monday
(except first Monday of each month) at the
Hare & Hounds Country Inn
Shenstone
on A450 at Shenstone
(map ref 139/8615 7367)

Kidwelly Motor Club was originally started in 2009.
We organize many rallies to help raise money for the club and charities.
The Club grows stronger every year and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our members for their continued support and dedication to the club.

Please see our main web site for full details.

We produce a monthly newletter which is available to all on our website. Our monthly meetings are at The Gilpin Bridge Inn every 3rd Wednesday of the month, but check website for the programme for May, June, July and August as the meetings are sometimes away from home!. There is much interest in road, stage and classic rallying both in organising and competing or just doing it for fun; we have our own championships in all disciplines.

2005 was our Jubillee Year

Knutsford & DMC is an active club serving members in the area surrounding Knutsford in Cheshire. Our major interests are Rallying, AutoSolos and Autotesting, but we have members interested in all forms of motorsport and we also run an active social programme. Please visit our own website at www.knutsfordmotorclub.co.uk for more information about our activities including details of how to join, where and when we meet, coming events etc.
We regularly meet on Monday evenings (except Bank Holidays) from about 8pm at the Kilton Inn, about 2 miles north of Knutsford on the A50, with the second Monday in the month a special Social evening.
We run a number of major event each year ;
• The Plains Rally, a BTRDA Championship round, which has its own website at www.plainsrally.co.uk.
• 2004 saw the inaugural running of our daytime Historic road rally, the Tour of Cheshire, www.tourofcheshire.co.uk, which now runs annually in March as a round of the HRCR Clubman Championship.
• In 2017 we run our first Targa event the Knutsford Targa Rally, www.knutsfordtarga.co.uk.
We are past winners of the MSA Motor Club of the Year Award, and have been Champion Club in the Association of North Western Car Clubs on several occasions.
Our members include a number who are active and successful at national level in Stage Rallying, Historic Rallying and Autotesting. Our own competition programme includes Scatters, 12-Car Rallies, AutoSolo’s and Autotests (on grass and tarmac), as well as our major events the Plains Rally, the Tour of Cheshire, the Targa Rally and our MSA/BTRDA Championship Tim Sargeant Memorial Autotest.
The Club is also very active in the marshalling arena on both our own and other Clubs` events, including Wales Rally GB.
New members are always made very welcome - please contact our membership secretary, e-mail the webmaster or Secretary, or come along to one of our meetings.

The Club meets every second Wednesday of the Month at the Rugby Club in Lampeter at 7.30pm.

The Lancashire Automobile Club Founded in 1902 and a member of the MSA Centurions
Serving motor sport and the Lancashire motorist for over 120 years!

Founded in 1902, the Lancashire Automobile Club is committed to organising and facilitating all forms of motor sport, as well as providing a voice for the North West motorist through its unique association with the RAC Foundation.

Our Events
St George’s Day Run
Celebrating the heritage of motorcars in Great Britain.

Fellsman Rally
A fun navigational challenge for those so inclined.

The Coast-to-Coast Classic Car Run
Travelling from the West to the East coast via the most scenic roads we can find –

Welsh Tour
Breathtaking scenery and fabulous company taking in the best Waleshas to offer.

Plus Our Social Events
Motorsport Luncheons
With prestigious speakers from the world of motorsport.

Our Annual Dinner Dance and Prizegiving

Outings and Get-Togethers
Noggins-and-natters, outings and meals, talks and films.

Marshalling Opportunities
E.g. FIA World Rally Championship Wales Rally GB.

Discount entry to events for members.

Regular ‘All Torque’ members’ magazine.

For more information, see contact details overleaf, visit www.lancsautoclub.com

Back in 1954 a group of enthusiasts in the Larne area of Co. Antrim decided to form a Motor Club and explore the idea of staging events and so Larne Motor Club was formed.

Our first event was one year later and was so called the Starlight Rally, which consisted of regularity sections and
cross road autotests held throughout the night.

The Suez crisis meant that there were no further events held until 1957. A stage format emerged in
60's and in the 70's the name became the Texaco Rally. Billy Coleman was the last to win the event in 1974.

In 1974, Larne Motor Club staged its first national event in Boyd's Quarry and it was britain's first ever european
rallycross champion, John Taylor who took the honours. With the help of the famous Boyds, Adrian and Derek, the Boyd's Autodrome was created and became the home of N.Ireland's rallycross. The venue soon became famous with its incredible "yump" which was a talking point in the sport throughout Europe.

The club can reasonably claim that we had the first properly sponsored motoring event in Ireland, as the Starlight Rally in its first year had backing from Regent Oils. In the 70's the club had regular slots on television with BBC N.Ireland. We still actively seek sponsors for all our events and are one of the very few who have had televised events shown on the BBC, Eurosport, UTV and TV3. In 1987 we organized a "Made for TV" event, a Rallycross Challenge, which attracted britain's top competitors. Other made for TV events have included tandem
autotests.

In 1987 the club moved Rallycross to Nutts Corner Motorsport Centre, with the assistance of the circuit owners Antrim Borough Council. Here we have staged many successful events from a European Challenge to a round of the British Rallycross Championship, the Ulster Rallycross Grand Prix. It was for this event that the BTRDA awarded them the Andy Sargent Trophy for the best organised and promoted event.

Over the years the club have organised autotests, sprints, and hillclimbs, these events are variously rounds of the
N.Ireland and RAC Championships. The latest addition is a rally time trial event to give the clubman and opportunity to enjoy competition at as low a cost as possible. We also appear regularly at the local Civic Week parade, (now Larne Alive) with an array of cars and the heavily sponsored club caravan and trailer. During the week of the civic festival we have added to the excitement with an autotest which has been held on the Main Street.

Being from Northern Ireland and with a hospitality reputation to live up to we can advise you that our annual prize giving dinner dance is an experience on its own.

Many famous names have competed in the clubs events such as Paddy Hopkirk, Adrian and Derek Boyd, Beattie Crawford, Russ Swift, Martin Donnelly (his first competitive event after his horrific accident in Spain was a Larne Motor Club event), Martin Schanke, Will Gollop, John Taylor, John Welch, the Iversons from Norway, Dimi Mavropoulos, Barry McGuigan the boxing world champion, Denis Biggerstaff, Kenny McKinstry, and indeed the WRC star Colin McRae who began his career in autotests at a Larne event, so the list goes on.

The club epitomises what motorsport is all about, we promote motorsport at all levels, encourage young competitors and officials, promote safety, are involved in the local community, actively involve sponsors, attract television, and last but not least we enjoy doing this.

We are a small friendly club - the best specialist trials club in Cornwall. Get in touch if you would like to join us and find out more if you would like to compete or marshal on our events.