Jun 3, 2021
The 2021 Annual General Meeting of the BARC South West Centre will be held on Monday 5th July 2021 in the restaurant at Gurston Down.. The meeting will commence at 19:00
The formal agenda will be published in a week or so. All BARC South West Centre members are welcome to attend and will be subject to any Covid19 guidelines applicable at the time of the meeting.
In accordance with the Centre’s Handbook, a committee meeting will follow the AGM.
Centre’s Handbook BARC
Simon Purcell, Chairman BARC SW.
Jun 3, 2021
June Meetings – Entries are now closed
These meetings are the first four rounds of the Turbo Dynamics Gurston Down Hill Climb Championship and the first two rounds of the Turbo Dynamics BARC SW Top Ten Challenge. Our June meetings were usually the Tony Marsh Memorial Weekend but as previously reported, that has been moved to the July meeting.
Online Signing-On invitations will be sent out via email during the next few days. These will be required to be completed by 11th June to enable us to collate and distribute the information to those who need it. Failure to do so may mean you will be unable to compete at the meetings. We will make a further announcement, here and on Facebook when the Signing-On invitations have been sent.
We are sorry but we will not be able to have spectators at our June events. Motorsport UK have not lifted their guidance in this respect. Additionally, the weekend falls before the UK Government’s final stage of lockdown. If you would like to read more about spectators and the guidance we are required to adhear to please follow this link to Spectator Information.
July Meetings – Entries closing 19th June 2021
This meeting is now known as The Tony Marsh Memorial Weekend. Thhey are rounds three, four, five and six of the Turbo Dynamics Gurston Down Hill Climb Championship and rounds two and three of the Turbo Dynamics BARC SW Top Ten Challenge.
Online Signing-On invitations will be sent out via email a few weeks before the meetings. Please don’t expect these to arrive before the June meetings are completed. We will make a further announcement about Signing-On when the email has been sent.
We are hoping that we will be permitted to have spectators back to the hill for the July meetings. However, this will require Motorsport UK’s guidance to be changed and the UK Government’s final stage of lockdown to be complete. .
May 31, 2021
Simon Purcell, Chairman of BARC SW, and the club’s committee would like to thank everyone involved in a fantastic weekend’s hill climbing.
We would like to thank all the J Hitchings Partnership, marshalls, back off staff, scrutineers, commentary team,, timekeepers, race control, catering, Rich and Eleanor for the amazing live stream, the drivers, and all those people that work tirelessly behind the scenes to make our events happen.
All four of the Top Twelve Run-Offs were spectacular in many ways. But the long-standing hill record dating back to 2014 was beaten by Wallace Menzies, the current British Hill Climb Champion, in his Gould GR59 Cosworth. The record now stands at 25.34s. Congratulations Wallace.
If you would like to see all of the weekend’s streaming video of the timed runs, please following the following link. You will see all the timed runs and the runoffs too.
Thank you to Rich and Eleanor for putting all this together on such very, very short notice.
Anthony Record – Press Officer – BARC SW Centre
May 28, 2021
May 27, 2021
We have updated our Mask Wearing Policy in accordance with the appropriate guidance.
We would ask you to follow the following guidance:
Paddocks – if able to maintain a safe distance then masks will be purely advisory. If people cannot distance at 2mtrs or choose to ‘mingle’ within a 2mtr distance then masks will be required
Assembly area and startline will require masks due to close proximity and cars. This will apply to Marshalls and any mechanics/helpers.
As normal anybody entering the restaurant or office will be required to wear a mask.
Thank you
May 26, 2021
The Tony Marsh Memorial Weekend has changed. It was originally planned for the June meetings but at the request of the Marsh family, it has been permanently moved to the July weekend events.
Anthony Record – BARC SW Press Officer
May 25, 2021
May 2021 Paddock Plan has now been issued, please make sure you are aware of your space before arrival.
REMINDER:
Camping: Camping is £10 per campervan or tent, for the weekend. All of the camping money is given to Broad Chalke village to fund local projects. Please make sure you have £10 in cash with you.
You are NOT permitted to arrive on Friday 28th May BEFORE NOON. There is essential paddock cleaning and maintenance going on in the morning.
On arrival, please make sure you follow the camping field plan and park in an orderly manner. This is for fire safety reasons and making sure we can get as many camper vans into the camping field as possible.
Please make sure your trailers are parked appropriately in the trailer park.
May 22, 2021
BARC South West Centre announces the following committee appointments and changes:
Simon Purcell was appointed Chairman.
John Davey was co-opted onto the committee and appointed Vice-Chairman.
Nick Revels was co-opted onto the committee and appointed Competition Secretary.
Anthony Record – Press Officer BARC South West Centre
May 21, 2021
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS MAY 2021 EVENTS
We have today published the revised Final Instructions for the two events to be held at Gurston Down at the end of May 2021. Please make sure you read and aware of these prior to arriving at the hill.
NOTE: There will be various activities, work going on in the paddocks and on the hill on Friday morning, so entrants are NOT permitted to arrive BEFORE NOON. Please make sure you know your competition number as it will make your entry into the event quicker, our security team will not know who you are. Entry is restricted to those officially signed on and the mechanics and helpers they nominated in their sign-on forms, sorry Motorsport UK regulations.
BARC South West Centre
May 19, 2021
After a great deal of discussion, BARC South West Centre has decided to make an amendment to the Final Instructions issued earlier this week in respect of the two meetings on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th May 2021.
Our intention is to offer two practice runs, followed by Lunch, then the first timed runs, and a Top Twelve Run-Off followed by the second timed runs and the second Top Twelve Run-Off each day.
As some of you may know, we are not permitted to run beyond 18:00 each day. These constraints were imposed on us by Wiltshire County Council following a noise complaint.
Covid-19 protocols may add additional time to running the event. So we will need YOUR help. Every competitor needs to avoid any unnecessary delays. For example, we would ask you to be ready prior to your batch being called.
We are looking forward to seeing you all again at Gurston Down.
BARC South West Centre – Gurston Down
