The events will take place at Forrestburn and  is open to all fully elected members of MSCC, the Scottish Riley Register, and the MG Car Club.  The programme of the meeting will be as follows:

• scrutineering starts at 10.30 a.m – any competitor not signed on by 11.15 may be excluded
• first runs at start at 11.15 am

Classes are as follows:

1. front wheel drive saloon cars
2. rear wheel drive saloon cars
3. rear wheel drive sports cars
4. pre – 1941 cars
5. all trials specials, cars fitted with LSD’s, Kit cars, and cars complying with MSA Classic Trials Classes 4, 6, 7 & 8 as per Blue Book

Look forward to seeing you on the day and of course an early entry would be greatly appreciated!

Often the competition is very close with entrants sometimes even achieving the exact target time chosen.  The Scottish word ‘pauchle‘ springs to mind but I’m sure that is unfair.  The mystery is revealed at last!

“Last Sunday, Douglas and I went along to help out with marshalling for the Hillclimb at Forrestburn.  I didn’t relish the early start on the first weekend of my holidays, but we set off keeping an eye on where the dark clouds were.  Being the pessimist in the partnership, I was convinced that it would be rain, thunder and lightning all day – Douglas was confident that ‘it would blow over and miss us’.  When we arrived we were given orange overalls and waterproofs to wear and assigned out Post – for those of you who know Forrestburn, it was Post 6.  We were teamed with Brian and Janet from EACC who were experienced marshals with their own fireproof overalls.  Douglas and I have marshalled a lot, but never at a Hillclimb so it was all new to us.

The morning consisted of the 3 practice runs.  The drivers used the runs to find the perfect line for the timed runs in the afternoon.  Janet was on the radio but had to maintain radio silence unless there was a problem to report at our Post.  She received regular updates – ‘car on the line’, ‘red flag out’, etc and she relayed them to us.  Douglas got to wave our red flag to warn cars to slow down if there was a problem ahead with a car off or stopped on the course.  Brian and I were allowed to sweep the grass off the track if a car had clipped the edge.

After our complimentary burger and tea, the real competition started at 13:15.  Each car had two timed runs with the fastest counting towards the final standings.  The competition was keen within the classes – including some very nice Historics – with the single-seaters in particular haring up the hill.  There were one or two incidents to keep us on our toes, but nothing serious and the day passed off very smoothly.  The MSCC guys are clearly very experienced at organising these events and in addition to the competition there was a lot of chat and catching up going on amongst the marshals and the competitors.

The heavy rain missed us, we just had a little bit of drizzle and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.  If you fancy giving it a go you will be made most welcome and will be giving something back to motorsport”.

Thanks June – much appreciated and hope that you come back for the next events on 27 and 28 August. If anyone else wants to try their hand at marshalling please get in touch and if you want to compete in August,  please get your entry in as soon as possible.

Saturday was a poor day for new class records with only two being set in class A07 Classic and Thoroughbred Cars in the Scottish Hill Climb Championship and in Class C3 Sports Libre Cars over 1,800 cc.  However on the Sunday, five new class records were set in the 20 classes competing.  You can download the results for Saturday here and for Sunday here.

It was a colourful event with many interesting cars competing from single seater racing cars, saloon and sports libre cars through to the large historic classes including six Aston Martins, a Bugatti Brescia, two Austin Sevens and a Bentley Mark 6 Special.  There is an excellent photoset on our Facebook page from Doug Paterson taken on the Saturday.  We will try to add some more images in the next few days.

Thanks to all the competitors, marshals, spectators, club members and friends who helped out over the weekend and contributed to a great event.

Everyone is welcome to come along to the hillclimb.  Directions to the event are here. Entry is free and there is hot food and drinks (which is free if you help out by marshalling).  It’s a great opportunity to find out more about club motor sport and to see a tremendous range of interesting and historic cars in action.  For those of you unfamiliar with the entry list format it is:

car no | driver | home town | car make and model | engine size | club | day(s) of entry

Class A01 Saloon Cars up to 1400cc
Class record: Callum Gauld 28 August 2010 55.97 seconds

1 John McGill Dumfries Rover 25 1,396 cc EACC Both

Class A02 Saloon Cars over 1400cc and up to 2000cc
Class record: Sandy Coghill 29 August 2010 52.50 seconds

2 Gordon Brodie Blackburn Renault Clio 172 1,998 cc GAC Both
3 Gary Palmer East Kilbride Peugot 206 1,997 cc MSCC Sunday
4 Clark Sutherland Kintore BMW E30 1,800 cc MSCC Both
5 John Roddick Alexandria Citreon Saxo 1,600 cc EACC Both
123 Ian Wright Heathhall Honda Civic 1,595 cc SOSCC Sunday

Class A03 Saloon Cars over 2000cc
Class record: Jac Koumides 26 June 2010 49.85 seconds

6 Richard Shaw Galashiels Audi Coupe Quattro 2,226 cc MSCC Sunday
7 Jac Koumides Kirkintilloch Subaru Imprezza Sti 1,589 cc EACC Both

Class A04 Sports Cars up to 1400cc
Class Record: John Hamilton 29 August 2010 46.8 seconds

8 Andrew Thoirs Dunfermline MK Indy 1,200 cc MSCC Both
9 John Hamilton Mid Calder Westfield Megabusa 1,300 cc MSCC Sunday
10 John Morrison Snr Keith MNR Vortx 1,300 cc GAC Both
11 John Morrison Jnr Keith Stuart Taylor Locust 998 cc GAC Both

Class A05 Sports Cars over 1400cc and up to 1700cc
Class Record: Garry Dickson 7 September 2003 46.89 seconds

12 Lovat Fraser Inverurie Sylva Striker 1,589 cc GAC Both

Class A06 Sports Cars over 1700cc
Class Record: Leslie Mutch 29 August 2009 45.24 seconds

14 Stephen Alexander Uplawmoor Westfield SEiW 2,000 cc EACC Both
15 Ian Hamilton Armadale Westfield Sew 2,000 cc MSCC Both
16 Henry Simmons Wishaw Robin Hood S3 2,000 cc MSCC Both
17 John Bruce Insch Westfield Sei 2,000 cc EACC Sunday
18 Jonathan Neale Falkirk Caterham 7 2,000 cc MSCC Both
19 Fraser Bell Bathgate Westfield SEiW 2,000 cc MSCC Both
114 David Loomes Bearsden Westfield SEiW 2,000 cc EACC Both

Class A07 Classic and Thoroughbred Cars (SHCC)
Class Record: no record 00.00 seconds

20 Gary Maxwell Falkirk Ford MK2 Escort RS 1,993 cc MSCC Both
120 Nigel Galvin Grangemouth Ford MK2 Escort RS 1,993 cc MSCC Both

Class A08 Marque Road Sports Cars
Class Record: Graeme Bremner 27 June 2009 49.10 seconds

21 Ben Lyons Edinburgh Vauxhall VX220 Turbo 2,000 cc EACC Sunday
22 Alistair Matheson Giffnock TVR Griffith 500 4,997 cc MSCC Both
23 Colin McLatchie Edinburgh Morgan 4/4 1,998 cc MSCC Both
24 Jan Staruszkiewicz Neilston TVR Griffith 500 4,997 cc EACC Both

Class B1 Modified Saloon Cars up to 1400cc
Class Record: Robin Woodward 2 August 1998 50.6 seconds

25 Mike Hunter Gordon Rover Metro GT 1,396 cc MSCC Both

Class B2 Modified Saloon Cars over 1400cc and up to 2000cc
Class Record: David Adam 29 August 2010 47.78 seconds

26 Ian Rannie Kintore Vauxhall Corsa 1,599 cc GAC Both
27 Andrew Massie Edinburgh Citroen Saxo 1,600 cc SMRC Saturday
28 Barry Holmes Paisley Ford Fiesta XR2 1,600 cc MSCC Both

Class B4 Modified Sports Cars up to 1400cc
Class Record: Drew Murray 26 August 2007 46.1 seconds

30 Scott Sheridan Kaimend MK Indy 998 cc EACC Both
31 Colin Tullis Glasgow MNR Vortex 998 cc MSCC Both
32 Richard Quinn Livingston Sylva Striker 899 cc SMRC Sunday
33 Jon Lowe Forres Fisher Fury 1,300 cc EACC Both
34 Paul Lawrence Coatbridge MNR Vortex 1,352 cc EACC Both
130 Lesley Sheridan Kaimend MK Indy 998 cc EACC Both

Class C0 Saloon Libre
Class Record: John Cowie 29 August 2010 50.73 seconds

35 John Cowie Paisley Ford Fiesta 1,796 cc GAC Both
36 Scott Beattie Alford Ford Fiesta MK2 1,998 cc GAC Both

Class C3 Sports Libre Cars over 1800cc
Class Record: Alan McDonald 24 August 2008 55.41 seconds

37 Graeme Bremner Wick Radical Prosport 1,299 cc CCC Saturday
38 Allan McDonald Dalbeatie Morris Mini Justy 1,300 cc EACC Saturday
137 Jennifer Bremner Wick Radical Prosport 1,299 cc CCC Saturday

Class C4 Racing Cars up to 1100cc
Class Record: Mark Hemingway 23 June 2007 41.1 seconds

40 Alastair Fraser West Linton OMS PR 1,052 cc EACC Sunday
41 Keith Weeks Strichen Image FF5 1,002 cc GAC Both
42 Tom Graham Wishaw Megapin K7XR 999 cc MSCC Both
43 Mark Scoular Blackburn OMS RA 1,052 cc EACC Both
44 Steve Marr Aberdeen PCD Saxon 1,086 cc GAC Both
45 Russell Macfarlane Currie Nemesis 1,074 cc EACC Both
46 Andrew Grover Newtonmore OMS Hornet 999 cc MSCC Both
47 Garry Dickson Sandwick Force Blue Star 1,000 cc CCC Both
48 Colin Graham Cumbernauld OMS PR 998 cc MSCC Both

Class C5 Racing Cars over 1100cc and up to 1600cc
Class Record: Lee Adams 29 August 2010 39.2 seconds

49 Finlay Whyte Rayleigh Force PT 1,397 cc GAC Both

Class H20 Pre-War & Thouroughbred Sports Cars pre 1965
Class record: Stephen Cooper 3 July 2000 53.04 seconds

50 Fraser Ewart Musselburgh Bentley MK6 Special 6,732 cc MSCC Sunday
51 Brian Hopkins By Airdire Austin 7 747 cc MSCC Both
52 Tom Richardson Kirkcaldy Riley Brooklands 1,089 cc MSCC Both
53 James Barbour Rattray Riley 9 Special 1,100 cc Both
54 Colin McLachlan Montrose MG PA Midget 940 cc MSCC Both
55 Kenny Baird Armadale AH Sprite Mark 1 1,275 cc MSCC Both
56 Stephen Cooper Cumbernauld Cooper T59 1,100 cc MSCC Both
57 Gesa Walker Edinburgh Alvis 12/50 1,500 cc Sunday
58 Branislav Sudjic Pitlochry Bugatti Brescia 1,496 cc MSCC Sunday

Class H21 Classic Saloon Cars & GT Cars
Class Record: Stan Bernard 7 September 2003 50.65 seconds

59 Tim Stamper Penrith Aston Martin DB 2/4 2,992 cc AMOC Sunday
60 Graham Cowie Lochwinnoch Morris Mini Cooper 998 cc MSCC Both
61 Roslyn Cooper Cumbernauld Porsche 911 3,200 cc MSCC Both
62 Paul Buchanan-Smith Linlithgow Mini Marcos GT 1,312 cc MSCC Both

Class H22 Post 1965 Thouroughbred and Classic Sports Cars
Class Record: Alistair Simpson 29 August 2009 52.99 seconds

63 Derek House Callander MG Midget 1,275 cc MSCC Both
64 Jamie Gibbon Cumbernauld Morgan 4/4 1,600 cc MSCC Both
65 Donald Macdonald West Kilbride Morgan 4/4 1,595 cc MSCC Both
66 Simon Scott Barry Morgan +8 3,500 cc MSCC Both
67 David Parr Stirling Morgan Roadster 2,966 cc MSCC Both
68 Alistair Simpson Edzell Sunbeam Tiger 4,998 cc MSCC Both
69 Gordon McRobbie Airdrie MGB 1,800 cc MSCC Both
70 John Meldrum Aberdeen MGB Roadster 1,959 cc GAC Both
71 Fraser Ewart Musselburgh MG Midget 1,275 cc MSCC Sunday
163 Kirsty House Callander MG Midget 1,275 cc MSCC Both

Class H30 Aston Martin Cars
Class Record: Tim Stamper 29 June 2008 57.83 seconds

72 Meredyth Bell Cockermouth Aston Martin DB2 2,580 cc AMOC Sunday
73 Jim Campbell Glasgow Aston Martin DB 2/4 2,959 cc MSCC Sunday
74 Colin Kingsman Ilkley Aston Martin DB6 4,200 cc AMOC Sunday
75 Iain Muir Lockerbie Aston Martin DB 2/4 1,600 cc AMOC Sunday
159 Tim Stamper Penrith Aston Martin DB 2/4 1,991 cc AMOC Sunday

79 entries on 17 June 2011

If anyone is thinking of Marshalling, but not sure what is involved, it’s fairly simple.

We have 9 posts, numbered from the bottom of the hill to the top, hopefully with at least two marshals at each post.  If there is an incident, the post concerned radios in – eg “RED FLAG, POST 5”.  Posts below the incident, in the example posts 1-4, put out their red flags and stop any car.  The post involved will then radio hill control with details, whether the car is able to continue, or if the Doctor/breakdown is required and how long is needed to sweep the track of debris.  If a running car has been stopped by a red flag, (e.g, somewhere between 1- 4), the post where it has stopped should inform hill control where this car is and it’s number.  Hill control will tell the post when to let the car continue up at a slow speed.  At all other times it’s radio silence except for posts 3 and 7 who clear the cars as they go past to allow hill control to line up cars without delay.  The only complication at Forrestburn is watching out for anglers walking to/from the reservoir.

Marshals receive £5 petrol money per day and free lunch. Newcomers will always be paired with experienced marshals, just dress for four seasons in one day!  It’s a great day out and a wonderful introduction to motor sport.

The work party will be the the usual affair with a BBQ available for use at lunch time.  When the Autoecosse passes through the CCHMC are looking for marshals to help with car arrival and man the hill whilst they drive up.  There will be approximately 50 cars, though we expect some of the first cars will arrive beforehand.

Thursday 9th June is the next fun night at Forrestburn.  Forms are available here and those who sign on to the work party on 4th June, in the morning, will get half price entry to the fun night.

Tuesday 21st June is the next club track night at Knockhill.  Last week’s track night went well despite the weather, with those who attended being treated to a full two hours of on track action with just a few minutes of stoppage.

Next up is the hillclimb on Saturday and Sunday 25th and 26th June.  Entries close on Friday 10th June and we urge everyone to get their entries in on time to save disappointment.  There will be the a hill setup work party on Friday 24th June.  We realise this is a school day for most, however if you can spare the time it would really help as this is a tough task to get completed in time and the regulars would very much appreciate your assistance.

We are also seeking marshals for both days of the hillclimb.  If you want to get close to the action, get a free lunch and score club championship points, please get in touch.  Overalls and waterproofs are provided on a first come first served basis and if you’ve not been to Forrestburn of late, we have added some weather protection to the marshals posts.

We look forward to seeing you at some, or even all of these events.

Thanks to everybody for coming along and making what I hope you agree to was a great day.  Sorry to those of you who couldn’t make it – you did miss out!

There is a great collection of videos from today on our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/mscc.org.uk

Thursday 26th May is the first of our three Knockhill track nights. These have always proved to be popular, if you plan to attend please download the entry form from the website:
http://www.mscc.org.uk/forms/kh%20reg%20may%2011.pdf
For more information, please call Barry Holmes

Following on from the new website developments, we are now on Facebook. If you are on Facebook, please visit our page and click on the “Like” button:
http://www.facebook.com/mscc.org.uk
Thursday 9th June will be our next fun night at Forrestburn. The entry form will be available on the website soon and we hope you will join us there.