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Events Programme
and links to event times
Championships 2005
Club Championship
- Class structure and
competition events
Trophies
- what you can win
Sporting Events -
autotests, hillclimbs, sprints and races
Fun Events
- sinking the wellie or taking the family for a run
Constitution - as approved at the AGM on 29 November
2000.
Statutory Off Road Notice
info (SORN)
Printout -
Application for membership
Come and join us!
Cultra Historic Hillclimb
reports -
1905
1906
1908
If anybody knows where to find 1907, please contact
terry@tscc.fsnet.co.uk
Cultra Ards TT
Hillclimb 2003 entry list and results Biodiesel - Webmaster's free ad!
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Transfer to new website -
www.tsccni.co.uk
This site will not be updated beyond 1 January 2006
President:
Jim Todd
Senior Vice
President: Bill Patterson (Sr)
Vice
Presidents: Will Heaney;
John Galloway; Mike Wilson; Garth Maxwell
History of the TSCC
The Thoroughbred Sports Car Club of Northern Ireland was set up in
1982 to cater for the owners, restorers, maintainers and enthusiasts of
classic sports cars and, since 1989, saloon cars in manufacture before
1975, all of which qualify drivers for the Club Championship. In 1990, the
Club took over the running of Croft Hillclimb in Holywood, County Down,
part of the Association of Northern Ireland Car Clubs (ANICC) Championship
and, in 2000, resurrected the Cultra Historic Hillclimb. Membership
totals over 250
enthusiasts, with over a half of these
taking part in the competition events.
Organisation
The Club is headed by the Club President and three Vice Presidents,
together with an executive Committee. An Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held
around
November, when reports on the year's activities are presented and the
Committee is elected. Prizes are awarded at the Annual Dinner and Dance.
Applications for membership, subject to an annual subscription set at
the AGM and valid from January to December of the current year, may be
accepted by the Hon. Treasurer from anybody owning or interested in
thoroughbred sports or classic saloon cars - or indeed, in the essential
job of helping to organise events.
Nobody is coerced into taking part in any event though every
encouragement is given, to the extent that (depending on finances) there
may be various subsidies offered to, in particular, younger Club members.
The Committee meets regularly to organise and arrange the events and to
send out the Newsletter about once a month or whenever necessary - there
is no set time.
Officers of the Committee are the Hon. Secretary (who keeps the records)
and the
Hon. Treasurer (who keeps the money -
for as long as possible!),
and the Chairman (who is elected by the Committee and who keeps
order), the Competitions
Secretary - one of the most demanding jobs involving arranging venues,
applying for licences and insurances, finding Track Marshalls, issuing
Regulations, working out handicaps and a lot more besides - and the Social
Secretary, whose job it is to organise the fun things and the AGM.
There may be a dozen more members elected at the AGM, as well as the Croft
Hillclimb Secretary, who may be a co-opted
member.
At the beginning of the year (or sooner), the programme for the coming
season is decided by the Committee, taking into account the support that
events have had - or not! - the ability to break even financially and also
requests and suggestions made by members. Some events, such as the Croft
and Cultra Hillclimbs
and the Multi-Venue Autotest, are annual and decided years in advance, the
dates being booked through the Association of Northern Ireland Car Clubs (ANICC).
The TSCC is represented at all meetings
of ANICC.
The programme is not written on stone as there may be other factors
interfering, but any changes are notified to members through the
Newsletter.
The Club is therefore quite democratic, preferring to run what proves
to be popular with the majority of members, not just to cater for one or
two specialist categories or the posers and the
polishers (although there is a Concours award). Should it be necessary to change (not bend!)
the rules, then this is done wherever possible. There is also a policy of
financial encouragement, especially for younger
members who would like to take part in some form of motor sport but who
can't afford the high costs involved.
The Club carries its own insurance policy, which covers the Committee
and organisers against claims (Public Liability), but not members taking
part in events. Where required by the Motor Sports Association (MSA,
previously RACMSA), insurance is taken out by the Club as a separate issue
and is charged as part of any entry fee paid by participants.
(N.B., no vehicles are covered by any of the
insurances. In addition, any vehicle taking part in any road event must be
fully roadworthy, have a current MOT Certificate, display a current Tax
Disc and the driver legally licensed and insured
under a normal, road-going policy - no racing or timed trials take part on
public roads.)
Social
The Annual Dinner and Dance incorporates the Annual Prize-giving, when
the fruits of the previous season's labours are enjoyed - in between
arm-twisting the DJ to turn the wick down to allow social intercourse.
In addition, there may be the occasional primitive incineration of
raw foodstuffs known as a barbecue held after various events - usually,
when there are sufficient people left over to organise the equipment and
light the fire.
In all, the Thoroughbred Sports Car Club of Northern Ireland is a bunch
of quite normal people, bonded by a common interest in part of our
heritage - motor cars which retain some of the character lost by today's
mass production techniques. If you are interested in joining, print out the Application
for Membership form and send it to the address given.
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Membership and hillclimb enquiries - Will Heaney -
radiant@beeb.net
Printout -
Application for membership
TSCC Race entries - Mike Wilson -
mike@mwdesign.freeserve.co.uk or George Clarke
CompSec 2003 - George Clarke -
george.clarke@royalmail.co.uk
Info on the website only
terry@tscc.fsnet.co.uk
Association of Northern Ireland Car Clubs (ANICC)
http://www.anicc.org.uk
MG Car Club Ulster Centre (we have a class especially
for those who want to play
with us)
http://www.mgcculstercentre.fsnet.co.uk/
MSA - Motor Sports Association (used to be RACMSA) -
http://www.msauk.org/
News of Rallying and other sport in Northern Ireland - a site
well worth visiting!
www.nimotorsport.34sp.com
The new Crossle site -
www.crossle.co.uk - a very well
constructed website
Last revised:
April 06, 2006
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