Bath Motor Club Events
Our regular club night at the King William Inn, Tunley.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
Bath Motor Club is once again organising the Kemble Targa Rally on Sunday 12th May 2019.
It will be held within the confines of Kemble and the event will have a number of special tests of between one and two miles in length on a sealed surface.
The course layouts will vary during the day creating an enjoyable competitive days sport.
Don't panic if this is your 1st event, Kemble is a straightforward and smooth venue.
Entries and further details are available on the Kemble Targa Rally Page
Nick Chapman
Bath Motor Club is proud to announce an evening with ‘David Richards CBE’ on Friday 17th May 2019 at 19.00hrs. Tickets are available for £10.00 of which all profits will be split between the BRDC Motor Sport Charity and Westcountry Rescue.
The event will be held at Williams Automobiles, Horton, Chipping Sodbury. BS37 6QG. This location is less than 5 miles from the M4 Junction 18.
Tickets are limited so reserve your seat early from:-
https://helmtickets.com/events/3861/david-richards-cbe-talk-at-williams-automobiles
Further information available by emailing Dave Whittock at whittock@talktalk.net
Mendip Meander - 19th May 2019
Start: TBC
Finish: TBC
Entry Fee: £8
Entry by contacting Geoff Sutton on gsu180 at hotmail.co.uk
Make a note in your diary to join us for the sixth Mendip Meander which will be run in the afternoon of the date above. The first five were well received and proved to be fun social events for those taking part.
The format will take crews around the countryside on an unhurried, untimed drive to areas that they might otherwise not visit.
The route to be followed is described in a straightforward form - mainly by tulip (junction) diagrams. To provide a competitive element crews are required to look out for certain features along the way which relate to the list of questions given at the start. The crew able to interpret the clues and answer the most correctly will be deemed the winners.
The event is classed as a treasure hunt so no special vehicle insurance is required but entrants should make sure that they are covered by their own policy for this type of (non speed) event.
Crews may leave the start at any time between 2pm and 3pm. The total length of the drive will be about 20/25 miles and should take a couple of hours .
As mentioned above this is not a high speed competitive event but rather one for the family to join in with. Husbands, wives, partners, offspring, friends etc. are all welcome. The entry fee will be £8 per car to cover paperwork, prizes, permit fees etc. Details of how to enter are given below. Look out for updates in future issues of “News and Forthcoming Events” emails
Bath Motor Club welcomes you to take part in their Rally Preparation Services Autocross, a new edition to the 2019 ASWMC 1st Choice Finishes Autocross Championship.
We have secured a large field adjoining the old airfield at Long Newnton, Near Tetbury, a first for this venue to hold an Autocross. It’s large enough for us to run a demanding yet fast 1300 metre course.
If you’ve never tried Autocross and wonder what it’s about - Have a look at our FAQs
Bath Motor Club has a distinguished history with AutoCross back to the early 70's with luminaries such as Peter Gould (Mini) Peter Maslen (Mini) and Roger Brunt (mini) leading the charge.
Further stories from the club's AutoCross history are available HERE.
Our regular club night at the King William Inn, Tunley.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
SUNDAY JULY 7TH 2019
All details, regulations and entry forms are available on its own dedicated page HERE
No it's not a horsey event and neither is it as extreme as a Ken Block drift video but the club gymkhana is a great chance to get your first taste of club motorsport.
A gymkhana is a series of challenges laid out around a set of fields which sees you attempting challenges as diverse as grass slaloms, penalty shoot-outs and blindfold driving followed by a ploughmans supper.
Non-damaging and suitable for all levels, just bring a sense of fun.
Kilima farm will be arrowed from the road, the postcode is a rough guide with a more accurate location being at 173/939 691.
Although it is on grass, it is only a bit of fun, so please only bring road tyres not knobbly tyres. The field is a campsite the rest of the year and we don't want to tear it up.
Our regular club night at the King William Inn, Tunley.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
A provisional date for the Summer AutoSolo at Kemble Airfield. The latest info can be found on the AutoSolo
Autosolos are a timed tarmac course open to all road going cars. There is no requirement for modifications to the car so it is a great way of getting your first taste of competitive motorsport.
Bath Motor club has produced a beginner’s guide to Autosolos HERE if you are thinking of trying the sport out. One of the best ways to get a flavour of the event is to come out and marshal for the day, helping us run the event safely and getting close to the action.
07-Oct-18
Our regular club night at the King William Inn, Tunley.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
Our regular club night at the King William Inn, Tunley.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
Our regular club night at the King William Inn, Tunley.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
Round of the CMSG B.P Motor Body Builders & Engineers Ltd AutoSolo Championship
Round of the BTRDA AutoSolo Championship
Round of the ASWMC AutoSolo Championship
Round of the Vincenzo & Son MX5 Challenge
Entries are now open for the Spring Autosolo at Kemble airfield on Sunday 7th April. The latest info can be found on the AutoSolo page.
Bath MC will once again lay out some flowing courses around the southern part of the former Kemble Airfield.
Autosolos are a timed tarmac course open to all road going cars. There is no requirement for modifications to the car so it is a great way of getting your first taste of competitive motorsport. Bath Motor club has produced a beginners guide to Autosolos HERE if you would like to see what the discipline is all about.
26-Jan-19
Our regular club night at the King William Inn, Tunley.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
Entries are now open for the 2019 Festival Targa Rally.
Following last year’s success we have maintained a large element of the route in darkness and finished a bit earlier. We have maintained around 36 miles of tests and given you the opportunity to re-group and re-fuel on two occasions.
The event is a round of the ASWMC Targa Championship of which competitors must enter in the National B class to be eligible for points.
Again we will supply you a road book and a coloured marked map showing you all information. As we are running some of the event in the dark we do put more emphasis on passage and route checks rather than cone manoeuvres. It is fairer on you and the marshals.
Hope you can join us, bring your lights and sense of humour.
The event will need marshals, please sign up early for the best jobs. Contact Mike Patton on 07837 618670.
Our regular club night at the King William Inn, Tunley.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
The King William Inn, Tunley, BA2 0EB
Time 1300 hours
We have made arrangements for the Bath Motor Club Awards Lunch to be held at our new club venue, The King William Inn in Tunley.
The awards will be held with a presentation in the barn room of the King William at 1 pm to be followed with lunch in The King Wiiliam restaurant where reservations will be made for a separate Bath Motor Club seating area.
The food, we can guarantee is excellent, as is the beer, providing you are not driving!
Please make a big note in your 2019 diaries and come along to join us and give a really big round of applause to all the prize winners.
There is no need to pre order as the King William Inn will take orders from their excellent Sunday menu on the day.
Please let me Keith Wilson know if you can join us on 07802 709131 or keithwilson860@gmail.com
A sample menu is available HERE.
Bath Motor Club Championship 2017/2018
Overall Results
1st Diane Whittock 71 points
2nd Mike Burrows 67 points
3rd Dave Whittock 63 points
Entries are open for our Winter 12 Car
To cater for all abilities, we are producing 4 sets of instructions (Jogularity, Marked Map, Novice and Expert) and you can select your type/difficulty on the entry form in advance.
Our annual Tabletop rally is the perfect way to dust off those maps and try your hand at rally navigating in a friendly (and stationary) environment.
A tabletop takes you through all of the different types of navigation you might see on a 12 car whilst in the comfort of our club house at the King William, Tunley.
Ahead of the tabletop a number of experts will be doing a quick teach-in to help show beginners the basic elements of navigation. This will start at 19:30.
If you interested and would like to come along please book a place with the organiser - Mark Dunkerley on webmaster@bathmotorclub.co.uk
Get your thinking caps on as it is Keith Wilson’s legendary quiz. With topics from general knowledge, current news and a couple of rounds about cars, this is a great social to kick off the new year.
We have come to that time of the year for the next Annual General Meeting of Bath Motor Club to be held at:
The King William, Tunley (BA2 0EB), on Wednesday 14th October 2018 at 20:00 hrs
This gives a chance to the current committee members to give an account of the running of the club over the last year, questions from the floor to be asked and for a new committee to be elected
The dates:
Sat 7th April - Spring Action Day
Sat 12th May - Pure Ford Action Day
Sat 2nd June - JDM Combe (Jap Car Show)
Sat 7th July - Summer Action Day
Sat 8th Sept - Forge Action Day
Sat 22nd Sept - Rally Day
Sat 29th Sept - Mini Action Day
Sat 6th Oct - Autumn Classic
So I am looking for your attendance and help on the event Saturday's.
Dick Pease
Home : 01761 413460
Mobile : 07813 109444
Email : dick.pease1945@gmail.com
The dates:
Sat 7th April - Spring Action Day
Sat 12th May - Pure Ford Action Day
Sat 2nd June - JDM Combe (Jap Car Show)
Sat 7th July - Summer Action Day
Sat 8th Sept - Forge Action Day
Sat 22nd Sept - Rally Day
Sat 29th Sept - Mini Action Day
Sat 6th Oct - Autumn Classic
So I am looking for your attendance and help on the event Saturday's.
Dick Pease
Home : 01761 413460
Mobile : 07813 109444
Email : dick.pease1945@gmail.com
The dates:
Sat 7th April - Spring Action Day
Sat 12th May - Pure Ford Action Day
Sat 2nd June - JDM Combe (Jap Car Show)
Sat 7th July - Summer Action Day
Sat 8th Sept - Forge Action Day
Sat 22nd Sept - Rally Day
Sat 29th Sept - Mini Action Day
Sat 6th Oct - Autumn Classic
So I am looking for your attendance and help on the event Saturday's.
Dick Pease
Home : 01761 413460
Mobile : 07813 109444
Email : dick.pease1945@gmail.com
Bath motor club will be helping to raise money for emergency services charities by attending the 2018 Emergency Services Show at Kemble Airfield.
In previous years, the club has co-run with Devizes & District MC, passenger rides on an autosolo type course.
In 2015 we raised a grand total of £1000 and gave rides to over 350 people.
We'll be looking for volunteers to run the test, be drivers, help with signing on or just to spread the good word about Bath and Devizes motor clubs by mingling with the crowds.
Mike Patton will be helping to run this event.
Our regular club night at the Rose & Crown, Hinton Charterhouse.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
The dates:
Sat 7th April - Spring Action Day
Sat 12th May - Pure Ford Action Day
Sat 2nd June - JDM Combe (Jap Car Show)
Sat 7th July - Summer Action Day
Sat 8th Sept - Forge Action Day
Sat 22nd Sept - Rally Day
Sat 29th Sept - Mini Action Day
Sat 6th Oct - Autumn Classic
So I am looking for your attendance and help on the event Saturday's.
Dick Pease
Home : 01761 413460
Mobile : 07813 109444
Email : dick.pease1945@gmail.com
Bath MC have received an invite to a inter club skittles match from Tavern MC on Monday 20th August 2018.
The match will take place at the Royal British Legion in Dundry.
Arrive about 8 o’clock for an 8.30 kickoff.
Please contact Jerry Pennell on jerryp52@mail.com in order that he can give Tavern Motor Club some idea of the number of people coming along in order to gauge the catering requirements.
The Summer Jogularity is a perfect beginners event to learn the basics of navigation and competive timing. Taking place on a Sunday afternoon and run at speeds between 15 and 30mph the trick is to arrive on time; for lateness or early arrival you will collect penalties which will decide the winner.
You will be issued with route instructions in a road book complete with marked maps in case you get lost, giving you inter and total mileages, in line with your normal speedometer in your car (no trip meter required) landmark and/or junctions and information, plus the time you should arrive at that point.
The complete route will be timed at average speeds from 15mph to 30 mph. The idea is to encourage Bath and neighbouring club members to use any form of transport to have a go. This is simple straightforward navigation, easy to achieve average speeds with the need to concentrate and follow the correct route.
If you have any questions please contact Jerry Pennell on Jerryp52 at mail.com
Summer Social on 15th Aug with a Carvery Meal at Orchardleigh nr. Frome.
Cost per person is £9.95 per person on the night.
All you need to do to join us is to let me Keith Wilson know on keithwilson860@gmail.com
Our regular club night at the Rose & Crown, Hinton Charterhouse.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
Entries are now open for the Summer AutoSolo at Kemble Airfield. Regs and Entry Form are on the AutoSolo page. The latest entries can be found below and on the AutoSolo page.
Autosolos are a timed tarmac course open to all road going cars. There is no requirement for modifications to the car so it is a great way of getting your first taste of competitive motorsport.
Bath Motor club has produced a beginner’s guide to Autosolos HERE if you are thinking of trying the sport out. One of the best ways to get a flavour of the event is to come out and marshal for the day, helping us run the event safely and getting close to the action.
23-Jun-18
The walking treasure hunt is a good social event where teams have to follow a route around town (This year Melksham) and answer clues along the way. A good family event and only rarely car related.
This years walking treasure hunt will take place in Melksham on the 30th July with the start being in the Church Street Car Park (SN12 6YE should get you near) between 6:30 PM & 7:00 PM (parking free after 6:00 PM).
f you are joining this event please email Mike Burrows on mike.f.burrows@gmail.com
A new targa rally organised by Bath motor club aimed at beginners and novices using standard cars on smooth surfaces.
Full details at www.bathmotorclub.co.uk/cotswold-targa/
Our regular club night at the Rose & Crown, Hinton Charterhouse.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
SUNDAY JULY 8TH 2018
The 2018 edition of the Aquae Sulis Tour offers around 100 miles of East Wiltshire and North Somerset countryside.
This year the tour will start from the Georgian City of Bath where you have an opportunity to see some of the famous buildings during the beginning of the tour.
The route will travel through East Wiltshire to a lunch stop at Wilton House, near Salisbury, set in 22 acres of parkland and gardens. Here you will have ample time to enjoy the gardens, the house, visit the Earl of Pembroke’s classic car collection and take some refreshments in the restaurant.
After lunch the route will travel through North Somerset to finish at our regular venue at Orchardleigh Golf Club in the beautiful Orchardleigh Estate near Frome for the usual high quality carvery meal.
The entry fee for the tour will be £75 per car, with an optional £5 per entry for our chosen charity, the Great Western Air Ambulance. Since 2015 we have been able to donate over £1000 to the GWAA to help with their vital work.
For this entry fee, you will receive an easy to read comprehensive Tulip style road book, an Aquae Sulis Tour rally plate, each entrant will receive one email photograph from our super official photographer, Andy Manston, entrance to the grounds and café at Wilton House, a breakfast roll and drink at the start and a choice of a 4 meat carvery meal at the finish.
After a very successful event again in 2017 we encourage you to enter early.
All details, regulations and entry forms are available on its own dedicated page HERE
The dates:
Sat 7th April - Spring Action Day
Sat 12th May - Pure Ford Action Day
Sat 2nd June - JDM Combe (Jap Car Show)
Sat 7th July - Summer Action Day
Sat 8th Sept - Forge Action Day
Sat 22nd Sept - Rally Day
Sat 29th Sept - Mini Action Day
Sat 6th Oct - Autumn Classic
So I am looking for your attendance and help on the event Saturday's.
Dick Pease
Home : 01761 413460
Mobile : 07813 109444
Email : dick.pease1945@gmail.com
Bath Motor club will have a stand at this popular car show which attracts a wide variety of cars from competition to classic.
Details of the event are HERE.
The club will have free tickets available in exchange for displaying your car on the stand or volunteering your time to help man the stand.
Geoff Sutton will be co-ordinating this nearer the time
Once again the club will have a stand at this popular classic car show, held at the Bath and West Showground near Shepton Mallet.
Details of the event are available HERE
The club will have free tickets available in exchange for displaying your car on the stand or volunteering your time to help man the stand.
Geoff Sutton will be co-ordinating this nearer the time
Our regular club night at the Rose & Crown, Hinton Charterhouse.
A chance to discuss the weekend's events and plan for events to come.
Feel free to pop-in or alternatively contact Dave Whittock on "whittock at talktalk.net" before hand to have a friendly face there to meet you.
A fabulous and successful day yesterday for the club with the 2nd running of the Kemble Targa.
After a hard fought battle Bath Members Ben Griffin and Steve Conner came out on top with 5 secionds in hand from a hard charging Gavin Rogers. Full results are available at RallyRoots.
On Saturday the course was set up, with the start, finish and admin areas and an early start for the organisers on Sunday saw the day dawn a bit grey and cloudy but at least dry
Noise and scrutineering went according to plan, a quick drivers briefing held and we started on time with 56 starters, 4 non starters and concluded the 6 tests at approx 17:15 hours. I think we finished the event with 52 still running.
During the day the skies cleared and we were blessed with a warm and sunny day with a slight breeze
Wonderful weather, great sport and thanks to all the marshals and organising team for a very professional and well run event
I believe everybody enjoyed themselves, Especially the competitors with good feedback received after the event.
Remember the second serving of Targa at Kemble with the Cotswold Targa to be run on July 22nd, entries are already being received to don't delay and make sure you get your entry in early.
23-Jun-18
Bath Motor Club is once again organising the Kemble Targa Rally on Sunday 10th June 2018.
It will be held within the confines of Kemble and the event will have a number of special tests of between one and two miles in length on a sealed surface.
The course layouts will vary during the day creating an enjoyable competitive days sport.
Don't panic if this is your 1st event, Kemble is a straightforward and smooth venue. To give you an example of what the event entails have a look at the pictures from last years event and a sample test diagram.
2017 Test Diagram
Entries and further details are available on the Kemble Targa Rally Page
Nick Chapman
