Chief Road Marshals Co-Ordinator David Bramhill - Email
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Chief Test Marshals Co-Ordinator Dale Cox - Email
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Well, with just under 4 weeks to go before The Tour of Cheshire Historic Road Rally I thought I would send out this brief update for marshals.
I have been doing some PR work, delivering letters to every house and farm along part of the route and I have to say the lanes are in a filthy state. There is a lot of water and mud about so wellies and waterproofs will be a must although I hope the weather picks up for the actual day.
We have a full entry list of 75 cars and as you may know 15 of the entrants will be in the Clubman class. This is where these teams will be given the full route in tulip or descriptive format. I hope this helps in keeping the field of cars closer together.
All marshals and officials can now sign on using the 'Sign On' button below. This is very important as it provides insurance cover for everyone participating in the event. Could I please ask you to make sure that all members of your team, including younger members are signed on well before the 1st March.
For anyone wishing to refresh their knowledge of the various marshalling roles, there is a useful series of short training video's - Scroll down the page to view.
It was great to see many of you at the HRCR open day at Gaydon. After doing this for 3 years I am slowly starting to recognise faces and I often feel a bit disappointed when I can only meet you on the event for a very short time as we deliver your marshalling packs.
I will be emailing your final instructions out in the next couple of weeks but in the mean time if you have any question please email me or call me anytime using the contact details below.
We are seeking Clock Marshals and Test Marshals
to run our prestigious event
which is on Saturday March 1st 2025
Please contact David Bramhill
2025
Another busy day at Gaydon
L > R - Mike Harrison, Lorna Harrison. Phil Bateman
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ToC Chief Road Marshals Co-Ordinator David Bramhill
To help refresh yourselves here is an excellent video, produced by the Bramhill family, of how Liege Timers work and what you do - Link
Sue Bloxham - Carol & Robin Tyler-Morris - Mike Sones
Peter Valentine - Cec Offley - Ray Dale
What is ECF
Since inception in 2004 an annual unique feature of the Tour of Cheshire is the involvement of Ecurie Cod Fillet members who assist with the organisation, marshalling and social aspects of the event. ECF is an invitation-only Club formed in the 50s by Roy Fidler and John Hopwood for leading British rallyists. Indeed the bulk of the membership was formed in the 1960 era through participating in the Motoring News Championship, which bred some formidable crews from competing in those epic 200-plus mile night rallies.
Initially it was primarily for British rallyists but famous names from other countries - Erik Carlsson, Timo Makinen, Rauno Aaltonen, Simo Lampinen and Hannu Mikkola (all winners of the RAC Rally) - soon became members! Today's membership is still an exclusive "under 300" and is a veritable "who's who" of the good old days of British rallying in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. Messrs Fidler and Hopwood also started the first "closed-road" rally when they founded the Manx in 1963.
Reunions are held every few years, the most recent being in December 2021 at the Cranage Business Centre, Holmes Chapel. The Tour of Cheshire again look forward to welcoming a good number of these rallyists of old to the 2022 Tour of Cheshire.
Sadly as each year passes the ECF membership diminishes in numbers but the old traditional spirit of ‘Press on regardless’ lives on.
I became an ECF member in 1959 and I can certainly claim to be the oldest member to date.
Don Barrow - January 2024.
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ECURIE COD FILLET
Other ECF members who have officiated on the Tour of Cheshire Rally since 2004.
Roy Fidler,
John Hopwood,
Alan Jolley,
Barrie 'Whizzo' Williams,
Bob Redhead,
Carolyn Tyler-Morris,
Cec Offley,
Christopher Knowles-Fitton,
Deryck Pickup,
Don Barrow,
Geoff Awde,
Geoff Breakall,
John Bloxham,
John Brown,
John Nixey,
John Parsons,
John Waddington,
John Wadsworth,
John Wood,
Mike Broad,
Mike Sones,
Mike Wood,
Neil Wilson,
Nigel Raeburn,
Norman Salt,
Peter Bryant,
Peter Valentine,
Peter Ward,
Ray Dale,
Richard Harper,
Rob Lyall,
Rodney Spokes,
Roy Mapple,
Russell Brookes,
Stuart Turner,
Terry Harrison,
Toney Cox,
Tony Fall,
Tony Mason,
Will Sparrow & many more.