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Latest news:

The search for a new venue still goes on. The hall at Hasting High School, it would seem, is no larger than the hall we are presently in, so we are still looking around. If you know of a large hall that would suit us please let us know, email Tom on tomwasteney@hotmail.com.

The sponsored endurance race for Children in Need was extremely well represented, with 8 teams competing (4 drivers in each team). Racing was fraught but close with a total of over 400 laps accumulated over the one and half hour race duration. Most members had collected a good amount of sponsorship, with a couple of the young members collecting over £100 each! The total on the evening was just over £630, so thank you if you participated.

MERCC are proud to be holding a sponsored endurance race with all the funds going to the BBC’s Children in Need. The race will be held on 15th November with the doors opening at 7pm, all are welcome. The format will be the same as previous endurance races, team against team with 4 drivers in each continually racing. The team at the end of the night with the most combined laps win! If your interested in joining in download the sponsorship form here and get collecting! You will need Abobe Reader to view the form.

06/09/2007
Important information for Mardave 7 drivers.

The club has had further contact from the BRCA who have looked at the front of the Mardave 7 and have agreed that there is no cause for concern. There will be NO need to modify the chassis of the Mardave 7 in anyway. If you have already cut the front of your chassis off, please ensure there are no sharp edges. For confirmation of this ruling please see Matt or Steve Chambers on race night.
Click here to go to the new ‘7’ page.

30/08/2007
With the release of Mardave’s new ‘Mardave 7’ and its popularity within the club, we have decided to run a dedicated class. To keep things on a level playing field the committee have decided to set out a few rules for this new class to keep the racing fun!
Click here to go to the new ‘7’ page.

17/04/2007
During race night on thursday 12th, Malc was presented with a painting of a locomotive for his many years dedicated service, 19 in total. Thanks go to Malc for his dedication and we all hope he has many years of enjoyment from his new piece of art.

05/04/2007
The first results from the new software are now posted.

01/04/2007
The club has now received the new software for race control. This means we will be able to post the Thursday night race results to this site so you can keep up-to-date with your points. The first results hopefully to go up will be 5th April.

12/03/2007
Results of the Winter league and Trophy night now posted. See the race results page.

08/03/2007
Trophy night. Congratulations to all the winners of each class, but special congratulations goes to Charlie who won her first ever trophy for the V12 winter league. Let's hope this is the first of many. The results for the league and the results for the racing on trophy night will be posted shortly so please check the race results page soon.

02/02/2007
The new web site goes live! After 12 months of being down the new MERCC web site is re-hosted with a brand new style. Some of the pages are not quite finished yet, but the majority are.If there is anything specific that club members want to see on their site please contact Martin Cocks, email address on the contact us page.

18/01/2007
Congratulations Zak! Zak was announced the "most improved member" for the 2006 season. Only starting twelve months ago racing Mardave V12's, Zak was voted by the committee to win the award. Due to a mix-up in the dates this should have been announced at the AGM.

12/01/2007
The AGM held on the 11th January had several new motions passed, the first being the stock class voted overwhelmingly to race with 19 turn motors instead of the stock 27. Secondly Malc has retired his post of treasurer after 19 years. The role of treasurer now falls on Tom shoulders as well as being re-elected as club secretary. Our thanks go to Malc for his many years of dedicated service. Steve & Matt Chambers were also re-elected back into their roles of Chairman and Race director respectively.