The Borders Book Festival is renowned for its lively blend of entertaining and thought-provoking events. In a special mid-week event, you have the exciting opportunity to hear from Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert, who could not be better qualified to lift the lid on Formula One racing.

It is with great regret that the Scottish Hill Rally Club must announce the cancellation of the Scottish "Borders" Safari in November. The organisers have tried hard to make this work, and know that this decision will disappoint many people. The preparations will not be wasted however, as they intend to run this event next year, and are planning to be able to run both a Safari Plus, and a Hill Rally in 2021. Look out for further announcements on dates in the near future.

Following the Scottish Government announcements earlier this week about additional measures to control the spread of COVID-19, a number of rallies have been affected.

Radio crews are required for the Memorial Garden Stages Rally at Condor on 26 September. Please take a moment to respond even if you can’t attend as it really help us with planning.

Knockhill are looking for marshals to assist with the safe running of the British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy at Knockhill in September. If you like to see action, and lots of it, this is a great opportunity to get closely involved.

The 2020 Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally rescheduled for 31st October will now not take place this year. Save the date for next year though! The Rally will return on Saturday 11th September 2021, with a 45-mile event in the Galloway forests.

Motorsport UK are inviting you to complete a survey to help them better understand how they can work better to support your wellbeing and welfare.

Radio crews are required for the Kingdom Stages at Crail in November. Please take a moment to respond even if you can’t attend as it really help us with planning.

Our virtual quiz is now running on alternate Thursday evenings at 7pm. The next one is this week, Thursday 27 August, hosted by John and Karen Wood. A great chance to dust off the brain cells and have a bit of competitive fun!

This year marks SMMC member John Bennie's 21st Formula One Grand Prix! We felt that was a bit of milestone, so we caught up with him after the two weekends of racing earlier this month to find out more...

Knockhill are running a Rally Practice Session from 2pm to 6pm this Saturday at the Circuit and marshals of all disciplines are required.

We'd like to introduce you to a new addition to our fleet! We have acquired a Medical Response Unit which carries a wide range of equipment aimed at providing the best possible immediate care in the shortest possible time and will significantly enhance our capability to respond to any incident.

The SAMSC (Scottish Association of Motor Sports Clubs) training team are continuing their series of online training seminars, live on Zoom - now on TUESDAY evenings.

SMMC is now a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. We are very proud to announce our registration this week with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, marking an important new chapter for the Club and perhaps the most important news for us in many years.

The organisers of the Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally have determined that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the event scheduled for September will not go ahead, but will be *provisionally* rescheduled for Saturday 31st October 2020.