Rotherham 
1979
1979 just saw everybody getting on with stage rallying, it was the start of the single venue era, mainly on airfields, which allowed you to compete and spectate. This was great, so I decided RMC was going to get a piece of this action. I set about securing a venue for next year.
The Rotherham Tattoo followed a similar format as before, but this time we had a Mini with a left hand drive steering rack in it which caused the wheels to turn in the opposite direction to the steering wheel. We allowed members of the public to drive it round an autotest circuit. We continued to attend these Tattoo's until they ceased in the mid eighties.
We organised the Harrier Stages Rally in 1980, having managed to obtain Hemswell airfield. Using the bomb bays and split lapping, I managed a full 8 mile stage. With a complete reversal in the second half, we managed 10 stages and 48 stage miles. This rally was well received and set us up for future rallies. We started an autotest series, using Clifton Park on grass and the top car park at the Grange Golf Club, for tarmac. These carried on through the eighties and into the late nineties using a car park at Rawmarsh. They only stopped due to the lack of suitable venues.
Ray White did his third Tour of Mull, taking 2nd in class and 20th overall. About a third of the club went back to drink the island dry, I mean marshal.
We had always up to this point marshalled the big events like the Yorkshire International, Mintex-National Breakdown etc and the RAC, but now a new toy was on the horizon - radio's. As a club, we bought into this fairly quickly. It was warm and dry and at that time, you got the best vantage point. At one point, we had up to 8 radio cars out on events, using old modified Cambridge and Westminster radio's, which had been dumped from our local buses. The range was good, the clarity was good and you ended up with a flat car battery!