Chairman, PRO and Safeguarding Officer
Changes from the 2025 Annual Council Meeting.
Mark Witham is stepping down as Chairman,
Nick Thrower is the new BSCRA Chairman and will retain the National Events Development
Officer role.
Mark Witham continues on the Council as Safeguarding Officer, Will Stemman has stepped
down from this role.
Marc Lyons is the new Public Relations Officer, Lee Robson
has stood down as PRO some weeks earlier.
Chris Frost
BSCRA Secretary
December 2025
Nick Thrower’s letter
What an honour to have the BSCRA Chairman role!
Before I outline the direction of travel I want BSCRA to follow, let me pay tribute to Mark Witham and thank him for his safe and solid stewardship over the past 10 years. I hope to continue his good work and ethos. The BSCRA Council is a voluntary group that devotes many hours and effort to the management and organisation of ‘Slot Racing UK’ so thanks to them for what is sometimes a very under appreciated and difficult job and I look forward to working with them over the next 2 years.
As we stand right now, we are currently in the middle of one of the biggest and potentially divisive upheavals for the sport in recent times – namely the migration towards brushless motors. I want to ensure we have a sensible transition from brushed motors to brushless if that is what the membership wants so that we can take everyone with us. We already have brushless cars dominating in F1 and Eurosport and with the introduction of the brushless Genesis/INTRO32 this year, that may follow the trend but time will tell.
There are other less controversial topics I want to address -
One critical objective I have is to lower the average age of competitors by raising the profile of BSCRA and get new and younger people into the sport. To that end, I have already enlisted Marc Lyons as the new PRO and Pete Donely has accepted the enhanced role of Social Media Manager under the PRO leadership. Lets get the BSCRA profile widely visible across social media platforms. I will fulfil the National Events Development role until a suitable replacement can be found.
Having been in the sport for around 60 years, I suspect I am like many racers out there – racing because I still love doing it. I hope to represent all members from new starters through the range of capabilities to established champions.
If anyone is interested in filling the roles of Safeguarding Officer or National Events Development Officer, I am happy to discuss what is involved so get in touch.
I wish you all a great Christmas and come back refreshed for 2026 and beyond.
Nick Thrower
16th December 2025
Mark Witham’s letter
After nearly ten years as Chairman of the British Slot Car Racing Association, I have decided that the time has come for me to step down from the role. This has not been an easy decision, but it feels like the right moment—for me personally and for the association—to hand over the reins to fresh leadership.
Serving as your Chairman has been an enormous privilege. Over the past decade, I have had the pleasure of working alongside an extraordinary community of racers, volunteers, clubs, and committee members. Together we have worked through issues of rising costs, National lockdown and new technology. We have hosted and countless events, International and National championships, and achievements. It has been inspiring to witness the dedication, creativity, and sportsmanship and friendship that define our sport.
I am delighted that we have a very capable successor in Nick Thrower, who has already shown great commitment and vision. I am sure he will receive the same generous support, encouragement, and cooperation that you have all given me over the years.
I am deeply grateful for the trust and backing so many of you have shown me throughout my tenure. The strength of this association has always come from its members—from your enthusiasm, your willingness to help, and your determination to keep slot car racing thriving in the UK.
Although I am stepping down as Chairman, I am not stepping away from the sport. I look forward to continuing my involvement as an active member and to supporting Nick and the wider association in any way I can.
Thank you once again for the honour of serving as your Chairman, and for making these past ten years so rewarding. I wish the association every success in the years ahead.
With warm regards,
Mark Witham
30/11/2025
NATIONAL EVENTS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
The BSCRA Council announce the appointment of Nick Thrower as our new National Events Development Officer. Nick returns to the BSCRA Council and has run the 1/32 Nationals for the last two years.
Chris Frost
BSCRA Secretary
November 2025
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PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
Lee Robson has stood down as BSCRA Public Relations Officer
Chris Frost
BSCRA Secretary
November 2025
We welcome Lee Robson who has rejoined the council as BSCRA Public Relations Officer
Chris Frost
BSCRA Secretary
January 2025
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Lee Robson has stood down as BSCRA Public Relations Officer for personal reasons. We'll miss the enthusiasm and new ideas he brought to the role
Chris Frost
BSCRA Secretary
January 2024
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PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER and MEDIA MANAGER
The BSCRA Council announce the appointment of Lee Robson as our new Public Relations Officer.
Lee will join our Council and will be looking to expand the attendance and membership of our BSCRA clubs. An initial focus will be to contact our Club Secretaries, and to build a portfolio of methods and materials that are used to try and attract new members around the country. This can be used to establish best and most successful practices, and feed this back around the country.
We are also very pleased that Peter Donely has offered to take on the role of Media Manager. Peter’s enthusiasm for our sport, makes him ideally placed for a position with a more focused and more immediate brief. In this, he will be looking to help the Association and our clubs promote their race events, and attract a wider attendance. This will be done, mainly in conjunction with the actual clubs, by posting reminders and encouragement in Social Media.
I know you will all give both of them your continued support and encouragement, and we wish them success in their new roles.
Mark Witham
BSCRA Chariman
December 2023
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PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
Paul Harwood has stood down from the Public Relations Officer role. We thank him for all his input while on the BSCRA Council.
Mark Witham
BSCRA Chariman
December 2021
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SAFEGUARDING OFFICER
We welcome Will Stemman to the BSCRA Council, he is BSCRA’s new Safeguarding Officer. I’m sure he will do an excellent job in this role.
Will joins the BSCRA Council immediately. Mark Witham has been Safeguarding Officer
since 2015. Some of the legal responsibilities of the Safeguarding Officer are
subject to Motorsport UK approval, so Mark will continue with those responsibilities
until Motorsport UK approval for Will to take over comes through. Mark of course
has been BSCRA Chairman since 2017 and once the hand over to Will is complete can
concentrate solely on that role.
Chris Frost
BSCRA Secretary
November 2021
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PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
Paul Harwood is BSCRA’s new PRO. Paul continues as BSCRA Area Coordinator for Area 6. I’m sure Paul will do a great ob in his new role.
Chris Frost
BSCRA Secretary
December 2019
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SLOT CAR RACING NEWS EDITOR
Pat Skene will produce the 2019 editions of Slot Car Racing News and will be standing down as Slot Car Racing News Editor at the end of 2019. We can look forward to excellent magazines from Pat for rest of 2019. There is a vacancy for a new Editor to take charge from the start of 2020, we need the 2020 editor in place well in advance for a smooth hand over. Nominations for SCRN Editor are invited, and should be sent to the BSCRA Secretary Chris Frost by 14 March 2019 please.
If anybody would like to talk about what involved, Pat will be very happy to discuss it with you.
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PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
Richy Kettleson, is standing down as BSCRA Public Relations Officer.
Thanks to Richy for all his hard work as PRO.
Nominations for BSCRA PRO are invited, and should be sent to the BSCRA Secretary Chris Frost by 14 March 2019 please. Richy will hand over to the new PRO as soon as they are appointed.
If anybody would like to talk about what involved, Richy will be very happy to discuss it with you.
The role of the Editor (from the BSCRA Constitution) is
.4.1 To prepare, edit, publish and send to the Membership Secretary for onward transmission to members a News Magazine informing the membership of what is going on in the Association.
4.2 To have full authority to decide whether any work is published in the magazine, and to edit any such work. Also to promote the various classes of racing within the Association as well as highlighting good practice within the Association. Any official communications must be published verbatim when requested by any Council member or member of the three Committees.
4.3 To accept and canvas for advertising matter and to negotiate charges for advertisements.
4.4 To make suitable charge for providing copies of the News Magazine to non-
4.5 Account to the Treasurer for income and expenditure.
The role of the PRO (from the BSCRA Constitution) is
8.1 To promote B.S.C.R.A. and slot racing to the general public and other similar organisations.
8.2 To identify and utilise individual public relations skills that the membership of B.S.C.R.A. has to the best advantage of B.S.C.R.A.
8.3 To liase with affiliated clubs and other racing series as appropriate to identify the benefits of the affiliation and ensure that the benefits of the affiliation are maximised.
8.4 To ensure that the public relations elements of the twelve points of the Y2K Review are taken up by B.S.C.R.A. and take steps as necessary in order to do this.
8.5 To appoint assistant officers as appropriate to ensure that points 8.1 to 8.4 are fully implemented.
8.6 To ensure that all matters presented to their Committee are in a satisfactory state of progression prior to the council meeting.
Chris Frost
BSCRA Secretary
February 2019
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