Rob Marshall was the son of Carol Diggens who ran race control at Batley for a good number of years.
Mike Foster was Chairman of the club when we started in 1988 and one of his sons 'Miles' was racing at that time.
Mike had written the program for a Spectrum computer for the club - 8 car heats with 12 heats maximum. Those were the days when we had to queue as a non-member until memberships became available. Members were booked in first and any places available could be taken by non-members (who had to queue to get in). I remember one day that only 6 non-members got in and the rest were turned away from a club meeting. I also remember a meeting when Dave Grunhill from the Castleford club was not a happy chappy because he was turned away.
When we first started - we ran with a coloured flag on the aerial to indicate which crystal we were using and all the counting was done by pressing the numbers manually on the computer as a car passed race control!
How times have changed - not sure it has always been for the better!!
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