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It’s not that Steve Bannister doesn’t like giving money
away, it’s just that he doesn’t like getting his fotie taken, but he was really
quite happy (yes, that is actually a smile!) to hand over this cheque for £1000 to Dr John Harrington.
The presentation took place after the Driver’s Briefing on
Friday night in Dumfries and the money will be used to create medical kits for
use by doctors on rally events.
The
Doc said: “It will buy what we call a ‘grab bag’ for use by doctors on an
event-to-event basis on the Scottish championship. The bag comprises the kind
of emergency equipment used by paramedics for road accidents and medical call-outs
throughout the UK. We need to recruit new people into the sport in terms of
marshalling and rescue and recovery, as well as doctors. We'll now be able to
give this additional equipment to new young doctors for use on events and
hopefully encourage them to become confident in what we do. They wouldn't be
able to buy these items themselves, so the result of Steve's fund-raising will
make a huge difference".
So where did the money come from? First of all Steve raised 500
quid by running the Kielder Challenge Race round the giant puddle (Europe’s
largest man-made lake) in Northumberland and then at his 60th birthday
bash, he raised another 500.
As for ‘The Doc’ he’s one of the unsung heroes in Scottish
motor sport, he’s even been spotted at motor racing circuits! For those outwith
the sport who don’t know, rallying requires a doctor and Rescue Unit to be on
site at each stage on an event from first car to last, and in longer stages,
two doctors and two units are stationed. Given the frequency, duration and geographical
diversity of Scottish rallying that’s a heckuva task.
So now you know how the Malton Missile always looks as fit
as a butcher’s dog – it must have been a
greyhound.
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