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...is now celebrating our
60th
active year...
The Club was first founded by two friends; Alan Weir and John Steel, in 1946
and was originally intended to be a sporting Club. Their success in this aim is reflected
in Alan Weir's eight Scottish Scramble Championship Wins.
During
those 59
years the Club has attracted a number of notable members, but none more so than the
legendary
Bob McIntyre,
famous for the first ever 100 mph lap of the Isle of Man TT
Course. He achieved this, racing for Gilera, in the Golden Jubilee year of 1957 (also
achieving the Junior/Senior "double" the same year.) Bob's helmet - with
the Mercury MCC badge he was always proud to wear - is still displayed in the Island's
museum, along with other items of interest gifted by the Club.
Also worthy of mention are Bob's great
friend Alistair King and Continental Circus Rider
Charlie Dobson
(seen here competing in the Historic 500cc race at the
1984 TT) who were both long-standing members
in the clubs early days...
Although
famous for racing members both past and present, MMCC never actually organised a road
race, despite efforts to do so by running a TT style race on the Isle of Arran. However
the Club did run the first post-W.W.II Scramble in Scotland in 1946 and until 1967 staged
the Bob McIntyre Memorial Scramble.
This last Scramble Meeting marked
the end of an era for the Club, which with dwindling membership, closed down later the
same year… But old traditions die hard and the Club re-formed within a year, now
placing it's focus on motorcycle touring and rallies and even organising occasional Hill
Climbs on the
A83 "Rest and Be Thankful"
road.
Most recent of our
"Star" attraction is British Superbike Championship racer
Jim Moodie.
Jim is still a "Life" member, but it's been a while since the Club
was actively involved in racing...
The Club
now celebrates motorcycling by hosting motorcycle rallies like the
"Tam O' Shanter" and
"Tartan" and by visiting other club's rallies/events as much as possible.
We celebrated the 50 years of MMCC's active involvement in motorcycling in
1996 and added enthusiastically to those celebrations during our "Diamond Jubilee"
year in 2006...
For information on the various commemorative
patches that Mercury MCC has released, click
here
and for info on the enormous number
of Club and Rally badges that we've had made click
here... |
