Tracy’s Volunteering Supports Motorsport

Braddan Commissioners have praised a member of staff who has raised over £4,000 for racing charities through her volunteering.

Housing officer, Tracy Beattie, is a keen racing fan and since 2015 has been diligently managing the charity collections made in the Memorial Hall in TT and MGP

She opens and locks up the hall before and after each practice and race session, assisting the comfort of both spectators and TT Marshalls by making sure there are plenty of chairs available, not to mention encouraging the visitors to pop a donation into the buckets while she’s there.

A friendly face to the visitors who make the Memorial Hall Garden their viewing location of choice and there’s often a queue of people waiting to get in and collect a chair when she arrives to unlock the doors.

The Commissioners said: ‘She’s become known as a friendly face to the visitors who make the Memorial Hall Garden their viewing location of choice and there’s often a queue of people waiting to get in and collect a chair when she arrives to unlock the doors.   Opening the hall enables the spectators and marshals to use the hall’s facilities, (chairs, toilets, and kitchen) and we think it’s a worthwhile exercise.’

In the six years Tracy has been doing this, the donations have amounted to £4,762 which have been donated to various charities associated with the racing.

However, Tracy has decided that she’s standing down from her role.

This year the local authority making donations four charities, from the donations received in 2022 and 2023. The donations in 2022 totalled £683.17 and this is being split between the Manx Motorsport Marshalls Association and the MGP Benevolent Fund.

While the donations in 2023 totalled £800.52 and this is being split between the Billy Redmayne Memorial Fund and the ACU Benevolent Fund.