Kyalami Marshals - History

When the Kyalami G P Circuit was completed in 1961 , marshalling was provided by two separate organizations, namely TMA (Transvaal Marshals Association) and TMCC (Transvaal Motorcycle and Car Club).

Each managed a portion of the circuit and the disputes over whether an incident had occurred in the one or the others sector were apparently quite spectacular. One needs to understand that all marshals, worldwide will always want to be the one to react to an incident and are loathe to acknowledge that it is actually outside their area of concern.

During 1971 the circuit owners stepped in and insisted that there be only one body and that that body should reside under the authority of the Circuit Owner giving rise to the birth of the Kyalami Marshals Association as a part of SAMRC.
Interesting to know is the fact that to join KMA one needed to pay a once off joining fee, with no annual subscriptions, of One Rand for life membership!!

A couple of years later it was decided that the marshals should have their own committee, still a part of SAMRC, but at least they were able to have some say in their own destiny.

There was a natural progression to where KMA broke away from SAMRC and became a fully fledged, autonomous body. Although the constitution has been changed, rewritten, modified and rewritten again , the Association has largely stayed the same as it was all those years ago.

KMA is managed by the Executive Committee, elected by the members at the Annual General Meeting for a two year period of office, headed up by a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and three other members to provide everything that it considers necessary for carrying on KMA's activities in accordance with its Objectives, Rules and Regulations and will be solely responsible for the management of KMA and all matters involving income and expenditure.

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The Chief Marshal is appointed by the post chiefs and is an ex officio member of the committee and is responsible for the operational managing of the association. He is assisted by his deputies and the persons holding the positions of Chief Fire, Chief Flag, Chief incident and Chief Radio Marshal respectively