Pukekohe 9th 10th 11th Nats-MARSHALLS NEEDED

[Kwaka-Kid]

Hey People,

AMCC are still in need of more track marshalls for the weekend, So please if you can help out contact Chris at the bottom of this...
A Marshall gets:
Free Entry (Usually $10/15)
Free lunch (And not a bad lunch pack at all!)
Free Beer! (After satrudays racing)
Free Sausages (to go down with the beer)
and of course the best seat in the house!

Im racing myself so wont be able to marshall this one but have done it before and its the only way i will come watch racing now, too many positives to give the opportunity up... Anyways, if you think your up to helping out (and you dont already need to know anything serious about flagging etc, it all gets told to you on the day)

Contact:
Chris Costello
0274753395
(09) 2986910 hm

[Motoracer]

I might as well help out since I won't be racing. See you guys there, hope to see some awesome racing action! Good hard dudes!

[NotaGoth]

I might as well help out since I won't be racing. See you guys there, hope to see some awesome racing action! Good hard dudes!

How bout you be a brolly dolly? I have some clothes you can borrow.

[stify]

[COLOR=black] why do these jobs attract idiots?

Except MR.. hes one of the brothers.

flagies are a special comunity project, like posties an stuff

[Grizz]

why do these jobs attract idiots?

Hmm perhaps its the:

A Marshall gets:
Free Entry (Usually $10/15)
Free lunch (And not a bad lunch pack at all!)
Free Beer! (After satrudays racing)
Free Sausages (to go down with the beer)
and of course the best seat in the house!

That, and the fact I'm giving back something to the club.

[RiderInBlack]

Will ring him tonight KK.

[FROSTY:Me]

Ya know SM Ive been seriously thinking about this very situation.
The various clubs dont seem to be able to organise enough TRAINED marshalls to run a meeting properly.
Im thinking we need a professional team of marshals.
A core group of people who can turn up a meeting and run the whole thing

[RiderInBlack]

Will ring him tonight KK.

He was in a meeting so have txted him. Will be available Sat & Sun.

Doug

[RiderInBlack]

Ya know SM Ive been seriously thinking about this very situation.
The various clubs dont seem to be able to organise enough TRAINED marshalls to run a meeting properly.
Im thinking we need a professional team of marshals.
A core group of people who can turn up a meeting and run the whole thing

Agreed. Now if the NZ public supported NZ Motorbike Racing as well as they do in Aus, then maybe NZ Motorbike Racing could afford professional Marshals. So how about we go do to the races and support our motorbike racers by watching them in action

[Grizz]

I don't know if it is a case of paying for them, maybe you might attract more, maybe not. The people you want is the people who have a genuine interest and ones that are prepared to do it for the love of the sport not just how much is in it for them.

Being a noob, so to speak, last month they put me with a bloke, who was into bikes, rides no more, has no affiliation with the AMCC, he just loves his motorcycling. He said that he gets to watch a full days racing, they feed you lunch, throw a sausage on the BBQ, and hand you a beer at the end of the day, what more can ya ask for. Not only that, he was bloody proffesional. If you ask me, this isn't just a motorcylcing thing, it happens everywhere.

[RiderInBlack]

Make sure you wear your kb shirt through the bright orange overalls.

And lots of Sunscreen. Gets fu*ken hot out there. Hope I'm not on the outside edge of the Hill corner this year. Fu*ken scary place to be when you see a rider nearly loose it at 200KPM+ on it. Dam dangerous place to be as a Marshell if you ask me.

[Kwaka-Kid]

Cheers RiderInBlack for offering your services, and you too sudeep.

And i still dont actually understand why the point that you dont need to know anything serious about flagging has been highlighted... I knew absolutely ziltch before i first rolled up there, because last time i checked flag marshelling wasnt an option during school. There is only one way to learn! to turn up knowing stuff all the same way i did, its far from rocket surgeory... All you need is some obedience and i guess to be told the right things in the first place on what to do when something happens etc... Otherwise id hate to scare people away - as i initally was because i didnt wanna show how dumb i was not knowing where they raise flags/why etc.

[Damon]

At the last round we had 10 marshals, and absolute minimum to operate properly.

We start the morning at about 8.30 by putting out all the bales and setting them up, then inspecting the track, clearing debris and making it safe to ride on, we then spend the day in the hot sun or pouring rain picking up riders, at the end of the days racing we go around the track undoing the bales to be picked up again.

After doing it for about 2 years or so i'd have to say it's a pretty thankless job, sure we get lunch and free entry for our full days work, but the only time a rider has actually thanked me is after i've picked him up out of dirt and he cant ride away, and now you want to give us shit because some of the people we have to call in at the last minute dont know the flags properly, or we simply dont have enough people to wave the flags when our first priority is the rider and clearing the bike for the oncomming riders.....

Like all of the people that give up our time for you, we do it for the love of the game, if you dont want us there then i have other things to do

[Hoon]

Yep I'll do the Sunday.

Yes in a perfect world we would have a team of crack commando flag marshals who are genetically bred and raised from birth to be the ultimate flag wavers. They would devote their lives to making sure race events went smoothly, expecting no payment or thanks since people only talk about marshals when things go wrong.

Unfortunately the world we live in is far from perfect. Also Motorcycle racing in NZ isn't exactly thriving at the moment so resources/support is low and its unfair to point the finger at organisers who are trying their best to do the job with what they have.

However there is hope. We can all do our own bit by helping out. Its not much to ask to do the odd day here and there even if its only once a year. I like to help the club out and return the favour for all the race meets they've run for my benefit. This will be my 3rd time now and I'm confident running a checkpoint. The way they usually work it is that the newer people will be matched up with the experienced marshals with 2-3 ppl working each corner so they won't throw you in the deep end alone.

[svs]

Ya know SM Ive been seriously thinking about this very situation.
The various clubs dont seem to be able to organise enough TRAINED marshalls to run a meeting properly.
Im thinking we need a professional team of marshals.
A core group of people who can turn up a meeting and run the whole thing

It's always difficult to get enough volunteers. We (VMCC) have started to use a crew from manfeild that do most of the car events. They're pretty well on to it and only needed a little bit of training with the difference between cars and bikes.

Once you start paying people to marshall it gets difficult. OSH etc. will get involved and it all becomes messy.