Credit where credit is due, good on MNZ for organising ANY training for ANYBODY, it's gotta be a big step in the right direction, eh?
It's always been a bit of a mystery to me why more people aren't willing to marshall. The couple of times I got involved before getting on track I thought it was the absolute best seat in the house and was a bit of a life changer really. With relocating to Oz, no money, and working at various shitholes out in the bush, bikes had fallen off the radar for 15 odd years until my missus started a new job and one of the young blokes was starting bike racing. She was invited along (ASBK meeting, Tony Rees was racing) while I was out at one of the aforementioned shitholes, got roped in, had a great time and next time I went along too. Standing on the tyre wall at the Wanneroo/Barbagallo "basin" (popular crash spot, I was in the retrieval team with intructions:"do not touch the brake rotors!") and hearing/watching the superbikes come over the hill for the first time was something pretty special. My poor missus has probably regretted it ever since 'cos that very moment was the start of a very slippery slope.
It's one more thing to do I guess, but how about getting somebody to write up a "marshall's race day report" for the VMCC Oily Rag? And/or KB? Put a positive spin on it and see if you can't get a few more people comin' outta the woodwork.
Just out of interest, how many people does it take to officiate/marshall the average club meeting?
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