750 motor club

[Sheila M]

Oh and another thing, BARC always give choccie bars, crips and pop or water at all their meetings.

[Mark Mitchell]

Originally posted by Sheila M
Oh and another thing, BARC always give choccie bars, crips and pop or water at all their meetings.

Do they?

I have never had anything from the BARC on racedays, apart from the odd raffle prize!
However, Barc NW do invite me to their Dinner Dance in January (Maybe not in 2004 tho'!)

[Dave Brand]

Originally posted by observer
I have never had anything from the BARC on racedays, apart from the odd raffle prize!

Funny, I could have sworn I'd seen you enjoying a drink after a few BARC NW meetings!

Raffle prizes.....don't get me started on them..... wimmin!

[Mark Mitchell]

I do apologise, yes they do at Oulton but not at anywhere else I've been to!

[Sheila M]

Not been to Donington, Mallory or Curborough recently then?

[Mark Mitchell]

Originally posted by Sheila M
Not been to Donington, Mallory or Curborough recently then?

Perhaps it a "New for 2003" thing then!
I've not done BARC at Donny or mallory this year.

However, that's not why I do/don't do meetings but a choccie biscuit always meets with approval!

I AM at donny this Sunday, so I'll see if I get something!!
Mark

[Dave Brand]

Originally posted by observer
I do apologise, yes they do at Oulton but not at anywhere else I've been to!

Your memory's worse than mine.....forgotten that meeting at Anglesey where you got a drink & a tenner?

Maybe this will remind you......

[Wedgie]

Us up North appear to be well looked after.

At meetings organised by the Scottish Motor Racing Club (SMRC) we are provided with:

Tea, coffee and biscuits at sign-on.

For lunch, along with Walter Robertsons steak pies we get sandwiches, crisps, apples, choc. biscuit and tea and coffee.

At various times this year we have also been suppled with bottled water during events and beers after.

To top it all off, at the end of the season those marshalls who have attended the majority of events are invited to attend a fun day. In the past these have included all day karting events, clay pigeon shooting, off road driving and Honda Pilots.

Not sure what the full program is this year, this Saturday, but I do know we are getting the chance to drive Legends race cars at Knockhill .

KJR

[PJG]

Got a free pint at Mallory this weekend thanks to BRSCC - very welcome it was too after all that nasty rain.

Originally posted by Wedgie
Us up North appear to be well looked after.

At meetings organised by the Scottish Motor Racing Club (SMRC) we are provided with:

Tea, coffee and biscuits at sign-on.

KJR

Well I'll be looking forward to paying for my own cup of coffee & bacon butty at Don(n)ington next weekend! Anyone know what's on apart from the trucks?

[schrammy]

Walter Robertsons steak pies?

[Ian Sowman]

Donington - 2 truck races, 2 kart races, 1 2CV race and 1 BMW race I think.

[Sheila M]

Originally posted by schrammy
Walter Robertsons steak pies?

Oooh I remember them from when I used to do casualty for the Rescue assessment weekends - very tasty they were too.

[Mark Mitchell]

well I was at Donny on Sunday and there was NO pop, or biscuits on offer!

[Sheila M]

That's most unusual - perhaps they ran out earlier in the year. Still, they are offering you a free dinner if you've done more than 6 days marshalling - see the other thread.

[ascarracinguk]

maybe the pop froze and they didnt want to give you iced lollys.....

[Woolley]

Are these goodies only in the pit lane? The last couple of seasons we've had a lunch bag for some meetings to make up a little for the fact that there wasn't enough time to eat it, unless the other marshal would let you stand down for a couple of minutes (although I think that's BRSCC anyway, because John Saddler was handing them out. Otherwise, it's zippo. No, not the lighter...

Oh, I did sit next to a Doctor when his free fish and chips arrived. Does that count?

[Richard Sneader]

Its the same old story again. Is it going to change!.

[Sheila M]

Originally posted by Woolley
Are these goodies only in the pit lane?

No, they are usually available in BARC sign on. If you normally sign on with ES at Donington that may well be why you haven't seen them. Having said that the pit lane goodies (supplied by yours truly personally) are usually: Tea, coffee, hot chocolate, soup and Jelly Babies!

[Woolley]

Ah, those bottles and biscuits. They're generally at all meetings, then not a BARC thing. The pop is particularly exciting. It matters not what colour it is or what it says on the label, it always tastes almost exactly unlike cherryade!

But, as Sheila says, welcome anyway. Sorry for the confusion, I thought you were referring to something being brought round during the day.

[Mark Mitchell]

To change the subject!......
It's nearly December now and I've not had my 750 Christmas Card......I'm getting worried!!

[Peter Harding]

I standing by to produce labels for the Xmas card and availability when Robin Knight calls. Although we have the dates he may be watching the GP date fiasco before committing.
Pete

[Flagman]

Could be waiting a long time then - how about sending out Easter cards instead!

[b1ackcr0w]

I heard the excuse at a training day last year that (and I quote) "there just isn't the money in the sport for those kinds of things".

Balderdash.

1. I haven't seen the balance sheets, but I can't imagine 750MC can't get to their front doors for piles of cash.

2. If you go back to the initial post of this thread, it wasn't the monetary value of the flask etc that the marshal was grateful for, it was the thought that went into it that counted.

As many others have commented on this thread, other clubs take note.

PS. in the same vein, a remarkable amount of good will can be generated with small resource if some thought goes into it. Just take a look at what Prescott Hillclimb have achieved ... http://www.marshalspost.com/gallery/85.html