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22 Jan 2008, 22:45 (Ref:2111599) | #1 | ||
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Volunteering problems - HELP!!!!
Well here I was going through my calendar thinking great I can apply online for all the events I would like to try and attend and because they are all listed on the known events sheet I am bound to be able to find a volunteering form for these events fill in my availability and sit back and wait for acceptance letters ?
Sounds simple but low and behold its much harder than it seems I managed to get some of the events ok but I found that dates were not correct and some events were missing from the forms. I added comments asking for confirmation so no major problem. Now OK i realise some events are on different forms so i searched through most of them looking for all the events but still to no avail besides the obvious ones. cannot find anything to do with Bikes mainly British super-bikes and world super-bikes at Donington park (24-25 May) Cadwell park (23-25 Aug) and Donington (5-7 Sep) are these types of event invite only ? also Donington again for BMCRC (22-23 Mar) cant find donnington park mini festival (4-6 aug) finally I wanted to try a rally event so was looking for Mallory park on 20-21 Jun for Rally of the Midlands but don't know where to find this either. Am I missing something major here? This is my first year trying to do this I only did one event last year as i joined in Oct Is this supposed to be hard to do or am I doing something totally wrong and should I actually be contacting each circuit asking to volunteer. I am totally confused now and this is even scarier knowing that they said us marshals were a dying breed at the training day so wanted to try and start off with a full calendar in case being only a trainee I was not accepted to some of the events due to my inexperience. HELP!!!!! is this normal please someone, anyone give me a few pointers |
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http://www.barc.net/marshals/marshal...ply_online.php The dates are the 2nd and 3rd of August |
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22 Jan 2008, 22:54 (Ref:2111606) | #3 | ||
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thanks for that one the event list shows this as 3 days 4-6th and im easily confused with all the forms - third barc one I have had to do now ><
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22 Jan 2008, 23:18 (Ref:2111620) | #5 | ||
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you can find most forms on julians very good web site at www.marshals.co.uk
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22 Jan 2008, 23:26 (Ref:2111629) | #9 | ||
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.co.uk is the BMMC website. .org.uk is Julians site.
Unfortunately if you are marshalling for different clubs at at different circuits you have to fill in a million different forms. That reminds me I must do some volunteering. |
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for bemsee aka bmcrc you need www.bmcrc.net and contact the chief marshal. |
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23 Jan 2008, 08:55 (Ref:2111795) | #11 | ||
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Am i correct in thinking you have to do a racesafe training day to be eligable to do BSB and WSB events ?
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23 Jan 2008, 12:41 (Ref:2111915) | #13 | ||
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For rally of the Midlands at Mallory Park if you send a PM to myself or Fay we will pass on your details.
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23 Jan 2008, 13:08 (Ref:2111947) | #14 | ||
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I have finished doing the Mallory Park availability form for car meetings, so if anyone wants one then please PM me.
This is only to be used for meetings where you have not volunteered direct to the organising club. |
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23 Jan 2008, 13:14 (Ref:2111953) | #15 | ||
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I sent an e-mail to the deputy chief marshal asking if it was possible to take part in events this year as I had missed there training days so hopefully I can get on board for at least one of the meets on my wish list.
And thanks Alan I will try and send you an email after work to try and organise my rally application. I never envisaged having to do so much work to try and find the right forms for all the events >< I was expecting to be able to do them all from a circuit application. Guess i had been on too much of the good stuff to expect it all to be so simple Thanks for all the info everyone I'm getting to grips with stuff now that the replies are coming fast I am sure this must be a bit of a barrier for other new marshals that don't have friends or family as marshals already as I thought I had it all sorted till i started and then i just kinda dropped my jaw and felt a bit lost Thanks again and any more help will still be appreciated |
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23 Jan 2008, 17:13 (Ref:2112113) | #16 | ||
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(Which is what we did years ago, just to see if we liked bike meetings, then did the training days with racesafe when you can do them all....... The WSBK and MOTO GP, they prefer a bit of expierence on the BSB rounds,and you will only be excepted if your expeirenced enough) |
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23 Jan 2008, 17:27 (Ref:2112118) | #17 | |||
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also you have to gain accreditation from club meetings aswell for either Flag or Incident. http://www.racesafe.org/ Have a nose on their site,might give you a few more direct answers |
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23 Jan 2008, 19:43 (Ref:2112190) | #18 | ||
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The racesafe website also says that they are not accepting any further new marshals for 2008.
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23 Jan 2008, 19:49 (Ref:2112192) | #19 | |||
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sometimes they also do a mid season training day,but you have to be on the ball with that one to get your name on the list. |
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24 Jan 2008, 16:23 (Ref:2112705) | #21 | |||
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same as last year as i was going to apply to join racesafe. Mid season i received an e mail asking if i still wanted to join & they gave me a date for the mid season training. |
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24 Jan 2008, 17:37 (Ref:2112755) | #22 | |
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Racesafe have had a massive interest of new marshalls wishing to join....nice problem, i suppose.
If you would like a day at grassroots level bike racing (feeder series to BSB) Try www.ngroadracing.org they are always looking for marshals, Gachjoel can vouch for this club, fantastic racing usually one day, fed watered, races are normally around gloucester; ie thruxton, pembrey,oulton |
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never had a problem with them,their a good club to marshal for & have seen some very good racing & the odd fall or 2. At pembrey we`re even watered in the night after food,but Pembrey is a 2 day meeting and well worth the trip down there for the weekend. you can get a local B & B or camp it about 80 yards from the bar.... |
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24 Jan 2008, 21:22 (Ref:2112878) | #24 | ||
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Doing NGRRC twice at pembrey.............80 yds from the bar.......that can be a long way............i believe you were not that far at thruxton......hic |
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24 Jan 2008, 21:30 (Ref:2112883) | #25 | ||
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...nice to know it's just as hard to start marshalling as it is to start competing...
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