The feedback that i have recieved as my first outing as an ultimate about the standard of marshaling at Dunstable has been very positive and i would hope that over the next legs it will improve again.
It's never going to be perfect, especialy when there is constant turn around of marshals available but we will try to maintain the standards and if anybody with some experience is up for it, let sparklie know so that we can rosta you in. I know everybody wants to play all of the time but no marshals= no tournament.
Overall i enjoyed my day with very few problems once we'd got going and any that i did have were sorted out with the minimum of fuss and to my and the interested parties satisfaction.
Having been a player i will run through the fields as you would and make my obsevations about the overall performance.I may omitt some names but that i due to my ignorance of all the names who marshaled.
Field 1 : Shockwave; a top performance from a top team,they set the pace and the other fields were playing catch up once they got going. Thanks guys
Field 2 : No problems here either. Field ultimate Trevor Giddings soon got on the ball with his marshals.
Field 3 : This is the one that i know most were not confident about and i recieved a couple of reports about them being too static and not reading play. They were the least experienced and certainly lacked an experienced field ultimate.One of them bravely volunteered (sorry i cant remember your name) and did a very good job under the circumstance's.
I observed them on the field and pointed out a few ways to improve their marshaling all of which were taken on board. I then circumnavigated the fence and observed them from the hill from where i had a very good view. Overall they were not doing a lot wrong,maybe a little slow at reacting and turning teams around seemed to drag a bit but that was lack of experience not abilility.
I told them about the complaints i had recieved but i also informed them that i could not see any major faults with what they were doing and this they seemed to appreciate and their confidence/ battered ego's and tired bodies were reinflated and they ended the day with their tails up.
On the day,most complaints seemed to come from interested parties from outside the playing arena and most reached me via sparklie/Liz. If you have 'playing' problem once the tournament starts,come and find the ultimate first. He will deal with the problem more quickly. Likewise if you need another table to put your kit on or more loo paper go and find spaklie or liz and leave the ultimate alone to drink his tea in peace
Lastly thanks to all the players and marshals for a very good event. 'We both need eachother'. and special thanks to kieran.Dead on his feet but not dead in the head i couldn't have got through the day with out ya.
Cheers Ralph
It's never going to be perfect, especialy when there is constant turn around of marshals available but we will try to maintain the standards and if anybody with some experience is up for it, let sparklie know so that we can rosta you in. I know everybody wants to play all of the time but no marshals= no tournament.
Overall i enjoyed my day with very few problems once we'd got going and any that i did have were sorted out with the minimum of fuss and to my and the interested parties satisfaction.
Having been a player i will run through the fields as you would and make my obsevations about the overall performance.I may omitt some names but that i due to my ignorance of all the names who marshaled.
Field 1 : Shockwave; a top performance from a top team,they set the pace and the other fields were playing catch up once they got going. Thanks guys
Field 2 : No problems here either. Field ultimate Trevor Giddings soon got on the ball with his marshals.
Field 3 : This is the one that i know most were not confident about and i recieved a couple of reports about them being too static and not reading play. They were the least experienced and certainly lacked an experienced field ultimate.One of them bravely volunteered (sorry i cant remember your name) and did a very good job under the circumstance's.
I observed them on the field and pointed out a few ways to improve their marshaling all of which were taken on board. I then circumnavigated the fence and observed them from the hill from where i had a very good view. Overall they were not doing a lot wrong,maybe a little slow at reacting and turning teams around seemed to drag a bit but that was lack of experience not abilility.
I told them about the complaints i had recieved but i also informed them that i could not see any major faults with what they were doing and this they seemed to appreciate and their confidence/ battered ego's and tired bodies were reinflated and they ended the day with their tails up.
On the day,most complaints seemed to come from interested parties from outside the playing arena and most reached me via sparklie/Liz. If you have 'playing' problem once the tournament starts,come and find the ultimate first. He will deal with the problem more quickly. Likewise if you need another table to put your kit on or more loo paper go and find spaklie or liz and leave the ultimate alone to drink his tea in peace
Lastly thanks to all the players and marshals for a very good event. 'We both need eachother'. and special thanks to kieran.Dead on his feet but not dead in the head i couldn't have got through the day with out ya.
Cheers Ralph
