Firstly hello to all reading these boards.
Secondly my thanks to all involved, obviously the teams for supporting M25, Bt’s free for an hour evening calls package which make it slightly easier on the phone bills especially mine and Liz’s.
Obviously to Liz for the sterling work she dose, also to Trevor. Ralph I am sure you will all agree is a very welcome member of the team and my thanks to him to. Ours sponsors Smarts Parts, Diablo, WDP, Rp Schererand Powerball, Servere and Victory, Zap, Extreme Rage, Recca Barrels, Jam Bolts, Planet, Walk on Zone.
A huge thanks goes out to my marshals It was hot! it was dam hot, you all worked your butts off. I know lots of the newer marshals spent time learning the rules and taking advise from the more experienced marshals on the fields of whom their were just a few. Field one had Jon bon, Fossil, Deno, Tiny and Big Face. Not one of them arrived on site expecting an easy job or shirking from the job they were expecting. This was the best ratio of experience marshals to newer marshals to date. I would also like to thank the set up /clean up Crew, huge thanks to Jiggy and Rob Lloyd, “ I wondered what you were moaning about now I know it really is hard work” We have been out from 7am till gone 7pm some nights building and setting up the event. Only 1 more day to go!!!
I’m not stupid, I have marshalled in hotter weather with more games, 3 days on the trot and stayed up drinking and ran my arse ragged. Hence stocking up on drinks and crisps (for salt and dehydration) and diralite and sunscreen plus after sun. This was why I was more than happy to say yes to all the brilliant wonders full people who offered to get shot to **** for us J
On a positive note the majority of players and people attending appeared to be having a really good time and looked happy. There are still lots of things I will and would like to have done differently but lots of positive things I am proud of too, the netting and my new scafloders, the very safe chronno station. This is a very steep learning curve for all of us involved and that dose included you the players our paying guests.
The swearing!
The Cheating!
The abuse!
The mess!
None of this is making it any easier for any of the staff involved this should have been one of the best events to date and it probably was. I have spent it with fingers crossed trusting in you good souls to behave and not let us all down. Was my trust misplaced? in some of you sadly yes, using banned staining paint, I know who you are I picked up your mess, I chatted to you during the day along with all of the teams. The cheating oh my lord the cheating only today I found an Allen key tucked away by the starting gate um how did that gets there? Why was it there in the first place?
In some cases we excelled our self’s in others…………..
We did our best.
Running a series that has inherited the problems we have is not easy aiming for the standards we do also not easy.
Respect helps, respect for the venues, other players, your marshals and your team and your self’s. Can we truly ever call our self’s sports men and women, with practised timed cheating moves, shooting from dead boxes, not forgetting the intimidation, whipping, playing on, ect. Sadly I have had emails and phone calls about all of these.
One team to my knowledge felt that their guest for the day was pushing the grey rather to hard and asked him to hang up his goggles, and some very fair play reports came in from some unexpected places.
Iam not a committee, just one committed individual trying to do her best to promote her sport and give it’s players some were decent and clean and honest to play.
Sadly I am not omnipotent I try; these are all new venues they all have issues too, this one had Allen. I expect I bored you all senseless explaining that it was the first time the venue had ever been let out to the public. Allen was brilliant till Saturday after which he was on tender hooks about every thing. Sadly this meant I was too. When I should have been calibrating chronnos and explaining how things are to be done I was trying to find players who “were dropping off kit”
The contract I was finally handed on Thursday evening basically said one little thing and were all off end of tourney. If I had not spent a good hour rounding up players to move their cars there would have been no tourney. Iam not making any excuses just some facts for you all to mull over so if I looked pissed off and stressed it was because I was. We had a beautiful day the fields were all built lots of marshals it was all set to be a really enjoyable day……….
And I can’t wait for this one to be over
I have trawled though all the posts and am flattered that so many of you feel so strongly about the series. I have asked the UKPSF training squad when they can run the next course as lots of newer or inexperienced marshals would like to attend. Hopefully the kind offers of Dave Stewart and the Outcasts, tigers AM and Tiny and crew to marshal stands also many of the independents have said they would like to marshal again. The more experienced I become and the less exhausted the better my vision becomes, I appreciate all your comments and I do sift though and try to see were any problems are occurring and were we can make improvements.
I was hoping to be able to take more of an active hand on approach this leg but due to injury (seriously ripped muscle) this has not happened yet. Please feel free to email or pm me I am listening.
Keep safe happy balling sparklie
Secondly my thanks to all involved, obviously the teams for supporting M25, Bt’s free for an hour evening calls package which make it slightly easier on the phone bills especially mine and Liz’s.
Obviously to Liz for the sterling work she dose, also to Trevor. Ralph I am sure you will all agree is a very welcome member of the team and my thanks to him to. Ours sponsors Smarts Parts, Diablo, WDP, Rp Schererand Powerball, Servere and Victory, Zap, Extreme Rage, Recca Barrels, Jam Bolts, Planet, Walk on Zone.
A huge thanks goes out to my marshals It was hot! it was dam hot, you all worked your butts off. I know lots of the newer marshals spent time learning the rules and taking advise from the more experienced marshals on the fields of whom their were just a few. Field one had Jon bon, Fossil, Deno, Tiny and Big Face. Not one of them arrived on site expecting an easy job or shirking from the job they were expecting. This was the best ratio of experience marshals to newer marshals to date. I would also like to thank the set up /clean up Crew, huge thanks to Jiggy and Rob Lloyd, “ I wondered what you were moaning about now I know it really is hard work” We have been out from 7am till gone 7pm some nights building and setting up the event. Only 1 more day to go!!!
I’m not stupid, I have marshalled in hotter weather with more games, 3 days on the trot and stayed up drinking and ran my arse ragged. Hence stocking up on drinks and crisps (for salt and dehydration) and diralite and sunscreen plus after sun. This was why I was more than happy to say yes to all the brilliant wonders full people who offered to get shot to **** for us J
On a positive note the majority of players and people attending appeared to be having a really good time and looked happy. There are still lots of things I will and would like to have done differently but lots of positive things I am proud of too, the netting and my new scafloders, the very safe chronno station. This is a very steep learning curve for all of us involved and that dose included you the players our paying guests.
The swearing!
The Cheating!
The abuse!
The mess!
None of this is making it any easier for any of the staff involved this should have been one of the best events to date and it probably was. I have spent it with fingers crossed trusting in you good souls to behave and not let us all down. Was my trust misplaced? in some of you sadly yes, using banned staining paint, I know who you are I picked up your mess, I chatted to you during the day along with all of the teams. The cheating oh my lord the cheating only today I found an Allen key tucked away by the starting gate um how did that gets there? Why was it there in the first place?
In some cases we excelled our self’s in others…………..
We did our best.
Running a series that has inherited the problems we have is not easy aiming for the standards we do also not easy.
Respect helps, respect for the venues, other players, your marshals and your team and your self’s. Can we truly ever call our self’s sports men and women, with practised timed cheating moves, shooting from dead boxes, not forgetting the intimidation, whipping, playing on, ect. Sadly I have had emails and phone calls about all of these.
One team to my knowledge felt that their guest for the day was pushing the grey rather to hard and asked him to hang up his goggles, and some very fair play reports came in from some unexpected places.
Iam not a committee, just one committed individual trying to do her best to promote her sport and give it’s players some were decent and clean and honest to play.
Sadly I am not omnipotent I try; these are all new venues they all have issues too, this one had Allen. I expect I bored you all senseless explaining that it was the first time the venue had ever been let out to the public. Allen was brilliant till Saturday after which he was on tender hooks about every thing. Sadly this meant I was too. When I should have been calibrating chronnos and explaining how things are to be done I was trying to find players who “were dropping off kit”
The contract I was finally handed on Thursday evening basically said one little thing and were all off end of tourney. If I had not spent a good hour rounding up players to move their cars there would have been no tourney. Iam not making any excuses just some facts for you all to mull over so if I looked pissed off and stressed it was because I was. We had a beautiful day the fields were all built lots of marshals it was all set to be a really enjoyable day……….
And I can’t wait for this one to be over
I have trawled though all the posts and am flattered that so many of you feel so strongly about the series. I have asked the UKPSF training squad when they can run the next course as lots of newer or inexperienced marshals would like to attend. Hopefully the kind offers of Dave Stewart and the Outcasts, tigers AM and Tiny and crew to marshal stands also many of the independents have said they would like to marshal again. The more experienced I become and the less exhausted the better my vision becomes, I appreciate all your comments and I do sift though and try to see were any problems are occurring and were we can make improvements.
I was hoping to be able to take more of an active hand on approach this leg but due to injury (seriously ripped muscle) this has not happened yet. Please feel free to email or pm me I am listening.
Keep safe happy balling sparklie
