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MARSHAL TRAINING
FOR
Station Garage Mitsubishi
Granite City Rally 2010
Rally Marshal
Training Day
11 April 2010
Altens Thistle Hotel,Souterhead Road,Aberdeen,
AB12 3LF
The Granite City Rally takes place on
Saturday 17th April and the event requires considerable human
resources (marshals) to make it happen.
Each special stage and service area requires marshals to record times
and ensure that the any spectators are kept as far as possible away from harm.
 Rally marshalling is not a particularly
complex activity and it is by far the best way to be part of the event if you’re
not able to compete. You get right up
close to the competitors and may also see quite a bit of competition action,
depending on where you end up marshalling.
In an effort to train up new marshals
and refresh seasoned marshals ADMC is running a marshals training day on Sunday 11th April 2010 at the
Altens Thistle Hotel. The event kicks
off at 1.30pm and lasts until about 5pm.
It would be helpful for us to know how
many potential marshals are coming along so I would appreciate it if you could
complete the attached form and return it to me prior to the event. Attending the training does not mean that you
have to marshal on the event but why not come along at see what its all
about. There is no charge for attending
this event.
If you can help us on the event there
will be a marshals draw with some very exciting prizes including a testing
hurl in a top rally car with one of Britains top up and coming young
drivers. >>click here to download the form
Dave MacKintosh,
Deputy Clerk of Course
MSA Training Instructor
GRANITE CITY RALLY - BE PART OF IT
How to be part of the action(without buying a rally car)
Like any rally,the Granite City Rally depends on a large army of volunteers to work behind the scenes on the event organisation.
In the months leading up to the event a team of enthusiasts give up their spare time to spend long hours organising every last detail for this major sporting event.
On the day of the rally itself this number swells to hundreds as more enthusiastic volunteers man the stages, the radio systems, the time controls and rally headquarters.
Thousands of times are recorded, relayed by radio back to headquarters where they are input into a sophisticated computer system to produce the interim and final results. Radio points at the start and finish and at points through the stages keep a check on the competitors for safety reasons.
The marshals on each stage look after the time keeping and oversee yours and the competitors' safety.
All these are vital jobs which ensure the smooth running of the event.
If you would like to be a part of the Granite City Rally, contact the Aberdeen District Motor Club with your name, address, telephone number and the type of help you can offer. granite@admc.org.uk
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