Dear clubmates,
We are a "host"/promoting club for a round of the Beastway midweek mountainbike race league at Redbridge Cycling Centre (AKA Hog Hill).
Our turn to promote - ie provide the marshalling cover is 14th July. We need to provide 6 marshalls - 2 to help with lap scoring and 4 for on-course marshalling.
It doesn't clash with any of the road-based circuit races that I know of, so is a prime opportunity for road racers to give a bit back to the sport without impacting on your race schedule. Mountainbike racing is fun to watch, as there's always something going on rather than long periods of nothing in sight then a bunch whizzing past. You won't have to argue with drivers/worry about manning a junction, and you get a radio to play with for the evening.
You need to be at Redbridge Cycling Centre by 7pm (ideally 6:30pm), and can expect to be finished by about 9pm (racing finishes at about 8:30pm, after which marshalls are "invited" to help dismantle the course marking). We often stop at a pub on the way back for a swift social drink.
If you want to volunteer for this, please let me know below so I can arrange for the fivers to help with the transport costs.
The nearest tube stations are Fairlop and Hainault, both on the District line. Hainault has a bus service to close to Hog Hill, or I can provide lifts from Fairlop.
Cheers,
Grahame