Welcome to our new page specifically for the many hundreds of motorsport enthusiasts who turn out to marshal on our events.
Some people we may only see out on LE JOG, braving the elements on what is known as one of the toughest events in Europe. Despite the somewhat unsociable nature of the job they come back year after year - and drag their friends and family along too!
Others are able to make more time to join us on the Scottish Malts or London-Lisbon, week-long daytime events where marshals have the opportunity to get to know competitors and a far more sociable atmosphere prevails. That is not to say that the competitive element is in any way lacking!
New to Marshalling?
If you have an interest in classic cars and would like to get a bit closer, marshalling will give you an ideal opportunity. It doesn’t matter if you are a complete novice; we will give you support and let you work alongside experienced crews. Remember, this is road rallying: everyone has a job to do, rather than spending time being not much more than a spectator by the side of a forest stage.
There is plenty of variety in the different types of controls, from being a observer on a test to processing crews at a regularity timing point.
Why not contact us to find out more?
The Events
Each event has its own unique character and as so, we have different requirements and arrangements on the marshalling side.
The Scottish Malts 2007: This is a 5 day Trial running from Monday 30th April to Friday 4th May. We will be taking up to 20 or so travelling marshal crews (minimum of 2 people per crew). These crews need to come to Signing-On on Sunday 29th April in Stirling, and attend the marshals’ briefing in the afternoon. There they will collect their equipment and clocks for the week. Crews have a variety of duties over the following 5 days, manning two controls per day.
The Malts is a very sociable event and traditionally the marshal crews are invited to an evening gathering at which we present the Marshal of the Year Trophy. It is always great fun.
On the Malts, HERO make a contribution towards fuel and accommodation costs for the travelling marshals for the duration of the event; crews make their own arrangements.
We are happy to find a few jobs for those marshals who are perhaps only available for one day, i.e. those who live locally to the route or who perhaps are on holiday in Scotland at the time the rally comes through. Get in touch if you are interested.
London-Lisbon 2007: Like the Malts, this is another sociable, daylight only event, but the roads tend to be a bit more challenging! There are two start points: one for UK crews on the outskirts of London, and a continental start in northern Spain. UK crews Sign-On on Saturday 23rd September and then have a preliminary leg down to Plymouth to catch the ferry on Sunday afternoon. All the competitors meet up in Santander for the official rally start on Monday.
Again, like the Malts, we take a number of travelling marshal crews. Most start in the UK, but a few crews are needed out in Spain early to assist with the continental competitors’ Signing On and practice leg on Sunday 24th September.
The event finishes in Lisbon on Monday 1st October with a prize giving dinner in the evening. After that, it’s back to Santander for the return ferry trip back to Plymouth on Wednesday 3rd October.
The main difference from the Malts is that on this event the accommodation for the marshalling crews is provided, and fuel expenses are paid again receipts.
LE JOG 2007: We are sticking to our traditional date of the first full weekend in December, and so competitors will be leaving Land’s End bright and early on Saturday 1st December. The overnight halts this year will be in Telford and Newcastle, before the final leg heading up the eastern side of Scotland.
In the past, we have had up to 700 marshals signed on – you can appreciate what a complex event this is! The time schedule of LE JOG makes it difficult for marshals to man more than one control unless it is either side of the overnight halts. However, for the last couple of years, we have had a number of travelling crews to help cover the long final leg from leaving the overnight hotel on Monday morning up to John O’Groats on Tuesday morning. Careful scheduling enables these crews to man 3 or 4 controls. The north of Scotland is fairly sparsely populated, so finding volunteers to turn out between 2 and 5 am on the Tuesday morning has always been a challenge!
Our area co-ordinators liaise with marshals along their section of the route – contact details for them will be given on this page in due course.
If you would like to know more, or to volunteer your services as a marshal, please get in touch with me. Both the Malts and the London-Lisbon tend to end up oversubscribed with marshals, so don’t leave it too late!
