May Day 10 – Positions

28 April 2025 - By Steven Alder

As we get close to our MD10 race on the 5th May, it is time to place our excellent volunteers to ensure the smooth running of the day. If your name isn’t below and you are able to help volunteer, please get in touch.

A huge thank you to everyone, and please note double check in case you’ve got two roles! If you can please let me know you have seen this message, either by a direct message to me, or a comment on Facebook, then I’ll know you are aware. The below may get tweaked with some updates or further information (eg Marshal points). If you have any questions, also please speak to me.

Thanks
Steven
Race Director

Course Set Up – Signage

An arrival at 8am to the Rugby Club which will allow for you to be ready to go out on the course and get out the signs for the course for our runners and warning signs for cars.

• Andrew Read (lead)
• Shane Ketteridge
• Gemma Thomas

Baggage Drop

Our racers will be able to drop off bags from 9:00am, so please arrive before then so that you can be ready to take people’s baggage. With their numbers they will be given a tear off strip to allow for them to add it to their bags. You will then be giving bags back to people after they return, using their numbers to match them with their bag.

• Annalise Etherington
• Clarice Sanderson
• Giles Sowerby (pre-race)
• Celine Elson (after they return)

Car Park Marshals

If you can arrive at the Rugby Club from 8am for the briefing and then help racers use the car parks and locate HQ. Volunteers will be using the Rugby Club car park, but the football club parking is unavailble for our event as they will be using it already.

• Ross Silverton
• Mick Conroy
• Mark Austin

HQ Set-Up

Please arrive from 8am, as we will be setting up HQ, and the finish area (and making sure the chip timing company is happy with everything at both the start and finish).

• Karen Flowers
• Owen Dare
• Ben O’Leary
• Jenny Layley
• Clive Smith
• Gary Elson
• DJ
• Katy Burgess
• Anthony Smith
• Sue Shippey
• Claudia Baba

Registration Desk

Please arrive before 9am to go through registration and sign our racers in. We may even have some on the day entries, so we have space for that too.

• Rachel O’Leary
• Will Radley – on the day registration
• Celine Elson
• Jemima Painter
• Vicki Riley
• Angela Read

Announcer

Our announcer this year will be Simon Parsons. Please arrive before 9am, and make sure you keep up your drink levels during all your announcements and cheering!

Marshals

For our marshals out on the field, you will be on course as both the eyes for HQ of what is going on, and also to cheer our racers on. Please arrive at HQ before 9:30am so you can receive your briefing from Ian before you head out to your marshal points. Marshal points are being assinged this week, but to let you know who will be marshalling, here is the list:

• Ian Lucas (Head marshal)
• Clive Smith
• Anita Grainger
• Paul English
• Matt Jordan
• Nadia Mcleod
• Irina Ashdown
• Glen Waller
• Suzie Low
• Claire Lucas
• Steven Wherrett
• Mike Struthers
• Simon Scott
• Rich Green
• David Jobling
• Sasha Rush
• Dionne Radley
• Katy Burgess
• Mark Bailey
• Fiona Collins
• Donna Silverback
• Mark Austin
• Jonathan Moore
• Simon Cresswell
• Trevor Johnson
• Amanda Martin

Finish Line area

You will be at the finish line to hand out the goodies at the end also remove the timing chips from people’s shoes. Please arrive before 10:30am so you can cheer them on at the start and then we can go over what will need to be done at the finish line before they get back.

• Sam Hajder
• Angela Wray
• Amy Eyo
• Kerry Townsend
• Gary Elson
• Maggie Mason
• David O’Brien

Bikes

You will be needed from the start of the race, so please arrive from 9:30am for briefing and then ready for the start at 10:30am.

• Lead: Dylan Flowers
• Tail: Ann Johnson

Photographers

We are looking forward to seeing your photos. Please arrive from 9:30am at HQ.

• Dave Holdich – Start & Finish line
• David Grainger – On the course

T-Shirts Post Race

We have some t-shirts to give out to those who requested one, so you will be giving these out after they run.

• Angela Read
• Jenny Layley

Water Stations

We have two water station locations, of which one will be visited twice by our runners. Please arrive at HQ for 9:30am for briefing before you head off to one of the two water station locations (car sharing essential here).

• Leanne Andrews
• James Attenborough
• Heydon Mizon
• Rachel Sharp
• Lisa Leader
• Theresa Montgomery
• James Montgomery
• Colin Short
• Graham Eyre
• Cathryn Mills
• Ian Cuthbert

Post Race

Once the race has completed, we will need to make sure everything is put back around HQ and the course. Please be ready from 12:30pm onwards, but depending on runners/role it may start slightly later.

Collecting Signs from the course

• Andrew Read
• Glen Waller

Checking the course for rubbish

• Simon Parsons
• Louis Kitchener

HQ Takedown

• Mick Conroy
• Lisa Leader
• Kerry Townsend
• Irina Ashdown
• Tony Easter
• Jamie Davidson
• Mark Bailey