Fly Wrote:

FC Wrote:I too find it disturbing to hear that a marshal had been threatened (if he was) but would it not have been better for the marshal to offer some assistance to the rider who was in need of help, the parade had passed and the roads were clear so he could have had the time to help out. The TT is about making friends and helping others, now this chap has been fined and banned from the Island for an incident that could have been avoided. Stupid on both parties considering that the crossing points on the track were open when all this took place.

If the guy had asked for my help I would have assisted him as you say, but he suddenly ran down the hill and across the track before I could even shout, my priority after that was stopping him from recrossing, he was disputing my authority to do this, his words were "ok lets sort this out between us" dismounted his bike removed his jacket and moved toward me. In my experience this constitutes a threat. I'm disappointed that you are ready to doubt me and take his side.

I'm sorry if you take it I doubt you, I don't, you hear that many stories from the TT that its hard to pick the good with the bad. As you say If he would have asked I'm sure you would have helped 99% of marshalls would have. Its very rare to hear of true race fans being abusive to the marshals, locals yes. I'm glad to note that you say you would have helped if asked. Why nothing about this in the news, I did hear the Chief Marshall say on the radio today that £22k had been handed out on fines over the TT, so I recon your problem was a slight incident that got out of hand, Once again I apologize if you feel offended by my replies