John Foster
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RE: Marshalls dissent Over Comments
As a marshal on a sheltered, non-mountain stretch, and as such not victim to all the early closing and late opening of the roads, I fully agree with the completely justified complaints (not whingeing for the sake of complaining) by the "mountain marshals." Perhaps this will act as a reminder of what they had to needlessly put up with, night after night, and hopefully a solution is now in place. I would be interested to hear the opinions of "mountain marshals" about the solutions that should now be in place.
"One experienced marshal, who did not want to be named, contacted the Manx Independent about his concerns.
‘Under the current system the marshals are on post while the Mountain Road is closed, in effect from about half an hour before to half an hour after the rest of the course being closed and opened. This is regarded as “fair enough”.
‘The present means of access, by convoy, adds about 30 mins on both ends of the session, which is survivable with a sense of humour. We’ve now added getting on for two extra hours on duty compared to the time spent by marshals on Bray Hill (no disrespect to them).’
He added: ‘The real problem is due to delays in the convoy down (after the practice session has ended) the one-way system.
‘On Monday the convoy down was delayed at Keppel Gate for about 25 minutes while a Department of Infrastructure official adjusted his bollards, and marshals on bikes were left standing in a brisk wind producing a chill factor below zero. We complained, but to little effect.
‘On Tuesday there was the very sad end to practice at about 8.45pm with the expected disruption of organisation such an incident causes, we understand that too well.
‘But was it really necessary to keep the marshals on the mountain in a freezing gale until it was dark? Many marshals have spoken of not marshalling on the mountain section in future."
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| 07-06-2011, 08:52 PM |
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