My Marshal training day

Well, what a day I had. My Marshal training day at Thruxton was great.
The weather wasn’t so great, it cleared up during the morning but the rain hit in the afternoon. There were lots of lectures and short movies, quite a lot to take in, and of course, all very interesting.

But, in essence, it was just basic safety rules, a bit of fire fighting, a very tiny amount of 1st aid (basically just asking the driver if he or she was OK, and holding his or her head if his or her neck was hurting) and generally keeping him or her calm and comfortable.

We were also told about the various types of Marshal, from the Clerk of the course down to the lowly trainee track Marshal (me). You can rise through the ranks by attending events, after 10 events I will no longer be a trainee, but a Track Marshal and so on.
You can even specialise i.e. Flag Marshal, Paddock Marshal and Start line Marshal etc. I like the idea of being a paddock Marshal, lining all the cars in order in the paddock ready to go out on track, checking the scrutineering tickets and signing the drivers on.
In actual fact, the day could have been better structured to fit more practical stuff into it, but I suppose the real training starts at the first event, with at least a basic understanding of the job.

My first event will be a testing day at Thruxton on April 10th.