Golden Spokes 2010 – Thanks to the Volunteers

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Hey everyone,

before the write-ups for the races come in I wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone who came out and volunteers their time and helped make today a great success.

I’m afraid I’m going to miss people but here goes:

Firsty to the setup team, John G, Katie – thanks so much for being down there at the crack of dawn to help setup the ganty and the sidings as well as the tents etc. 

Thanks to Shun and Anna who absolutely owned the registration desk and who were already giving out numbers and timing tags before I even had my Goanna Oil on.

Meghan and Carlos for hearding like experienced shepards and also lending a hand all over the place with heaps of other things.

Mino for lap counting duties and photographer duties.

Lorraine and Scott for taking on traffic head on and making sure everyone turned when they were supposed to.

Ainsy and Mike Tan for jumping into the breach with finish line duties along with Mr Bonner who stood firm at the finish line for about 4 hours straight and didnt miss a number.

Mark de Castro for being everywhere all day with his camera, as well as others – we wait for the shots!

And then to the dedicated pack up crew who stayed around to applaud the finish of the two ladies doing the 80km ride – only to then help pack up all the tents, the gantry, pack up the trailer and wait for the participation ride presentations.  John G, Raph, Jonno, Jordan & Mike T.

Thanks of course to el prez for coordinating all day and making sure every thing went smoothly.

Most of all of course thanks to Josh – whom without his months of planning and dedication the whole thing wouldn’t have happened.  Thanks Josh.

If you know of anyone else who lent a hand please give them a shout out in the comments below – I’m sure I’ve missed someone who did something great.

Finally thanks to all the riders.  We had a phenomenal number of riders out there in every category from A grade to participation.  Thanks to all of you – without the riders we don’t have an event.  You were all resplendent in green and the other colours you ride in.

All in all it was a great day today. Congratulations on a great first event!

7 thoughts on “Golden Spokes 2010 – Thanks to the Volunteers”

  1. 100% what Toby said 🙂 Without you these events just don’t happen and certainly wouldn’t run as smoothly. Massive pats on the back to all.

  2. And of course a big HUGE thanks to Toby for all his organising and all the others things that he did to get the day running smoothly. Cheers!

  3. Thanks to all who organised and ran the day. Seemed to go off well. Thanks to Peter for working out my SMS and bringing down much needed water. Also to the SPR guys that stuck around to cheer me on at the finish. Who was the kamakazi photographer standing in the middle of the road while I raced towards them at 45kph.

  5. It was a great day. Thanks to all who helped organise and to the othe volunteers, particularly those who got up at sparrows, even though they weren’t riding.

    And big ups to Toby and El Presidente for all of their work.

  6. Well done to all organisers, helpers and participants. Seems like you did a fantastic job. Sorry I couldn’t be there – was at Kalgoorlie!

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