1st Training Session for Singapore F1 Race Volunteers.

Yesterday was the first Official Training session for the General Volunteers of the 2008 Singtel Singapore F1 Grand Prix.
Nearly a 1000 volunteers Marshalls will be needed in September to make sure the Race is a success and now begins two month of preparations for all of us.
The venue was one of the SMU theatre, where Ankur & Raymond ( Seniors Officials) as well as Sue ( From CAMS Australia) run us through an overview of what will be expected from us comes September. It was in a very relaxed atmosphere that we were told of the different roles of Marshalls, Officials etc..
Our group was very much mixed up, with Flag Marshalls, Track Marshalls, Paddock ( Me...), administration, Fire & Rescue, Marshall services.
As yesterday briefing was more of an overview of the role of volunteers Marshalls, we didn't go into really details of each position. Those will be covered over the next month in the specialised module training.
It was interesting to see once again how many nationalities will be there to make up the group of volunteers. In our group yesterday there were Malaysians, Indians, Phillipinos, Australian, French ( me again...) and Singaporeans, quite an ecclectic and challenging mix of languages.
The next session will be on the 2nd/3rd August and that's when specialised training will start.