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This role is fairly physical, and will envolve working outdoors with our construction crew. You wil mainly be helping to put up the marquees and help build the UK IRONMAN 70.3 Village at Wimbleball Lake. This role will suit someone who doesn't mind getting their hands dirty and working as part of a team.

09:00 - 17:00

You will assisting the Volunteer Captain in setting up the tables layout of the marquee for registration. Everything needs to be put in place for the athletes who will arrive on Friday.

09:00-17:00

Registration is the first place all the athletes will go when the arrive. You will be required to Register the athletes, and hand them their Race Numbers and transition bags. This is normally a busy and fun place to work and you get to meet all the athletes.

09:00 -18:00
09:00-14:30

Transition is where is all happens, so your role here will be to ensure, with the Transition Captain that all is set up for the athletes before they check their equipment in. This role will envolve some lifting and shifting of tables and equipment and laying out Numbers.

09:30-17:00

Transition is a very busy place over Race Weekend, you will be helping athletes rack their bags and bikes and find the correct hooks for their kit.

Athletes who wish to swim in the lake before Race Day are able to do so at the Practice Swim. You will need to Check all the athlets in and out of the water.

08:30-10:30

This job wil envolve shaddowing the Commentators, taking updates from the radios and passing them on to the Commentators. You will need to be a very organised person being able to work under pressure and keep track of paper work. You will be on your feet for most of the day so you will need to be fairly fit.

Transition is where it all happens on Race Day. The athletes will pass through here at least three times during the Race, and they need a great team of Voluneers to help them find their kit and re-rack the bags once they have left. You will be on the go most of the day - but it is the best place to be on race day!

As the swimmers exit the water most of them will need a helping hand as they get out. You will be there to help pull them out of the waterm you will get very wet doing this job and will need your own wetsuit.

Athletes that make it out of the water generally need a bit of help as they run up to transition undoing their wetsuits, and once in transition; help pulling them off. This is another role where you will need to be physically fit and also not mind getting wet!

There are various positions around the course where Bike Marshals are needed. Your own transport is an advantage. If you choose to Bike Marshal your details will be passed onto your Cheif Road Marshal, who then take over coordinating you.

Although the Run Course is signed we still need marshalls on the course to make sure that athletes do not go wrong and to stop the public walking across the route when athletes are coming.

This role will suit energetic people, who are not affraid to make themselves heard. You will be taking the bikes from the Competitors as they enter Transition and rack the bike over the competitors number.

Thursday 17th June
Friday18th June
Saturday 19th June
Sunday 20th June

All day

We are looking for masseurs to give pre and post race massage to our Competitors. If you Volunteer for this role your detials will be passed on to our Massage Coordinator and he will make arrangements with you.

The Finish Line is where everyone wants to be, but it is not all glamour. Here you will undertake various duties such as removing timing chips, handing our t-shirts and helping athletes to the Food area and to Medical.

Even before all the athletes have finished, there are areas of the Village that need to be packed away, such as Registration, the site also needs to be clear of litter before we leave. This role will also envolve some lifting and taking down of marquees,so you will need to fairly strong and fit.