Volunteering
How can you help us?
Volunteers make it happen
A role for everyone
Our Club and Open events can only take place with the help of our club members. We have roles to suit everyone from driving lead cars, timekeeping, signing on, marshals and serving refreshment so keep a look out for how you can help.
We value your support
We recognise your time is valuable and so, to say thank you for helping us to put on a calendar of events throughout the year, we are introducing the Volunteer Reward Scheme.
Text about the scheme
Activity Points
Points mean prizes
Our Club, Open and Association race events, and our social calendar can only take place with the help and assistance of club members so please let check the club calendar to see what events you can help out with.
We have roles to suit everyone from driving lead cars, timekeeping, signing on, marshals and serving the refreshments so please say if you have a preference. Or if you can't give up the time to stay for a whole event, let the organiser know and they can assign roles for an early start or finish.
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If you are new to the club we can also pair you up with a more experienced club member who can show you the routine , it's a great way to meet other club members and see the events that we organise. Under 18’s cannot fulfil a marshalling role.
Our biggest events are the Andrews Trophy Road Race and the Norman Wells 50-mile Time Trial. Please consider helping at these events as these are our showcase events that require the most support. There are few clubs left in Essex that promote both an Elite Road Race and a Classic Time Trial!
The Andrews Trophy Road Race is a fantastic event which started in 1963, and most of the marshalling jobs on this race allow you to get a glimpse of the race and see some of the top riders in action as it's an Elite 1st, 2nd and 3rd category race. Trevor Mills is the Race organiser - e mail here Alex Dowsett raced in this event on his way to World Tour status.
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The Open 50-mile time trial started in 1926 for two years, and then again in 1955 with the "Norman Wells Trophy" status in 1964 and was for 21 years, until 2023 organised by Arthur Knowler. Again this is another event that requires a large number of marshals on route so please also consider volunteering for this event as well. It’s a nice early start so you’ll be home for lunch! In the 1960’s Competition record was broken 3 times and equalled once in this event. In 2023 the event was the CTT National 50 mile Championship, based in Writtle.
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Some marshalling duties will still enable you to ride to the marshalling point, or volunteer and then ride in the event itself so please ask if you would like to do this. There are volunteering opportunities at British Cycling and there are timekeeping opportunities if you e mail Cycling Time Trials here.
Club officials and organisers will contact you direct for your availability.