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Originally Posted by mattybucks
Hi Alec,
To try and put this to bed once and for all, there is not going to be a temporary rostrum, mainly because we do not feel one is needed, and secondly rostrums are major health and safety issues, and as the club is a BRCA affiliated we tend to follow their advice in that regard.
We are despite the bad weather are going to the track to continue with the things we can do that will be of benefit to the club, it's members, and all who attend our meetings. You are of course more than welcome to join us.
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Matt,
At the end of racing meeting at the pub last Friday the committee members that attended agreed that a rostrum was needed alongside the smaller track which is where the idea of the temporary rostrum originated, so at that time they definitely felt that one was needed. Now I appreciate that they change their mind like the wind (or rain) depending on who they are talking to at the time so if that's their newest decision then so be it.
I've given my opinion and tried to help the club out with ideas, it's entirely up to you if you implement them or not, that's your decision but the idea behind them is to entice people to race at the club to make it a better place to race.
Regards the safety issue of a temporary rostrum .......... Many indoor clubs use temporary rostrums with no safety barriers at the front etc and on a Friday club night we stand on five school tables (sometimes) taped together, I can't see how a three foot high stack of pallets screwed together could be any more of a health and safety risk than that, other than the fact that it would be outside!!!!!!!
Regards helping out at all of your tracks, i've been there and done that many, many times since you started out, as you know.
Now that most certainly puts this issue to bed from my perspective as I feel I'm wasting my breath.
Alec