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| From Olympic Rowing |
Today was my first day as a volunteer Gamesmaker working in the technology team at the Eton Dorney rowing centre. The term technology is somewhat inappropriate when applied to what we are doing, which is distributing printed results (PRD) to various parties around the event site, unless you consider pressing a button on a photocopier a high tech activity. But although the job itself is totally trivial, the atmosphere working as part of the Gamesmaker team at the Eton venue is actually fantastic. There must be over 500 of us on the site doing everything from race timing to hand holding the athletes, with only a relatively few professionals backing us up, so the smooth running of the even is totally dependent on the Gamesmaker input.
Our office is in the boathouse which is at the hub of the venue, so we can get a great view of the action just be sticking our head out of the door. An added bonus of the PRD role is that our pass gives us access to all areas of the site so we are free to wander around the athletes and press areas and in the public viewing areas. So when there is not much happening in terms of new results to process, we can soak up in the atmosphere and watch the race from the finish line.
Our office is in the boathouse which is at the hub of the venue, so we can get a great view of the action just be sticking our head out of the door. An added bonus of the PRD role is that our pass gives us access to all areas of the site so we are free to wander around the athletes and press areas and in the public viewing areas. So when there is not much happening in terms of new results to process, we can soak up in the atmosphere and watch the race from the finish line.
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