Guess what time of year it is. That’s right – time to open up Volunteer Registration for the 2023 Lincoln Electric Rally of the Tall Pines. Please be sure to mark the November 24-25 weekend on your calendar. The Tall Pines committee has already been hard at work and it’s time to get the volunteers signed up.
As the Pines keeps growing and adding exciting new features, our needs for volunteers are greater than ever. So please pass this message on to others.
Check out the Pines website at www.tallpinesrally.com for details.
To register as a volunteer for 2023, please go to
We also need you to complete and submit a SpeedWaiver. You can find that at
https://mlrc.speedwaiver.com/pytvq
If you have any difficulty, email the registration team at worker_registration@tallpinesrally.com for assistance. We need all of you, including committee, stewards etc. to register, as we work extensively with the database to make plans. Note – our volunteer needs on Thursday are very specific and mostly require experienced help. Contact us directly about Thursday tasks.
As in the past we are assisting volunteers with subsidized accommodations. See ‘Accommodations’ in the Worker section of the Pines website for full details and for online payment. Subsidized accommodations will be provided once again at Joy Bible Camp, Elmer’s Hunt Camp and at some cottages. If you stay two nights, you pay for the first night and the rally pays for the second. Anyone staying three nights should first check with Ross re subsidy. To assist workers in the Registration process and in finding accommodations at the Pines, we have Jane Leonard waiting to assist you re accommodations and Greg McGrath re other Registration questions. If you have questions, one of us will be sure to reply. You can contact Jane directly at accommodations@tallpinesrally.com
With a super compact Route Plan and Schedule, we are able to squeeze two passes of recce for all stages into Friday, so we will need helpers to supervise that all day. Meanwhile we will be doing the usual final route preparation, so we will need just a few helpers on Thursday and lots of helpers on Friday. In addition Shakedown is scheduled on Friday evening. The rally runs all day Saturday as usual.
Rally Headquarters will be at the Dungannon Rec Centre on Hwy. 62 south. Almost all activities will take place there. Note also that Technical Inspection of the competitors’ cars will take place at M & M Parts & Service (the big building behind M & M ESSO on Hwy 62 S) on Friday afternoon and evening. The official VOLUNTEERS’ MEETING will be held at Rally HQ at 9 P.M. on Friday evening, We are still working out details re exactly how we will do that.
We also need lots of help on the WORK DAY on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28th. We still must deliver letters to residents and other tasks. Please advise if you can attend then by e mailing Ross Wood directly at ross@tallpinesrally.com – competitors are invited to assist on the Work Day. This not only offers them an opportunity to contribute to the event, but also affords a chance to preview the stages.
Note –this year we will be using the RallySafe tracking and timing system for the second time with the RallySport Ontario electronic timing as backup. If you already have experience with the equipment and would like to work with it at the Pines, be sure to indicate specifically what you would like to do on your Registration form. We can also train first-timers.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at worker_registration@tallpinesrally.com .
Ross Wood, Clerk of the Course