The Application Process

Way back in the early part of 2014, somewhere in the world (for those of you that don't already know, I did a RTW trip for 12 months), I decided to volunteer to be a part of "The Pack".  Based on the success of the games makers during the Olympics, the organisers of the Rugby World Cup (RWC) decided they wanted a similar team of volunteers to welcome the spectators to England (and Cardiff).  

The try-outs happened across the country and I attended one at the Saracens home ground in July 2014 just a few weeks after I arrived back in Blighty.  Sadly I couldn't make the interview so I did that bit over the phone.  Most of the questions I had expected such as why I wanted to be a part of the volunteer program etc but there were a few that took me by surprise.  Well, interviews aren't meant to be easy now, are they?

Weeks, months passed by with no word, then, on St David's Day (call it what you want but I like to think of it as fate being Welsh), I was awarded the position of Spectator Services.  Delighted didn't even come close.  From 20,000 applications, 10,000 were interviewed but only 6,000 were successful.  

I am a chosen one...