The Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane needs you! Experience the fun, excitement and the satisfying feeling of being involved in one of Queensland’s biggest annual community sporting events. You’ll be sharing your enthusiasm and a few hours of your time to help ensure a safe and fun day for all. Why not volunteer with a group of friends, workmates or community group.

The following is a list of the various volunteer roles available. The duties are detailed in the description, however, additional responsibilities might be required.

Volunteer roles

1. Drink Station Assistants
   Drink stations will be located at the 3km, 6km and 7.5km marks along the 10km course. The drink stations will be very fast paced and as a volunteer you will be required to distribute the drinks to participants, ensure there are an adequate number of cups and all used plastic cups are collected. Each station will have approximately 4-8 trestle tables, 8-10 water containers and a generous supply of plastic cups. You will be responsible for setting up and dismantling the drink station with guidance from a USM events staff member. Once the last participant has passed, all items including rubbish bags can be neatly stacked on the side of the road ready for collection.
2. Course Marshals
   As a Course Marshal you will be located in various positions along the course. Your role will vary throughout the day and may include but won’t be limited to the following duties:
   • Notifying the Event Operations Team if problems arise
   • Providing information to spectators and participants
   • Assisting at designated pedestrian crossings
3. Parking Marshals
   There will be three major designated parking lots for the event’s participants and spectators. If you are volunteering as a Parking Marshal you will be allocated to one of the following areas:
   • 10km Start Line – Metroplex car park
   • 10km Start Line – Wynnum Sports Grounds car park
   • 5km Start Line – Remora Street car park
   You will be responsible for directing traffic within the parking lots upon entry and exit and ensuring the safety of pedestrians.
4. Breakfast Tents
   There will be numerous breakfast tents surrounding the outskirts of the finish venue and entry into these tents will be via a pre-paid wristband. We will require several volunteers to assist with the checking of wristbands into these areas. In this role you will assist the catering crew to ensure movement of competitor traffic flows in and out of these catering areas.
5. Baggage Area Services
   As a volunteer you will be helping participants deposit or collect their bags at one of the following locations:
   
   • Baggage drop off trucks will be located near the start line on the Lytton Road overpass at Murarrie. Here you will be helping to load participant baggage onto the trucks.
   • The baggage collection tent will be located at the finish line venue at the EKKA Showgrounds. Your job will be to separate baggage into designated zones and provide assistance with baggage retrieval for all participants. Be aware participants will come through in waves depending on whic course length they competed in.
6. Information Volunteers
   As a volunteer in any role, you will be called upon to provide information to participants at the EKKA Showgrounds finish venue. The Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane is a mass participation event with thousands of participants wanting to know answers to various questions. We will prepare you with the relevant answers so you are confident to answer any question on the day.
7. Recovery
   The recovery area is a crucial component of the event. In this role you will aid in the hydration and recovery of all participants by providing water and fruit for their consumption. Your role will also involve monitoring rubbish and ensuring there is a sufficient number of cups available. The recovery area will be located near the finish line.
8. Chip Removal
   Timing chip collection will be located near the finish line in front of the t-shirt collection point. Your role will be to aid participants in the removal of their chip and ensure they are placed in the bins provided.
9. T-Shirt Collection
   As a T-Shirt collection volunteer you will provide the participants with their nominated t-shirt size. Participants must hand their timing chip in before being issued an event t-shirt. In this role you will be working closely with the Chip Removal Volunteers.
10. Start Zone Ushers
    We require several volunteers to help at the start line of both the 5km and 10km events. These volunteers will be helping the management team to group the competitors into their coloured starting zones and to ensure that the flow of traffic through the start line area is safe and continuous.
11. Timing Assistants
    Physically fit volunteers will be required to assist our timing company to lay mats and pack up timing equipment at the start and finish lines on race day. These volunteers will be working with our timing company to ensure all competitors receive a result at the end of the day.

Additional information

Volunteer information night
There will be a volunteer information night held prior to the event for all Volunteer Team Leaders. If you are a Volunteer Team Leader, you must attend this night to collect your team’s uniforms and briefing sheets. This is also a great opportunity to ask any questions you might have as this year’s event has undergone some major changes from previous years. Volunteer Leaders will be contacted with the date and time for this meeting.

Volunteer Pack
As a volunteer you will receive an official Event Crew red t-shirt, an Event Crew red baseball cap and a food and beverage voucher to be used at the finish venue.

Any of these volunteer positions sound exciting? Then contact our event crew on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone the event hotline on 1300 55 55 77 to secure your volunteer role in The Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane.

We look forward to welcoming you to the event team!