Hi
Is it age on the day for age group categories eg- U12, U14 etc or are there dates in place ie- age on 31 July2011 (that sort of thing).
Appreciative of any help.
Thanks. xx
KK
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Hi
Is it age on the day for age group categories eg- U12, U14 etc or are there dates in place ie- age on 31 July2011 (that sort of thing).
Appreciative of any help.
Thanks. xx
KK
Thank you for a very helpful reply.
xx
KK
Also some local shows may operate age on day.
Races which have an FRA Permit and associated UKA insurance must comply with the "FRA Rules for Competition" which state:-Quote:
Originally Posted by wycoller
RULE TENUnder 16 - 4 miles (6.4k)
Race organisers must stipulate age limits for their events but the following maximum distance limits for juniors must be observed.
Ages are as at 1st January in the year of competition.
For FRA Fell Races, the minimum age for competition is six years, and the following distance limits must be applied.
Under 8 - ½ mile (0.8k)
Under 10 - 1 mile (1.6k)
Under 12 - 2 miles (3.2k)
Under 14 - 3 miles (4.8k)
Under 18 - 6 miles (9.6k)
Except these age limits dont apply to short British Champs races whereby those in power are able to over ride and change the rules to please themselvesQuote:
Originally Posted by FRAFixtures
Al - I'm not sure what your snipe is aimed at - is it relevant to juniors?Quote:
Originally Posted by Clash City Rocker
Indeed it is we had hoped to have some of our juniors race Devils Beeftub as it was advertised as min age 12 and only a 2 mile race but low and behold the minimum age is now 16. Shocking
But they have junior races over the same course, so what's the problem?Quote:
Originally Posted by Clash City Rocker
The problem was that we as a club were looking to have a couple of juniors to run for the senior team a real chance to be part of the senior event. Simply running over the same course in a junior race doesnt give them a chance to score for the seniors.
I understand that but the race normally attracts 30 - 40 runners - you can imagine 300 runners in a 2 mile race taking anything from 15 minutes to 20 minutes. That's a lot of runners, very congested and handling all of them coming in at the finish would be extremely tough.
I see they have split races for male & female - but can you imagine what it would be like for U16 / U14 athletes running in a field of that size? Actually I know you can as you are an experienced RO.
I had my first experience of the Bunny Runs this year - fantastic races - great venues - but my biggest concern was taking out one of the youngsters in that starting egg stage lap and possibly going down myself.
They are very keen, not very aware that adults or older runners may not see them, tear of like the clappers, weave in and out and then often drop back after a few hundred metres when they settle in to normal race mode.
You can imagine the problems if an U14 Boy was responsible for a fall to a Senior Champs contender
Without knowing the venue and I can only assume that the RO feels that the route is not suitable for juniors when the field could be substantial and I think that should be just accepted.
There are plenty of other races where juniors can rub shoulders with seniors to get race experience without tackling a Champs race.
WP,
You response is about right.
When the RO submitted the info. for the Calendar last October he had not thought through that 12 year olds might be entered in a Senior British Championship race rather than them run in the junior races provided. When this was realised the RO, the Scottish authorities (and MRAG) increased the age limit. Even 16 might be seen by some to be on the low side for this event but that is what has been decided.