Quote Originally Posted by john doe View Post
see my post 692. As far as future events at the moment,yes the club could hold the event again next year,but without permission from UU the FRA will not provide insurance,a risk Lefty understandably is unwilling to take.
I also tend to agree with Alf and I hope that Lefty hasn't given up hope to host again.

Run it as a trail race and permit it through UKA - no issue with insurance then.

There is a wider problem here though for fell running full stop. If UU can throw off the PBR for an isolated breach of a requirement then this can be done anywhere for a variety of reasons, such as the regularly debated gel wrappers, maybe a lost runner going where they shouldn't - there must be countless reasons.

Gate closure is desirable and yes it should be done, however, even if walking up through Witton's woods with the dog, if I have someone coming towards me or following on close behind I leave the gate, unless there is a clear reason not too, such as livestock in close proximity.

I would call that common courtesy and common sense.

On leg 2, at the point in question, there must have been a team coming through on average every 20 secs - with such a gap I would close the gate. But some of those gaps would be much less, sometimes perhaps 4 or 5 teams in that same timespan.

Would anyone really shut a gate they had opened on somebody just a few metres behind whether in the PBR or any other race?

What about gates that were open before any runners got there?

It's a can of worms.