DQ the cheats

[Graham Breeze]

Interesting this one, I would say that if a junior and parent deliberately hid the facts from the RO then I agree with Graham whole heartedly.

But is there a case for some discretion where a top junior approaches a RO with parental consent and ask's permission laying all the facts and experience before him/her? How else do they gain experience in harder races. I can think of 3 or 4 juniors in the peak who are more than capable of racing 20+ miles, one did a bg Last year and another has run the 50 mile boundary run since he was 14.

yet another was allowed to run round a medium but not enter the race, he would have come in the top 10 had he been allowed to enter.

I certainly see the point of protecting the youth from harm and parental pressure, just wondered what the thoughts are from Graham and the youth coaches out there, Discuss

Ian,

The Rules are UKA rules. The FRA will not allow discretion because everyone claims to be a "special case". The FRA view is on page 8 of the Summer Fellrunner.

We appreciate the difficulty a RO may have and we know of cases where the junior lied about his age on the entry form, or persuaded the RO to let him run and we have contacted ROs in the past warning them of the need to be vigilant. A sanction against a RO could include the FRA refusing the race insurance and excluding all his/her events from future Calendars.

GB