Quote Originally Posted by Graham Breeze View Post
Rule 10: first sentence indicates that the distance limits (ie the Rule) override what a race organiser might suggest for his race for anyone under 18 on 1.1.2012.

Once you become 18 on the day you literally cease to be a junior and Rule 10 does not apply.

However if you were competing in the "Under 18 and Over 16" Junior Champs because the key date is 1.1.2012 you would still be eligible to be counted as "Under 18" Category for the rest of the 2012 year.
Can you guide me to the part of the rules where an 18 year old ceases to be a junior and it becomes "age on day"?

RULE TEN
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.

My interpretation of this is that the RO has to take the max race distances in to account when stipulating minimum age - so then when the RO puts "Minimum Age 16" and that is how the calendar words it, it can actually be contradictory to the rules.

Let's take Bleasdale Circle - calendar entry is Minimum Age 16, when it should actually say "Minimum Age Group U18s".

You could be 16 between 1/1/12 and the race day at end of Feb, therefore meet the criteria published in the Calendar and yet not be eligible if you check the actual rules.

Flagrant breaches are one thing, but when the sport gives out such mixed messages, it should sort out those mixed messages before it expects everyone to be able to interpret them in the way that the sport wants.