Quote Originally Posted by LissaJous View Post
So is the WFRA free to set its own rules? Can't work that one out.. the safety document seems almost identical to the FRA one, and Scottish SHR.

The SHR site says races can be insured through SHR or SA, but the SA website seems to imply that races must at least be registered with SA.
The UKA "family" I referred to consists of UKA, EA/FRA(for fell running), WA and NIMRA. All of these Permit races which are covered by UK Athletics insurance.

About 8 years ago a large proportion of the fellrunning community in Wales became disenchanted with UKA/WA managing their sport. As a result the Welsh Fell Running Association (WFRA) was established and now the majority of fell/mountain races in Wales are registered and insured with the WFRA and not with WA. The WFRA operates completely independently of UKA/WA and has its own insurance. The WFRA are indeed free to set their own rules but have chosen to model them on the FRA ones.

Similarly in Scotland there are two bodies, SA(part of the UKA "family") and Scottish Hill Runners (independant of UKA) who offer insurance for fell/hill races. However in Scotland I think most race organisers still obtain their Permits/insurance from SA/UKA.