Originally Posted by
Witton Park
Noel - I know Shutlingsloe having been there for the FRA Junior races.
Ultimately these days everything seems to revolve around risk assessment which is why I think there has been a move to try and get the requirements less prescriptive and allow ROs to set up procedures that are OK for their own race.
Your race is a prime example why.
The whole race is conducted in an area that can be seen from the Start / Finish area, so in a risk assessment the risk of a runner going astray would be minimal compared to say Fairfield or Tour of Pendle.
The risk of a runner going down with injury is a more likely hazard and with appropriately placed marshalls you can have every runner in a marshalls eyeline and so it would be easy to identify them, if they do have a problem - that's a similar method we use when we handle cross country races.
Of course like all races, you will have to have a Foul Weather back up plan if the clag is down.
So hopefully the final requirements will allow you some slack and not tie you in to the same set of procedures as an AL.
