Meeting with Geoff Wightman, MD Road Running section of UKA

and

Nigel Rowe.

There were 2,600 licensed races last year (3,000 unlicensed)

Need to make endurance running autonomous, should funding dry up

Support for small races (from 2011):

Race support packs (Adidas & Running Imp)

On-line entry system and editorial support for all races

Insurance (£50M)

Race Director’s courses

Course measuring training - local register of measurers

Personal grading

More Official’s courses

Further development of the Race Director’s portal on the runbritain website

Race director newsletters

Kite marking of races (via (BARR)

National fixture list

Runbritain TV (short video clips of races)

Race Director courses:

? October - 1 day course circa £45, includes:

risk assessment

rules and legal

health & safety etc3 levels, depending on size of event

Road race handbook to go on the portal (?July)

New note on how to prepare a road race event manual in on the RDP

Course Measuring:

Pilot (in South West) of kite marking and standards through BARR

Grading of races

Will be linked to licensing and Referee’s report

New - Association of UK Course Measurers - free 1 day course -

Renew course measurement each year and re-validate every 10 years

Official’s Courses

? September in Taunton

Re-structuring of Level 2 course (Paul Ross)

Includes risk assessment

Disability Discrimination Act

Kite Marking:

Helpful to local authorities and police (standards)

Great variations in what is required by these nationally