Reproduce below an item from this week’s Athletics Weekly on a tightening up of the rules relating to the exchanging of race numbers.“Under the new rules, which come into operation on April 1 2014, athletes who run in transferred numbers in UKA-licensed road races
without permission are to be disqualified. Both they and those who pass on the number will be subject to disciplinary action via the appropriate national organisation.
Many road races make arrangements for legal transfers of entries for those who wish to withdraw from the event and those seeking late entry, but unauthorised number-swapping is common and the bane of many organisers. Existing rules simply read: “Numbers are issued to the individual athlete completing the application form and are non-transferable, except with the specific authority of the Race Secretary.”
Read more at http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/new-uka-rules/#9UtuEOdDFaLlX4wG.99
