Run Britain – News – Biggest ever race director’s course in Manchester

On Sunday 20 February the largest ever Race Director's course took place at Trafford AC. 31 Race directors from all over the midlands and north of England attended the day. The course was delivered by Nigel Rowe (Plymouth Half Marathon and England Athletics Board member) and Nigel Jones (Swansea Bay 10km and runbritain elected member).

The day started with introductions followed by a short discussion on the role of the race director, the importance of seeing the event through the eyes of all involved and a quick reality check as Nigel Rowe advised "If you ever put on the perfect event – that would be the time to quit because it would never happen again!"

The course was then broken down into eight modules:

Working with partners, Risk Assessment, Health and Safety, Rules, Legal and Administration, Use of IT, Briefing Marshals, Medical.

runbritain aims to develop a three tier course of road race organiser courses at accredited, intermediate and advanced levels over the next two years. Further dates are now set for: Durham – 27 March

Peterborough – 8 May

Birmingham – 19 June

The course lasts one day and costs £40 including lunch. All of the above and more is covered on the course and there are opportunities for questions and discussions on other topics.

Details of 2011 courses are available from msingh@uka.org.uk