High Legh 10K Race Rules 2026

Rules help keep us safe and ensure a fair race. Our rules are based on guidelines from UK Athletics and apply to the 2026 High Legh 10K (also known as the High Legh Robert Moffat Memorial 10K). In this document the event is referred to as The Race.

• • The Race Promoter is High Legh Community Association (registered charity no 511391).
  • The Race Organisers are High Legh Community Association in partnership with Lymm Runners.
  • The Race Director is Chris Lees, member of Lymm Runners.
  • Before race day, the Organisers can be contacted about any race-related matter at the following email address: highlegh10k@gmail.com.
• T-Shirts
  

  Note: Race entry includes the cost of our bespoke finisher’s t-shirt. Race t-shirts are available only to runners who register before the cut off date determined by our t-shirt suppliers.
  Note, the 2026 t-shirt order cutoff date is midnight, Friday January 30th 2026.

  On your entry form you can elect not to receive a t-shirt, and in lieu, the Race Organisers will donate a minimum of £4.00 to the much-loved local children’s charity The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust (Registered Charity No: 1003675).
  The size requested in your Race entry will be printed on your Race Number – and we will do everything possible to ensure you receive the size requested on the day.
  Please note that we are unable to update the t-shirt sizes requested. In the case of a race transfer, participating runners will receive the t-shirt size requested at the time of the original registration (as indicated on the Race Number). If the original race entrant declines the t-shirt, then no t-shirt can subsequently be made available.

1) All entries to the Race are made through the Nifty Entries website
By submitting an entry to The Race, all competitors confirm that they are aware of and agree to abide by these rules.

2) The Race will be run in accordance with the UKA Rules of Competition 2024-26.

3) A competitor must be at least 15 years old on the date of The Race.

4) All competitors must abide by the directions given by the Race Officials and Marshals. A competitor who does not obey these rules may be disqualified and, at the discretion of the Race Organisers, may be barred from future races that they promote.

5) All competitors will provide correct information on their entry form and each undertakes to update that information to the organisers promptly until the day of the race. The Race Organisers disclaim any liability for any action or inaction they make whilst acting based on incorrect or outdated information supplied by a competitor.

6)  All competitors are responsible for fully completing the medical details on the reverse of their Race Number before the Race takes place. Any personal and/or medical information provided to Race Organisers is held in confidence solely for the purposes of organising the Race and will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required. Refer to our Privacy Policy for our data retention periods.
If a competitor should suffer an injury or a medical condition during the Race (or at Race Headquarters), consent is deemed to have been given by that competitor for relevant personal information to be provided to: medical persons attending the race; the Race Director and/or his nominee and to the next of kin given on the reverse of the Race Number, and/or to any person accompanying the competitor to the Race.

7)  Competitors may transfer their place only via Nifty Entries.
The deadline for transfers is one week before The Race (23:59 on Sunday 1st March 2026). A link to enable a transfer will be sent to competitors by email with entry confirmation. Transfers of places without notification are not allowed.

8)  Competitors may withdraw their entry up to two weeks before The Race (23:59 on Sunday 22nd February 2026). The entrance fee will be refunded less an administration fee.

9)  All competitors must attach their Race Number firmly to the front of their vest or other garment worn, so the number is always clearly visible during the race.

10)  After being summoned to the Race start, during briefings, and during The Race itself, competitors are not permitted to employ mobile phones, or wear headsets, ear pieces (excluding hearing aids and bone conducting headphones), or any other apparatus or headgear that may impede their ability to hear directions from the Race Officials or Marshals or to hear other competitors, traffic or other road users.

11)  Prizes will be awarded to the winners in the following categories:

• • First, second and third male and female runners
  • First veteran male and female runners aged 40-50: M40 & F40
  • First veteran male and female runners aged 50–60: M50 & F50
  • First super veteran male and female runners aged 60-70: M60 & F60
  • First super veteran male and female runners aged 70+: M70 & F70

• First male and female High Legh resident runners.
  To be eligible for this award, runners MUST specifically declare they are a local High Legh resident on their race registration form.
• First male and female team.

Category Winners – Notes:

Only one individual prize to be awarded to any competitor. Individual prizes are awarded in order for each category listed.

The club team awards will be awarded to the UK Athletics affiliated club with highest aggregate placed three males (for the male award) and three females (for the female award). In the event of tied aggregate placings, the best overall aggregated time will decide the winning club team.

12)  Race entry is provisional until payment is confirmed. Entries will close when 650 entries have been allocated.

13)  If Race Officials (in consultation with the Race Promoter) agree it would be unsafe to hold the Race at the scheduled time and date, then the Race Organisers reserve the right to reschedule the Race to an alternative time and/or date. For example, if there was compacted ice on the route, or extreme and treacherous weather conditions.
In the exceptional circumstances of having to reschedule the Race, the Organisers will warn competitors at the earliest opportunity via the event website (www.highlegh10k.org.uk) and by email.
Please note that contingency plans for an alternative date are set in advance of the published Race date. If the alternative date cannot be confirmed the Race Organisers may cancel the Race without refund of the entry fee.

14)  The Race Organisers reserve the right to alter the course on the day of the Race should, in the opinion and at the discretion of the Race Officials, it would not be safe to follow the specified route. Changing the route may invalidate the certified distance status of The Race.

15)  To comply with our road closure permissions and race licence, event infrastructure (including the start/finish arch, timing mats, safety barriers and event signage etc) must be removed within a set time limit. Race Organisers reserve the right to impose a cut-off time of 90 minutes for completion of the race.

16)  All entrants are deemed to have made themselves familiar with, and agreed to be bound by the UKA Anti-Doping Rules, and to submit to the authority of UK Anti-Doping in the application and enforcement of the Anti-Doping Rules. UKA Anti-Doping Rules apply to entrants participating in the sport of Athletics, for 12 months from the [date of entry], whether or not the licence holder is a citizen of, or resident in, the UK.

UKA Race Licence: High Legh Robert Moffat Memorial 10K  #30254

Measurement Certificate North: 08/570

Data Protection & Use of Your Information

When you register for the Race you provide your personal data to a specialist third party race entry company Nifty Entries, we will use this information for the purposes of organising, staging and administering the Race. This will include sending you emailed information about the Race, and training activities relating to it. Only in the case of an emergency, we may share your personal details with the emergency services or health care professionals and use your data for the purposes of contacting your emergency contact.

We follow best practice on handling and storing only the data we need for conducting the Race. We don’t share it with anyone else unless we are obliged to or permitted to by law. Our Privacy Policy can be found at: http://www.highlegh10k.org.uk/privacy-policy/.

Filming and Photography at The Race

Please note that as Race Organisers, volunteers on behalf of High Legh Community Association and Lymm Runners (or our commercial partners) may record or photograph Race participants. This may include runners, volunteers and spectators. Organisers use such media for the following reasons:

• to publicise the event for promotional and/or fundraising purposes including marketing material that may be made available to the public
• for our commercial partners to publicise their support for the event.

Our intention is that no personal details of any under 16-year-old participants will be used in any publicity materials without the express consent of their legal guardian. However, we may use images where children are incidentally included.

In support of this rule, please only register a participant under the age of 16 if their legal guardian permits their image to be used as described.
Refer to our Privacy Policy for further information.