SUMMIT FORSESTS KAITAIA TRAIL RUN
HEALTH & SAFETY
FIRST AID
- St Johns will be positioned at the start/finish area.
- Please inform a marshal if you or someone else requires assistance on the course. A tail marshal will follow the event.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
- No animals are permitted to accompany participants during the event unless it is a guide dog.
- No SKATEBOARDS, SCOOTERS, SKATES, OR BIKES.
- The event is held on public roads. Always treat all roads as open and expect oncoming and overtaking traffic.
- Please obey all traffic laws and regulations.
- Take extreme care when approaching driveways and side roads – expect vehicles.
- Where there is a lane coned for participants, you are always required to remain within the cones.
- Marshals will be wearing high-visibility vests and are there for your safety. Always follow their instructions and those of the event organizers.
- A tail marshal will be following the last participant. Please stop and wait for the tail marshal or notify the nearest marshal if assistance is required.
- Footpaths and footbridges are to be used where available.
KIDS 15 AND UNDER
- Sport Northland suggests that each person under the age of 15 is accompanied by an adult. In the case of a child running on their own, Sport Northland is not liable for any potential risks, injuries, unexpected events or accidents that might occur while on course.
- If the parents of the child/children are not running with them and another responsible adult is running with them, both the responsible adult and the parents are responsible for the child’s safety.
- If an under 15 athlete is running with a responsible adult, but during the course they end up running separately, please see recommendations and rules below.
- Sport Northland recommend for parent/legal guardian of the athletes under the age of 15 to:
- Explain the course the child/children will be running. Make sure they understand the course and the location.
- Explain to them the importance of staying hydrated.
- Give your child/children a cell phone. If anything happens, they can call their parents or staff in charge of the course.
- Explain to them what marshals are and what they are for on course. Please advise them to notify a marshal if they require any assistance.
- Marshals will be wearing high-visibility vests and are there for your safety. Always follow their instructions and those of the event organizers.
- Sections of the course may include steep hills which will be slippery when wet.
- Take extreme care negotiating the course as there may be potholes, tree roots, and other uneven surfaces.
- There will be a tail marshal following the last participant in each distance. If assistance is required, please stop, and wait for the tail marshal or notify the nearest marshal.
- The courses are off-road. Surfaces include but are not limited to, clay, loose metal, sand, road, and grass paddocks and are narrow in places with exposed tree roots underfoot – take extreme care.
MEDIA PLAYERS/HEADPHONES
- For your safety, the use of MEDIA PLAYERS is discouraged. Should you choose to use a music device during the event, please have the volume at a level that ensures you are aware of your surroundings and other participants.
PRAMS
We understand that our events are awesome, and you'd like to share your experience with all of your whanau, even the young ones. For this event, due to the longer courses being boggy, uneven, and covered with rocks, with a few tree roots jumping out at you now and then, we will only permit strollers to enter the 4km distance. For health and safety reasons, your child will have to register. Please email us to arrange this.
To maintain the safety of all participants attending our event, we have a few guidelines. Those that wish to run/stroll with a buggy will need to comply with the safety guidelines below, failure to adhere to these rules compromises the safety of other participants.
Only 3-wheel strollers/buggies designed for jogging/running can be used in this event.
All strollers must start at the back of the other participants.
Stroller operators must give way to runners and avoid weaving through packs of runners. Giving way includes, but is not limited to, allowing a clear path for runners by not cutting in front of them, especially while going around the inside of corners.
Stroller operators must keep to the left, except when passing. Passing must be done safely and vocally communicated to other runners (i.e., "passing on your Right").
Stroller operators must keep strollers at a safe distance from other runners.
Stroller operators must maintain control of the stroller; we do not encourage running or walking behind your strollers hands-free.
Please have your child securely strapped while navigating the course, as the terrain can sometimes become very uneven.
