Policies.
What we expect, and what happens when it goes wrong
Obstacle sport involves athletes, children and young people, coaches, Technical Officials, clubs, race organisers and volunteers. Policies exist so everyone knows the standard expected of them, and so there is a known process when something goes wrong rather than an improvised one.
These sit alongside the Constitution and Bylaws and the competition rules.
The policies
Each is published in full on its own page. What is on the page is what is in force — there is no separate document to request.
- Safeguarding
- Keeping children and young people safe, what is required of adults working with them, and how to raise a concern.
- Anti-Doping
- Clean sport, testing, medication and supplements, and the Sport Ireland rules that apply.
- Codes of Conduct
- The standard of behaviour expected of athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers, club officers, parents and spectators.
- Complaints & Disciplinary
- How to raise a complaint, how it is handled, and what outcomes are possible.
- Equality & Inclusion
- Who the sport is for, and what we do about the barriers.
- Data Protection
- What personal information OCRA holds, why, how long, and your rights over it. This page is also OCRA's privacy notice.
Two areas not yet standalone
Conflicts of interest is currently covered inside governance. Competition integrity is covered inside rules & regulations. Both work where they are; both would be clearer as policies in their own right, and will be.
Review
Policies are reviewed as OCRA develops and as legal, sporting or regulatory requirements change. Where one is revised, the page carries the change and the date it took effect.