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Event standards

Safety, risk assessment, obstacle safety, medical provision, emergency planning, officials, rules, timing and athlete communication. Standards scale with the event, so this is a practical baseline rather than a fixed bar.

Event recognition & sanctioning

What Listed, OCRA Sanctioned, Qualification Event and Irish National Championship each mean, what the review involves, and how to apply.

Work with OCRA

The range of relationships available, from a calendar listing to a long-term partnership.

Submit an event

Get your event onto the national calendar.

For competitive events

Rules & regulations

Current rulebooks by discipline. Athletes need to know which rules apply before they race.

Technical Officials

What trained officials do, and how to discuss requirements for your event.

Results matter more than organisers expect, because they outlive the event — they feed qualification, the results archive and the historical record of the sport. If your event works formally with OCRA, agree result formats and reporting before competition rather than improvising afterwards.

Adding competition to a recreational event

You do not have to jump to National Championship standard. Competition can be built up in stages, and most organisers are better off doing it that way:

1. Add competitive waves
2. Settle on consistent categories
3. Define your obstacle rules and publish them
4. Get timing you can rely on
5. Bring in trained Technical Officials
6. Publish results properly

Each step is useful on its own, and each one makes the next easier.

Working with clubs

Local clubs are the shortest route to athletes who will actually turn up. Clubs can help with promotion, volunteers, participation and community engagement, and your event gives them something to train towards. It works in both directions.

Resource library

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If you are planning an event and cannot find what you need, contact us.

We would much rather talk to an organiser early and work out what is required than discover three days before race day that somebody has promised athletes a World Championship qualification spot based on a sack race and optimism.