At least once a year the question comes up about another race using a previously Certified Course. I know we discussed this last year, but there seems to be some confusion. So here is what we decided last year.
First,the original people paid to have their course Certified. They don’t own the route of the race; hence anyone can use this route. They own the Name of the race and the Certification Number indicates this name.
One important point is the renewell policy is not to be confused with this situation.
However, there are times when the new race desires a name change to reflect it’s their race. Below is the Policy of the RRTC on this situation.
Our Policy
Name Change requests of a Certified Course (Jan. 20, 2009)
There are three situations to address.
1. The original race asks for a name change and a new Certificate.
2. A new group secures written permission from the old group to change the course name and have their own Certificate.
3. Another group wants to use this course and request their own Certificate.
For #1 & #2 they will follow this procedure
They should produce the original Certificate (with the map on back) and resubmit a new map with their name (the course ID Number should be removed) to the Regional Certifier along with a $10 fee. Then the Regional Certifier will issue a new Certificate ID Number that will start with the year the original course was certified followed by a 9. For example the original ID# was AZ06001GAN, hence the new ID# would be AZ06901GAN. The new certificate would be submitted to the Vice Chair with the normal fee. The old course would not be taken off the list of Certified Courses, but the new course would now be listed.
For #3 they will follow this procedure
It must be remeasured and follow the normal protocol. The old course will remain on the list!
However, the RRTC encourages generic Names for races and discourage those to change the name. Please note anyone can use another’s Certified Course as all the RRTC did was Certify the course.
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