Wiltshire Road and Off-Road Race League Rules

The Wiltshire Road Race League (WRRL) and Wiltshire Off-Road Race League (WORL) are both an annual series of races open to the athletes belonging to clubs affiliated to Wiltshire Athletic Association. The WRRL is managed on behalf of the Wiltshire Athletics Association by the Road Running Secretary and the WORL is managed on behalf of the Wiltshire Athletics Association by the Cross Country (XC) and Off-Road Running Secretary.

For the purpose of these rules, the term ‘League’ refers to either WRRL or WORL and the term ‘Secretary’ refers to the secretary responsible for the respective League.

The combined Road Race and Off-Road Race League Rules are available here. These rules apply to both leagues from October 2021 and onwards.

In order to apply a fair and consistent set of rules for both leagues, the rules have now been combined into a single set. There have been some clarifications in the rules but no significant changes. This will allow the leagues to be operated and managed using a single set of processes.

OCTOBER 2021

The following clarifications were agreed at the WAA Committee meeting in August 2026 (included in rules)

Athlete Club Affiliation

Athletes must be members of a club affiliated to Wiltshire Athletics Association to take part in the Wiltshire running leagues and championships.

If an athlete has both a first‑claim and second‑claim club within the league, they must always compete under their first‑claim club. When only one of their clubs is affiliated, they may compete for whichever club is eligible.

Athletes may change clubs mid‑season, but they must inform the league organiser so their results can be correctly aggregated in the individual standings. Where this change takes place the individual will be scoring for the club identified in the race results at the time of the race, so long as the rules in regards to first-claim/second-claim are still valid. Typically this is where the first-claim has changed. Athletes are requested not to simply switch their first/second claim clubs mid-season as this will be difficult to manage and may result in the results being adjusted back to the original first claim club (based on first race entered). 

Athletes cannot switch from first‑claim to second‑claim when both clubs are in the league; only the first‑claim club may be used. Where necessary, results will be adjusted after races to reflect this.

Unauthorised Bib exchanges

To protect athlete safety, ensure fair competition, and comply with local race rules, the unauthorised swapping or use of bib numbers is strictly prohibited. Any athlete who deliberately runs under a bib or name not assigned to them by the race organiser may be disqualified from the race in which the infringement occurs. At the discretion of the league manager or secretary, this may also result in disqualification from that season’s league.