Official Competition Rules and House Rules

Competition Rules

The Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any person from and nullify his / her result of the Event and further to forbid and prohibit such person from participating in future races, competitions and events organised by the Organiser including but not limited to future BOC HZM Bridge Half Marathons if a participant is found by the Organiser to have violated or committed (as the case may be) any of the following Official Rules:

Eligibility

• Entries, bibs, and timing chips are non-transferable. Violation will result in disqualification and no refund of entry fee will be entertained.

• The Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates Limited (“the Organiser”) reserves the right to disqualify, exclude any person from the race, and to take disciplinary action to applicants who provide incorrect personal data/details on the entry form, including those who have been banned from competitions under the World Athletics (WA) jurisdiction, or who have been suspected of having taken banned substances. No refund of entry fee will be entertained under any circumstance.

• Participants who are with infants, child aged under 16 or who do not wear the valid bib of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HK Section) Half Marathon 2024/25 are not allowed to enter the race course. Those who violate this rule will be asked to leave the course immediately.

• Participants will be disqualified if they do not start at the designated race category and start time assigned by the Organiser. No result and certificate will be issued to those participants.

En-Route

• No pets or any form of wheel-run objects of transport, e.g. wheelchair, bicycles, skates, trolleys, shoes with built-in or attached rollers, etc, are allowed on the course.

• Dangerous/ prohibited goods (i.e. offensive weapons, flammable, explosive agents or materials/objects which obstruct other participants, etc) are strictly prohibited. Those who violate this rule will be asked to leave the course immediately and such cases might be reported to the Law Enforcement Agency.

• Participants must not use any external auxiliary equipment in the race (except prosthetic limb(s)).

• Participants must retire and leave the race course immediately, if requested to do so by any member of the race officials, medical staff, race director, referees or security staff.

• In accordance with the WA Competition Rule 6.3, the Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any participant who has proven to have received assistance during the race.

• For winners or potential winners wishing to appeal the results, appeals must be submitted in writing to the Result Referee at the finish area, with a deposit of HKD800 or USD100 within 30 minutes after the official result announcement. The deposit will be forfeited if the appeal is not successful or is withdrawn. The Organiser reserves the right not to entertain any dispute or appeal submitted thereafter.

• For non-winners, any disputes regarding their personal results must be submitted in writing within 7 days after the results are announced on the official website.

General

• The participant commits or attempts to commit any act which is in violation of the laws of HKSAR and the National Security Law governing HKSAR.

• The participant carries out or attempts to carry out any kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda at the Event or other venues or areas relating to the Event.

• Participant’s act is contrary to the interest of national security.

Languages

The Organiser has the sole and final right to decide and determine whether any of the above Rules has been breached, violated or performed. In case of discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions of these Official Rules, the English version shall prevail.