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Grade 1. Qualified to measure all events including National Championships.
Measurement Area: Suffolk, S Norfolk, NE Essex & East Cambs

The most recent courses measured
by Mac Speake in the Midlands are:

certno	course_name	distance	datemeasured

The most recent courses measured by Mac Speake in the South are:

certno	course_name	distance	datemeasured
2010128	Colchester Charity Races 10k	10 km	2010-03-07
2009115	Capel 5 Mile	5 miles	2009-01-03
2009086	Stowmarket Half Marathon	13m 193y	2009-07-24
2009057	Ipswich Half Marathon	13 miles 192.5y	2009-06-07
2008088	Colchester 10 km	10 km	2008-09-07
2008072	Bentwaters Airfield "3"	3 mile 83 yds	2008-05-24
2008071	Bentwaters Airfield "6"	6 mile 9 yds	2008-05-24
2008003	Stowmarket Half Marathon	13m 193y	2008-01-12
2007104	Hadleigh 10 mile	10 miles	2007-08-21
2007058	Capel 5	5 miles	2007-05-06
2006099	Hadleigh 10	10 miles	2006-07-29
2005029	Jo Cox Ten Mile	10 mile	2002-12-08
2005010	Bildeston 10k	10 km	2005-01-03
2005009	Bildeston Half Marathon	13m 193y	2004-11-30
2004016	Bildeston 10k	10km	2004-03-03
2004015	Bildeston Half Marathon	13m 193y	2004-03-03
2003079	Stowmarket Scenic 7	7 miles	2003-05-21
2003078	Jaffa Friday 5 - Claydon Sch	5 miles	2003-05-09
2000091	S.W.A.N.S. 5k	5 km	2000-08-12
2000019	Bury 20	20 miles	2000-02-10

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TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF COURSE ACCURACY:

Select a safe course and measure it as accurately as you can. (Use an OS 1:25000 map, a bike, a GPS, or, worst, a car)
Prepare a course map
Notify the police and follow any safety recommendations
Only after 1, 2 &3 are you ready to contact an accredited measurer and make an appointment for an accurate measurement. The measurer will make a charge (see guidelines) and you should ask for an estimate.
Supply the measurer with the following:
- A map of the course (he may ask for several copies for his report)
- Details of what part of the road will be available to runners. If not all the road and adjacent pavements are available, how will runners be stopped from taking short cuts? If you do not have sufficient means available to prevent short cuts, the measurer may have to measure using the full width available. This applies particularly on right hand corners where runners often ignore a race organiser's intentions to keep everyone to the left.
- Details of any other restrictions at corners.
- Details of any other places where runners might take short cuts e.g. on pavements - a number of small savings here and there can add up to something significant over the whole course.
- Intended location of start and finish, and how much flexibility is there for adjusting either or both.
- Agreement to pay the measurer's out-of-pocket expenses.
On the agreed day meet the measurer and show him the course. It is usually best to accompany him on a bike. But a car may also be suitable. On busy roads the measurer may need someone behind him to 'protect' him from the traffic as he concentrates on an accurate measurement. Busy courses may need to be measured at a quiet time, e.g. early on Sunday morning. You may find it worthwhile to consult the Safety Code for Course Measurement so that you have an appreciation of the procedures the course measurer uses to make the measurement safe. The course measurer will seek your help to ensure his safety while riding, and he might not be able to complete the measurement at a single visit if he discovers hazrds which he has not planned for.
After the measurement the measurer writes a report and sends copies to the race organiser and to the area measurement secretary, who issues the Certificate of Course Accuracy. Without a valid certificate or a renewal for subsequent races, any permit issued for a race advertising a specific distance would be invalid.