2025 entry cancellation policy

Cancellation Policy and Process for 6th September Rescheduled 2025 Race

To cancel your entry, please send an email to info@sixfoot.com confirming your understanding of this policy below and the cancellation will be processed.

Individual Entry Cancellation

If, after gaining a confirmed entry for the race, a runner finds that he/she is not able to start for whatever reason then they are able to cancel their entry based upon the following rules

Entry cancelled up to Midnight June 30th a cancellation fee of 20% of the entry fee paid applies.
Entry cancelled from 1st July to Midnight 31st July a cancellation fee of 40% of the entry fee paid applies.
Entry cancelled from 1st August to 3pm the Friday before Race Day, a cancellation fee of 50% of the entry fee paid applies.
A refund will be processed against the credit card used for the race registration less the applicable cancellation fee.
There is no option or right to defer the entry from the 6th September 2025 rescheduled race to 2026 or subsequent years.
Cancellation requests after 3pm the Friday before Race Day will be considered and treated as a DNS (Did Not Start)
DNS, DNF (Did Not Finish) or Disqualified Entrants are not eligible for a refund.

RFS Donation and Merchandise Orders

Any donations made to RFS as part of the entry process will not be refunded if an entry is cancelled, you will already have received your tax receipt.
Any merchandise pre-ordered as part of a cancelled entry will be cancelled and refunded

Entry transfer/sale

As per the race rules entries (including deferrals) are not able to be sold or transferred under any circumstances

General race cancellation

If there is any reason why the race is cancelled before starting a refund to all entrants will be processed. The amount refunded will be reduced by an amount to cover costs already paid for the race at that point in time. Voluntary donations made to the RFS during entry and clothing orders cannot be cancelled or refunded and clothing will be posted if the race is cancelled.

Given the nature of our course there might be certain situations, such as bushfire or flood, where the race must be cancelled. In the history of the race this has occurred three times, in 2012 due to flooding of Cox's River, in 2020 and 2022 due to landslips and in 2025 due to forecasted heavy rain on course.

In addition, in the event of a predicted or actual combination of high heat and humidity on race day the race committee, in consultation with our medical team may need to either cancel the race before the start or during the race for runner health and safety and as per our risk management plans submitted to the approving authorities.

As much advance notice as possible will be given to entrants in any of these circumstances but the nature of the crisis might allow no more than 12 hours. If this situation seems that it may occur, organisers will provide updates through the website and race Facebook page.

The main NSW bushfire season extends from October to April but in this area of the Blue Mountains the critical danger period is during December and January. The RFS logistics are such that a minor fire in the Blue Mountains region should not affect their staffing of the race, but a major fire, or fire on the course would clearly affect the race.

Flash Flooding is quite possible of the Cox's River (i.e. very quick to rise and then fall again). Using the Bowtells bridge to cross is not an option as it is limited to five people at a time and assuming 1-2 minutes per person would still take more than 12 hours to get the complete race across.