Terms & Conditions
Mowsworth Rampage Terms & Conditions
These terms and conditions (Terms) apply to Mowsworth Rampage (MR) Lawn Mower (the Event) organised by Cancer Society Nelson and Hospice Nelson.
The completion of the entry form and payment of the entrance fee constitutes your agreement to be bound by these Terms.
The Terms constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and cancels any previous agreement, understanding and/or arrangement, whether written or not. We reserve the right to change our Terms from time to time by publishing the revised Terms on the Mowsworth Rampage website, www.mowsworthrampage.co.nz . Please check these Terms regularly for modifications and updates. If you continue to use our system or if you provide any personal information after we make changes, this constitutes your acceptance of those changes and the updated Terms. We will notify you if these Terms change.
1. General
The event is organised and promoted by Cancer Society & Hospice with the main purpose to raise funds in aid of Cancer Society’s & Hospice’s work to help support those in our community. By raising funds for both charities, you agree that you are obligated both morally and legally to pay any funds raised to Cancer Society & Hospice in an accurate, honest, and timely manner.
2. Entry
To be eligible to participate in the event you must:
- Participate in the event with a ride on lawn mower or,
- Have paid the full entrance fee; and
- Have completed the online registration or otherwise arranged manual registration; and
- Match the identification details on the entry form (entries are not transferable); and
- Be available to participate on the published date and start time of the Mowsworth Rampage event.
- Further, if you are under the age of 18 you must have written consent from a parent/guardian and have a parent/guardian on your support team.
3. Event Rules
All road rules, event signage, directions of event marshals and police must be always obeyed. You will be travelling on public roads and must share the road with other users. Please remain courteous to other road users. Keep our “in-group” overtaking to a minimum. Please keep to the left of the left lane and remain single file, – other road users must be able to pass you. Please remain between the pilot-vehicle (truck) and the tail-end-charlie. Your lights must be turned on and dipped for the duration of the ride. No mower attachments or fittings that could cause injury to other riders are permitted.
No alcohol – Do not drink and drive.
This is a Smoking and Vape free event.
All Participants and support crews must attend the safety briefing prior to the start.
Thre are one-lane bridges on the route. Please obey the road rules and give way to traffic.
When entering an official stop point, please look out for the cones, signage and marshals directing you where to park.
4. Withdrawals from the Event
If you sign in at the TBA, you are deemed to have entered the event.
If you subsequently do not participate you must advise the Safety Officer that you are a 'Did Not Start'.
Safety Officer Details will be provided to you at registration.
If you start but have to withdraw from the event for whatever reason, you must notify the Safety Officer that you have withdrawn.
If you withdraw from the event and do not notify the Safety Officer, event organisers may initiate a search operation to locate you, and you will be liable for all costs.
5. Responsibilities
Participants need to exercise self-responsibility, sound decision-making and appreciate the inherent risks presented by the activities in the event.
It's not a race or for the faint hearted - it is designed to be the longest, hardest, most gruelling and uncomfortable test of endurance on a lawn mower to raise money and awareness for the chosen charities.
Risks are increased in the Mowsworth Rampage by hazards such as fatigue, equipment selection, weather (cloud cover, sun glare, temperature, wind, rain and snow), participants health and skill levels, noise levels, insects and wildlife, other road users, road works, road surface conditions and unfamiliarity with the course.
Incidents can happen anywhere and at any time and our safety procedures reflect this. We are continually reviewing our systems, as there are always things to learn, but we are confident our procedures are robust. However, if you identify a hazard, either in the lead up to, or during the Mowsworth Rampage , please inform the organisers immediately.
Event changes may be made after you register, so it is important to keep up-to-date with all information provided on our website.
6. Fees and Payments
You agree that:
- The entry fee for the event, as stated on the event page, is due on completion and submission of the entry form.
- In the occasion of the event being transferred to a new format, entry fees will be moved over accordingly.
- In the event of a cancellation, the Cancer Society will offer to refund your registration fees. However, your fundraising gifts will be applied to the Cancer Society’s & Hospice’s supportive care services and are non-refundable.
7. Event Cancellation - Weather
We will ride in pretty much any weather condition providing the road remains open (so be prepared!), however if the event organisers feel that the weather is extreme, and may put riders at risk, the ride may be cancelled prior to leaving Molesworth. Should this happen, the organisers will email or SMS all registered riders with the event cancellation and announce it on our Facebook and website home pages. We will endeavour to give as much notice as possible. Please note that any registration fees paid, and donations are non-refundable in the event of a cancellation or change in route as many of the event costs will still be incurred.
If the weather becomes nasty while on the road, the event will be put on-hold until the weather clears. This is where your support vehicles come into play. If necessary, you will need to load the bikes to your support trailer and travel by car to the next stop (or shelter until the weather improves).
8. Refund Policy
Entries are non-refundable and not transferable to other people. In the event of a cancellation, the event will offer to refund your registration fees. However, your fundraising gifts will be applied to the Cancer Society & Hospice’s supportive care services and are non-refundable.
9. Conditions for entry to participate in the Mowsworth Rampage
I acknowledge and agree that these terms and conditions are subject to change from time to time at the discretion of the Event Organisers. Details of any such changes will be published via the event website, Facebook, emails, detailed in the rider registration pack and other means.
- I understand that the Event Organisers may alter the advertised course, ride briefing or start times for safety or other reasons.
- I agree to abide by the above requirements and with the direction of the event marshals, their personnel, and event representatives.
- I agree to comply with all the directions given on the website www.mowsworthrampage.co.nz entry form, confirmation email, email communications, Facebook page, rider information pack, briefings on the day and course signage.
- I agree to display the mower number on the day to identify me as a registered participant.
- I agree to allow the Cancer Society, Hospice and sponsors to freely use photographs, video and film taken during the event to advertise their products, to promote the event, to fundraise for the Cancer Society & Hospice, or raise awareness of the Cancer Society & Hospice services.
- I understand that participation in this event is at my own risk and I accept full responsibility for assessing all the dangers, hazards and risks of entry in the event and rely solely on my own assessment of these dangers, hazards and risks before participating in the event and notwithstanding any decision thereon made by the event organisers and other persons, corporations and bodies involved, engaged in promoting or staging the event.
- I undertake to obtain adequate skills to negotiate and minimise the risk of the hazards on the course.
I understand the event travels on open public roads. Participants are required to always obey New Zealand traffic law.
- I am fully responsible for my personal belongings at the Mowsworth Rampage event.
- I am in sound physical condition and health, capable of safely participating in the event, and am not aware of any illness, injury, physical disability, impairment, or medical condition that may cause me injury or death during or because of my participation in the Mowsworth Rampage event. By participating, I accept all risks flowing from my participation that could result in loss of life or permanent injury or damage to property.
- Accordingly, I release all persons or corporations associated directly or indirectly with the conduct of the event from all claims, demands and proceedings arising out of my participation and I hereby indemnify them against all liability for all injury, loss or damage arising out of, or connected with any act or omission by me during my participation in this event. This liability, loss or damage includes, but is not limited to, the cost to defend or settle any claim, suit, action, or proceedings brought against the organisers. This release shall extend to and include promoters, sponsors, the organisers of the event and their respective directors, partners, managers, officers, agents, contractors, employees and volunteers including medical and paramedical personnel appointed for the event, the owners, licensees and occupiers of land upon which the event or any part of it is conducted, any statutory body or local authority having control over any land upon which the event is conducted or which is directly or indirectly associated with the event in any manner whatsoever. This release and indemnity continue forever and binds my heirs, executors, personal representatives and assigns.
- I confirm that all clothing, garments, or adornments do not hinder my vision, do not adversely restrict my ability to manoeuvre safely and do not affect the safety of other participants.
- I confirm that I am legally licensed, such license being current and valid on the event date, to ride a mower on New Zealand roads.
- I understand that the Mowsworth Rampage has been developed to be safely completed in one day and has an approved Traffic Management Plan for one day only.
- I understand that limited mower mechanical support will be available. Note: only limited mechanical issues can be repaired.
- I understand and agree that situations may arise during the event, which may be beyond the immediate control of marshals or organisers, and I must continually participate in a safe manner that does not endanger either myself or others.
- I acknowledge that the Mowsworth Rampage is not a race, a speed contest or in any way promoting or encouraging competitiveness against other riders.
The decision of the Event Organisers or his/her representative is final.
- I have made all my support team members aware of these Terms and Conditions of entry and have authority to sign on their behalf.
- All additional riders are also required to read and sign these Terms and Conditions separately.
