The full BJA regulations were revised last year to comply with the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) and UK Sport model rules.  Click here to download a copy of the current BJA rules. 

Please note when you become a member of the BJA you agree to abide by these anti-doping rules.

Key Anti-Doping Issues

Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)

Whenever you take any medication, it is your responsibility to check that it doesn’t contain any banned substances on the Prohibited List. If you are competing in national or international competitions you should explain to your Doctor that you could possibly be drug tested, and therefore you need to check all medications against the Prohibited List, using the Drug Information Database on the UK Sport website: www.uksport.gov.uk/did

Sometimes you may have no choice but to take medication that does contain a banned substance. If this happens, and you are competing at a high level it is imperative that you apply for a TUE straight away (in case you are drug tested at any stage).

There are two different types of TUE forms available, so to obtain the correct TUE application form you will need to contact Jo Duff (the BJA's Doping Control Officer) and explain what substance you need to take. Jo will then send you an application form which you must complete and get signed by the Doctor that issued you the medication. You should then send the completed form into Jo at BJA Head Office. We will check that the form is completed correctly and send it off to UK Sport for approval.  Once UK Sport approve your application they will send you notification (usually within 15 days of receipt).

It is very important that you keep a copy of your application and the notification from UK Sport in a safe place, and take it with you to squad training and any competitions where you may be drug tested as proof that you have a TUE.

Whereabouts Information

All players receiving World Class Podium funding automatically become members of the BJA National Testing Pool and are therefore expected to provide whereabouts information to UK Sport for anti-doping and out-of-competition testing purposes. UK Sport have an online system that you have / or will be given individual access to, and it is very important that you log on and update you whereabouts information regularly. Failure to do so constitutes an anti doping rule violation, and means that you are at risk of receiving a sanction / penalty.

If at any stage you have any problems using the whereabouts system please call the UK Sport Drug Free Sport helpline on 00 8000 943 7378 immediately. 

Further Information

For further information on any anti-doping issues please visit the UK Sport web site www.uksport.gov.uk or contact Jo Duff, the BJA's Anti-Doping Officer, on joduff@britishjudo.org.uk

Links

World Anti-Doping Association:   www.wada-ama.org/en/

UK Sport:  www.uksport.gov.uk

100& ME: www.100percentme.co.uk/home.php