Hoddesdon Tri- Club

Affiliated to British Triathlon Federation

The objective of the Youth Championship is to encourage representation by club members in events, to encourage experience of events for new members and to generate a friendly atmosphere of competition for our young members.

There will be a male and female winner for each age of five age groups, based on age on 31 Dec 2009. The Age Groups are: Tristart (8 years), Tristar 1 (9-10 years), Tristar 2 (11-12 yrs), Tristar 3 (13-14 years) and Youths (15-16 years). There will also be two Best improver awards (1 male, 1 female) awarded by the Coaches.

The scoring system we use will be something like this:

For each race and time trial a maximum of 50 points will be awarded for the 1st (male and female) in each age group, 47 points for 2nd place, 45 points for 3rd, 44 points for 4th etc.

There will be a total of 5 scores for each junior to give a final total: 2 races (best two out of three) and 3 time trials - cycling, swimming and running. 

The best two scores out of the three races available will be used towards the final score. However any junior that takes part in all three races has a better chance of doing well. 

Each junior must take part in at least one time trial for swimming/running/cycling to get a score for that discipline. There will be a choice of 2 dates for cycling and swimming and 3 dates for running.

In the event of a tie the Rob McLean Youth Triathlon (Cambridge Junior Tri) will be used as the decider – so it is important to take part in this one!

The events:

Races:  2 best scores will count.

• · Rob Mclean Youth Triathlon Sunday 3^rd July 2011.  Entry through Cambridge triathlon club website www.cambridgetriathlonclub.com hurry as this is always very popular and will be fully booked soon
• · Walden Junior Triathlon  it was on Saturday 8th May in 2010 – need to check 2011 date
• · Other events including local Aquathlons
• Time trials:  best score in each discipline will count:
• · Running time trials 
• · Cycling time trials
• · Swimming time trials:  Saturday mornings during training
• YOU are responsible for entering your own selected races. 
  
  If you wish to compete in the Eastern Series competition, please see the Triathlon England HYPERLINK "http://www.triathlonenglandeast.org/"EastHYPERLINK "http://www.triathlonenglandeast.org/" website.

Equipment

The essential equipment for giving triathlon a go comprises nothing more than a swimming costume and goggles, a pair of trainers, vest or T-shirt to wear for the cycle and the run, a bike and a cycling helmet. For training sessions the only addition is suitable clothing for running and cycle training.

A mountain bike is fine though swapping the knobbly tyres for smooth ones is a cheap and simple upgrade that will make a huge difference.  Though many of our juniors have now moved onto road bikes they all, without exception, started on mountain bikes.

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