- Event description:
The Mini-Series is a series of 10 Wednesday night, club triathlon races. New Members can join on the night, by filling out a Membership Form. The course is based around Oundle Swimming Pool. Registration from 6:45pm.
NOTE: The BTF's Drafting rule has now been extended to 10 metres.
There will be two waves: a Novice wave with a 200-yard swim, and a regular wave with a 400-yard swim for everybody, novice and experienced alike.
Some good news; this year, the BTF have relaxed their insurance demands, and non-members can now compete again!
Non-members can do two mini-series triathlon's before becoming a member ... and, their is a New Members Subscription to the Membership Form that costs £25 for Membership including one free race (for new members only).Their will be 2 swim waves, with different distances. The bike and run courses will be the same.
NOVICE WAVE: Swim - 200 yards. 4 lengths of the pool.
Regular wave: Swim - 400 yards. 8 lengths of the pool.bike - 10 miles. 1-circuit around Glapthorn, Upper Benefield, Lower Benefield and Oundle. A couple of nasty climbs, but 1-mile of twisty decent around the Benefield's and a 40mph stretch just before the Golf Course!
run - 3.5 miles. Out to Glapthorn and back the same way.
There is a Trophy (male and female), with your best 5 Mini-Series Races to count.
Your best 3 Mini-Series also count towards the Club Championships.- More details:
- Download competitor briefing
- When:
- Wed, 6th July 2016 at 7:30 p.m.
- Kit list:
A Bike Helmet is compulsory (to BS, Snell or Ansi standards).swim goggles.
running shoes.
A lot of competitor's now compete in a PACTRAC Tri-suit. They cost the club nearly £80 but are available for members to purchase at just £40.- Entry fee:
- £10.00
- How to enter:
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Entry is on the night.Arrive before 7:00pm to set up your Transition. Registration is from 6:45 to 7:20pm. Briefing 7:20pm. 31 or more entries may result in 2 waves being run. First wave starts 7:30pm.
Please read the event briefing before registering. A condition of registration is to have read the full briefing.
Any breach of the rules, in particular drafting, will result in a DQ. The committee reserves the right to prevent any member competing in subsequent club events for breach of the rules.
PLEASE NOTE:
YOU MUST STAY AT LEAST 10 METRES BEHIND THE BIKE IN FRONT, UNLESS YOU INTEND TO OVERTAKE, IN WHICH CASE YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO DO SO. (BTF Rules have changed for 2016 and the Draft Zone has been increased from 7 to 10 metres).
Races at this event
Mini series
The course record was set by Nathan Tweedie on Wed, 28th June 2017 with a time of 0:45:55. View the leaderboard for this course.
Competitor | Swim | Cycle | Run | Total time | Personal best | |
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1st | Paul Vernon | 0:06:12 | 0:23:02 | 0:20:15 | 0:49:29 | |
2nd | Wayne Stainsby | 0:05:29 | 0:25:08 | 0:21:54 | 0:52:31 | |
3rd | Nicholas Forscutt | 0:06:29 | 0:26:32 | 0:24:13 | 0:57:14 | |
4th | Aaron Godden | 0:06:27 | 0:26:38 | 0:24:46 | 0:57:51 | |
5th | Steve Hope | 0:06:07 | 0:26:45 | 0:25:17 | 0:58:09 | |
6th | Simon Guerin | 0:05:31 | 0:26:18 | 0:27:21 | 0:59:10 | |
7th | Jeremy Thompson | 0:07:25 | 0:26:58 | 0:25:35 | 0:59:58 | |
8th | Gary Shoemake | 0:06:16 | 0:26:54 | 0:27:51 | 1:01:01 | |
9th | Ali Brightey | 0:07:01 | 0:30:25 | 0:23:52 | 1:01:18 | PB |
10th | Christina Cork | 0:06:31 | 0:27:27 | 0:28:02 | 1:02:00 | |
11th | Petro Bartoszyk | 0:04:55 | 0:30:22 | 0:26:52 | 1:02:09 | PB |
12th | Paul Jephcott | 0:07:05 | 0:27:57 | 0:28:07 | 1:03:09 | |
13th | Chris Waghorn | 0:06:28 | 0:28:27 | 0:28:22 | 1:03:17 | |
14th | Sue Burnett | 0:06:52 | 0:30:04 | 0:26:26 | 1:03:22 | PB |
15th | Hannah Bassett | 0:06:07 | 0:31:10 | 0:26:17 | 1:03:34 | |
16th | Simon Taylor | 0:08:03 | 0:27:55 | 0:28:35 | 1:04:33 | |
17th | Nicholas Partridge | 0:06:45 | 0:26:16 | 0:38:38 | 1:11:39 | |
18th | Steve Harris | 0:07:17 | 0:31:29 | 0:32:55 | 1:11:41 | |
19th | Georgina Jennings | 0:07:46 | 0:30:36 | 0:33:45 | 1:12:07 | |
20th | Debora Leininger | 0:08:00 | 0:42:49 | 0:37:48 | 1:28:37 |
Novice Only Triathlon
The course record was set by Thomas Gulland on Wed, 1st June 2011 with a time of 0:58:52. View the leaderboard for this course.