The objective of the club championship is to:

Provide a means of bringing the club members together through having a common focus of friendly fun!!! To encourage beginners to take their first steps into competition and provide a fair competition for all members.

The championship will run from 10th December 2024 to the 9th December 2025*, and will be open to all paid up members of the club. If you have already completed an event this year then please add it.

* or to the date of the Tri Club Christmas party, whichever is sooner.

COMPETITION

There will be four competitions, a SHORT COURSE & LONG COURSE Championship, sub-divided into a Male & Female Champion in each competition.  Whoever has amassed the most points, will be crowned the winner at the Christmas party.

DISCIPLINES

There are a range of disciplines to compete in, which will earn points towards the championship. Points are awarded by competing in Triathlon's, Aquathlon's, Duathlon’s, (aka Multi Sports) & single swim, bike & run events.

This is designed to encourage more Tri club members to enter different events & promote the club name, whilst earning points for your Championship total.

Each discipline & distance will carry a maximum number of points available towards your Championship total score.

SCORING OVERVIEW

Both the Short and Long championship will have the same points based system.  Points are awarded for each discipline (swim, bike, run), so triathlons and duathlons may attract a higher total points (points ceiling) than a single discipline event.

The points ceiling is a cap on the maximum points you can attain for an event. 

The points floor is the minimum number of points you can attain for an event.  This is set to 1/3 of the points ceiling.

Rate of Decline: Points are calculated based on the athlete’s race finish time behind the first finisher in his/her age group.

SCORING

Swim: Distance in KM * 400

Bike: Distance in KM * 10

Run: Distance in KM * 40

SHORT COURSE EVENTS

The longest distance for Short Course is 1.7 km swim or 50 km Bike or 12 km run.

For a 5km run: 5 *40 = 200

For a Sprint Triathlon (400m swim, 20 km bike and 5km run): (0.4 * 400) + (20 * 10) + (5 * 40) =  560

For a Standard Triathlon (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike and 10km run): (1.5 * 400) + (40 * 10) + (10 * 40) = 1400

LONG COURSE EVENTS

For an Middle distance Triathlon: (1.9 * 400) + (90 * 10) + (21.1 * 40) = 2504

For an Ironman Triathlon: (3.8 * 400) + (180.2 * 10) + (42.2 * 40) = 5010

For a 6.5k swim: 6.5 * 400 = 2600

For a 100 mile (160km) bike ride: 160 * 10 = 1600

For a half marathon (13.1 mile, 21 km) run: 21 *40 = 840

Points Ceiling: Each activity is capped at 3600 points, so the maximum distance you can achieve before your points are capped are; 9 km swim, 360 km ride or 90 km run.

Rate of decline: This has been set at 10 points per minute.

EVENTS

A member can enter as many events of their choice as they wish, however, a maximum limit will be placed on each Championship to encourage fair competition.

You can submit as many events within the championship window as you wish, the best scoring 5 events* (short and long course) will be used towards your overall Championship points.  Once the event limit has been reached, the competitions member will swap out your lowest score for a better scoring event to improve your league table position.

* Multi Sport points are given priority over single event points. 

You can submit single sport events, however we are a Triathlon Club, therefore you have to complete at least ONE MULTI SPORT event in a Championship, in order to win the Championship.  To win you need to:

Short Course.  Complete one sprint or Olympic triathlon/aquathlon/duathlon etc, with up to 4 other events.

Long Course.  Complete one middle or full Ironman distance event, with up to 4 other events.

The championship is designed to encourage competition over the full year, and enable those injured or unable to compete in more than 5 events to have a fair chance to amass points.

LEAGUE TABLE

Points will be added to a league table for each Championship split by female short course, female long course, male short course & male long course categories, and be uploaded to the club Facebook page & updated monthly from April/May.

The leading members in each category & competition at the time of the club Christmas party will be crowned as champion.

AGE GROUP RANKING

It has been recognised that awarding points based on a members time against their peers (age group), creates a fair basis of competition. Typically, each event organiser allocates an age group banding for each competitor (i.e. 40-44 age group, or 40-49 etc.) and will be used to calculate Championship points for each member. In the case of no age group banding or senior / veteran classification, then points will be awarded based on the event organisers categorised results.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RULES

• Only paid up members can enter the Championships. (Typically due February).

• New members will have points allocated from membership joining date, no previous points to be allocated.

• All members to submit their result via the Google form linked at the bottom of this page.

• You can enter both championships (short & long course) if you wish.  The system will allocate your event to the appropriate category.

• A minimum of 1 multi sport event is required in each Championship you wish to win the Championship.

• Your highest scores will be used to determine your overall points, with multi sport scores taking priority over single sport scores.

• Member must provide a link the results page from the recognised event organisers websites when submitting their results in the online forms.

 • Athletes are encouraged to check their points/rankings throughout the year to make sure all of their results are accurate and notify the club of any discrepancies.

 • Championship results to be uploaded to the club Facebook page/email at least monthly.

• In the event of a dispute, the NDTC committee will have the final decision.

NOTE - Rules can be subject to change via consultation and approval from the NDTC committee.

The Championship form can be found at:  2025 Club Championship Form