Club News




13
Apr
2018

Fly Shannon Members Challenge League 2018

Date: 13 Apr 2018 /
Posted by: Club Secretary /

Our Fly Shannon Members Challenge League is back for 2018!  13 races have been identified for the competition – Members can participate in as many races as they like but only FIVE (including the events marshalled) will count towards the overall score. Four of the races will count towards National Series and this year our end of season race will take us to Glin.

TYPE WHERE NS DATE DAY Distance
Race Nenagh 14th Apr Saturday Sprint
Race/Marshall Joey Hannan (UL Arena Limerick) 29th Apr Sunday Sprint/Olympic
Race Carlow Yes 20th May Sunday Sprint
Race Lough Cultra Standard Distance Yes 27th May Sunday Olympic
Race Kilrush 3rd June Sunday Sprint
Race Lough Derg Sprint 16th June Saturday Sprint
Race/Marshall Kilkee (HOTW) 30th June Saturday Olympic
Race Tribesmen Sprint Triathlon Yes 14th July Saturday Sprint/Olympic
Race I-Tri-Ennis Yes 21st  July Saturday Sprint
Race Loughrea Yes 5th August Sunday Sprint
Race Caroline Kearney Standard Distance Westmeath 11th August Saturday Olympic
Race Castleconnell 18th August Saturday Sprint
Race Glin 1st September Saturday Sprint

 

The two LTC club events Joey (April 23th) and HotW (June 30th) are eligible for points for marshalling. 6 points will be awarded for competing in any of the 13 eligible races – choose your best 5 at the end of the season.

Rules & The Fine Print

·        6 points will be awarded for competing in any of the 13 races above – choose your best 5 at the end of the season.

·        An additional 5 points will be awarded for the 1st placed LTC member in the race, with 4 points for 2nd and 3 points for 3rd

·        Any athlete who does not come 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the race but wins their age category (relative to the LTC participants in that race) will receive an additional 2 points

·        8 points will be awarded to those who Marshall in place of competing in the LTC club events

·        An additional 2 points bonus will be awarded to those athletes that compete a standard (Olympic) distance race

·        In the event of a draw, the overall winners will be based on their most number of wins, followed by seconds and then thirds. If there is still a tie the result will be decided by a draw.

·        The Fly Shannon Perpetual Trophy will be awarded to best male and female athlete!

·        The league competition is open to all paid LTC members including Cat 1 athletes.

The Committee will endeavour to ensure all LTC members participating in the races are noted and included in the league. However final responsibility will be on the members to notify results@limericktriathlon.com of any omissions or errors.