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25
Mar
2019

Tri Munster League – Rules & prizes

Date: 25 Mar 2019 /
Posted by: Communications /

ELIGIBILITY

  • Athlete must be a 2019 member of a TI affiliated triathlon club. Any club, not just one of the races in the 2019 Tri Munster League
  • Athlete must finish the race to receive points
  • Athlete must finish at least four races

RACES

The TRI Munster League consists of 9 triathlons of various distances: Sprint, Standard, & Middle distance. The qualifying races & dates for 2019 are as follows:

Joey Hannan 12-May-19 Standard
Up the Creek 02-Jun-19 Sprint
Centra Fastnet 08-Jun-19 Sprint
Lough Derg 15-Jun-19 Sprint
Hell of the West 29-Jun-19 Standard
The King of the Hill 27-Jul-19 Sprint
Tri Kingdom Come 03-Aug-19 Sprint
The Edge Sports Blackwater 11-Aug-19 Standard
The Lost Sheep 31-Aug-19 Middle

Note where races host several distances, only the distance listed above qualifies towards the TRI Munster League

SCORING

Athletes accumulate points in two ways, by finishing one of the qualifying races and by placing 1st 2nd or 3rd in their Age Group (AG), male or female. Male and female age groups go in decades, >20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+. AG placing is based on eligible Athletes only and not necessarily all those finishers in each age groups

For example, Athlete A finishes 1st in their AG and Athlete B finishes 2nd. However, Athlete A is not a 2019 member of a TI affiliated club and therefore does not qualify for the TRI Munster League. Athlete B is awarded 1st place for Tri Munster Scoring.

The points awarded for finishing and for AG placing are as follows:

Finishing: Sprint 6
Standard 8
Middle 10
AG: 1st 5
2nd 3
3rd 1

The top four results from any of the nine races count for your cumulative score. There is no limit on how many races an Athlete can do, but only four races count toward the Athlete’s overall league score.

In the event of a tied total score at the end of the league, the Athlete with the most age group wins will be declared the winner. That can be counted back to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. places as required.

PRIZE MONEY

Prize money is awarded equally to male and female winners as follows.

1st Overall €400
2nd Overall €300
3rd Overall €200
1st AG €100

If an Athlete wins an overall prize, they are not eligible for the Ag prize.

Prize money will be distributed to the winners Club who will then present the prize to their Athlete(s) at either the club AGM, Christmas party or similar.

CLUB CUP

As well as individual scoring there is also a Club Cup. The TRI Munster League Club Cup will be awarded to the club with the highest cumulative points among the club’s top two male, and top two female club members.

DISCLAIMER

TRI Munster League overall & AG placing and prizes are completely separate from the placing and prizes of the participating races.

TRI Munster League 2019 Rules