Fly Shannon Members Challenge League 2019

We are excited to announce the LTC Members Challenge League for 2019.  Now in it’s fourth year, the League is run to encourage members to take an active role in marshaling club events, compete in local races, and encourage some friendly rivalry and banter. The Overall winners (male and female) will be awarded the Fly Shannon Perpetual Trophy, with plenty of other category prizes too (Rookies, Vets, Juniors, Age groups). We will update the table after each event so you can see how you are doing relative to your friends and Club-mates! Tables are available to the right hand side of the page, numbered and dated to show you the progress….

Nine races have been identified for the competition – Members can participate in as many races as they like but only FIVE (including the events marshaled) will count towards the overall score.

The LTC club events Joey (May 12th) and HotW (June 29th) are eligible for points for marshaling. 6 points will be awarded for competing in any of the 9 races  – choose your best 5 at the end of the season.

Also included will be Loughrea, Castleconnell & Glin Sprint

Rules & The Fine Print

·       This year the rules and races are the same as the 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:

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.

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

The Committee will endeavor 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.