Juniors, Youths & TriStars

The Sussex Triathlon 2008 will incorporate races for our junior athletes.

Children that are aged between 15 and 16 (Youths) can compete in the Sussex Triathlon NOVICE race on Sunday 1 June 2008.

Juniors are aged between 17 and 19 and they are allowed to compete in the SPRINT race on Sunday 1 June 2008.

Tristars are aged between 8 and 14 yrs. Please see below for the TriStar distances. The TriStar race is free to enter but spaces are limited. You can enter your child online for 50 pence to cover online charges. If you send an entry form in the post the TriStar race is completey free and shall be funded by adult race entries.

AGES: Please Note age groups work the same as seniors. Therefore the child's age will be their age on 31 December not the age on race day.

TRIATHLON    1 June 2008

CLICK HERE to enter a Youth Race £32   (Youths 15 to 16 yrs can race in the Novice Tri)

CLICK HERE to enter a Junior Race £35  (Juniors 17-19 yrs can race in the Sprint Tri)

CLICK HERE to enter a TriStar £0.50 (8 to 14 yrs)

Full details of the Novice and Sprint distance triathlon (Youths and Juniors) can be found on the main Sussex Triathlon Web Page. Details of the TriStar aquathlon can be found below. The event will be run under the rules of British Triathlon and the organisers have applied for a Triathlon England Race Sanction Certificate.

CLICK HERE for a printable PDF version of the race entry form.

CLICK HERE to view urbanrace event images.

Swim

The swim takes place in the pool at Ardingly college.

Tri Star Start (8 Years) = 50m

Tri Star 1 (9-10 Years) = 150m

Tri Star 2 (11-12 Years) = 250m

Tri Star 3 (13-14 Years) = 400m

Run

The run takes place around the Ardingly College sports field.

Tri Star Start (8 Years) = 600m

Tri Star 1 (9-10 Years) = 1.5k

Tri Star 2 (11-12 Years) = 2k

Tri Star 3 (13-14 Years) = 3k

Parents

Venue

Ardingly College, College Road, Ardingly, Near Haywards Heath, West Sussex. College Road can be accessed at either end from the B2028 which runs in parallel between Ardingly and Haywards Heath.

The nearest train station is Haywards Heath which is approximately 3 miles away from Ardingly College and provides good access from London, Brighton and Gatwick.

Food & Beverages

Refreshments will be available on the day.

Entries

You can enter online via the urbanrace shop which uses secure encrypted technology. Entering online will give you an email confirmation of your race entry. Alternatively you can CLICK HERE for a PDF version of the race entry form which you can send to us with your payment.

The closing date for entries is 20 May 2007 if the event has not sold out before this date. To ensure safety and service we have a limited amount of entrants. The minimum age for entry is 18 years.

What happens once I have entered?

Race instructions will be emailed to competitors around 7 to 10 days prior to the event and will include details of your start time. A start list will also appear on our website prior to the event. For safety reasons swim start times cannot be changed under any circumstances after the publication of the race instructions. Race numbers, security wristband, race programme and goodies will be provided to you at the race registration.

Prizes

Prizes will be awarded for male and females as follows:

Juniors = 1st only.

Youths = 1st only.

Tri Stars = 1st 2nd and 3rd Overall in each of the 4 tristar categories.

Charity

NEW FOR 2008! The Sussex Triathlon is in association with our official race charity SIGHTSAVERS INTERNATIONAL (Registered Charity No: 207544).

Athletes have the option to add a donation to their 2008 race entry fee which will go directly to Sightsavers.

Click Here for more information about the charity.

Help Sightsavers to Fight Blindness

Most of us can understand what it must be like to lose our sight. Imagine how hard it would be to take part in the Sussex Triathlon if you could not see?

There are 37 million people in the world who are blind, 90% of this blindness occurs in the developing world. Yet staggeringly, 75% of all blindness could be cured or prevented, simply and cheaply. This means that over 28 million people are needlessly blind and millions more are at risk of losing their sight.

Sightsavers International works in 33 countries across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean combating blindness and restoring sight through specialist treatment and eye care, and also supports people who are irreversibly blind by providing education, counselling and training. Sightsavers helps people who need it most - those living in poverty in some of the world's poorest countries.

Sponsorship

You can help Sightsavers give the gift of sight by asking your friends, family and colleagues to sponsor you for taking part in the Sussex Triathlon. If everyone who enters raised £50, this would generate £25,000, which could be used to save the sight of almost 1,500 people in developing countries who are blind from cataracts.

With Sightsavers a little bit of money goes a long way. For example:

£50 could save the sight of 10 people suffering from trachoma

£100 could protect 5 communities against river blindness for a year

£500 could provide primary school text books for a child who is blind

£1,000 could pay for a slit lamp which is used to diagnose sight problems

To find out more about the charity or to raise sponsorship while competing in the event please call Jennie Rule in the Corporate Partnerships team on 01444 446661. For more information about the charity please visit www.sightsaver.org

Many thanks to all donations by athletes at the 2007 Sussex Triathlon as we raised £275 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.