For 2015 there will be a club championship race calendar, this works on several levels firstly each race forms our points scoring league, your best four results will be counted at the end of the season with the top points scorer winning a club champion age group trophy for men & women.

Secondly it helps novices know what races we are likely to enter and be able to travel, support/help each other, it also is great to be part of a team in an individual sport.

We have tried to cover all aspects of our sport from Aquathlon to Middle distance (half Iron man) to give everyone a chance to have their distance recognised, maybe try something new and score points.

Our age group categories will be split in four as follows:

17 to 35

36 to 49

50 to 65

65+

How are your results calculated?

Take the winners time and divide it by your time, multiply by 100, multiply this by your Age Cat Indices (see below).

Do this for all your races during the current year, add your highest four scores together. For example: Your age is taken as your age on 31st Dec in the current year as per British Triathlon.

Assume you are aged 39 on race day but you will be 40 by New Years Eve. Therefore you are classed as Cat H (40-44) all season.

Winner’s Time = 60m 00 secs Your Time = 80m 00 secs Winners time divided by your time = 0. 75 Multiply by 100 = 75 Multiply by Age Cat Indices Cat H = 1.086 = 81.45. Therefore your score for that race is 81.45

Age Cat Indices

17-18 B 1.111

19-20 C 1.105

21-24 D 1.088

25-29 E 1.074

30-34 F 1.053

35-39 G 1.049

40-44 H 1.086

45-49 I 1.142

50-54 J 1.198

55-59 K 1.250

60-64 L 1.315

70-74 N 1.400

75-80 P 1.425