About South West Series

Welcome to Triathlon England South West in one of the most exciting year’s for sport in this country.  Olympic year 2012.  Let’s hope the legacy will be here for years to come.  Develop, perform, aspire.

The SW Region is one of the largest and geographically diverse regions within the 11 regions. The SW comprises: Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

This website is solely for Childrens Triathlon in the South West. The South West Regional website can be accessed via http://trienglandsw.org/.

The SW Region co-ordinates with events taking place for inclusion into a series of competitive races. The Tri-Star, Youth and Junior Series for the 2012 season known as South West Series (SWS) consists of designated points scoring races and Championship races.

The Series is here to help develop aspiring athletes and to nurture talent. To this end races have been selected with this in mind.

The SWS will be a competition in its own right combined with the selection for Triathlon England South West Inter Regional Championship Team, known as Team South West competing at the British Triathlon Inter Regional Championships (IRCs) at the end of the season. (Refer to IRC Team 2012). Included in the SWS will be the SW Championship races.

The race categories for the SWS, SW Champs and IRC Qualifier (TS2 and above) are:

Tri-Star 1 TS1 9-10 years

Tri-Star 2 TS2 11-12 years

Tri-Star 3 TS3 13-14 years

Youth YTH 15-16 years

Junior JNR 17-19 years (B&C)

Please note Tri-Star Start (8 years and under) will not be included in the race series and will therefore not score points. This is so they can enjoy the race and begin to understand triathlon and its technicalities.

Tri-Star 1s will have a number of events to choose from to further develop their understanding but will have the opportunity to be part of their own SWS but this will not include open water or draft legal racing. However this does not stop individuals entering such events.

Tri-Star 2, 3 and Youth will experience open water and draft legal cycle racing with a view to performance and an opportunity to be selected for team South West at the IRCs.

Juniors will continue to develop with their move into Sprints (adult races) which includes road racing and therefore will have their own Series.

We encourage you to take part in and support as many races possible and we wish you all the best for the forth-coming season.

SWS & SW Championship Race Eligibility:

Races are open to all athletes of the correct age as of 31 December 2012. To be eligible athletes will be either / and / or a member of

• Triathlon England South West (TESW)
• living in the SW region
• a paid up member of a SW Club

and will be Registered to race with the Junior Series Officer (JSO). Please go to the Registration page to register your intent to race.

Auto-Registration: For those that completed the SWS criteria in 2011 they do not need to re-register in 2012. They have been automatically registered and it has been assumed they will compete in 2012 unless otherwise advised.

If for any reason you do not intend to compete please email the JSO to be removed. For those that did not complete the SWS then please re-register.

Race Entry:
You will need to enter each race individually through the appropriate event organiser.

Participants are responsible for:
• entering events
• paying their own entry fee for each event

NB. Designated races may have to be changed at late notice dependant on circumstances. This will be at the discretion of the JSO and therefore the JSO cannot be held responsible for any costs incurred.

SWS Scoring:
The scoring system used for the SWS will mirror that used by the British Youth & Junior Super Series . See SWS Scoring Table below.

Points will be awarded dependant on your finishing position at each race in relation to the first placed SW athlete. Your final series score will be calculated using your three best scores added together, satisfying the criteria for each category shown below. The winner will be the athlete with the highest overall score.

• Tri-Star 1

An athlete’s best 3 results will count towards their final series score of which will include　1 triathlon.

• Tri-Star 2 & Tri-Star 3

An athlete’s best 3 results will count towards their final series score of which　1 will be triathlon and 1 open water race.

• Youth & Junior

An athlete’s best 3 results will count towards their final series score

Results:
An athlete must be registered prior to the points scoring race to score in the SWS.

In the case of a tie for first place in the series, then the fourth race will be added. If only 3 races entered then the head to head races will be counted.

The series results will be co-coordinated by the JSO and published on this site.

SW Championship Races:
These races will be incorporated within the SWS Series of races where the Champion will be the first registered SW athlete past the post and are identified in the Race Calendar.

All races are sanctioned by the BTF and therefore competitors and spectators will abide by the rules of the Federation, SWS and local organiser rules.　 All events will have a Race Day Referee who will have the final decision on the day.

Prizes:

The SWS Winner for each male and female category will be awarded a trophy. The Trophy remains the property of TESW and shall be returned by 31 August of the following season.

Presentations:

All athletes completing the SWS criteria of races (3 from 5) will be invited to join Triathlon England South West for the TESW Presentation weekend at the end of the season.

SWS Scoring Table

Position	Points
1	800
2	740
3	685
4	633
5	586
6	542
7	501
8	464
9	429
10	397
11	367
12	339
13	314
14	290
15	269
16	248
17	230
18	213
19	197
20	182

develop, perform, aspire