Piranha and Belpark Triathlon Clubs are pleased to announce….. the second….Inter-club Time Trial Series!!!

What is it?
This is a series of 4 TT training events held on open roads over three venues, in the months of March and April. The aim is to help participants prepare for the upcoming triathlon season

For Whom?
The TT is open to ALL levels of cyclists and we would encourage club members to participate as much as possible. The series will be open to 30 club members from each of club (a max of 60 in total for safety reasons). The only cost to participants is a nominal fee of €2 per person per event in order to help off-set the cost of St John’s ambulance – with the two clubs picking up the remaining cost equally between them.

Is there a prize??!

Yes- the winners in both male and female categories will each receive the series winning trophy – along with 12 months of boasting rights in the winners respective club!!

Marshalling:

The success of this series is predicated on the participation of club members as cyclists – but also as volunteer marshals (8 or 9 needed for each event 4 from each club). With that in mind anyone who wishes to participate in any of the events must also be prepared to marshal in at least one of the events.

Participants can suggest a date on which they are prepared to marshal and the organisers will seek to satisfy the preferences on a best endeavour basis

Where??

Details of the courses can be found below along with maps. Events will take place early Saturday mornings at 08:30 am in a bid to be off the open roads as early as possible to avoid being a nuisance to general traffic.

   1. Sunday, March 9th 08:30 – N2 Route

    Map: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/354533011

Parking: The White House Pub: Ready to ride at 08:30am
Coffee after in The White House

    2. Saturday, March 22nd, 08:30 – N11 Route

    Map –  http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/354538277

Parking: Triathlon Ireland HQ – Glencormack Business Park – Kilmacanogue
Ready to ride at 08:30am. Coffee after in Avoca, next door

  3. Saturday, March 29th, 08:30 – N2 Route

     Map: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/354533011       

Parking: The White House Pub: Ready to ride at 08:30am
Coffee in The White House afterward

  4. Saturday April 12th, 08:30 – Hill Climb TT route Three Rock

    Map – http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/354541495          

Parking: at Taylors Three Rock 08:30am
Refreshments and trophy presenting in Taylors afterward (if it’s open at that time???)

The Rules!!!

Participants are advised that although these are purely training events that the rules of the road must be adhered to at all times and that the etiquette of TT cycling should be adhered to

• No bunch cycling/drafting
• Over-taking only on the correct side (right hand side)
• Call out to advise other participants of indication to over-take
• All participants must be club members of Belpark TC or Piranha TC, fully registered with Triathlon Ireland and hold a valid 2014 licence.
• Failure to provide evidence of this will result in non-participation.
• Participants are required to be on-site at the starting time of each event and must have completed a sign-on (disclaimer) sheet noting that they undertake the event at their own risk.
• Although these are purely training events we will add scores to each participant with the best 3 scores being added to a league table. Scoring will be based on times with fastest time getting 1 point, 2nd fastest 2 points, 3rd fastest 3 points etc
• There will be prize giving event in Taylors, Kilmacanogue following the last event in the series on April 9th.

What next??

Fill out the form below with the following details: 

• Name
• Club
• TI number
• Dates you definitely wish to race
• Dates you are prepared to marshal with a preferred date highlighted
• Contact details (email and phone number)
• The time it takes you to complete 20K in cycling TT

Click here to be taken to the form

Please watch your respective club website for further details as they become available