Tuesday 27 December 2011

How to Qualify for the GB Age Group Team

Unfortunately (or fortunately, it depends how you look at it!) if you are considering qualification for this team, you currently live in one of the strongest triathlon nation in the world. Great Britain is usually the largest travelling team to any championships, and was on outnumbered in recent years by the Australians when the triathlon world championships were on the Gold Coast in 2009.

The list below details the races that have been outlined as qualification races. British Triathlon change the rules slightly each year, plus they have just (not very successfully) migrated their site to a new look site, which seems to be fraught with problems! So, I can only speak from what has been the case, till now.

You must register interest to qualify with British triathlon at least by the Friday prior to the race you intend to qualify at. For the world championships, to be eligible to qualify you need to be within 115% of your age group winner, and in the top 4. To be eligible to qualify for the European championships you need to be within 120% of your age group winner, and in the top 4. Last year it was top 5, but the web site currently reads top 4, for 2012 European championships in Turkey, so who knows!! The remaining places are issued to anyone who won medals at previous championships, and the 'fastest losers' that were within the qualification time.

The age group section of British Triathlon can be found here

To explore whether you are in with a chance, you could check out last year’s qualifiers results, or the finish times for the world or European championships on the ITU / ETU web site.

Good luck with your 2012 plans.

Qualification events for the GE Great Britain Age Group Team

ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships - Auckland, October 2012
Eton Super Sprints, South East - 20th May 2012
Big Cow Sprint, Emberton Park - 27th May 2012
Bristol Triathlon, South West - 15th July 2012

ITU Standard Distance Triathlon World Championships - Auckland, October 2012
Dambuster Triathlon, East Midlands - 16th June 2012
Shropshire Triathlon, West Midlands - 24th June 2012
Deva Triathlon, North West - 1st July 2012

ITU Duathlon World Championships - Nancy, September 2012
Dambuster Duathlon, East Midlands - 10th March 2012
Oulton Park Duathlon, North West - 24th March 2012
Cambridge Duathlon, Eastern - 15th April 2012

ETU Triathlon European Championships 2013
Bedford Classic, Eastern - 29th July 2012
Strathclyde Triathlon, Scotland - 2nd September 2012

ETU Sprint Triathlon European Championships 2013
Grendon Triathlon, East Midlands - 13th May 2012
Rother Valley, Yorkshire & Humberside - 16thSeptember, 2012

ETU Duathlon Championships 2012
Dambuster Duathlon, East Midlands - 10th March 2012
Clumber Park, Duathlon - 17th March 2012
Oulton Park Duathlon, North West - 24th March 2012

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