AQUATHLON & SWIM RACE 2018

Come and enjoy a great evening of racing and socialising at Papercourt Open Water Swimming with our Aquathlon & Open Water Swim Race.

Located at Papercourt Sailing Club in Ripley, Surrey we’ve organised an open water aquathlon and swim race to sit alongside our regular Tuesday night swim sessions.

Taking place on the last Friday of July its a great opportunity for local athletes to race and socialise in a safe, well catered, spectator friendly environment. The bar will be open post race for those wanting to relax in the sun with a drink or two and get to know local athletes.

RACES AVAILABLE

SPRINT AQUATHLON

NOVICE AQUATHLON

SWIM ONLY RACES

LOCATION

PAPERCOURT SAILING CLUB

POLESDON LANE

RIPLEY

GU23 6JX

DATE

27th July 2018

TIME

REGISTRATION FROM 5.30PM

RACES STARTS FROM 7PM

THE COURSE

SWIM

The swim takes place in the Papercourt Sailing Clubs lake.

This open water swim features a deep water start racing out along the lake to two turn buoys before returning back and exiting the water via the entry slipway.

There are 4 swim distances available at this lake

  • The 400m swim course shown below as the red dotted line
  • The 750m swim course is shown below with the white line
  • The 1500m timed swim involves two laps of the 750m swim loop.
  • The 3000m timed swim involves four laps of the 750m swim loop.

 

 

AQUATHLON RUN

Straight from transition you will head out through the car park and onto the trails surrounding the sailing club.

We’ve designed a flat picturesque 2 lap trail run around the grounds of the sailing club. The trail is generally good under foot but with some areas of uneven ground.

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RACE DISTANCES

SPRINT AQUATHLON

Swim – 750m

Run – 5km

NOVICE TRIATHLON

Swim – 250m

Run – 2.7km

SWIM ONLY

3000m Swim (4 Laps)

1500m Swim (2 Laps)

750m Swim

400m Swim

EVENT TIMING & TRAVEL

EVENT SCHEDULE

6PM – Registration & transition open
6.50PM Race Briefing
7PM – Warm Up and Acclimatisation (in the water)
7.15PM Race Start
8.00PM-10.30PM Clubhouse Social (Bar open)

TRAVEL

Papercourt Sailing Club is located near the village of Ripley in Surrey. It is about 5 minutes’ drive from the M25 (Junction 10) via the A3 (Ripley exit from the North and Send/Ripley exit from the South).

Polesden Lane
Ripley
Surrey
GU23 6JX

RACE TIMING

The race will be manually timed using Webscorer.

Results will be available shortly after you have completed your run with.

Results for Aquathlon will be available with the following splits

  1. Swim
  2. Transition
  3. Run

Swim Race will be timed from swim start to water exit.

Run Race will be timed on an individual start to spread runners out over the course.

Race Numbers must face forward on the run.

RACE PREPERATION

Papercourt Open Water Swimmings operates on Tuesday nights at Papercourt SC so if your nervous about swimming in open water for the first time or just want a chance to practice in the venue why not get in touch and come down.

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