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.
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
- Swim
- Transition
- 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.