PAPERCOURT AQUATHLON & SWIM SERIES 2017
Come and enjoy a great evening of racing and socialising at Papercourt Open Water Swimming with our Aquathlon & Open Water Swimming Series.
Located at Papercourt Sailing Club in Ripley, Surrey we’ve organised a series of open water aquathlon and swim events to sit alongside our regular Tuesday night swim sessions.
These events take place on the last Friday of the month and are a great opportunity for local athletes to race and socialise in a safe, well catered, spectator friendly environment.
These monthly races are identical each month so it’s also a great way to see how your fitness is improving throughout the season.
RACES AVAILABLE
SPRINT AQUATHLON
NOVICE AQUATHLON
SWIM & RUN ONLY RACES
LOCATION
PAPERCOURT SAILING CLUB
POLESDON LANE
RIPLEY
GU23 6JX
DATE
26th MAY 2017
30th JUNE 2017
28th JULY 2017
25TH AUGUST 2017
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.
Its then just a short run to transition where you will start your run.
There are 3 swim distances being completed on our lake course
- 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.
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
1500m Swim (2 Laps)
750m Swim
400m Swim
RUN ONLY
5km Trail Run
PICTURES FROM PAST YEARS
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 PREPARATION & RACE TIMING
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.
WHAT DO YOU GET WITH YOUR RACE ENTRY
A WELL RUN RACE
ELECTRONIC TIMING & LIVE RESULTS
FREE EVENT PHOTOS
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Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control we have been forced to cancel the Aquathlon series for 2017.
We will update this page with dates for 2018 once available.