Well done to all participants!  Click here for 2017 results.

Welcome:

After a successful first year, Live Active Leisure are happy to announce they will be running the Strathearn Youth and Junior Aquathlon again in 2017. The event will take place at Strathearn Community Campus on Saturday 24th of June. Live Active Leisure deliver a number of successful events over the course of the year in various locations around Perthshire and are delighted to add this to their ever-growing Portfolio.

About the event:

• What do I need to take part? You will need swimming costume/trunks or Tri-suit, swimming goggles are recommended, trainers, shorts & T-shirt (if you want to change in transition)
• Race Distances and age groups will be:

Please note that age categories are based on your age on 31 December each year. For example, if you are age 8 on race day, but will be age 9 by 31 December, you will be in the age 9-10 category.

Event Charges:

• £12.00 BTF/TS member  £15.00 non-member this includes race memento.

Facilities:

The event centre is based at Strathearn Community Campus which provides the additional support facilities required.

There are plenty of shower and changing facilities with storage lockers. These will be clearly signed for Aquathlon and include communal pool changing and male & female dry side changing rooms. You will need £1 or 50p for the lockers which is refundable.

Strathearn Community Campus has a café which sells a variety of hot and cold snacks such as Panini’s, toasties, sandwiches and home baking.

There is car parking at the campus with entry from the Pittenzie road only, the over flow car park access is from Monteath Street and the second overfolow car park can be found at Crieff Primary School off Broich Road around 300m form the Event Centre.

Medical Cover:

There will be a robust medical plan in operation with plenty of Medical provision throughout the event with First Aiders on site at all times.

Event Schedule:

The table below is a guide to the timings for the Aquathlon and will be confirmed after entries close.

Registration:

Registration will be from 10:45 to 12:15 in the 3 court hall in Strathearn Community Campus.

Race Briefing:

Race Briefing will 12:30 for all athletes

All participants must attend a briefing which will be held in the assembly hall (The Tryst) at Strathearn Community Campus. We welcome parents to be present at the briefing.

Swim:

The swim is a 40m (2 lengths Age 8), 120m (6 lengths age 9-10), 200m (10 lengths age 11-12), 320m (16 Lengths age 13-16) 
There will be 4 lanes, 4 athletes per lane in each heat.

Athletes will be placed in heats according to their age group and your estimated swim times, younger heats going off first. You will be set off at 5 second intervals according to your allocated swim hat colour. You must not overtake slower swimmers within your lane. If you are faster than the swimmer in front of you, touch their feet and the slower swimmer must allow you to overtake at the turn.  A lap counter will indicate 2 lengths to go by “tapping” your head or feet if you use tumble turns, with a swim float. Do not argue with the lap counter, you have swum your distance when they tell you.

Transition:

Transition is in a section of the campus car park. Each athlete will be given a race number which needs to be on the front of their running shirt or tri suit. Athletes put their running kit by the rack which has the same number. After the swim the participants will run out the campus through a fire exit from pool side and into the Car park to the transition area where they will have put on tariners and any other race kit required

Run:

Run routes are to be advised and will be available on the race web site at www.liveactive.co.uk shortly.

Age Category awards:

The presentation will take place in the Assembly Hall at Strathearn Community Campus and an estimated time for this will be published once we confirm the number of heats. 

1st,2nd & 3rd Boy Tristars Start 1st,2nd & 3rd Girl Tristars Start 1st,2nd & 3rd Boy Tristars 1 1st,2nd & 3rd Girl Tristars 1 1st,2nd & 3rd Boy Tristars 2 1st,2nd & 3rd Girl Tristars 2 1st,2nd & 3rd Boy Tristars 3 1st,2nd & 3rd Girl Tristars 3 1st,2nd & 3rd Boy Youth 1st,2nd & 3rd Girl Youth

spreadsheet RESULTS 2016 (58 KB)