Scottish Schools Championship Scottish Championships Youth

Youth

There are plenty of opportunities for young people to participate in triathlon, with events run throughout the season including an Aquathlon Series - combining swimming and running - and the Scottish Schools and Youth Triathlon Championships.

triathlonscotland also runs training camps for the youth and junior athletes on the performance programme and their training has paid off, with the Scottish Youth team performing consistently well in the GB Inter-Regional Youth Triathlon Championships.

Youths and juniors compete in set age group categories, broken down into: eight years; 9-10 years; 11-12 years; 13-14 years; 15-16 years and under 20, with age taken as on 31 December of the year of competition. 

Youth Championship Events & Other events

There are two Championship Events that youngsters can take part in.  The first being the Scottish Schools Championship at Stirling university, organised by Stirling Triathlon Club on 3 June 2012.  The other is the Scottish Youth Championship which will be at Bellahouston Park on 11 August 2012 organised by Fusion Triathlon Club.  Important - to be eligible to win a Scottish national championship title (e.g. Scottish Youth Champion, Age 9-10) participants must be a member of triathlonscotland.  To find out how to join, please click here.

There are other events that Youth can take part in including

25 March - Stirling Youth Duathlon

08 April - East Fife Youth Triathlon
22 April - Pollock Off Road Duathlon
29 April - St Andrews Swim Fest

06 May - Wick Mini Triathlon
13 May - Bishopbriggs Triathlon
tbc May - Edinburgh TATA Kids of Steel Triathlon Event
tbc May - Cupar TATA Kids of Steel Triathlon Event

03 June - Stirling Tristars Try-a-Tri
17 June - Lochore Open Water Triathlon
20 June - Strathallan Midsummer Series Mini Triathlon (1)

18 July - Strathallan Midsummer Series Mini Triathlon (2)
21 July - St Mary's Loch Open Water Aquathlon

04 August - Portobello Open Water Aquathlon
22 August - Strathallan Midsummer Series Mini Triathlon (3)

09 September - Loch Eck Open Water Aquathlon
09 September - Wick Triathlon
16 September - Greens Aquathlon

New youth events are added to the Scottish events calendar all the time, so for the most up to date race information, please visit our events page here.

Aquathlon Series

triathlonscotland works with local clubs to organise the Tristars and Youth Aquathlon Series.  The swim-run events are aimed at introducing children aged 8-16 to a multi-discipline activity, providing a great stepping stone into triathlon.  There are a number of different age categories for youngsters to take part and your age category shall be determined as at 31 December in the current year.

The results for the 2011 aquathlon ranking series have now been calculated, click here to find out your individual and club results.

Distances across the age group categories are:

Category	Age	Swim	Run
TriStars Start	8	50m	600m
TriStar 1	9-10	150m	1500m
TriStar 2	11-12	250m	2000m
TriStar 3	13-14	400m	3000m
Youth	15-16	400m	3000m

 

 

 

 

 

 

The programme of events for 2011 are as follows.

Round	Date	Event Name	Organiser
1	25 March	Boclair Spring Aquathlon	Glasgow Triathlon Club
2	06 May	Balfron Aquathlon	Fusion Triathlon Club
3	19 May	Prestwick Spring Aquathlon	Ayrodynamic Triathlon Club
4	26 May	Eyemouth Aquathlon	Borders Sport & Leisure Trust
5	03 June	Selkirk Aquathlon	Borders Triathletes
6	16 June	Monifeith Aquathlon	Monifeith Triathlon Club
7	24 June	St Andrews Aquathlon	Discover Swimming
8	24 June	Edinburgh Aquathlon	Edinburgh Triathletes
9	tbc July	Inverness Aquathlon	Triathlon Inverness
10	19 August	Edinburgh Aquathlon	Edinburgh Leisure
11	26 August	Bellahouston Aquathlon	Fusion Triathlon Club
12	08 September	Prestwick Aquathlon	Ayrodynamic Triathlon Club
13	16 September	Galashiels Aquathlon	Borders Sport & Leisure Trust
14	30 September	Portobello Aquthlon	Edinburgh RC
15	07 October	West Calder Aquathlon	GRC
16	14 October	Stirling Aquathlon	Stirling Triathlon Club

Any athlete who completes in four or more events can achieve a series ranking with overall positions decided using the competitor's best four events. Points are awarded equally across the series events, with 10 points for a win, nine for second down to one, awarded to every competitor. In the event of a tied position at the end of the series, the standing is shared.

Points are also awarded to the clubs ranking for the Aquathlon Series.  Important - to be eligible to win an overall ranking series award, participants must be a member of triathlonscotland.  To find out how to join triathlonscotland, please click here and apply before 31 May. 

Many of the current performance programme athletes started out competing in aquathlons, but it is also a great opportunity to meet and make new friends.

For further details on the Aquathlon Series or to discuss a youth event at your club, contact Brown Ferguson on 07545 697841 or email brownferguson@triathlonscotland.org