The dates for the 2010 Sligo Tri Club swim series have been announced. The races take place on the 23rd May, 6th, 13th & 23rd June.
Details and updates can be found on the Swim Series Homepage.
We had over 50 swimmers take part in what was a very successful series last year (see the newspaper report on the 2009 races).
The club would ask all swimmers to support the series by taking part, for another open water race like this you have to go to
The races are time handicapped so the slower swimmers go first meaning everyone's in with a chance of winning. Handicaps are recalculated each week based on previous weeks results.
Distances start off at a very manageable 750m (Sprint Tri Swim) up to 1500m for the last one.
Points are awarded each week for your position with prizes given out at the end based on total points in the league at bbq in Harry's bar.
It's your best 3 from 4 races that count for points.
The club would encourage improving swimmers to take part as the races will help you get used to open water swimming at the start of the tri season. 750m is 30 lengths of the sports complex pool so it's very doable.
If you're interested in taking part Contact – Shane, sligocitytriathlon@gmail.com, cost will be in the region of €20 which includes all four races.
