Brace yourselves for a vital Greater Springfield Duathlon course and winter race this Sunday, 23 July 2017, at Springfield Central’s Robelle Domain. This is an annual event supported by the Springfield Land Corporation and the Ipswich City Council. The duathlon serves as a qualifying race for the Triathlon Australia Age Group ITU World Championship. Qualifiers are to participate in next year’s Fyn ITU Multisport World Championships in Denmark.
It will indeed be a challenging event for the racers. Nevertheless, it will still be a safe race to enter for first-timers. Varying distances of duathlon categories are all age-appropriate, namely: Standard for ages 18-years-old and above at 10km, 40km, or 5km; Sprint (14 yrs + at 5km, 20km, 2.5km); Enticer (12 yrs + at 1.5km, 8km, 1.5km); and Kids & Mini Kids (7 – 13 yrs at 250m, 1.5km, 6km). Standard and Sprint participants can choose to run as an individual or by a team. Each team must have two to three persons only.
Points System
Members of this winter event will be ranked in accordance to a points system. Two race types are available for ranking: the Queensland Championship Races and the Nissan State Series Races. For participation, each Triathlon Queensland member will be awarded one point. Also, kids or junior participants in races that are not timed will each be given participation points per entry.
Entries and Prices
The Greater Springfield Duathlon at Springfield Central accepts online entries only until 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, 19 July. Participants will receive their respective surnames on their race bibs if they enter prior to 8:00 a.m. Monday, 17 July. Regular and prompt entries are priced at $27.50 to $95 depending on the membership and age-appropriate race category.
Late entries are still accepted from 4:01 p.m. Wednesday, 19 July, until 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, 22 July. After the cut-off period for the submission of online entries, late entries can be made via the Triathlon Queensland office. Late registrations are also welcome on the afternoon of 22 July until the exhaustion of allocations. Prices for late entries will immediately apply once the online submission is cut off. Late entry prices are at $37.50 to $115 depending on membership and category too.
Active members in the Triathlon Australia (TA) receive exclusive membership discounts when submitting entries. Non-members incur the additional cost of a one-day membership fee inclusive of race insurance. Meanwhile, all participants in a team are required to be TA members to qualify for the TA team entry discount. Each entry includes race numbers, timing, medical support or assistance, on-course Aid Station, and a post-event recovery area at the finish.
Only two types of TA memberships are considered valid in order to join the event. They are the Annual membership and the One Day membership (ODM). Annual members for the 2017/2018 season are required to indicate their respective membership numbers upon entry. Those who are not annual members will have to go with the non-TA member race entry stated above. On the other hand, those under TA’s Tri Before You Buy (TBYB) offer will need to have the ODM at the least in order to participate in the event.
For Greater Springfield Duathlon inquiries, memberships, and entries or late registrations, the Triathlon Queensland office may be contacted on (07) 3369 9600. You may also address an email to event organiser Emma McCarthy at events@qld.triathlon.org.au.
