One month to go until Club Relays festival of fun!

With a month to go until the Triathlon England Club Relay Championships in Nottingham places are filling fast. The Club Relays take place at the National Water Sports Centre, 24-25 August and are open to teams of four who will compete together to each complete a 400m swim, 15km flat traffic-free bike and 5km run.

As well as clubs, teams of four friends, work mates, relatives or individuals can get together to join the festival atmosphere of the event with 2,400 triathletes. New for 2013 we have also added prizes in a new top trade team category – if you manage or represent a shop or sponsored team please get in touch via [email protected] to enter into that category and compete for the title of top trade team.

There are national titles up for grabs in various age categories of men’s, women’s and mixed teams. To compete for national titles all four members of the team must be registered members of Triathlon England and compete in the appropriate wave start for their category.

However, open teams can compete in any wave, so despite the fact that the mixed wave is starting to get full up on Saturday morning, mixed teams can compete in either of the other two waves that are available.

The Club Relays are now in their 23^rd year – we started running the event back in 1991! Many chose to camp on site and there’s an event expo as well as numerous facilities on site (including the bar!)

The city centre of Nottingham is also just two miles down the road for those that prefer the comfort of a hotel room and refinement of a nice restaurant. We’re looking to sort out some hotel discounts this week if we can.

There is a definite emphasis on fun at the Club Relays, with many teams competing in fancy dress as well as those racing for every single second to try to win national titles. Many athletes also compete more than once, choosing to take part in mixed as well as men’s or women’s teams.

There are limited places available in the Mixed Team event on Saturday morning, so anyone wishing to enter that category is encouraged to do so quickly!