Taunton School Junior Triathlon 2025 - Athlete Pack Logo
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  • Welcome Taunton Tri participants,

    We can't wait to see you on the start line on 15-June!

  • From self-marking for the swim at home to virtual race briefings, this pack walks you through the different elements that you need to be aware of prior and during the event:

    • Tabs at the top of this pack allow you to navigate to a specific section. Kick off with the GET READY tab for a timeline of what to do when!
    • The EVENT tab is a one-stop shop for all elements of the event from registration to bike check in, getting changed and post race awards
    • Head to the BRIEFING tab for your mandatory virtual briefing. The notes lay out the race rules while key hazards are marked on interactive maps.

  • Missing any information in this pack? Let us know. Email: ben@intotri.com 

     

  • ATHLETE PACK - TAUNTON TRIATHLON

  • GET READY

  • Know what to expect and come prepared - everyone deserves a great day out!

  •  5 DAYS TO GO

    Follow the instructions on the START LIST tab of this pack to:

    • Look up your start and registration times
    • Confirm that you read the notes on the BRIEFING and EVENT DAY tabs
  •  ON EVENT DAY
    • Self-mark for the start at home (see BRIEFING tab)
    • Bring your ID (adults only) and BTF license if applicable (see EVENT DAY tab)
    • Know where to park and follow one-way system to registration (with bike)
    • Follow bike check-in procedure (see EVENT DAY tab)
    • Wait for your start in spectator zone, marshals will call you forward
  •  3. POST EVENT
    • Awards for each age group will be presented after the finish of the last wave.
    • Results will be posted on the results tab on https://intotri.com/cornish-tri/

  • ATHLETE PACK - TAUNTON TRIATHLON

  • EVENT DAY

  • Find out more about specific elements of the event by ticking the respective boxes below or leave blank to display the full event guide. 

  •  EVENT SCHEDULE
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  •  ARRIVAL & PARKING

  • Please use the official event parking area below.

    • Car Park:
      Taunton School Astro Turf
      College Rd, Taunton TA2 6LX
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  •  REGISTRATION

  • We have streamlined the check-in process to limit queues to an absolute minimum. Upon arrival, please follow the one-way system with your bike and kit to registration. Junior athletes to be accompanied by one parent only.

    • Registration Times: See attached Excel Sheet
    • Location: Denshem Green | Google Pin
      Taunton School, Taunton  TA2 6AD

    ONE-WAY SYSTEM 

    Please follow the yellow arrows from parking to registration and the transition zone. Once registered and set up in transition, proceed to spectator zone to await your start.

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  • REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

    Come prepared and be done in a few seconds to help us avoid queues.

    Step 1:

    • Bring your booking confirmation email.
    • A marshal will check you have body-marked yourself for the start (see BRIEFING tab for details).
    • Note: If you have not paid for a day license online (£2 juniors, you will be asked to produce a valid BTF license, either as a download on your phone or printout. Forgotten or out of date licenses will incur regular day license fees + £1 admin charge (cash or card payment available).

    Step 2:

    Pick up your event pack and safety pins (if needed). The event pack contains:

    • Two race numbers that are worn during the cycle (on your back) and run (in front). Please note any medical conditions or allergies on the back. If using a race belt, please display your race numbers back to back to be visible in case the number flips up.
    • Race belts are available to purchase on the day for £5 if you would like one.
    • A numbered sticker that goes on the front of your head tube. To pick up your bike post event, marshals will check that your sticker matches your race number. No match, no bike.

    Step 3:

    • Pick up your timing chip and velcro strap to be worn around your left ankle - this must be worn throughout all 3 disciplines and will need to be handed in at the finish line (£50 fee for lost chips).
  •  BIKE CHECK-IN

  • Once registered, wheel your bike to transition following the yellow arrows (see map in registration section) along the one-way system.

    Marshals will check your helmet strap and handlebar end plugs before you are allowed to place your bike on your designated rack. You will find your racking number on the Excel spreadsheet that will be emailed to you 2 days before the event.

    Please rack your bike by looping the saddle over the horizontal bar, one bike facing left, next right (4 bikes per rack) and store your kit to the left of your bike (when looking at the rack). Remember, no boxes allowed in transition. A small soft backed backpack is fine but keep your kit to a minimum as space is at a premium.  

    Remember to stick the number label from your event pack to the front of your head tube. To pick up your bike post event, marshals will check that the sticker on your bike matches your race number. No match, no bike.

    Collecting bikes & kit post event:

    Please note, you will be able to pick up your bike at once everyone has finished the bike element of the event. Please check-in and out with the transition marshals to verify that your race number matches the numbered bike sticker.

  •  TRANSITION SETUP

  • HANDY TIPS

    Organise

    When setting up transition, only take the essentials in with you. This will help you get in and out of transition quicker with minimal fuss and stress!

    Visualise

    Transition can often be a busy and sometimes confusing place on event day. Make sure you know your swim exit, bike out & in and run out to help gain those precious seconds! Familiarise yourself with the one-way system and look out for something visual near your bike slot, making it easy to spot when you are running into transition. 

    Prepare

    Make sure your bike is set up in the right gear. You don’t want to be left struggling in the first few meters of the event.

  • TRANSITION MAP

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  •  GETTING CHANGED

  • While participants have access to dedicated changing facilities at the Taunton School Swimming pool from 9:30am onwards, we highly recommend arriving changed for the swim. This will allow you to take off no longer needed layers in the transition zone. Please only keep the gear you need for the cycle and run leg in the transition zone as space is limited. Store unnecessary kit in your car or near registration at you own risk.

     

  •  POST EVENT & PRIZES

  • Please proceed through the finish arch, keeping the finish area clear for other participants to run in. Make sure you take off your chip and place it in the bucket provided. Grab your well earned finish medal and water from the table just past the finish line.  

    There will be water available at the finish area. Please use it to refill your own bike bottle to limit any waste.

    Presentations will be outside at the finish area at approximately 14:30pm with prizes awarded to the 1st to 3rd place winners, male and female, in the following age groups (age as of 31-August of participating year (school year):

    • Year 4, 5 & 6
    • Year 7-8
    • Year 9-10
    • Year 11-13
  •  TIMING & RESULTS

  • You will receive a chip-timing device for the duration of the race. Competitors must wear their allocated chip on their left ankle throughout the event and ensure they place it in the bucket provided at the end of the race. Lost chips are subject to a £50 fee to replace. they are not the property of IntoTri!

    Live results will be available on site but are subject to change. We will upload all timings within 24h of the event to intotri.com

  •  SPECTATORS

  • Spectators are most welcome at Taunton School Junior Triathlon. In Taunton specators are welcome to view from the sidelines around the various courses (see map in registration section above). For safety and security reasons spectators can NOT enter the following areas:

    • Transition zone (exception: bike drop off/pick up for the junior event at certain times for one parent only (marked at registration)
    • Finish line
    • Swimming pool
    • Bike Course
    • Run Course
  •  BE SUPPORTIVE

  • Marshals are placed at strategic points to ensure your safety and keep the impact on other course users to a minimum. Please follow their directions at all times, they are there to make the event enjoyable and safe for all, not to prevent PBs.

    Getting Help

    If you have any problems whilst out on the course, please stay where you are and tell the next competitor that you see. We will get out to you as soon as possible and bring both you and/or your bike back to the finish area. If you see a competitor in trouble please notify a marshal who will be in contact with the organiser via mobile phone.

    Withdrawal

    If you withdraw from the event at any time, please let the event director know as we may think that you are still out on the course and will go to search for you. Contact details: Ben Kent

    M: 07591187058, E: ben@intotri.com

     

  • ATHLETE PACK - TAUNTON TRIATHLON

  • BRIEFING

  • Please familiarise yourself with the briefing notes below, which replace the mandatory race briefing on site. Any last minute announcements from the race director will be displayed on a notice board at registration.

  •  SWIM

  • Start Time: See emailed Excel sheet for approx. time

    • Distances:
    • 100m (Year 4,5&6)
    • 200m (Year 7&8)
    • 300m (Year 9&10)
    • 400m (Year 11-13)
    • Age groups: As of 31-Aug of participating year

  • AT HOME

    Body-mark yourself for the swim at home! Please use a marker pen to:

    • write your race number on the back of your left hand
    • write your transition slot inside your right hand

  • BEFORE THE SWIM

    • Athletes will be placed in starting waves according to their age group
    • The start order is determined by an athlete's expected swim time 
    • Please wait for your allocated wave start time in the spectator zone on the sports field. Marshals will collect each wave and take you to the shoe drop and waiting area at the rear entry of the pool. Please place your kit (if any) next to the number corresponding to your transition slot (written on your right hand) and wait next to the number to be called forward for your swim. 
    • Please follow the one-way system to enter/exit pool area (see map below)

    VENUE MAP

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  • SWIM PROCEDURE

    Competitors enter the pool hall and line up in race number order (written on their left hand). Starting in the water (strictly no diving), participants will be set off in 10 sec intervals (3 sec countdown), completing the approriate number of lengths for their age group. Each athlete will enter the same lane and perform a 'snake' swim. Swimming up one lane, ducking under the lane rope and down the next. Repeating this until the required distance is completed.

    Once completing the right number of lengths (it is up to the athlete to keep count but there will be marshals to correct them if the wrong amount are completed), each competitor will exit the pool and WALK (not run) to the exit door and towards transition.

  • SWIM RULES

    • Start Time: Be on poolside ready to be called forward for your start at least 10 min before your allocated start time.
    • Stroke: Front crawl or breaststroke. For safety reasons, backstroke and butterfly are not permitted.
    • Kit: Goggles and nose clips may be worn. Swim aids, flippers, wetsuits or coverings of lower legs/arms not permitted. 
    • Behaviour: Swimming in a dangerous manner or in a way that impedes others may lead to disqualification after one warning.
    • Overcrowding: Seating is limited on poolside. Please enter the pool hall only once prompted by a marshal.

  • SWIM TO BIKE TRANSITION

    Please obey the no running rule poolside when leaving the water and exit the pool area via the designated route. The time will be taken at transition so the run to transition will be included in your swim time.

    Note: We are operating a dedicated show drop zone outside the pool area as the run to transition is on mixed surface that may become slippery when wet. Please ensure that you take all your kit with you back to transition after your swim.

  •  BIKE

  • Loops - Mini Tri:  2x (Year 4,5&6), 3x (Year 7&8), 5x (Year 9&10), 7x (Year 11-13)

    (All age groups as of 31-Aug of the participating year)

    Participants follow a loop around Taunton School’s front field. This is 100% on tarmac, so road tyres are the fastest way to go. Please stay LEFT at all times unless overtaking.

  • RULES

    • Helmets must be worn and fastened at all times when in contact with your bike.
    • It is the parent’s responsibility to ensure the road-worthiness of their children’s bike.
    • Mount and dismount at designated points and push bike out of/into transition to your allocated slot.
    • Children who do not complete the required number of loops will be disqualified for not finishing the course.

  • THE ROUTE

    The following highlights the key hazards along the Mini Tri bike route to be mindful of, it is NOT a full route description. Please check the interactive map below where these hazards are highlighted as N1-2: 

    1. Merge point, bike out funnel joins course. Adjust speed.
    2. Split point, bike in funnel and subsequent loops. Adjust speed. 

    Any rule violations and inappropriate competitor conduct may result in disqualification in accordance with British Triathlon rules and the event code of conduct.

  • COURSE MAP (interactive)

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  •  RUN

  • Loops - Mini Tri:  1x (Year 4,5&6), 2x (Year 7&8), 3x (Year 9&10), 4x (Year 11-13)

    (All age groups as of 31-Aug of the participating year)

    The Mini Tri run route follows a multi lap course on Taunton School's cricket field. Please note, it is the child’s responsibility to know the route they are required to complete. 

  • Note: There will be marshals at hand at key points along the course; however it is the child’s responsibility to know the route. All children will need to complete the appropriate number of laps according to their age before crossing the finish line.

  • RULES

    • Children who do not complete the required number of loops will be disqualified for not finishing the course.
    • No assistance or pacing is allowed.
    • Running vests/tops must be worn at all times.

  • THE ROUTE

    The following highlights the key hazards along the Mini Tri run route to be mindful of, it is NOT a full route description. Please check the interactive map below where these hazards are highlighted as N1-3: 

    1. Merge point, run out funnel joins course. Take care.
    2. Change of surface from grass to gravel path, slippery when wet.
    3. Split point, finish funnel and subsequent loops. Take care.

    Any rule violations and inappropriate competitor conduct may result in disqualification in accordance with British Triathlon rules and the event code of conduct.

  • COURSE MAP (interactive)

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  •  TRANSITION

  • No assistance is permitted in the transition area (except for marshals helping our youngest participants to unrack their bikes). Please only enter the transition area where instructed to do so when racking your bike before your start as other competitors will already be racing and we do not want any chips being triggered by mistake.

    CHECKLISTS

    Bike out

    • Is your bike number clearly visible on your back?
    • Have you put on your helmet before unracking your bike?
    • Are you following the one-way system?
    • Are you pushing your bike to the mount line?

    Bike in

    • Are you pushing your bike from dismount line into transition?
    • Are you following the one-way system into transition?
    • Have you racked your bike before taking off your helmet?
    • Have you racked your bike where you picked it up from?

    Run out:

    • Is your run number clearly visible on your front?
    • Are you following the one-way system? 

  • TRANSITION MAP

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  •  FINISH

  • Please proceed through the finish arch, keeping the finish area clear for other participants to run in. Make sure you take off your chip and place it in the bucket provided. Pick up your well deserved finish medal. 

    There will be water available at the finish area. Please use it to refill your own bike bottle to limit any waste.

    Presentations will be outside at the finish area at approximately 14:00pm, with prizes awarded to the 1st to 3rd place age group winners, male and female.

  • Please proceed through the finish arch, keeping the finish area clear for other participants to run in. Pick up your well deserved finish medal.

    There will be water available at the finish area. Please use it to refill your own bike bottle to limit any waste.

  •  GENERAL RULES
    • All competitors must adhere to the Triathlon Code of Conduct which is available via the following link: https://www.britishtriathlon.org/competitionrules 
    • Breaking of any British Triathlon rules may result in disqualification
    • The decision of the Race Director / Referee is final
    • No physical assistance of any sort is allowed at any point during the triathlon
    • No MP3 players, iPods, personal stereos or mobile phones are allowed to be used during the race
    • Use of any photographic and video equipment, including mobile phone cameras is prohibited without express permission of the Venue Manager or Race Director
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