In essence: your best four performances in club kit from amongst the eligible events give you a league position. Different length events carry different points. For fuller rules & scoring process - for example, you can only count two sprints and one long event - scroll down below the list of eligible events.

Eligible events for 2011

Any single "long" event [100]
You can submit any single "long" event result but the event must be based on the WTC distances of 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike & 26.2 mile marathon run. Also, you must provide a full set of results in a format that we can use to calculate your points.
Examples:

Rules & scoring

The ITCH League continues as ever to be mainly for fun, to give a focus for training, and to help increase the presence of the club in the region.  There are no prizes for league results, just a warm glow for seeing how much you've improved - or avoided slowing down with age!

Click here for 2010 standings
Click here for 2009 standings
Click here for 2008 standings
Click here for 2007 final standing

Having considered feedback, I have extended the league from last year to include events which count toward the regional league (see http://www.triathlonenglandeast.org/) and have even added another national championship event - the Cowman 70.3.

I am concerned that this has left the league is sprint-heavy. However, rather than dropping sprints from the league which people have already entered, I have introduced a limit on the number of different sprints which any individual can count toward the league.

Scoring

You score league "points" for each event, based on your time compared to the "40th percentile" time, and the difficulty of the event as identified by its "tariff".

The tariff for an Ironman is 100 points. If you are in the top 40% of the finishers you will score 100 or more points, if you are in the remaining 60% you will score less than 100. Shorter events score fewer points.

Your ranking will be based on your best four relative results chosen from eligible events. However, you can only count your single best "long" event [tariff 100], and you can only count your two best sprints [tariff 80]

The rules

Any member can be included in the league but for an event to count toward your score, you must compete in club kit. "Club kit" can be anything sourced from the club - a running vest, a gillet, a cycle jersey, a tee-shirt, etc - provided that at least the top is recognisably Ipswich triathlon club kit for the bike and run. (If you have just joined the club and have had to order an item which is currently out of stock, the club kit rule will be suspended in your case until your kit arrives but you must identify yourself to other members at events so they know who they are racing.)

Some people have asked about buying more expensive tri-suits especially for longer events. For 2011, men's captain Neil Catling has arranged a deal with a company who will overprint your own black tri-suit with the club name in club colours. This will count as "club kit".

You can only score league points at the events listed above, except you can count any single long ("Ironman") distance event provided you can supply full results in a format from which I can calculate your ranking.  This includes events such as the Norseman and the Challenge branded events, but the event must be based on the full WTC distances of 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike & 26.2 mile marathon run.

Note that you cannot count Culford if you have raced it before as a club member, unless you provide a volunteer for Culford over and above your normal volunteering.

The Club championships 2011

The league does not count toward the club championship, although the club championship can count toward the league, so why not enter the club championship to make up your foursome?

The Ipswich triathlon club championship will be decided on a one race basis. The race chosen for 2011 is Cambridge - their standard ("Olympic") distance race scheduled for Sunday 14th August. You must enter direct. We do NOT have any special entry route.

Cambridge (standard/“olympic”) [90] – see www.cambridgetriathlonclub.com

The on-line entry is via a link headed "Hot Spot" on the club's website. The link takes you to http://www.howesplace.com/ctc/ctc_entry.php

When entering, you are asked to enter your club name. Please use "Ipswich Triathlon Club" - do NOT enter simply as "Ipswich". It makes it a lot easier to see that you're not from JAFFA,  Harriers or any other Ipswich-based club, and means your name is more likely to get picked up for the regional series as well.

While not compulsory for the club championship itself, you are expected to wear club kit.  Club kit must be worn for any result to count toward the league.

Charlie Stannett - itch@ipswich-tri.org