Terms and Conditions
(1)Categories:
This event is open only for tertiary institutes’ students & staff. Participants need to verify with student/staff card at registration and on event day.
Each school can send up to 4 teams for the invitational categories: 2 men and 2 women.
Each men’s team consists of 8 members; and each women’s team consists of 5 members.
For Open category, there are individual competitive men, women and individual novice men, women and mixed team relay (1 man, 1 woman).
Participants are advised to seek medical advice if they have any pre-existing conditions. Declarations are to be made during registration and organisers reserve the rights to deny participation based on medical reasons up till event day.
(2) Format:
For invitation and competitive category, participants swim 800m in the pool (ie: 16 laps). A card will be placed in the water to indicate final lap. Participants exit the pool and head to transition area where their running shoes and shirts are placed in demarcated squares. Goggles and swim caps will be collected by volunteers and placed in individualized ziplog bags. Participants then begin a 5km run loop through Kent Ridge Campus and back to the Sports & Recreation Center.
For novice category, participants swim 400m in the pool followed by a 3km run around Kent Ridge Campus.
For Open mixed team relay, first member will swim 800m and another member will run 5km.
All participants must register 45 minutes prior to their wave at mpsh6 or risk being disqualified from the competition. Participants are to deposit bags at baggage area with the tag given in pre-race kit and their running equipment at transition area which will be opened 30minutes before each wave. Participants then head to reporting area beside the pool 15 minutes before the wave start time for a safety briefing.
Latecomers, if allowed to join another wave, should be aware that their timings would have commenced as per original wave start time.
(3) Computation of Scores
Participants are divided into waves and timing will be taken with a positional card given at the end point.
For invitational teams, top 5 timings in the respective men’s category and top 3 timings of the members in the corresponding women’s category will be computed into the team score.
Overall best team timing is the sum of the men’s and women’s team.
Officials’ decisions are final in the event of any disputes.
(4) Prizes & Goodie Bags
All participants receive pre-race kit, Goodie Bag and Finisher’s T-shirt.
For Invitational Tertiary Category prizes:
- Top 3 individuals of men’s and women’s inter-tertiary category
- Top 3 Tertiary Male team (no restriction on institutes’ representation)
- Top 3 Tertiary Female team (no restriction on institutes’ representation)
- Top 3 Overall Tertiary team (Each institute can occupy 1 placing only)
For Open category prizes:
- Top 3 individuals of men’s and women’s competitive category
- Top 3 individuals of men’s and women’s novice category
- Top 3 mixed team relay category
(5) Safety
All participants, are required to swim 50m in 2mins in a swim trial on 18th March (1100-1400) )or 19th March(0900-1400) at NUS SRC pool. Participants are to look through race booklet given on that day and familiarise themselves with the race route and format. More details of the swim trial will be disseminated via email closer to date.
All participants must sign indemnity forms during registration. Participants below the age of 18 are required to download the form [PDF] [DOC] for parental consent on the website.
In case of inclement weather, organisers reserve the right to postpone/reschedule or cancel the event and no refund/compensation will be provided.
(6) How to Register
For invitational teams, sign up via nusbiathlon2011@gmail.com in a excel format attached at the back with the title "VP Team Registration".
For open category, sign up at our website: http://nussportsclub.org/nusbiathlon2011 .
Race Pack/Last Chance to Register on 21 March (MON 1800-2000) and 23rd March (1400) onwards at NUS Sports Club!
(7) Contact
All queries can be sent to nusbiathlon2011@gmail.com. |
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