City of Lancaster Triathlon

Affiliated Junior Membership

We aim to encourage young athletes from the age of 8-16 years old who have built up basic skills they require to complete the race distances involved to participate in the North West Series (http://www.cityoflancastertriathlon.co.uk/colt-junior/nw-junior-series-2012/) . Older members of the youth Development Squad are encouraged, where appropriate to participate in the superseries events. Our athletes normally come to COLT from Carnforth Otters or Lancaster City ASC’s, Salt Ayre Cog Set cycling club or Lancaster and Morecambe Athletics club although we do have members from as far afield as for example Preston Swimming club and Dallam Running Club.

It is important to note however that prior membership of one or more of these clubs is not essential. In the case of the North West Series, participation provides:
1. Race experience for NW youngsters
2. Encourages and cultivates competition between athletes in the North West
3. Is an ideal start point for youngsters who are new to the sport as it has a participation focus
4. Provides a source for talent ID for regional academy staff

COLT also encourages junior members in Tristar 2 category and above who have enjoyed participating in the North West Series to aim for entry into the region’s development squad. To gain entry, athletes are required to select their best times for a 200m swim and 1500m run and calculate the a points total from the tables in http://www.triathlonengland.org/regions/north-west/documents/useful-documents/nwteraguide.pdf.
A score of over 310 (silver) will qualify the athlete for entry. Over 340 would qualify the athlete for entry into the regional academy and then from there, aim for selection for an assessment day for the Olympic Talent Squad. As of 2012, four out of the five current academy members are members of COLT.

In addition, each year 2 athletes from Tristar 2 and 3 categories and 3 from the Youth category are selected from the region to enter the Inter-regional Championships (IRC’s). COLT athletes who are selected to represent the North West in the IRC are eligible for COLT sponsorship through the club’s sponsor, Technology Farm. Sponsorship is also available to COLT members competing in the Youth/Junior Supersprint series and all juniors competing in the NW series Fleetwood triathlon event.

Pentathlon GB Competitions

COLT support participation by members of the Youth Development Squad in biathlon events, both as an introduction to multi events and as an event in its own right. Members who wish to compete in biathlons (which are non-continuous events) need to join Pentathlon-GB as well as COLT. Where there are sufficient entries for an event, COLT will pay the team entries for competitions. COLT athletes have enjoyed considerable successes in these events with an individual National Champion and a number of teams competing in the National Championships. As biathlon is a “cut down” version of Modern Pentathlon some more adventurous members have also competed in triathlon (run, swim, shoot) events and tetathlon events (run, swim, shoot and fencing). Biathle is a continuous run, swim, run event and COLT athletes can, during the summer months, train with the NW Biathle hub on Saturdays between 7.30-9am at Fleetwood pool. A number of COLT Juniors participate in the British Biathle Championships and every year a number are selected for the British team for the World Championships. Last season a COLT Junior won the silver medal at the World Championships in Bulgaria.

If you have any queries or would like any further information please email Andrew Richardson

To find out about upcoming Junior events, or to see the results from previous events go to our COLT Affiliated Junior Races & Results page

You can join the COLT as a junior affiliated member by clicking on the Entry Central logo below