The Relay Championships

Date: 02 August 2008
Location: Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham (NG12 2LU)
Competitors: 1600+
Relay x 4: 500m Swim - 15km Bike - 5km Run

It is with the greatest delight that we can announce the Club Relays was awarded The British Triathlon National Event of the Year for 2007.

The presentation was made at the British Triathlon Annual Awards Dinner at the Quorn Hotel, Leicestershire. The Club Relays is Pace Setter Events largest event with over 1600 competitors, from 91 different clubs all racing around the closed road circuit of Holme Pierrepont, National Water Sports Centre.

If you haven't ever raced at the Relays, you really have missed out. One of the most exhilarating and fun events on the UK calendar the Relays revolves around teams of four using a tagging format where everyone swims, everyone bikes and everyone runs in race that looks like a mixture between competition and chaos.

Now in its 17th year the Relays really is the focal point as well as the vocal point of the season for many teams who look to a real club event to bring them together and where camaraderie and teamwork really pay off.

With a 500m swim, a 15km bike and a 5km run any four triathletes can get together and make up a team and race in one of the range of team categories available. But don't think it is just one big laugh, with British Triathlon National Honours at stake there will be some serious racing out there on a completely closed course over which your teammates can see you (and shout at you) for the duration of all three disciplines. Ever fancied racing a triathlon in an arena, well this is as close as it gets.