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Castles Challenge: Race Entries

Phil Gray — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:53:04 GMT

Castles Challenge: Information

Andy Mac — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:50:44 GMT

The main site of the race will be centred around Alnwick Castle and Gardens although the registration will be a Bamburgh Castle. We have created a map showing locations of car parking, race headquarters, first aid point, swim route, bike route, run route, transition locations, bike racking area, spectator route from Bamburgh to Alnwick once race has started, and other points of interest around the race location.

To access the interactive race map click here.

Bamburgh Cricket Club will be used for Sunday registration. There will also be car parking at Bamburgh for race start (location shown on map). We recommend that spectators wishing to watch the swim park here and drive back to Alnwick via the spectator route shown on the map.

Here is an overview of the bike profile. If you require more informaiton please use this link Bike Profile

If you require accommodation we reccomend the Waren caravan & camping . http://www.meadowhead.co.uk/WarenHome.aspx

Click here for larger map

Waren Caravan & Camping Park

Waren Mill Bamburgh,

by Belford,

Northumberland

NE70 7EE

Telephone: (01668) 214366

Facsimile: (01668) 214224

Email: waren@meadowhead.co.uk

Castles Challenge

Phil Gray — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:04:25 GMT

CASTLES CHALLENGE 2010

The second Castle Challenge Northumberland Triathlon took place on 6th June 2010 & was another great success! The weather look threatening early on, but conditions were great & the rain didn't arrive until we were all packed up and off home!

Thanks to all the competitors for putting in a great effort on what is a very tough course. Thanks also to all our marshals & volunteers who gave up there weekend, great show! We'll shortly be announcing the date for next year's event, so stay tuned!

To download the provisional race results for 2010, please click on the link below to be taken TRI's members website TRI-the-Hub.com, the file is available on the bottom of the page.

TRI-the-hub.com/CastlesChallenge

Race images will be available on www.KaleelZibe.com.

Why not check out some comments made by last years competitors by visiting the feedback and comments blog - http://www.totalracingint.com/castle-challenge-feedback-and-comments

Castle Challenge Northumberland 2009

The olympic distance triathlon (1500m swim, 42km Cycle, 10km run) was held on 23rd August 2009 and the Alnwick Journal Live has writen a short artical about the event - Vist Alnwick Journal Live

Kaleel Zibe photography has taken excellent shots - To view them vist www.KaleelZibe.com

Castles Challenge: Charities

Phil Gray — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:07:47 GMT

Marie Curie Cancer Care is one of the UK’s largest charities. It was established in 1948 – the same year as the NHS.

Employing more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, we expect to provide care to around 25,000 terminally ill patients in the community and in our hospices this year, along with support for their families.

We mainly care for people with cancer but we also care for people with other life limiting illnesses. Our services are always free of charge to patients and their families.

The charity is best known for its network of Marie Curie Nurses working in the community to provide end-of-life care for patients in their own homes.

We have 10 hospices across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and two centres for palliative care research. We also run the world-renowned Marie Curie Research Institute, which investigates the causes and treatments of cancer.

Since 2004, Marie Curie Cancer Care has been campaigning for more patients to be able to make the choice to be cared for and die at home.

Research shows around 70 per cent of people would like to die at home if they had a terminal illness, with a sizeable minority opting for hospice care.

However, more than 50 per cent of cancer deaths still occur in hospital, the place people say they would least like to be.

Our campaign – Supporting the Choice to Die at Home – has attracted widespread support from cancer patients and their families, healthcare professionals and politicians from all parties.

In 2004 we launched our first major palliative care service improvement plan, the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme, to provide greater choice for patients in end of life care.

The pilot programme, serving in Boston, Lincolnshire was evaluated by the King's Fund in 2007. The King's Fund report showed that Delivering Choice can double the number of people given the choice to die at home at no extra cost to the tax payer.

The charity's Chief Executive, Thomas Hughes-Hallett sat on the advisory board that fed in to the development of the Government's first ever End of Life Care Strategy, published in July 2008. The Strategy makes possible a doubling in funding for end of life care by 2011 and draws on lessons leant from the development of The Delivering Choice Programme, including recommending that Every Primary Care Trust has plans in place for improving the quality of end of life care.

Financially, around 70 per cent of the charity’s income comes from the generous support of thousands of individuals, membership organisations and businesses, with the balance of our funds coming from the NHS.

We also depend on an army of volunteers to support our work in both care and fundraising.

Castles Challenge: Enter Race

Phil Gray — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:05:01 GMT

Welcome to the race entry page. Click the link below the be taken to the Race Registration form. Once there, fill out your details and press 'add to cart', make your payment and you will be registered into the race.
Race terms and conditions can be found below.

RACE ENTRY FORM

RELAY RACE ENTRY FORM

There are a few different options for race entry. Please select your required option on the entry form below. Relay teams require one swimmer, one cyclist and one runner. If you would like to race for one of our charities, please select the charity you would like to support from the drop down menu. Once you have selected that charity, they will contact you with details and support for fundrasing.

Please fill out your details below to register for the event. Once you have completed the form, click on the button at the bottom to proceed with the payment.

Payment can be made with card or paypal account. If you would like to pay by card there is an option to do this on the paypal page.

Please contact info@totalracinginc.com if you have any problems.

Registration Fees:

BTF Members
Non BTF Members
Relay Team

£35.00
£40.00
£65.00

Terms & Conditions

Parties

The following Terms and Conditions relate to all events promoted by Total Racing International.

Terms

Total Racing International from this point forward will be referred to as 'The Promoters'. All applicants both prospective andsuccessful from this point forward will be referred to as 'The Applicants'

From the moment that the Promoters start to organise an event, there is a considerable amount of work, expense and risk.Each event takes many hundreds of hours of forward planning, thousands of pounds of expense, as well as financial risk.

As with all companies incurring overheads such as premises, staff, marketing, equipment, insurance, websites, etc. Financialplanning is an integral part of event management and promotion and as such we endeavour to ensure that we can coverunexpected on costs so as to provide a secure footing for all events promoted. The following 'Terms & Conditions' are set inplace to ensure that we continue to provide athletes with safe and enjoyable events, year on year

1: Conditions of Entry

By entering any events as made available on the www.total-racing-int.com or www.castleschallenge.com website, be it by use of the online entry system orpaper based system, applicants are agreeing to abide by the following Terms & Conditions' as outlined below.

2: Confirmation of Entry.

Cashing of an applicant's cheque or satisfactory completion of transaction through the online payment systems confirms theapplicants place in the race/event for which they have applied.

3: Race Information

All necessary Race Information pertaining to individual events are published on www.total-racing-int.com Please note that detailsof individual events as published on race specific entry forms and provisional race information is subject to change. Updated detailsof any alterations to Provisional Race Information initially issued will be made available on the web no later than one week prior tothe event date. It is the responsibility of competitors to ensure they have accessed the relevant information relating to their event.

4: Competitor Withdrawal:

If for any reason 'The Applicants' who have already successfully entered an event find themselves unable to race and wish towithdraw from the event, the applicant must inform 'The Promoters' by writing. This should be done initially via e-mail to the e-mailaddress specific to the event which can be found on the website. Applicants should receive a confirmation of their withdrawal within5 working days. If this confirmation is not received the applicants should contact the office immediately to verify receipt of theirrequest to withdraw

All requests to withdraw including e-mail should be followed up by the applicant sending a SAE for the return of their credit noteApplicants not sending an SAE for their Race Credit to be returned or not notifying the events office of their wish to withdraw froman event until after the closing date as outlined on the race specific entry form and applicants who do not attend the race/eventwill not receive any form of refund/credit

Applicants who withdraw from the event prior to the Withdrawal Date will receive a credit note in line with the policy outlined insection 5.

To enable 'The Promoters' to send 'The Applicants' race credit back, please include an A5 SAE. This request will entitle 'TheApplicants' to a credit in line with the credit policies as outlined below. Please note all withdrawals must be done in writing. We willaccept emails as your withdrawal, but the date of the withdrawal will be taken from the post mark on the envelope sent to the 'ThePromoters'.

Please note that credits will not be sent until after the event has taken place.

4.5: Attempted Swapping of entries

Please note that the swapping of entries between competitors is strictly forbidden as it invalidates insurances undertaken by thepromoters to cover the event. The consequences of attempting such an undertaking by any competitor is so serious in jeopardizingthe continuation of events that any athlete found to have passed their entry to another athlete and any athlete found to have takenup that entry will be banned for life from all future events.

5: Credit Policy

'Applicants', who inform the events office in writing of their wish to withdraw from an event before the withdrawal date of the eventas outlined in the Appendix, will receive a race credit note to the value of 50% of the original entry fee.Please note that Race Credits are not transferable between applicants. Credit Notes issued are valid for 12 months from the dateof issue.

6: Transfer of Entry and Deferral

Under no circumstances are applicants permitted to transfer their entry to either another event, to another individual or Defertheir entry to the following season. Applicants are instead, requested to follow the guidelines as outlined in Competitor Withdrawaland Credit Policy as outlined above, using the Race Credit supplied where applicable to re-apply for another race/event

7: Registration

Details of race registration times relating to specific events will be posted on confirmed race information. All athletes are requiredto attend registration within the times specified. Applicants who do not attend registration within these times will not be allowed torace, and will lose their right to a place in that race/event. It is the responsibility of competitors to ensure they have accessed therelevant information relating to registration at their event.

8: Photography

The promoters maintain the right to use images and photographs taken by their contracted photographers and employees at theevent without informing of or recompense to event participants. These images can be used for promotional purposes asundertaken by the promoters and their partners, which will cover a range of possible uses including advertising press and media,printed information items, editorial coverage and any other promotion directly related to the promoters or their sponsors.

9: Prizes

Prizes at each event will be awarded in age categories as outlined on individual event race information and competitors who areawarded a prize are required to attend presentation in order to receive their prize. In the case where the aforementionedcompetitors are not in attendance at prize giving they are deemed to have foregone their right to the prize and the prize will not beawarded

10: Late Entries

If there are still places available after the closing date, applicants must include an additional fee to cover additional administrationwork as outlined on the entry form. If applicants do not include the late entry fee, then the application will be returned.

11: Event Changes

The above named Promoters have the right to change any event for the reason of safety without prior notice.

12: Event Cancelation

If for reasons beyond the control of the Promoters, including an 'act of God' due to unforeseen, naturally occurring events thatwere unavoidable, the race/event, which applicants have entered is cancelled or postponed, the Promoters will issue a full RaceCredit to the value of the original entry fee or transfer the applicants entry to another race/events where requested. Alternatively ifa race / event is cancelled by the Promoters which applicants have entered for a reason within their control, the Promoters will offer a full refund."

13: Right of refusal for entry:

The Promoters maintain the right to refuse or revoke entry to any applicant, where they believe that accepting the entry couldprejudice the event, the promoting organisation their sponsors, associates or staff. This right of refusal extends to includeapplications where acceptance is considered by the promoters to be likely to infringe upon the enjoyment of any personsconnected with the event, including staff, marshals, volunteers & other competitors."

Castles Challenge: Race Route

Phil Gray — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:13:51 GMT

The location for the race is to be split between Alnwick and Bamburgh Castles. Bamburgh staging the race start, swim section and transition from swim to bike. Alnwick Castle and Gardens would then host the transition from bike to run then the run section and race finish. Bamburgh Castle provides the perfect backdrop for the start and swim as well as an imposing feature to transition which will be on Castle Green. Alnwick Castle and Gardens has a host of attractions to entertain families/supporters in the time when competitors are out on the bike and run course, yet still keep them focused around the race venue to ensure a great atmosphere for athletes. By staging the run within the Castle and Gardens the atmosphere will be bolstered by the additional numbers who would already be visiting the Gardens that day.

The race start will be on the beach at Bamburgh Castle.

Swim

The 1500m swim will start on the beach at Bamburgh and competitors will enter and exit the water at this point. It is anticipated that a Northumbria Piper will lead the athletes from the gathering point at Castle Green down to the water. The swim route will then be a 2 lap course around buoys which will mark out a route (measured by GPS) of 1.5km. A 2 lap route has been decided upon both for spectator atmosphere and safety (if athletes are finding it difficult after 750m then they can pull out or be stopped by an official if they are judged to be unfit to continue). At the end of lap 1 the athletes will exit the water onto the beach and run around a flag and the Northumbrian Piper and run back into the water to complete lap 2.
At the end of lap 2 competitors will run up the beach and dunes, around the side of the castle and into transition on Castle Green.
(enter google earth video of swim to T1 here)

Transition

T1.

T1: The transition from swim to bike (T1) is on Castle Green behind the castle and the exit from transition is out onto the B1340 Links road towards Seahouses.

There will be a bag system in operation. This will provide competitors with a T1 bag. The competitor will use this bag to put any clothing which they would like to be transported back to Alnwick. Race organisers with then transport all T1 bags to Alnwick transition for collection. This ensures that there is no need for competitors to have to return to the start area unless they need to collect their vehicle (if this is required we will have a shuttle service in operation).

Bike

The 42k bike leg will be a direct route from Bamburgh to Alnwick via the coastal route through Beadnell, Embleton, Alnmouth, Hipsburn, Lesbury then on to Alnwick Gardens entering T2. The route is not on closed roads. However, almost all of the turns on the course are left hand turns. The course will be marked out with signs and marshals will be present at turning points.

Here is an overview of the bike profile. If you require more informaiton please use this link Bike Profile

T2.

T2 will be at Alnwick Gardens in the easy access car park. This transition is where competitors will rack their bikes and make the transition from bike to run. Also at this point there will be an area where athletes collect their T1 bag.

Run

The 10k run route will then take place in the Castle grounds and alongside the river. This will keep the race within a smaller area and provide a fantastic arena for the run to unfold. Spectators will be able to see the competitors for a large percentage of the run leg of the race. From the competitors point of view they will pass their supporters frequently and coupled with the fact that the Gardens would expect to see 3000 visitors on a normal day in August the numbers of spectators will be at a level to make for a fantastic atmosphere to be enjoyed by competitors and spectators alike.

Finish

The race finish will also be placed in the castle grounds and be easily viewing for all spectators.

Castles Challenge: Contact

Phil Gray — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:47:19 GMT

If you'd like to get in touch with us for any reason please use the Castle Challenge Forum Page. http://www.totalracingint.com/forum

and it can found under the events section.

If you need any further assistanceplease use the contact details below,

	For sales enquiries please contact sales@totalracingint.com 07803 926 697
	For general enquiries please contact info@totalracingint.com
	For Castles Challenge please contact castleschallenge@totalracingint.com