2015 Season Is Upon Us: New Event and Series

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For 2015, the BVI Triathlon Federation has added a new event – Try VG – and the ‘Four Islands Cup’ – a ‘best of five’ points series with Garmin prizes for the top three mens and ladies individuals.

2015 Calendar

Try-A-Tri unofficially kicks off the 2015 BVI triathlon season on January 24, but the TSC Tri on February 8 is the first event of the Four Islands Cup. October 10 will see the inaugural ”Try VG” in Virgin Gorda.

The full 2015 calendar:

Jan 24 – Try-A-Tri

Feb 8 – TSC Corporate Cup

Mar 21 – X-Tri

Apr 11 – National Sprint Champs

Jun 6 – Peter Island-Athlon

Oct 10 – Try VG

Nov 1 – Semi-Steel

Nov 28 – BVI Steelman

Four Islands Cup

The Four Islands Cup is a new series comprising the seven main events of the 2015 BVI triathlon year starting with the TSC Corporate Cup on February 8.

The top three men and ladies will win a Garmin Fenix 3, Forerunner 310XT, and Forerunner 10 respectively. These individual mens and ladies winners will be scored with their best results from five events.

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The races will be scored as follows:

1st – 15 points

2nd – 11 points

3rd – 8 points

4th – 6 points

5th – 4 points

6th – 3 points

7th – 2 points

8th – 1 points

All starters receive one bonus point. All starters finishing the BVI Steelman will receive a 5-point bonus.