The junior section of the West Suffolk Wheelers and Triathlon Club has just been formed, and is currently running with a small pilot group of children to sort out the logistical issues facing a new club. Once these have been addressed the Club will open its doors to newcomers, probably from Easter 2012 onwards.

In the meantime, if you are interested in joining please contact Rob Hasselder, rob@whitehousefarm.co.uk

Junior members are currently able to take part in 2 sessions per week:-

Saturday :- Run / bike at South Lee School

Thursday :- Junior roller / turbo at the Club House

After half term the Saturday session will be replaced by an evening session (probably Tuesdays), and from Sunday 19^th February a 3^rd session will be added in the pool.

From Spring, the Go Ride sessions will begin again, and throughout the Spring, Summer and Autumn there will be numerous club events such as Duathlons, Aquathlons and Time Trials specifically for juniors.

Entry Criteria

We shall be training and competing under British Triathlon Rules, the youngest recognised age group of which is Tristart (age 8). The cut off date is taken as 31^st December, and as such we can only accept membership from those children who will be 8 years old by 31^st December or older.

Unfortunately we need all of our athletes to have a minimum swimming ability to join the group. British Triathlon, who accredit our coaching qualifications, are clear that triathlon qualified coaches are not qualified to teach people to swim. Our expertise is to coach and improve existing swimmers. However in an effort to be as inclusive as possible we merely insist that children are able to swim the distance required of their age group, preferably front crawl as this is the stroke that will be coached throughout the swim sessions.

Tristart (8 years)* – 50m

Tristar 1 (9/10 years)* – 150m

Tristar 2 (11/12 years)* – 200m

Tristar 3 (13/14 years)* – 300m

Youth (15/16 years)* – 300m

*Age at 31^st December