The UK venues are permitted by British Triathlon and as such British Triathlon rules are in place for all competitors, these can be found here: www.britishtriathlon.org/britain/documents/about/competition_rules.pdf.

If you have a valid British Triathlon membership this will be valid for the event.

If you do now have a triathlon membership you will be required to pay a £2 day pass fee on the day.

Triathlon Ireland is an Official Partner of the Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon and National Governing Organisation for the sport in Ireland. Triathlon Ireland has supported the event since conception and has awarded the event with the National Series for the last two years. In 2017 the Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon will host the Sprint Super Series.

The world’s leading swimwear brand, Speedo is passionate about life in and around the water, creating revolutionary new technologies, designs and innovations. Our wetsuits and LZR Racer tri suits have been designed to perform throughout every stage of a triathlon. Head to speedo.co.uk to check out the range

BulkSMS specialises in providing businesses with the ability to communicate and market products and services to customers via text messages. We are excited to be using the BulkSMS product to provide important race information and results to competitor’s free of charge.

Simply world-class race wheels. Since 2014 Wheelscience has been providing athletes like you with built to order, fully customisable and race proven carbon wheels. With time savings of almost 2 minutes over 40km or nearly 9 minutes over an Iron distance race, Wheelscience wheels will make you faster. Add to that the fact Wheelscience is a business founded by athletes, for athletes, they are here to help you make the right wheel choices for you.

If you are chasing a podium or a PB head on over to www.wheelscience.com for all the details or drop us a line at peter@wheelscience.com, we are always here to answer your questions.

Leading experts in our field, at Six Physio we offer more than just top-notch physio.
•    Sports injury physio with emphasis on rehabilitation
•    Tri screening &  injury prevention advice
•    Sports massages: an integral part of any training plan
With many of our physios themselves participating in sport, we know what’s important: we will ensure your bespoke treatment plan is aimed at getting you back to what you love doing most… competing!
We have clinics across the Capital plus you’ll find us in the event village offering post-race massage at all Six Castle Triathlons. sixphysio.com

British Bike Hire are the official bike hire partner for the Castle Triathlon Series for 2017. If you want to take the hassle of travelling with your bike out of the big race weekend, you can rely on them to have a freshly cleaned and serviced bike delivered to the event, ready for collection. Once there you can collect your bike from one of their team of mechanics who will be on hand for any fitting adjustments, pedal changes or installation of extra parts that you may want.

Outdoor Swimmer is the go-to media brand for the outdoor swimming industry. Our aim is to bring you the best outdoor swimming has to offer through our popular website, monthly magazine and free weekly newsletters. Whether you are new to the sport and looking for advice on getting started or an experienced swimmer after some training tips, up-to-date national and world-wide event information, amazing challenges and features on fabulous swimming locations around the globe you find all you need from us.

CherryActive is a 100% natural Montmorency cherry concentrate. The natural tartness of the cherries give them a refreshing taste and each 30ml serving is packed full of antioxidants. This premium quality concentrate has the added bonus of containing no added sugars, sweeteners or preservatives. Our products are taken my health conscious and active consumers keen on living a healthy active lifestyle.

BeetActive is a 100% natural premium quality beetroot concentrate. BeetActive taste great and contains no added sugars, sweeteners or preservatives. What’s more it is a great source of dietary nitrates which may help give a natural boost to endurance

Can we help you enjoy your sport more? HIGH5 is a UK company. Our commitment is to you. For over 20 years our aim has been to create a complete product range using only the very best ingredients, without compromise. HIGH5 products do not contain ingredients from the list of WADA named banned substances. Combining our practical no-nonsense approach, rigorous testing by scientists in the lab and feedback from world-class athletes competing in the world’s toughest events, guarantees that you can rely on HIGH5 products to help you optimise your performance and enjoy your sport more.

We know from personal experience how important it is to get your nutrition absolutely right and what it takes to make a great sports product that you can trust. Find out more: HIGH5-faster-and-further

Staying well hydrated is key to maintaining fitness and achieving sporting success, and Vita Coco Coconut Water is loaded with naturally occurring electrolytes and bursting with potassium allowing race goers to hydrate naturally. What’s more there are no artificial colourings, flavourings and sweeteners added, unlike traditional sports drinks, making it the ideal hydration option for Triathlon experts and first time racers alike. The natural coconut water is taken straight from young green coconuts, meaning that Vita Coco Coconut Water is the ideal option to keep you naturally energised and fresh throughout the months of training sessions as well as over the finishing line. With this partnership, Vita Coco will be present at the end of the race to reward everyone’s efforts with a thirst quenching Vita Coco Natural Coconut Water.

Sweet Chariot Sport Tours. One of the leading independent sports tour companies in the UK. Offering bespoke tours to all corners of the globe.

We offer triathlon tours for schools and clubs to a range of destinations with top class coaching from a GB athlete as well as amazing excursions. Find out more here.

thetrilife is a leading triathlon coaching company in the UK and we have been providing high quality coaching services for every triathlete from the absolute beginner through to the age grouper and elite athlete since 2008. thetrilife are here to help, assist and train you through the race season as you get ready for your chosen Castle Triathlon.

Triathlon Plus is the must-read training and gear resource for triathletes at every level, from ambitious beginners to seasoned age-groupers.

Each issue is packed full of the latest gear reviewed by experts, rigorous bike tests and a range of features including triathlon trends, training advice and inspirational real life stories from both age groupers and elite athletes. Alongside this sits regular nutrition and physio advice, race reports, a comprehensive news section and the ‘On Our Radar’ page for new, exciting products and giveaways.

YORK’S longest standing Giant dealership, at Fulford Cycles stock a wide range of bikes – including Giant, Orange, Lapierre & Bobbin – from road racing to mountain bikes and from town & country bikes to electric. Fulford Cycles’ fully certified and qualified ‘CyTech’ mechanics can carry out any service or repair that you require. They can help you maintain and repair your bike whilst offering key advice as and when required to do so in our extensively equipped service and repair centre. At Fulford Cycles they pride ourselves on offering not just amazingly high quality cycles and maintenance, but take pride in offering genuine advice and assistance, and have over the past 23 years nurtured many long term relationships with our customers.

Gotta Run, Ireland’s leading specialist running stores, are official run partners for Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon. Run by keen triathletes, Sean & Edel Conroy, Amphibian King have two local stores in Oranmore (Galway) and Limerick City which perform individual gait analysis for runners (and aspiring runners) of all standards. Amphibian King are a well established national brand with five shops nationwide and an unparalleled reputation amongst runners and athletes.

Synthetix are the owners and designers of multi award winning online customer service solutions. Their multichannel customer contact management software drives down the cost if customer service and generates new sales through web self-service, live chat, email response and call-centre support.

everactiv are a new UK sportswear brand for young people. Their first range is for girls and features leggings, shorts, long sleeves and t-shirts. Their co-founder is a professional triathlete – the clothing is made for athletes, by athletes. It is technical, functional and stylish. everactiv are the official sponsor of the Castle Triathlon junior race series. Use code CASTLETRI for 15% off at www.everactiv.com for exclusive online discount.

You may want to consider taking out insurance suitable for events like Cholmondeley Castle, and your training season ahead..

Bikmo is insurance for cyclists + triathletes. The cover provided as standard is inclusive, and they make it simple to manage your cover + claims online.

Your bikes, clothing, wetsuit, accessories and headgear are insured as standard with Bikmo – from accidental damage, crashing and theft (including transition).

To claim £10 discount, use the code ‘CASTLE’ or click here. You’ll also get a £50 value bundle of vouchers, for kit or nutrition with your policy.

Experience a Novotel like never before. Welcome to Novotel London Canary Wharf. Located in the heart of Docklands, the stylish and innovative new Novotel glass skyscraper offers 39 storeys with 360°degree stunning views of the London skyline.

Guests at the hotel can immerse themselves in one of the hotel’s designer style 313 spacious bedrooms, including 26 suites. Choose from three contemporary options for food and drink: BŌKAN restaurant, bar and rooftop terrace. Business guests can enjoy the innovative meeting rooms, each with a bespoke style inspired by the Docklands heritage, and featuring the latest technology. Add free Wi-Fi, a New York style gym and a pool to the mix, for a hotel that offers all you need and so much more.

Velocity Bike Shop provides the highest level of service with the best mechanics and knowledgeable staff to help you get the most enjoyment and fun from your ride.  We are proud to be your local bike shop and strive to exceed our customers requirements daily visit www.velocitybikestore.com

NATIONAL CHARITY SUPPORTING THE CASTLE TRIATHLON SERIES

By 2020, almost one in two people will get cancer and it’s the toughest fight most of us will ever face. Macmillan want to reach and improve the lives of everyone living with cancer and to inspire millions of others to do the same.

NATIONAL CHARITY HELPING MORE WOMEN TO TAKE PART IN SPORT

Women in Sport is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to transforming sport for the benefit of every woman and girl in the UK.

With 30 years’ experience of working in the sport sector, Women in Sport draws on its unique insight to champion the right of every woman and girl in the UK to take part in, and benefit from, sport: from the field of play to the boardroom, from early years and throughout her life.

LOCAL CHARITY SUPPORTING LOUGH CUTRA CASTLE TRIATHLON.

We work to eliminate cancer.

Our vision is a future without cancer. Through our work to empower people to reduce their risk, to support those living with cancer, to fund excellent collaborative research and to inform and influence public policy, we will ensure many more people will have a future without cancer.

Set up your personalised JustGiving Page and start fundraising for the Irish Cancer Society. “The Irish Cancer Society are delighted to have been chosen as one of the charity partners for the Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon. As an independent charity, we rely on the generosity of the public through sponsorship raised at events such as this one to support the work which we do.” John McCormick, CEO of the Irish Cancer Society

LOCAL CHARITY SUPPORTING CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE TRIATHLON.

The NeuroMuscular Centre (NMC) is a registered charity based in Winsford, Cheshire that provides a range of services for people with muscular dystrophy (md), a severe and progressive muscle wasting condition. We are the only Centre of its kind in the UK and our main aim is to improve the quality of life for adults and young people with living with this debilitating condition.

• Contact NMC Fundraising: 01606 861733, amy.swatkins@nmcentre.com
• Registered Charity 1023606

LOCAL CHARITY SUPPORTING CHÂTEAU DU CHANTILLY TRIATHLON

Based in Compiegne, in Oise, Partage was the first French association to offer sponsorship for deprived and vulnerable children in France. For the past 40 years, Partage helped children in need around the world to grow and live in dignity with respect of their fundamental rights.

For this first participation in Triathlon Château de Chantilly, we would like to raise awareness about our cause and collect € 10,000 to help financing the actions of our local partners’ association in favor of Children’s Rights.

Visit the Partage website here: http://www.partage.org/

LOCAL CHARITY SUPPORTING HEVER CASTLE TRIATHLON IN SEPTEMBER.

Jigsaw (South East) is a children’s charity who offers support to children and young people who have been bereaved as well as supporting a young person where a family member has a life limiting illness. Jigsaw (South East) provide home and school visits and a six week family support group. The groups provide activities to help children and adults process the trauma they have experienced, learn some coping strategies and meet others in similar circumstances which helps them to manage the loss and isolation they frequently feel. This also gives families the opportunity to talk, grieve and celebrate the life of the person who has died. Should you decide to enter the Hever Castle Triathlon and would like to fundraise for them please click on the link below to their Just giving page or contact them directly for a sponsorship form. Thank you. http://www.justgiving.com/jigsawsoutheast info@jigsawsoutheast.org.uk 01342 313895 Charity number 1147696

LOCAL CHARITY SUPPORTING CASTLE HOWARD TRIATHLON IN JULY.

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a devastating, degenerative neurological disorder that causes progressive mental deterioration, significant behavioural changes and severe physical incapacity. It is a completely disabling hereditary condition that affects generations upon generations of families. Each child of a parent with HD has a 50% chance of inheriting the faulty gene; it doesn’t skip a generation, so if a child tests positive they will, at some stage, develop HD. It’s like tossing a coin.

The Huntington’s Disease Association (HDA) is the only organisation providing a dedicated service of advice, guidance and support for people in England and Wales who are devastated by Huntington’s disease.

We run a regional Specialist HD Advisory service to support those directly affected by the disease, and their families and carers, delivered by our HD experts and tailored to the individual needs of the families we work with.

We are delighted to have been selected as a charity partner for the Castle Triathlon Series. If you want help and support with fundraising please contact our events team by emailing: events@hda.org.uk or calling 0151 331 5445