23 JUNE – 30 SEPTEMBER
Individual entry: R850 / TSA LICENSES R55
Team entry: R2300 / R165 (for all three athletes)
Please note: TSA license per athlete is compulsory unless you are a member – if so, please provide your membership number.
Minimum age for Sprint Triathlon – 16 years
Swim Section
750m – Nqweba Dam
The 750m swimming leg of the Sprint Event will start at the Camdeboo National Park Boat Club premises at the Nqweba Dam and is made up of 1 x 750m legs. Swimmers will head towards the wall, around the buoys, and back towards the first boy where you will swim back towards the transition area on shore.
Cycle Route
20km – Off-Road
Once finished with the swim leg, competitors will transition into their cycling gear for the 20km cycling leg. Competitors will cycle through town onto the Murraysburg Road, into the Camdeboo National Park and back to transition 2 on the Union High School field.
Elev gain/loss: 231m, -259m
Max slope: 11.1%, -13.0%
Avg slope: 1.9%, -2.2%
Run Route
5km – Road
The 5km running leg will start at Transition 2 on the Union High School field. Runners will head through town and out towards the Graaff-Reinet dam. They will run over the Nqweba dam wall and back into town on their homestretch back towards the Union High School field where the finish line will be waiting.
Elev gain/loss: 110m, -110m
Max slope: 28,9%, -15,9%
Avg slope: 4,3%, -3.3%