The registration fee covers the administration for the Age Group Team, administration for qualifying races, office space, other administration costs and bank charges among other essential items and processes. These costs have risen significantly over the past few years and whilst the Age Group team has grown to support the costs, unfortunately the registration fee now needs to rise to cover the costs of running the Age Group programme.

You can now update your own result until the registration cut off date or we add a status to your name on the evet webpage.

Only races which don’t have specific qualifying races are able to be updated.

To edit your own result sign into your BTF account.

You will see a box labelled “ITU / ETU Registered - Click here to see the ITU / ETU races you have registered to qualify for”

You will see a list of races you have registered to qualify for where you can update your own result.

Click “edit” to edit your result.

You will see a page similar to that which you completed to register. You can now update your result.

You can also update your emergency contact details.

Any changes you make are permanent and cannot be undone.

If it is past the registration cut off date or, there is a status next to your name, you will not be able to update your own results.

If you update your own result because we have asked you to provide faster time, our comment will remain next to your name until the next registration cut off date.

People who have PQ’d can update their own result but still need to contact their Team Manager or the Age group Coordinator to add their PQ status.

The Age Group Coordinator or Team Manager can still update your result if you ask them to.

Qualified places in teams are not allowed to be swapped between Championships. Athletes may qualify for as many different championships as they want to at the same time

To update your race result;

• Log into your BTF account. 
• Click on the age-group section of your dashboard.
• You will see race/s you have registered for where you are able to update the your race evidence. (Not all races have the ability to edit your race evidence)
• Edit your race evidence. Please note, once you edit your race evidence it will delete your previous race evidence.

British Triathlon delivers different programmes with the aim of identifying and developing athletes with the potential to perform at a world class level. Examples are the Elite Team, The Paratriathlon Team and the Talent Squads. The non-elite format of the National Team is known as the Great Britain Age-Group Team. The Great Britain Age-Group Team allows athletes to compete for European and World Championships medals and titles against fellow competitors within pre-defined age-group categories. These age-group categories are divided by gender and age and are set apart by five year age bands, from 20-24 upwards to 80+. International age-group competition starts at age 16 for sprint distances and 18 for standard distance and long distance.

Age-group athletes are a diverse group of people. Some athletes start racing at age-group competitions when they are 16, others start when they are 60. Each athlete will have their own personal goals and motivation for attempting to qualify for the Great Britain Age-Group Team. Some athletes strive to stand on the podium in European or World Championships, for others the ultimate goal is to participate and experience the thrill of competing at international level.  

The times needed to qualify for a Great Britain Age-Group Team can vary depending on the competition, the course, the weather and the level of interest for that particular championships and therefore it is not possible to give a time that you will need to achieve to qualify.
 
For sprint and standard distance championship events the minimum requirement is that you must finish within 120% (European selection) or 115% (World selection) of the winner of your age-group either in a qualification race. For middle and long distances the same performance percentages apply for your nominated race. The exception to this is the ETU Middle distance event which has a qualifying percentage of 115% rather than 120%. This is due to there being no ITU Middle distance event.

Events which are not sprint or standard triathlon or duathlon require athletes to .submit extra evidence which is specific to each event. Please check each event for the details for this.

To work out your percentage of the age-group winner's time convert both times into seconds and then divide your time in seconds by the age-group winner's time in seconds and multiply by 100.

To get an understanding of times required you could look up the previous years results and this would give you an idea of what to aim for for each age group.

You do not need to tell us if you will be in the next age group up during the championship event. By registering your intent to qualify, we know you are trying to qualify and can pick you out of the results supplied to us by the event organsier for the qualifying event.

The International Race Fee is in place to cover the costs and expenses incurred by the Age-Group Team Managers and team support staff who travel to events to give the necessary support to the Age-Group teams competing in international championships. The International Race Fee will be charged for all events where a Team manager and any support staff will be in attendance including events where the race entry fee is paid directly to the event organisers. This will be charged as a separate cost via the British Triathlon website in these cases, and will be explained within the payment email for the relevant championships.

As an Age-Group athlete, you will compete against other Age-Group athletes within your age-band category. The age-band category that you fall into depends on your age on December 31st in the year of competition. 

Example: If you are 45 on 29 December 2016 then for the whole of 2016 you will compete in the 45-49 age-group. 
 
International age-group competition starts at age 16 for sprint distances and 18 for standard distance and long distance. For international Age-Group Championships and age-group qualification all 16-19 year olds will be grouped as one under 20 age category.