With on-road racing still in limbo, we’ve been making the best of the situation with the recent online Club Zwift races, which has seen some great competition as riders take to the new format.

In an exciting development, Armidale & Tamworth clubs have agreed to hold a 3 race InterClub Tri-Series in June. The format is simple:

Zwift Tri-Race InterClub Format

Race 1: Saturday 13th June 8am
Zwift Official Event – Crit City Beta Graded Scratch Race – this will then enable everyone to confirm they are in the correct grade for the next races
– Race points awarded for top 5 InterClub riders in each grade eg. 5 points for 1st ACC/TCC rider in B grade, 4 points for 2nd etc
– 1 point awarded for every club rider who participates

Race 2: Saturday 20th June 9am
Meetup format for Graded Handicap Race – 3 laps of the Greater London Flat, which could be one for the sprinters!
– Grades set off at agreed time intervals (tbc); D first, then C, B and last off A
– Points awarded for top 5 InterClub riders in each grade
– In addition bonus points (5,4,3,2,1) awarded to the top 5 riders across the line irrespective of grade
– 1 point awarded for every club rider who participates

Race 3: Saturday 27th June 9am
Meetup format for Graded Handicap Race – 3 laps of the punchy Innsbruckring course; one for the climbers!
– Same race & points format as Race 2
– Races 2 & 3 will be Live-streamed on TWITCH

*** Points for each club tallied after each race, winning club is the one with the most points.
*** We will also have an InterClub and Individual Club Champion awarded – all purely for kudos 🙂

Additional Information
– We want as many people as possible to participate and have a great race – we recognise not everyone has access to a high-end trainer, so it’s important we encourage an inclusive racing spirit for ALL club riders
– Any queries/issues are resolved jointly between the 2 nominated club commmissaires
– Mandatory same jersey for each club – Zwift Basic 2 (Green Machine) for ACC riders, TCC jersey TBC
– Mandatory Club & Grade added to riders Zwift Profile eg, John Smith (ACC B)
– The jersey and profile name are important so we can clearly see club riders in-race and in race results (including Race 1 when we have non-club riders in the overall race)
– Grading will be based on ZwiftPower where available – All racers are strongly encouraged to signup for ZwiftPower and then complete at least 1 Zwift race ahead of Race 2, as this will be a great help in fairly grading all riders.

GRADE CATEGORIES
A: 4.0-5.0 w/kg
B: 3.2-3.9 w/kg
C: 2.5 /kg-3.1 w/kg
D: 1.0- 2.49 w/kg

So time to cutback on the Covid kilos, and hit the trainer to get ready for some great InterClub racing!!