WTC announce new age group rules  |same as ITU now  8 messages
Bionic Ironwolf    pirate 09/10/2008 at 21:23  The Ironman
governing body WTC have announced they have finally decided to
adopt the same age group rules as the ITU, i.e. the age group
you are in will be whatever age you are on 31 Dec of that year.
That gets rid of the anomaly that occurred when someone
qualifies for Hawaii in one age group, has a birthday before
November and moves up, therefore races in the next higher age
group in Hawaii instead of the one they qualified in.  IMDE has
already applied this to people on their start list - I just
checked and I've been moved up to the next AG because my
birthday's in September. One less person to race against.  Iron
Snorks    pirate 09/10/2008 at 21:31 about time really but it
does seem odd that wtc have followed anything that itu have done
its not like them is it? Trogs    pirate 09/10/2008 at 22:51
IMNZ have applied it too - means I'll be at very bottom of new
age group instead of the top of the o