The Virgin Islands' Triathlon season gets underway Saturday January 24, 2015. Photo: Todd Van Sickle/BVITri

2015 Calendar
Try-A-Tri unofficially kicks off the 2015 BVI triathlon season on January 24, 2015 but the TSC Tri on February 8, 2015 is the first event of the Four Islands Cup. October 10, 2015 will see the inaugural”Try VG” in Virgin Gorda.

This Saturday’s Event is open to all (those new to triathlons who want to give one a try and those who want to ease into the season with a short tri) and involves a Swim of 400m, a bike ride covering 10km and a run of 2.5km.

Registration on the day is from 7am at Baugher’s Bay. Start, finish, and transitions at Baugher’s Bay beach.

The entry cost is just $10 (water and Gatorade provided).

The full 2015 calendar:
Jan 24 – Try-A-Tri
Feb 8 – TSC Corporate Cup
Mar 21 – X-Tri
Apr 11 – National Sprint Champs
Jun 6 – Peter Island-Athlon
Oct 10 – Try VG
Nov 1 – Semi-Steel
Nov 28 – BVI Steelman

Four Islands Cup
The Four Islands Cup is a new series comprising the seven main events of the 2015 BVI triathlon year starting with the TSC Corporate Cup on February 8.

The top three men and ladies will win a Garmin Fenix 3, Forerunner 310XT, and Forerunner 10 respectively. These individual mens and ladies winners will be scored with their best results from five events.

The races will be scored as follows:
1st – 15 points, 2nd – 11 points, 3rd – 8 points, 4th – 6 points, 5th – 4 points, 6th – 3 points, 7th – 2 points, 8th – 1 points
All starters receive one bonus point. All starters finishing the BVI Steelman will receive a 5-point bonus.