Eilat ETU European Triathlon Championships 2012

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Welcome to all Athletes, team managers and guests. Please enter the " EVENT DETAILS" tab above to view all the details and time schedule for the Eilat ETU Triathlon European Championships 2012. You can view the time line for all events and can enter each event: Elite, Junior, Paratriathlon, Age group, Relay teams, and check the specific event information, including detailed PDF or JPEG maps. Please contact us with any question and register for the event through your national federation. Each Athlete has to pay for the event through his national federation and the LOC will charge each federation for all its participating athletes.

Registraion procedure:  1) Each athletes has to qualify and register through his national federation and pay the race fee 90 Euro per Elite, 100 Euro per Age group or per Parathriathlon. 2) The national Fedration will register pending their approval the athletes on the online ITU web site until 17th March 2012. 3) ITU will approve 30 days prior to the event ( 21st March 2012) , the start list and post it on the ITU web site on the event site. 4) The LOC will invoice each federation for all the race fees of its athletes 30 days prior to the event .5)  In case the race fee wasnt paid it will be collected on registration day prior to race number distribution. 6)  update: Age group race packets on Thursday April 19th  09:00 to 20:00 at the Isrotel Sport Club Hotel Sinbad Club and also on Friday April 20th 09:00 to 15:00 for late arrivals.  Elite  17:00 and Junior 16:00 race numbers after the briefing Thursday April 19th  at the Isrotel Royal Garden WOW audithorium Parathriathlon after the briefing Friday April 20th  april  19:30 at the Isrotel King Solomon Lower level.

Important information regarding bike transfers. The LOC will provide bike transfer from Ben gurion Airport to Eilat only on Wednesday April 18th 2012 at 12:00 noon and 21:00 . The return bike transfer will be available on Sunday April 22nd at Midnight, bike deposit until 22:00 at the Isrotel Lagoona Hotel parking area. The bike transfer will cost 100 Euro both ways payable on location to the truck contractor. Please note that connecting flights through Sde Dov Tel Aviv are not recommended and do not support the bike transfer ,due to the smaller sizes of the Aircrafts from Sde Dov to Eilat. The bike transfer from Ben Gurion to Eilat for ELAL passangers to Eilat will be free of charge. On other days the amount of scheduled bike transfers , for ELAL passangers will be carried out through air transport in the Aircrafts flying to Eilat.

Please note that the current water Temperature on April 1st was 20 C at 06:00 , so take into consideration the possibilty of wet suits approval.

Changes in Pasta Dinner Schedule- Thursday April 19th between 18:00 to 19:45 at the Boston restaurant on the Royal beach promenad and after that we all start the Parade of Nations from the same location.

The Eilat 2012 Organizing Committee.

 triathlon.eilat@gmail.com

Recent updates on Pool training, Transportation and Team leaders briefing

Swimming pool training at the Isrotel sport club hotel will be available free of charge only for athletes staying in one of the Isrotel Hotels in Eilat. All other athletes will have the option to train in the Municipality pool in Eilat for a fee. All hotels in Eilat are close to the Airport. The LOC will provide transportaion only for Elite , Junior Elite, Para Triathlon athletes and Techinical Officials. Transportation is availble by Taxi for all others. The LOC will allocate a truck for the bike transfers from Eilat  airport to the hotels. Race briefing for Age group Team managers will be on Thursday April 19th at 15:00 in the WOW audithorium. All Team mangers will be able to brief their own teams  at the Isrotel Reviera hotel at given times