The Champions Challenge is a performance based ranking system for those 20 years of age and older. It scores individual race performances on a points-per-race basis. All individual participants 20 years of age or older in a 2010, who finish a Somersault Race distance from 5Km to 42.2Km receive Champions Challenge points and are automatically ranked in the Champions Challenge Points Rankings.

Each race participant receives points based on their place in a maximum of 4 races.  The participants with the most Championship Challenge Points (minimum of 3 races) over the course of the season will be declared the official Champions Challenge Champions in their particular age, gender, or weight category . All Champions Challenge Winners (First Three in each Category) will be honoured at the year end Somersault Champions Challenge Awards Reception.

The Junior Triathlon Challenge is for those participants 13 & under, 14-15, 16-17, and 18-19 years as of December 31, 2010. The program provides a forum for these participants to compare themselves against others of the same age and gender.

Junior participants may only score points in races from 3Km to 10Km. Longer races will not count for Junior points.

Each race participant receives points based on their place in a maximum of 4 races, and are automatically ranked in the Champions Challenge Points Rankings. The participants with the most Championship Challenge Points (minimum of 3 races) will be declared the official Challenge Champions in their age, and gender category . All Champions Challenge Winners (First Three in each Category) will be honoured at the year end Somersault Champions Challenge Awards Reception.

Champions Challenge/junior Challenge Eligibility
Who is Eligible
Anyone who enters and is one of the first 200 finishers in a Somersault Run Series race receives points and is automatically ranked in the Champions Challenge.

Minimum Number of Races
To be ranked at year end in the Champions Challenge or Junior Challenge, participants must complete a minimum of 3 races during the season. 

Maximum Number of Races (New)
The point scores from a maximum of 4 races will be counted in the Champions Challenge/Junior Challenge Rankings . If participants enter more than 4 races, their 4 best performances will count towards their Champions Challenge/junior Challenge Points Ranking.

Junior Challenge Categories
Gender Age Categories: 13 & under, 14-15, 16-17, and 18-19

Champions Challenge Categories

Men Overall, & Women Overall
Gender Age Categories: 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75 & over

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2010 Somersault Run Series
Champions Challenge/Junior Challenge Scoring Table

Champions Challenge Ranking is determined by the number of Challenge Points accumulated by participants during the 2010 Somersault season.

The new Champions Challenge Scoring Table is set out below.  The first 200 participants in each Championsh Challenge race receive points. First place receives 1000 points, and there is 5 points difference between all places from 1 to 199.

A minimum of 3 and a maximum of 4 races can count towards your Champions Chalenge Ranking.

Somersault Run Series - 2010 Junior Challenge Races  
All 2010 Somersault Run Series races of 3Km or 5Km, are included in the Junior Challenge Race program.

Somersault Run Series - 2010 Champions Challenge Races        

Applications from races that wish to be included in the 2009 Somersault Run Series Champions Challenge are being accepted.  Please contact Terry McKinty at terry@somersault.ca for information and application forms.