Affiliation:

We are affiliated with three regulatory bodies:

(1) the British Triathlon Federation (through Triathlon England),
(2) the Road Time Trials Council, and
(3) British Cycling.

This means that you can race under the BAD Tri name at triathlons, duathlons, aquathlons, road cycling races and time trials.

For the multi-sport events, you will still have to pay a day membership fee if you are not also a member of Triathlon England. We strongly recommend that members of BAD Tri also join Triathlon England, not just to avoid paying the day membership fees, but also to gain the benefits of insurance coverage whilst training and a well-supported infrastructure for the growth of our favourite sport, amongst others. Also, joining Triathlon England is cheaper for a BAD Tri member than for a non-member.

For the road time trials, you can race under BAD Tri name without having to pay a day membership fee. We are also joining the Western Time Trials Association, which will enable members to time trial in some South West series.

We have considered affiliating with UK Athletics, but have decided against it for the time-being, as the cost of doing so is vastly disproportionate to the benefits to our members. It would more than double, perhaps triple, our BAD Tri membership fees, and would confer limited benefits to a limited amount of BAD Tri members. We will look into this again should the regulations governing this change, of course.

Happy training and racing with BAD Tri!