We are getting there but we are still a long way from normality when it comes to events and sporting gatherings.
Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon and Multiport Festival is pushing back from its traditional date on the last weekend of May to the 11th and 12th September this year in order to save the event and allow it go ahead in this calendar year.
Since 2012 it has been one of the biggest and most successful endurance sport event weekends in Ireland attracting athletes of all levels from across the country and further afield.
In 2020 the event fell victim to the escalating global COVID 19 situation and was deferred from May 2020 to May 2021. Almost 12 months on from making that decision and with the continuing uncertainty and unpredictability surrounding COVID19 as well as the restrictions imposed on everyone in Ireland until at least the 5th March, the decision has now been taken to defer the 2021 May event by another three and a half months.
“With 16 weeks to go to race weekend at Lough Cutra Castle there are lots of moving parts for us to consider to deliver safe, fun and fabulous races,” said Brian Adcock, Director of the event.
“The decision to defer this race was not an easy one, it was important for us to make it now rather than wait with much uncertainty until closer to the May event date.”
“From a race delivery and athlete perspective we feel this decision, albeit cautious, is in the best interest of everyone involved with the event including our suppliers, the local community and of course all of our participants.”
“We feel this is the most appropriate course of action to ensure our race can be viable, safe and give our athletes every opportunity to embrace a great weekend of multisport racing later in the year.”
All participants booked to race on the 2021 May date will now automatically be transferred to the new date on 11th & 12th September 2021. This includes all those athletes whose race entries had been deferred from the May 2020 event.
Additional options for race deferrals to May 2022 or to one of the other events in the Castle Triathlon Series are also being made available to registered participants.
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