Anaconda Adventure Race - Prizes and categories
Categories
The following categories will be contested at each round of the Anaconda Adventure Race National Series:
Individuals
Solo competitors who complete the entire course themselves
- Junior (under 18yrs) Male / Female
- Prime (18 – 39yrs) Male / Female
- Veteran (40 – 49yrs) Male / Female
- Vintage (50 – 59yrs) Male / Female
- Masters (60+ yrs) Males / Females
Pairs
A team of two competitors who complete the whole course together, remaining within 50m of each other the whole time
- Pairs category (no age or gender division)
Relay Teams of 2
A relay team of two competitors who divide the course between them, either doing 2 legs each or 1 and 3 legs each
- Open team of 2 (both competitors aged under 40yrs) any gender
- Veteran team of 2 (both competitors aged 40yrs and over) any gender
Relay Teams of 3 - 4 people
A relay team with either 3 or 4 competitors who divide the course between them (either doing one leg each if a team of 4 or one person doing two legs and the others one leg each if a team of 3)
- Junior Team (all competitors aged under 18yrs) any gender
- Male Team
- Female Team
- Mixed Team
- Veteran Team (all competitors aged 40+yrs) any gender
Age categories are according to your age on race day. All competitors in an age group team must be in the required age bracket.
Prizes and Prize Money
The prize money for the open individual females is dependent on the number of individual females entered into the event as per the sliding scale listed below.
Scale 1 (More than 20 individual females)
| Position |
Male Prize Money |
Female Prize Money |
| 1st |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
| 2nd |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
| 3rd |
$500 |
$500 |
Scale 2 (Between 10 and 19 individual females)
| Position |
Male Priae Money |
Female Prize Money |
| 1st |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
| 2nd |
$1,000 |
$800 |
| 3rd |
$500 |
$400 |
Scale 3 (Less than 10 individual females)
| Position |
Male Prize Money |
Female Prize Money |
| 1st |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
| 2nd |
$1,000 |
$750 |
| 3rd |
$500 |
$250 |
All individuals are eligible, irrespective of their age category (i.e. Juniors, Prime, Veteran and Vintage are all eligible to win the cash).
Fastest Splits
In addition to these cash prizes for individuals, if you manage to clock the fastest split (excluding the final run) you also score another $100 cash plus sponsors prizes !
- Fastest Swim Male $100 cash + Sponsors Products
- Fastest Swim Female $100 cash + Sponsors Products
- Fastest Paddle legs Male (combination of the 2 legs) $100 cash + Sponsors Products
- Fastest Paddle legs Female (combination of the 2 legs) $100 cash + Sponsors Products
- Fastest Run Male $100 cash + Sponsors Products
- Fastest Run Female $100 cash + Sponsors Products
- Fastest MTB Male $100 cash + Sponsors Products
- Fastest MTB Female $100 cash + Sponsors Products
Pairs are also eligible to win fastest split prizes with the exception of the paddling leg.
All categories
As well as these great cash prizes, every podium finisher in every category (including all team categories) as listed above will also receive a trophy / medal and a prize pack*.
* Unless also a winner of a cash prize eg if a Junior wins the big cash prize for 1st overall, they do not also win the prize pack.
Random Prize Draws
In addition, some awesome random draws will be made on the day, with participants and spectators eligible. There'll also be a swag of goodies up for grabs for all participants.
Anaconda Adventure Race National Series – series winner
The winning individual male and female of the 2012 Anaconda Adventure Race National Series will win $1,000 cash in addition to whatever prize money they have won from separate events in the series.
The male and female winner of the 2012 Anaconda Adventure Race National Series will be determined on a points basis as follows:
- The athlete must have competed in all 3 races in the series.
- The athlete with the highest points after all 3 races will be the winner.
- Points will be allocated on a per event basis according to the athlete’s overall position as an individual male / female as follows:
- 1st = 10 points
- 2nd = 8 points
- 3rd = 7 points
- 4th = 6 points
- 5th = 5 points
- 6th = 4 points
- 7th = 3 points
- 8th = 2 points
- 9th = 1 point
- 10th and onwards = 0 points
- If points are tied between 2 or more competitors at the end of the last event in the series, the winner will be determined by a count back with the athlete with the most number of race victories being the winner, and then moving to the most number of 2nd place positions… and so forth if needed.