We are very excited to bring 4 team races for 2025.
The race format will be a team of 2 in either all male or female and mixed teams. Two options of races, for those who new to navigation there will be a short race of between 3-4 hours called Sprint.
The course will be easy and help improve your navigation.
For those that navigate there will be 6-8 hours race called endurance.
Sprint and Endurance races have a series in both races the best 3 races count.
2025 Team Adventure Race Series Events
Nagles 22nd Feb – Registration is Closed – Results Click here
Keeper AR 12th April Registration is Open
Rogaine 6hr & 24hr 14/15 June Results
Kinsale AR 27th Sept Endurance points – Endurance splits – Sprint splits
Final 2025 National Team AR Series Tables are available below
History of the National Team Adventure Race Series.
The Team Adventure Race series was setup in 2022 with 4 events and included two categories Sprint and Endurance
Role of Honour – Team Series Winners 2022 –
| Table | Endurance Women | Endurance Men | Endurance Mixed | Sprint Women | Sprint Men | Sprint Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||||||
| 2024 | Maeve O Grady &
Sarah Gilligan |
Kevin O’Brien &
Nicky O Donoghue |
Vanessa Lawrence &
Ciaran Nolan |
Karen Firman &
Gillian Power |
Thomas McGuinness &
Kieran McGuinness |
Kay Quirke &
Tom Quirke |
| 2023 | No winner | Kevin O’Brien &
Nick O’Donoghue |
No winner | No winner | Cian Murphy &
Cathal Owens |
Lesleyann Wylie &
Eoin Wylie |
| 2022 | Paula Fitzpatrick &
Heather O’Brien |
Johan Muller &
Adrian Cunningham |
Lorraine Horan &
James Connelly |
No winner | Stephen Geraghty &
Paul Tierney |
Eddie O’Callaghan &
Michelle O Donnell |
General Rules and Guidelines
TAR (Team Adventure Race) Series Rules for 2024
- Teams with names as entered for their first race of the series to be considered for TAR series points
- Should circumstance permit each team may use one other person as a substitute for one or several events in any one year
- Mixed team may have 1 substitute of each gender if needed but not in same race
- No change permitted in Team clarification i.e. Male/Female/Mixed Pair as originally entered
- Should extra substitutes be used by any team in addition to the initial allowed substitute then that team’s result will not count for the Series
- Series prizes will be awarded to each winning team in each of the classification and each distance event (Endurance & Sprint)
- Each team members should not be more than 100m apart during the race
- Each team should carry the mandatory equipment though out the race
Race Finish Classification generally will be:
- A) Most points gained net of any bonus’ or penalties
- B) If equal net points then fastest time
- C) Teams with most Mandatory Check Points (MCP) will be ranked above those with less
- Points for Transition Areas (TAs) & MCPs are 100 points
- Time bonus / penalties for all Optional Check Points (OCPs) are likely to vary with each race
- Penalties for teams finishing over allocated time will generally be 10 points per minute late but may vary with each race
- In the event of a tie for first place and overall Team Series Championship the following tie breaks will be initiated and they will be initiated in the following order
- Of the racers tied for 1st place – whoever has the most race ‘wins’
- Of the racers tied for 1st place – whoever has the most points in head-to-head events
- This means events where the tied racers participated in same race
- This means ‘started a race’ – a DNF counts as 0 points in this situation
- Of the racers tied for 1st place – Lowest cumulative head-to-head time
- Example: the tied racers competed head to head in 2 events. Their overall time for the 2 events is added up and the lowest cumulative time determines the winner
- In the event that racers are still tied for 1st place there will be joint 1st place