Backyard Ultra:

World Team Championships

October 15, 2022

 

Backyard Ultra

Satellite National Championships

Here’s our Team Singapore Start list!

Satellite National Championships

October 15, 2022

On October 15th 2022 at 7am (Bell Buckle, TN time - that’s 8pm Singapore time), National Teams of 15 runners each will compete in Satellite National Championship Backyard Ultras at locations in their home countries around the world. All the races will occur simultaneously and will continue until a winner is declared in each one.

The team championship will go to the nation whose runners total the most yards during the competition (every team member, from the number 1 runner down to number 15, is of equal value in team scoring). The individual champion will be the last runner to finish a yard... so only the team with the strongest assist man can produce the winner.

We can only be as good as our opponents make us. This is true of all competition but is only codified in the Backyard Ultra.

Scoring and broadcast of the event will be carried out on the internet. National Team Members will earn their places on the team by winning Silver Ticket events or by performances during the qualifying period (August 16, 2020-August 15, 2022).

National Champions will win a Golden Ticket to the Big Dog's World Individual Championships in October of 2023.

In the absence of 15 runners who have reached the qualifying distance (24 yards) the team manager will be able to select the additional runners as he/she wishes. A good result in any backyard event you run during the qualifying period (which began August 16, 2020 and ends August 15 2022) can place you on that list.

Runners at the World Team Championships will be both representing their country as a member of the team (ALL members are scoring members) and competing for the individual National Championship.  The Team Championships were first held in 2020, with Belgium winning, the USA second, and Mexico third.

The first Satellite National Championships was held in Singapore on 17th October 2020.

Five runners made it to the 24 yard qualifier for the 2022 National Team. The remaining 10 slots will be updated when invitations have been accepted.

If you have an interest in applying for a National Team position, please email your race results or performances during the qualifying period (August 16, 2020 - August 15, 2022) to BBU@fatburdevents.com

To be eligible for a National Team position, the following criteria applies:

  • You must be a Singapore Citizen, PR or resident in Singapore.

  • FKTs, Virtual Races and training sessions can be used in your application (since we didn’t have much by way of racing in the past 2 years!), but these must be corroborated with Strava activity links or GPS watch data.