aQuelle Midmar Mile Race Entry Event Information and Detail for Each Event
aQuelle Midmar Mile 2026 – Event Line Up
Saturday 7th February 2026
EVENT 1 – RACE/ENTRY INFORMATION
Event 1 is specifically for:
- Graeme Pope-Ellis Comrades Biathlon/Dusi Biathlon/Ironman/Ironwoman*
You will need your Comrades 2025 and/or Dusi 2025 Race Number and Official Result(s) when entering these categories
No Late Entries for Comrades Biathlon, Dusi Biathlon or Ironman/woman will be taken on Race Weekend. These categories are for pre-entry only
- 71 year and older swimmers
- Swimmers with a Disability in the following categories:
Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment, Physical Impaired and Intellectual Impairment.
* Scoring for Biathlon & Ironman/Ironwoman
(Ironman entrants are automatically entered into the Biathlon sections)
Competitors receive a percentage score per event based on the following formula:
[‘Cut-off Time’ minus ‘Participants Time’] divided by [‘Cut off time’ minus ‘Winners Time’]
Ironman
[Comrades + Dusi + Midmar] divided by 300
Biathlon
[Comrades + Midmar] divided by 200 or [Duzi + Midmar] divided by 200
EVENT 2 – RACE/ENTRY INFORMATION
FAMILY TEAM EVENT*
· Minimum of 3 and Maximum of 5 Team Members of directly related/immediate family.
· Event 2 has the largest entry field of the entire weekend, therefore for safety reasons, team size rules are enforced, and no individual entries are permitted.
· Every team member swims the full Mile (1.6km).
*Team Seeding & Scoring
At point of entry, Teams are given the option to be seeded together in the same starting batch or to be seeded individually – potentially in different starting batches. The team result is calculated using the fastest three finish times from the team so we would recommend that the more competitive teams looking for a podium finish opt to be seeded individually.
EVENT 3 – RACE/ENTRY INFORMATION
COMPANY TEAM EVENT*
· Minimum of 2 and Maximum of 5 Team Members who must be employees of the same company (not relatives or friends of employees)
· For safety reasons, team size rules are enforced with individual entries allowed only with permission from the Race Organisers
· Every team member swims the full Mile (1.6km).
*Team Seeding & Scoring
At point of entry, Teams are given the option to be seeded together in the same starting batch or to be seeded individually – potentially in different starting batches. The team result is calculated using the fastest three finish times from the team so we would recommend that the more competitive teams looking for a podium finish opt to be seeded individually.
EVENT 4 – RACE/ENTRY INFORMATION
NON-COMPANY TEAM EVENT*
· Minimum of 2 and Maximum of 5 Team Members
· For safety reasons, team size rules are enforced with individual entries allowed only with permission from the Race Organisers
· Every team member swims the full Mile (1.6km).
*Team Seeding & Scoring
At point of entry, Teams are given the option to be seeded together in the same starting batch or to be seeded individually – potentially in different starting batches. The team result is calculated using the fastest three finish times from the team so we would recommend that the more competitive teams looking for a podium finish opt to be seeded individually.
Sunday 8th February 2026
EVENT 5 – RACE/ENTRY INFORMATION
GIRLS 13yr/under & WOMEN 31yr/over
· Prizegiving will apply only to swimmers in these categories. Swimmers who fall outside of these categories are welcome to swim this event but they will not qualify for any positions/prizes in their own category (ie a 32yr male may swim Event 5 but his result will not be included in the results from Event 6, since he did not swim Event 6).
· Seeding will be completed once online entries have closed.
· Late Entries on Race Weekend will be automatically seeded into one of the final two starting batches (green or white caps), depending on the numbers across the event.
EVENT 6 – RACE/ENTRY INFORMATION
BOYS 13yr/under & MEN 31yr/over
· Prizegiving will apply only to swimmers in these categories. Swimmers who fall outside of these categories are welcome to swim this event but they will not qualify for any positions/prizes in their own category (ie a 32yr female may swim Event 6 but her result will not be included in the results from Event 5, since she did not swim Event 5).
· Seeding will be completed once online entries have closed.
· Late Entries on Race Weekend will be automatically seeded into one of the final two starting batches (green or white caps), depending on the numbers across the event.
EVENT 7 – RACE/ENTRY INFORMATION
GIRLS/WOMEN 14-30yr
· Prizegiving will apply only to swimmers in these categories. Swimmers who fall outside of these categories are welcome to swim this event but they will not qualify for any positions/prizes in their own category (ie a 37yr female may swim Event 7 but her result will not be included in the results from Event 5, since she did not swim Event 5)
· Seeding will be completed once online entries have closed. The ‘Top 20’ Seeded Female Swimmers (who will have a dive start from the floating platform) will be notified personally.
· Late Entries on Race Weekend will be automatically seeded into one of the final two starting batches (green or white caps), depending on the numbers across the event.
EVENT 8 – RACE/ENTRY INFORMATION
BOYS/MEN 14-30yr
· Prizegiving will apply only to swimmers in these categories. Swimmers who fall outside of these categories are welcome to swim this event but they will not qualify for any positions/prizes in their own category (ie a 37yr male may swim Event 8 but his result will not be included in the results from Event 6, since he did not swim Event 8)
· Seeding will be completed once online entries have closed. The ‘Top 20’ Seeded Male Swimmers (who will have a dive start from the floating platform) will be notified personally.
· Late Entries on Race Weekend will be automatically seeded into one of the final two starting batches (green or white caps), depending on the numbers across the event.
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