Tauranga Rowing Club

ROTORUA ROWING CLUB & BAY OF PLENTY ROWING ASSOCIATION

1000 Meter races 29 October, 2011 Blue Lake Start Time 10.00 am

I enclose the following:

0. The Regatta programme. 2. The Regatta conditions. 3. The entry form.

If you require further entry forms, please copy entry form as required.

Please note the following entry fees: $16.00 Eight $9.00 Fours & Quads $7.00 Doubles $4.00 Singles PAYMENT IS TO ACCOMPANY THESE ENTRIES WHICH CLOSE ON FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER 2011

Please send entries and payment to: Bay of Plenty Rowing Association PO Box 13355 Tauranga E-mail: [email protected]

Thank you!

Mark Elphick BOPRA CFO COURSE LENGTH 1000m 10.00 1 Girls U17 4x+

10.05 2 Boys U17 8

10.10 3 Mens Novice 4+ (4x+) Race 1

10.20 4 Masters Eight

10.25 5 Womens Novice Eight Race 1

10.30 6 Mens Open 1x

10.35 7 Womens Club 4x

10.40 8 Mens Club 8

10.55 9 Corporate eight 1st race (500m)

11.10 10 Masters Quad

11.15 11 Boys U17 2x

11.20 12 Girls U17 8

11.25 13 Mens Open 2x

11.35 14 Mens Novice 8 Race 1

11.45 15 Womens Novice 4+ (4x+) Race 1

11.55 16 Womens Club 8

12.00 17 Mens Club 2x

12.15 18 Corporate eight 2nd race (500m)

1.30 19 Masters Double

1.35 20 Girls U17 2x

1.45 21 Boys U17 4x+

1.50 22 Mens Novice 8 Race 2

2.00 23 Womens Novice 4+ (4x+) Race 2

2.05 24 Womens Club 2x (2-)

2.10 25 Mens Club 4x

2.25 26 Corporate eight 3rd race (500m)

2.40 27 Masters 1x

2.45 28 Girls U17 4+

2.50 29 Boys U17 4+

2.55 30 Mens Novice 4+ (4x+) Race 2

3.05 31 Womens Novice Eight Race 2

3.15 32 Womens Club 4

3.20 33 Mens Club 4

3.30 33 Corporate eight 4th race (500m)

RACE CONDITIONS

0. All crews must row in their club colours. 0. The minimum weight of all coxswains is 55kg. 0. Scratchings must be handed to the regatta secretary by 10.00am on race day. 4. Crews are to take up their positions in the lanes shown in the programme or as allocated on the day. 0. Crews must be at the starting point at least five minutes prior to advertised start time. Crews late to the start may be excluded from the race. 6. No time allowance will be granted for a clash of events or boat use. Coaches must elect the events to enter without relying on any time allowance. 0. All races will be started by horn. A second horn denotes a recall. 8. Crews proceeding to the start must keep to the inside of the course. 9. All boats must be identified by a securely fixed bow number to indicate LANE number. 0. All coxswains must wear an approved and serviceable life jacket and all boats must carry an approved white bow ball. Bow coxed boats must comply with NZRA safety requirements. 11. Names of crew members and seeding information must accompany entries. All scratchings and substitutions of crew personnel must be made in writing to the Regatta Secretary at least one hour before the race. Entries must be made on official forms provided. 12. Assume that there will be divisions in each race. To assist with the draw, please give us a realistic assessment of which division each crew should start. A space is provided for this on the entry form. Where sufficient entries are received to justify dividing the field into divisions, handicapping may be applied to provide crews with quality racing. 13. BOPRA nor Rotorua Rowing Club will not accept any liability for any accidents on race day. 14. Late entries will be accepted at the discretion of the BOPRA/Rotorua Regatta Committee. 15. Late entries: those received after 21st October 2009. 0. All entry fees must be paid prior to the Regatta. 17. Every effort will be made to maintain the published regatta programme, but the organising committee reserves the right to alter the schedule as deemed necessary. 18. Entry fees: $15.00 Eight $8.00 Fours & Quads $6.00 Doubles $3.00 Singles

19. This is a non-status regatta and is conducted under the rules of NZRA and BOPRA, subject to the modifications set out in these conditions and approved by BOPRA. Exclusion of all Tort Liability of Whatsoever Kind Bay of Plenty Rowing and Rotorua Rowing Clubs remind Rowing Clubs, schools and rowers participating in this Regatta that while every care will be taken by the Regatta Officials to ensure that the Regatta is conducted safely and efficiently, and in accordance with the rules of racing established by NZRA and BOPRA, it is the responsibility of Clubs and/or schools to ensure that those rules are complied with, and of rowers to comply with them to ensure safe rowing activity. Further it is a condition of participation in this Regatta that all participants accept and note that no liability either in tort or in any other nature whatsoever is accepted by, or will attach to the NZRA, BOPRA or Rotorua Rowing Club for any harm, damage, loss, costs, expenses, inconvenience, interference of whatever nature and whatever kind, including any damage to equipment or injury to persons of whatever nature incurred in the course of, or in connection with, or in any way related to the Regatta, regardless of whether any error or omission, wrongdoing, oversight, negligence, or other tort whatsoever on the part of any Regatta Official or other person, may be established.

The Secretary Karin Mary Entry Form: Rotorua 1000m REGATTA 29-Oct-2011 Page ______of ______CLUB______Crew Names (Stroke to bow) Preferred Entr Event # Crew # Status Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Division y Fee Please send entries E-mail: [email protected] and hard copy w/payment: Mark Elphick POBOX 13355, Tauranga