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2024 Dogwood Junior Championship Regatta
            Saturday/Sunday April 27-28, 2024

                     Hosted by Oak Ridge Rowing Association
                                        697 Melton Lake Drive
                                         Oak Ridge, TN 37830

The Dogwood Junior Championship Regatta Event Cap is accepting waitlist requests. We'll do everything that we can to accommodate your request. In general, we will protect events where new entries would change the progression and increase the schedule.

• Waitlists for events that are currently Straight to Final will be accepted first-come, first-serve until there are 7 entries (event is now capped at 7 entries.)
• Waitlists for the DASH events will be accepted, first-come, first-serve until there are 7 entries (each).
• Waitlists for other events will fill in the order that they are received where we have scratches, through the scratch deadline.

Biggest . Dogwood . Junior . Championship . Regatta . Ever ! ! !  Thanks to everyone for their support.

Dogwood C&C Meeting via Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82186775370?pwd=Tk55WURyT1UwSmY2Y2RPc2QzVFNBdz09
Meeting ID: 821 8677 5370.    Passcode: 214882
Updated Time: Wednesday Apr 24, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Coaches and coxswains are responsible for the content.  
Dogwood C&C Recording https://youtu.be/_Rj71xrwjKg

2024 GroupMe: ORRA will use an instant messaging service, through GroupMe, to make timely announcements about registration deadlines and practice/race day announcements that affect the regatta schedule. Please join this announcement-only group at https://groupme.com/join_group/99792125/puPhpPOs or by scanning the QR code here.

2024 Schedule via HereNow

2024 Heat Sheets via HereNow

2024 Results via HereNow                        2023 Results via HereNow for reference

2024 Team Tent Orders: LIVE! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EACA72D6-48427794-team#/

2024 Paid Parking Passes: SOLD OUT   Parking passes guarantee in and out privleges Saturday and Sunday. Passes available for pick up with paid receipt starting Friday afternoon.

We will have a two-minute drop off zone on Melton Lake Drive for all the general coming/going madness, and a medical disability drop off location adjacent to the peninsula (see Parking Attendant for details).

Volunteer

ORRA can always benefit from a few volunteers to help us with the regatta execution. We use SignUp Genius to manage volunteer opportunities, and it comes with appropriate on-site training. If you are an experienced launch driver (coach, former referee, or similar) and want the best seat in the house, consider being a launch driver and chase the races with a referee on-board. There are also opportunities on-land, from Control Commission to Start to Finish Tower, and everywhere in-between. Volunteer shifts are short, knowing that everyone has many demands. All efforts are welcome. Free stuff. See https://www.signupgenius.com/ for opportunities.

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Practice Schedule

Teams may practice on Friday, from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Last launch is 6:00 p.m. The Practice Day Traffic Pattern is in effect.

Official SWAG

Get your official Dogwood Junior Championship Regatta Apparel directly from the supplier, avaialble now. The supplier will also be in Oak Ridge with hours from Friday afternoon through Sunday. Click here for the online store.

2024 Event Structure

ORRA will use a 1750-meter Time Trial on Saturday a.m. to establish a rank-ordered list for Events with eight or more entries.  Progressions using the rank-ordered list are as follows.

The following progression is anticipated. Based on entries/distribution, minor adjustments may be made. 

• If a single entry is received in an event, the LOC will work with the team/athletes to either shift them to another event, potentialy run them combined with a similar event, or allow a cancel/refund.
• For entries of 2-7, that event will go straight to final, racing on Sunday. ORRA may combine two smaller/similar events in to a single event in the interests of total schedule.
• For entries of 8-10, ORRA will use a time trial on Saturday a.m., taking the Top 7 directly to the Sunday Final.
• For entries of 11-12, ORRA will use a time trial, with the Top 6 directly to a Sunday Grand Final and the 7-12 to a Sunday Petit Final.
• For entries of 13-23, a Time Trial will determine rank-ordered advancement of the top 12 to two semifinals and Petit/Grand Finals. 
• For entries of 24 or more, a Time Trial will determine rank-ordered advancement of the top 18 to three semifinals and Petit/Grand Finals. 

The Chief Referee will manage the division of entrants in to the Finals. Time trial results will be used to seed lane assignments in the Finals. 

Timing: Time Trials will start early Saturday, and run across two parallel lanes on approximate 7-minute event centers.  ORRA will have a short break immediately after Time Trials to rotate referees and LOC to the marshalling and start dock and start platform positions. Semi Finals will immediately follow Time Trials on Saturday afternoon. There will be a short break on Saturday that allows all Saturday teams to participate the DASH events. Petit and Grand Finals will be executed on Sunday.

Inclement Weather: We anticipate the race schedule to run from 7am-7pm on Saturday and 7am-5pm on Sunday. In the event of inclement weather, the Chief Referee and Local Organizing Committee will revise the schedule to accommodate the event timing accordingly. We will use GroupMe, a message service available for both iPhone and Android, for communicating real-time updates. The following general tenets apply:

• In the absence of further progressions, the results of an Event's Time Trial will determine the order of finish.
• In the absence of further progressions, the timed results (not semi-final order of finish) of an Event's Semi-Finals will determine the order of finish, without regard for the execution of multiple semi-finals. i.e. if an event has two semi-finals, but the final cannot be executed, the three fastest times across the Event semifinals will determine the order of finish.
• Edge cases may exist, based on the time/duration of inclement weather in the schedule. i.e, for Entries of 13-23 and of 24 or more, the results of the Event's Time Trial may be used to seed crews directly to (optional Petit Finals)/Finals, with semifinals, intended to see PF/F, discarded.
• Event Priority (highest to lowest), given appropriate safety considerations of smaller boats
  • Events that require Time Trials
  • Events that have up to 7 entries (normally straight to Finals) since they would not have a TT
  • Finals, largest boats to smallest boats
  • Petit Finals, largest boats to smallest boats
• Because of the commitment of (everyone) to a timely conclusion, racing on Sunday cannot extend past 6pm.

Tweaks from 2023:

Reference Dates and Deadlines. ORRA has always had a very accommodating scratch pollicy, where the late scratch deadline allows coaches to make changes to their club's participation up to the scratch deadline. After the scratch deadline, there can be no refund of the fees for that event. Clubs remain responsible for scratches for the duration of the event, i.e. if a scratch is necessary at any point during the race schedule, Clubs have the responsibility to notify the LOC no less than 45 minutes before the race time.

Did Not Start fees. Coaches and crews understand that they should typically launch NO LATER THAN 45 minutes prior to the start of their race. That is considered the minimum time to check in with the Referee, ensure safety items, launch, exit the embayment, row to the starting area, and prepare to race. Referees are specifically capturing the launch time for every single boat in every single event. When crews do not launch, the control commission, marshaling and starting referees must identify and confirm that the crew is not present (or late to start) and not participating. Crews that must race-day scratch are required to notify the LOC at the boathouse office no less than 45 minutes prior to that event's start time to avoid a $20 per incident fee.