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SoCal Cup Regatta

 

Saturday, April 13th, 2024

 

This Regatta is registered with USRowing

 

The SoCal Cup Regatta will be a partially-buoyed, stakeboat start, 1,400m sprint. The course runs from the 2nd St bridge to the finish line at the north end of Marine Stadium.  

  

Directions

Marine Stadium site information:

http://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/marine-stadium/

 

Rules

The current edition of the U.S.R.A. Racing Rules of Rowing applies except as modified herein. This event is a USRowing registered regatta therefore all participating organizations must be USRowing organizational members.

 

Race Schedule

When submitting a question about the race schedule to [email protected] , 

please make sure to specify your program's name, event number and which boats you would like to discuss.

 

  

  

Boat Storage and Parking

Trailers and busses shall enter the Marine Stadium parking area via the Appian Way gate at the southwest end of Marine Stadium, located at the intersection of Appian Way and Bay Shore Ave.  The entrance to Marine Stadium is on Paoli Way.  

 

 

Marine Stadium

5225 Paoli Way

Long Beach, California 90803

 

 

The parking lot and use of the marine stadium will open at 12 noon on Friday, per our agreement with the City of Long Beach.

 

The gates to the park will be closed at 7:00pm on Friday.

 

 

The parking lot gate is scheduled to be open at 6:00am on race day.  Early arrivals will not be admitted to Marine Stadium before 6:00am.  Please be considerate of our neighbors!  ALL VEHICLES ARRIVING EARLY MUST TURN ENGINES AND RADIOS OFF.  

 

 

All visiting teams and their hospitality shall set up and row from the beach side of Marine Stadium and not on the Pete Archer Rowing Center side.  All visitor parking shall be on the beach side of Marine Stadium and not on the Pete Archer Rowing Center side.   All tents, parking, and bathroom usage on the beach-side only.

 

General Admission

There will be a $15 Adult General Admission Fee for spectators.  Coaches and Athletes are covered under the entry fees.

 

Trash Clean-up

Please clean up your teams area thoroughly before leaving the venue each day.  There will be a $500 fine if a team's area has trash left on the surrounding ground.

 

****No Drones allowed at the venue***

 

Alcohol is strictly not allowed at the venue

 

 

Bow Markers

Each crew shall provide their own bow numbers, and each rowing shell shall have a bow clip.

 

Safety Inspection

Each crew shall provide their own bow balls which shall be present and secure on each racing shell.   Rowing shoe heels shall be tied no more than three inches from the foot plate.  

 

Event Eligibility Definitions

Youth: A Youth is a Competitor who in the current calendar year does not attain the age of 19, or who in the current calendar year does not attain the age of 20 and has been continuously enrolled in secondary school as a full-time student seeking a diploma. A Competitor thus ceases to be a Youth after December 31 of the year of their 18th birthday (U19), or upon completion of the 12th grade of secondary school, having been a full-time student within the year of their 19th birthday (U20). Athletes older than U20 are never eligible to compete as Youth

 

U17: A competitor may compete in the U17 category until December 31 of the year of his or her 16th birthday.

U16: A Competitor may compete in the U16 category until December 31 of the year of their 15th birthday.

U15: A Competitor may compete in the U15 category until December 31 of the year of their 14th birthday.

Junior Varsity: (2V) The second boat for organizations competing in the varsity race of the same event. 

 

 

 

***There will be no weigh-ins for coxswains***

 

Coaches/Coxswain Meeting

Starting at 7:00am on the beach side, north end of Marine Stadium adjacent to the Clerk-of-the-Course.

 

Lane Assignments

Boats seeding will be based upon the BoatID in RegattaCentral.  The lower the boatID number, the higher the seed.  For example, if a team has three entries in an event and the BoatID's are  249, 250, and 253.   The 249 is the A, 250 is the B and 253 is considered the C boat.  The BoatID's can be found in your regattacentral acount and are assigned in the order that you made entries.

For events with 7 or fewer entries, there will be one heat.   Lanes will be drawn at random amongst "A" boats in the center lanes and then "B" boats and lower in the remaining outside lanes. 

For events with more than 7 entries, Lanes will be drawn at random in the same manner with A boats drawn first and then B boats and so on.  Flights will be organized according to seed when possible.  If there are more than 7 "A"boat in a given event, then the A boats will be divided up amongst mutiple flights as equally as possible and at random, and the same for B boats and lower.  

 

 

 Point System

Men's and Women's high point trophies will be awarded according to the point structure below and attached to race schedule.

 

			U16 8+
			U17 4x
		U17 8+	U17 4+	U16 4+	U15 4x+
		Y8+ B	Y4x B	U16 4x+	U16 2x
		Y4x	Y2-	U17 2X	U16 1x
Place	Y8+	Y4+	Y2x	Y1x	U17 1x
1st	30	24	18	12	9
# Boats in Final	% of points
	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
2	20%
3	40%	20%
4	60%	30%	5%
5	80%	40%	10%	5%
> 6	80%	40%	20%	10%	5%

 

 

 

B boats do not score. Only the highest placing boat from each team scores points. A “B” entry can prevent another team from scoring but they do not score themselves. If a team has two entries in a race and finish 1st and 3rd for example, the 1st place boat gets 1st place points but the 3rd place boat does not get any points. No 3rd place points are awarded in this instance; the 4th place boat does not move up to score the 3rd place points. 

 

 

  

Trophies

Men's and Women's high point trophies shall be awarded according to the point structure above.

  

Medals

Medals shall be awarded to first, second, and third place distributed at the conclusion of the regatta.

 

Side Note

To help the regatta run smoothly, it is important that your rowers not only know what event they are racing but also know their event number, lane assignment, and whether they are racing as the 'A', 'B', etc. boat.

  

Schedule of Events for the 2023 Presidents Day Regatta:

Gates to open on Appian Way………………………………….6:00am 

Team check–in, submit waivers and team rosters……...............6:30am 

Coaches/coxswain meeting……………………………………..7:00am 

Racing begins…………………………………………………...7:50am 

Conclusion………………………………………………………4:00pm

 

SafeSport

In support of USRowing SafeSport requirements, it is a condition of regatta participation that the visiting team located closest to the beach side restrooms or porta potties assumes the responsibility of monitoring those facilities during and after the regatta until participants have left the area.

 

 

Thank you for your participation.   We're looking forward to another great regatta and to seeing everyone at the Long Beach Marine Stadium!  Best of luck in your racing!

 

Thanks,

 

LBJC