Festival Regatta

  • Hosted By: Merrimac River Rowing Association

WAIVERS NEED TO BE SIGNED BY ALL COMPETITORS AT REGISTRATION

NOTE:  Bringing a signed waiver to check-in will greatly speed up the registration process

Juniors Eligibility-Competitors must be born in 1991 or later OR enrolled in high school this past spring.

Master's categories:

Age 27-39:

Age 40 - 49:

Age 50-59:

Age 60-69:

Age 70+  

Masters in an "older" category are free to enter events in younger categories(e.g. a 56 year old rower may enter the Masters 40-49 1x and the Masters 27-39 1x).

1x events, OPEN events, and JUNIOR events will not be handicapped.

All other events will be handicapped based on average age of crew, according to the USRA handicap system.  

If a birthdate is not provided for any contestant in a handicapped event we will assume they are not elligible for Masters categorie and will be given a handicap of 0

For questions on this contact race directors.

All races are FINALS.

1st place only medals will be awarded for each race.

In the event that some categories are combined into one race medals will be awarded to the winner in each category. e.g. If Masters 60-69 and Masters 70+ compete in the same race two medals will be awarded - one for 60 - 60 and one for 70+

A complete set of rules can be found at : www.merrimackrowing.org/festival