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Club Registration with USRowing:

For our insurance to cover you, each club entering must be a current member of USRowing.  Unaffiliated individuals must be individual members of USRowing.  Please make sure your membership is current.

EVENTS  MAY  CLOSE  EARLY:

It is anticipated that some events may see significant entries, usually in singles.  In the event we have more than entries than can reasonably be accommodated, we will have a head-style time trial at the start of the regatta on Saturday.  In order to complete racing at a reasonable time, we will probably have to limit the number of flights per event to three, which would mean a maximum of 24 entries per event for the actual races.  If some events are under-subscribed, we may be able to add additional flights.
We reserve the right to close some events before the deadline if necessary.

DISTRICT SOUTH-EAST CHAMPIONSHIP

We will be awarding top three medals for the three fastest times in an event, regardless of the heat.

District South-East contact: Dawn Viyella <[email protected]>

YOUTH  EVENTS:
>   Youth events will be  1500 m  and start via  Rustin Pelican

SPECIAL RULE FOR YOUTH

Teams must enter their fastest crews on the Varsity level, 2nd fastest crews on the JV level and 3rd fastest crew on the 3rd level.  This applies to the same sized boats (a JV8 requires a V8 entry just as a JV4 requires a V4 entry). If a lower class boat records a faster time than its higher level boat, the LOC may investigate & choose to eliminate boats from the event.  A team may enter lightweight & freshmen events without entries in the other levels. 

The Miami Invitational Organizing Committee reserves the right to examine race times and may  disqualify a team which is found to abuse this rule.

COXSWAIN  WEIGHTS:
There shall be no minimum weights for Coxswains.

WAIVERS:
ALL ROWERS must have a current USRowing waiver for 2014.
WAIVERS should be done on-line at rosters.usrowing.org for maximum convenience and efficiency!
There will be a separate (read: slower) line for paper waivers at Registration.

SCRATCHES:
Scratches made after Sun, March 22 at 11:59 pm Eastern time will not be entitled to refunds. 

SAFETY:
All boats must have adequate Bow Balls, Bow Numbers, and Quick Release shoes as per US Rowing rules. These will be checked prior to launching.

BOW NUMBERS:

Please provide your own Bow Numbers.

LIGHTWEIGHTS:
Each rower in a Junior Men's lightweight crew shall weigh no more than 150 lbs.

Each rower in a Junior Women's lightweight crew shall weigh no more than 130 lbs.

There shall be no boat averaging.

Lightweight crews must weigh-in together, including the coxswain, if applicable. Competitors shall be weighed in racing uniform, without shoes or other footgear.

The weigh-in tent will be open for lightweight crews starting at 7:00 am to 8:30 am on Saturday. 

NOVICE

The definition of novice is a rower in his/her first calendar year of competition in either sculling or sweep.  So, it is possible to be a novice sculler but an experienced sweep rower, or vice versa.

Middle school events: 

Middle School mixed 8’s will race a 1000 m course.  1st, 2nd, & 3rd place boats will receive medals.  Middle school programs may enter multiple boats. Is accepting only MIX BOATS(4 boys with 4 girls)

Middle School Boys 8' s will race 1000 m course.1st, 2nd, & 3rd place boats will receive medals.  Middle school programs may enter multiple boats

Freshmen Events:  

All freshmen are defined as rowers who are in 9th grade in high school and may include rowers in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. 

MEDALS:

We will be awarding top three medals for the three fastest times in an event, regardless of heat. Therefore, if an event has two heats, and the fastest time in the second heat beat the top two finishers in the first heat, that boat would be awarded 1st place. In the event there is one heat, the top three finishers would be awarded corresponding medals.