Long Beach Invitational
- Apr 9, 2016 To Apr 10, 2016
- sprint
- Marine Stadium (site of 1932 Olympics)
- Long Beach, CA (USA)
- Hosted By: Long Beach Junior Crew
- 2016 Registered Regatta
26th Annual Long Beach Junior Invitational Regatta
April 9 & 10 2016
General Information and Rules of Racing
This Regatta is registered with USRowing
Introduction
We would like to thank all of last year’s participants for the high level of competition and we look forward to your participation in 2016. Event entries will be limited, so register your teams early to secure desired events.
Race Course
The racecourse is partially-buoyed course that is located in Long Beach’s historic Marine Stadium. The 1500m sprint course runs from the 2nd St Bridge to the finish line at the north end of Marine Stadium.
Rules
The current edition of the U.S.R.A. Racing Rules of Rowing will apply. This is a USRowing registered regatta therefore all participating organizations must be USRowing Organizational Members.
Registration and Entry Deadline
The registration deadline is March 29th, 2016. There will be no paper (mail in) registrations for this regatta. All registrations and fee payments will be done through Regatta Central. Payments online are due March 29th, 2016.
Waivers and Roster
Online USRowing waivers are preferred.
Please submit your alphabetized team roster along with any paper waivers to the Clerk of the Course desk from 4 to 6pm, Friday, April 8th, if you have not already emailed it.
Roster verification will be utilized.
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Team roster required: We have found RegattaCentral to be easiest team roster to print.
1) Log into RegattaCentral.com 2) Under "Affilliations", select "roster" 3) Make sure you're looking at the Active Roster 4) In the upper right, click "export"
Once you have the spreadsheet, delete everything except for first and last name, and "waiver signed", which should read either T or F. T means the USRowing waiver has been signed, F means that athlete needs to print it, sign it, and have it presented at registration. If you really like us and want to make it even easier, you can include USRowing ID, which makes it easier for us to check waivers for specific athletes, and gender, which just makes it easier to find them on your roster
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Here's an example:
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USRowing ID |
Last Name |
First Name |
Gender |
Waiver Signed |
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1035661 |
Anderson |
Megan |
F |
T |
Here's a very quick recap of the easiest way to do this:
1) Have your kids do their USRowing waiver online
2) Export your Regatta Central roster and send it to [email protected].
3) Alphabetize any paper USRowing waivers that you may bring.
Sample team email:
(please add your teams USRowing admin code to the below email before sending it out.)
Dear Families,
In order for rowers to race in the upcoming regattas, completion of the below is required:
1. Current USRowing membership until May 2016
2. 2016 online signed USRowing Waiver
All rowers must have a current USRowing membership.
If your rowers USRowing membership is current to May 2016, there is no need to renew the membership. If the membership expires before May 2016 please take this time to renew it now.
There is a video that you can watch if you have any questions to pay admin fee:
2016 online USRowing waiver . Please logon to https://rosters.usrowing.org/ and electronically sign the 2016 waiver under individual then waiver. There is a video that you can watch if you have any questions about signing the online waiver:
Our club Admin code is:_________________
Please note that an electronically signed 2016 USRowing waiver is required for our coaches to be able to register your rower on Regatta Central for some events.
Best regards,
Scratch/Add Policy
After the add deadline of Tuesday March 29th, 2016, no further entries will be accepted online and all entry fees must be paid (see late entries below). Events scratched by Thursday March 31st 8am PST will receive a full refund up to 25% of your club’s overall regatta fees. E-mail Coach Jay Dee at [email protected] with scratches. The LBJC CFO will issue refund checks after the regatta, based on time-stamped e-mails received and previous fees paid.
Late entries may be added at the racecourse at the Clerk of the Course desk, on April 8th from 4 to 6pm. Late entries will be accepted only if they do not create new heats and are on a first come, first served basis. Fees for late entries are 150% of normal entry fees.
If scratches result in fewer heats, the time slot of the eliminated heat will be used as a 'catch up' break. If scratches result in elimination of heats for an event, the final will be held in the time slot initially reserved for the first heat of that event. Any changes will attempt to shorten Sunday's schedule, while maintaining an hour between heats and finals and allowing for reasonable turnaround of equipment and athletes.
Categories
Novices may not have started rowing before the 2015 Southwest Regionals.
Lightweight is defined as a maximum weight of 150 pounds for men and 130 pounds for women.
Varsity and JV: If a team wants to compete in a JV event, they must have a varsity team competing in the same event. LBJC reserves the right to make exceptions to this rule.
Race schedule:
A preliminary schedule is posted on RegattaCentral.com. After April 1st, 2016, lane assignments in an updated race schedule will be e-mailed to coaches. The final schedule will be e-mailed to coaches on Friday night after the Coaches meeting and also posted Saturday morning at the Clerk of the Course desk.
Apparel
All race participants must wear one type of racing uniform representative of their team.
Boat Inspection
All Boats will be inspected on Friday April 8th and a marker will be placed on the boat upon passing the inspection. The marker must remain on the boat for the duration of the regatta.
- Bow Markers
Each crew will provide their own bow markers for the sprint races. Each rowing shell must have a bow clip
- Bow Balls
No racing shell will be allowed to practice or race without a bow ball.
- Foot-stretchers
Heels must be tied no more than three inches from the footplate.
Directions
Marine Stadium site information:
www.longbeach.gov/park/parks_and_open_spaces/parks/marine_stadium.asp
Boat Storage and Parking
Trailers and busses need to enter the stadium parking area via the Appian Way gate at the south end of Marine Stadium, located at the intersection of Appian Way and Bayshore (Look for the Paoli Way sign)
5225 Paoli Way
Long Beach, CA, 90803
Parking lot gates are scheduled to be opened at 7:00 AM on Friday, April 8th and at 6:00 AM on race days. On Friday, one way traffic flowing east to west will be enforced. Please inform your boat trailer driver that only one unhitched trailer will be allowed to park at the beach and only as space allows, and to enter Marine Stadium via Paoli Way. Stadium gates will be locked Friday and Saturday night at 7:30pm.
On Saturday and Sunday, no early arrivals will be admitted into Stadium before 6:00AM. Please be considerate of our neighbors. ALL VEHICLES ARRIVING EARLY MUST TURN ENGINES OFF. The road along the beach area will be closed to all through traffic on race days. Bicycles are permitted.
Assigned Beach Location
The beach sites will be assigned and posted. Do not move stakes or team locations. Beach sites are determined by the number of team entries.
Please Respect Our Neighbors’ Requests:
Please ask that your rowers avoid stepping on the flowers along the back wall. It is ok to rest your oars on the back wall as long as they are placed at a 30 degree angle into the street towards the beach and do not extend out beyond the back of the wall to avoid blocking the neighbors road behind the wall.
Tide
Please store your boats on an angle and as high up on the beach as possible due to very high tides.
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Tide Chart |
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High |
High |
Low |
Low |
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8 Fri |
AM |
PM |
AM |
PM |
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Time |
10:54 |
10.52 |
4:42 |
4:41 |
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Feet |
4.9 |
5.9 |
-0.9 |
.3 |
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9 Sat |
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Time |
11:48 |
11:34 |
5:21 |
11:34 |
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Feet |
4.2 |
5.9 |
-0.9 |
.6 |
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10 Sun |
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Time |
12:49 |
6:27 |
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Feet |
3.9 |
-0.6 |
Mandatory Team Check-In
One coach from each team will need to check-in to the Clerk of the Course on Friday, April 8h between 4 and 6 pm and turn in any hard copy USRowing waivers and also Team Roster if it was not submitted electronically. The Clerk of the Course will be located near the vendor area at the north end of the beach. Each team’s entries will be verified and any last minute scratches will be noted and worked into the final schedule.
Lane Assignments
Preliminary lane draws will be completed on April 1st, 2016 and made available on Regatta Central. Lane assignments for heats are blind lane draw. Final schedule with lane draws after late scratches will be available each morning of the regatta at 6 am at the Clerk of the Course desk. Lane draws for finals will be posted at the Clerk of the Course desk after results of the heats have been posted. (The assignment of lanes for finals shall be assigned from the center lanes outward according to the orders of finish in the previous level of competition).
Lane Assignments for Finals
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Finals lane draw for two heats |
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Lane 1 |
Lane 2 |
Lane 3 |
Lane 4 |
Lane 5 |
Lane 6 |
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Heat A - 3rd |
Heat B - 2nd |
Heat A - 1st |
Heat B - 1st |
Heat A - 2nd |
Heat B - 3rd |
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Finals lane draw for three heats |
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Lane 1 |
Lane 2 |
Lane 3 |
Lane 4 |
Lane 5 |
Lane 6 |
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Heat A - 2nd |
Heat B - 1st |
Heat C - 1st |
Heat A - 1st |
Heat B - 2nd |
Heat C - 2nd |
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Finals lane draw for four heats |
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Lane 1 |
Lane 2 |
Lane 3 |
Lane 4 |
Lane 5 |
Lane 6 |
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Fastest 2nd |
Heat C - 1st |
Heat A - 1st |
Heat B - 1st |
Heat D - 1st |
2nd Fastest 2nd |
All events: The USRowing progression system B will apply with the exception for 7 entries. *Events with six or fewer entries will be run as finals only. Events with 7 entries will have two heats and a final, the last boat in each heat will not advance.
Weigh-In
All athletes (rowers and coxswains) that must weigh in shall do so wearing their team racing uniform.
Coxswains will be weighed once for the entire regatta. Coxswains may weigh-in on Friday, April 8th between 4 and 6pm at the Clerk of the Course desk, or any time Saturday or Sunday, provided it is at least one hour before their first race of the regatta. Underweight coxswains must carry sandbags to make weight. Sandbags will be provided at weigh in, and the USRowing officials will be informed which coxswains must carry weight. Coxswains for men’s boats must weigh 120 pounds or more. Coxswains for women’s boats must weight 110 pounds or more.
Lightweight rowers must weigh in each day they have a lightweight race, only once per day, at least one hour before their first lightweight race of the day. There are no boat average weights in these events. Individual male rowers must weigh 150 pounds or less. Individual female rowers must weigh 130 pounds or less.
Practicing and warm-up
Practice in Marine Stadium is allowed during daylight hours (7:00am to sunset) Friday, April 8th. Practice is not allowed on Saturday or Sunday. The regatta will not be held responsible for crews practicing or warming-up outside of this time frame or in waterways outside the designated areas. Practice times will be strictly enforced. Launching prior to the announced practice times will result in disqualification of the crew. Crews will need to stay free and clear of course workers on Friday, April 8th.
Traffic Pattern
Please observe the counter-clockwise traffic patterns by keeping starboard oars close to the shore. The traffic pattern and course rules will be posted at the Clerk of the Course. All coaches and coxswains must study the traffic pattern prior to launch. As the practice and race patterns may differ, please study the pattern each day. COACHES: INSTRUCT YOUR COXSWAINS AND BOWS TO CAREFULLY STUDY THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR PRACTICE.
Call to Events and Launching
Crews will be called to launch by the beach master. First call will be forty (40) minutes prior to the scheduled race.
Hot Seating
Hot seating must be reported to the beach master for approval. Hot seating will be at your risk. Under no circumstances will the start of the race be held up for late boats.
Awards
Awards will be presented at the Award’s table in the vendor area starting Saturday at noon, and as the results are finalized. Commemorative medals will be awarded to the top 3 finishers in each event.
Team Trophy Point System
Men's and Women's High Point trophies will be awarded according to the point structure below and attached to race schedule.
Events: JV4+, Fr4+, and N1x Do not earn points.
POINTS:
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Event |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
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V8+ |
30 |
24 |
18 |
13 |
9 |
5 |
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JV8+ |
24 |
19 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
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Lwt 8+ |
24 |
19 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
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04+ |
24 |
19 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
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04x |
24 |
19 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
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3V8+ |
18 |
14 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
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Lwt 4+ |
18 |
14 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
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N8A+ |
18 |
14 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
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Fr8+ |
18 |
14 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
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2- |
12 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
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N4x |
12 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
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Lwt 2x |
12 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
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N8B+ |
12 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
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2x |
12 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
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N4+ |
12 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
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1x |
9 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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.
Event Definitions
Freshman: We will be running the freshman categories on the honor system and ID's will not be required.
Novice: These events are available to athletes who did not start rowing until after the 2015 Southwest Regionals
JV: If a team wants to compete in a JV event, they must have a varsity team competing in the same event. LBJC reserves the right to make exceptions to this rule.
Lightweight: There are no boat average weights in these events. Individual male rowers must weigh 150 lbs or less and individual female rowers must weigh 130 lbs or less.
Coxswains: Coxswains may be of either gender. Coxswains for men’s races must weigh at least 120 lbs, coxswains for women’s races must weigh at least 110 lbs.
75% of entry fees are NON-REFUNDABLE due to fixed costs
Hotel
We are pleased to recommend Hotel Current as our official sponsor hotel for the upcoming Regatta. Hotel Current has offered participating teams a special regatta rate. Please book directly with Hotel Current. The contact person is: Director of Sales & Marketing at (562) 597-1341. Be sure to mention you are part of the LBJC Regatta event. Other hotels in the area are listed on Regatta Central under lodging.
Regatta BBQ Dinner
Long Beach Junior Crew will host a special Regatta BBQ Dinner on Saturday, April 9th. Dinner will be served waterside from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. This is a great opportunity to relax and enjoy a dinner with other teams. Look for the flyer posted on www.longbeachjuniorcrew.org under Invitational. Double click on the flyer, print it, fill it out and return it by mail before the deadline.
Results
Results will be posted during the regatta at the Clerk of the Course, and finish line. Final results will be posted on Row2k.
Long Beach Junior Invitational T-shirts
Short sleeve T-shirts and long sleeve T-shirts will be sold at the merchandise table both race days while supplies last. Pre-ordered T-shirts may be picked up at registration on Friday April 8th between 4 and 6pm, or at the concession area on Saturday April 9th and on Sunday April 10th from 8am to 5pm. Look for flyer to be posted soon.
2016 Long Beach Junior Invitational Schedule of Events
Friday, April 8, 2016
7:00am to sunset: Marine stadium is reserved and open for early arrival and practice
4:00pm to 6:00pm: Pre-ordered Invitational T-shirts available for pick up at the vender area.
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Team check-in at Clerk of the Course (North end of beach), last minute scratches and late entries accepted. Coxswains may weigh-in for entire regatta.
6:00pm to 7:00 pm: Coaches/Coxswains/Officials meeting at the Clerk of the Course located at the north end of the beach.
Saturday, April 9, 2016
6:00 am: Parking lot gates open
6:10 am: Clerk of Course desk opens
6:10 am: Weigh-Ins for Saturday races start
6:00 am: Parking lot gates open
8:00 am to 6:00pm: Racing
8:00 am to 5:00pm: Pick-up pre-ordered BBQ dinner wristbands at Merchandise Sales Area; if available purchase BBQ dinner
5:00pm to 7:30 pm: Beach BBQ dinner
Sunday, April 10, 2016
6:00 am: Parking lots gates open
6:10 am: Clerk of Course desk opens
6:10 am: Weigh-Ins for Sunday races start
8:00 am to 4:00 pm: Racing