Challenge West/BC Championships
- Jul 7, 2017 To Jul 9, 2017
- sprint
- Elk Lake
- Victoria, BC (CAN)
- Hosted By: Victoria City Rowing Club
Eligibility
The regatta is open to any registered member of an RCA rowing club. Competitors from outside Canada must be members of a rowing club which is a member of a National Rowing Federation recognized by FISA.
Classification
*U15 (Jr C) 14 or under as of Dec. 31 of the current year
*U17 (Jr B) 16 or under as of Dec. 31 of the current year
*U19 (Jr A) 18 or under as of Dec. 31 of the current year
U23 22 or under as of Dec. 31 of the current year
OPEN no age class
**JV Junior Varsity
*VCRC supports RCA’s Long Term Athlete Development plan which recognizes that children develop physically at different rates. Junior athletes may race one year down from their birth year, even if this places them in a different age class. This is to allow children who are 'late developers' physically to train and race with athletes of similar developmental age.
**Junior Varsity: A JV category for some Junior boat classes allows athletes to get meaningful races by competing against boats of similar speed. The Regatta Committee encourages coaches to enter athletes in the category they think will provide the best race experience for their athletes. You CANNOT enter an athlete in both JV and Varsity for the same event. An athlete may race JV in one event and Varsity in a separate event.
Lwt W Lightweight Women - maximum weight 59 kg
Lwt M Lightweight Men - maximum weight 72.5 kg
There is no weight average for a crew. All rowers in a lightweight crew must be at or under the maximum weight.
Lightweight athletes must weigh-in on the day of their event.
****MASTER
| AA age 21-26 | E age 55-59 | J age 80 or over |
| A age 27-35 | F age 60-64 | |
| B age 36-42 | G age 65-69 | |
| C age 43-49 | H age 70-74 | |
| D age 50-54 | I age 75-79 |
**** Crew boats use average age
No current members of any nation's National Team may compete as a Master.
Coxswains are excluded from the age restriction and from calculation of average crew age.
Master athletes (age 21 and over) may compete in both OPEN and MASTER events.
MIXED: Equal number of both genders (excluding the non-gender specific coxswain).
NOVICE MASTER: Masters in their first two years of rowing.
For further details see 2017 Regatta Package
Please email the regatta/event host with any related questions