RegattaCentral

• All entries must be made on Regatta Central.
• Entry Deadline - Entries are due no later than March 23rd, 2022 @ 11:59pm EDT
• Waivers - All waivers must be completed online at Regatta Central by March 24th @ 11:59 pm EDT in order to race. Once completed, the online waiver applies to ALL USRowing registered regattas in 2022.
• No competitor will be allowed to race without a signed waiver on file.
• Scholastic and Club teams are welcome.
• Events must have a minimum of two entries.  Races with only one entry may be combined with another event or cancelled.  In the event of cancellation due to insufficient entries, the entry fee will be refunded.
• Teams are responsible for 50% of their entry fees if withdrawn AFTER the entry deadline closes.
• No late entries will be accepted.
• USRowing organizational membership
  • USRowing requires all participating organizations at registered regattas to be USRowing members.
  • USRowing Rules of Rowing will be used.

2. Eligibility

      Competitors in 9th – 12th grades

• All competitors in 9th – 12th grades may race more than once with schedule permitting.
• Eligibility is assigned to students in their freshman through senior years (9th through 12th grades). Each athlete has four consecutive years of eligibility beginning with entry into the freshman year (9th grade).
• Competitors in 9th – 12th grades may compete in more than one event if appropriate time allows.
• Junior (JV) events are restricted to competitors in the junior year (11th grade) or lower.
• All competitors in Boys Freshman Eight and Girls Freshman Eight must be high school freshman (9th graders).
• Substitutions - A crew other than a single scull may substitute up to one-half of its rowers as well as the coxswain.

       Competitors in 7th and 8th grades

• All competitors in 9th – 12th grades may race more than once with schedule permitting.
• All Competitors in Boys and Girls 7th and 8th grade events may compete in only one event (2x or 4x) on full 1500m course
• All competitors in Boys and Girls 7th & 8th grade events must be in 7th or 8th grades.
• Substitutions - A crew may substitute up to one-half of its rowers as well as the coxswain. 


 

3. Weight Categories

• Lightweight boys shall weigh no more than 150 lbs.
• Lightweight girls shall weigh no more than 130 lbs.
• No weight averaging is required.
• Weigh-ins:  Weigh-ins will not take place.  Coaches should abide by the honor system when creating lightweight boats. 

4.   Check-In

• Check-In will be held on the morning of the regatta, 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
• Entry information for each school will be provided in a team packet at the time of registration. A coach or team representative should check and verify the entries and boats for his/her school. All substitutions and scratches must be reported at check-in.
• All crews MUST check-in during the given time frame and be represented at the Coaches/Coxswain meeting.
• A meeting for all coaches, coxswains, single scullers, and bowmen/women will be held Sunday morning at 7:00a.m.  All crews will be responsible for the information delivered at the meeting. 

5.   Number of entries determines medals:

       All medals will be awarded per event:

1. minimum 2 entries - gold medal
2. minimum 3 entries - gold and silver medals
3. minimum 4 entries - gold, silver and bronze medals with top 4 racing in an A Final for gold/silver/bronze.  This will be head to head sprint style.

6.   Speed Order Guidelines:

• Races will not be delayed for crews that are late to the start for any reason. Crews must start in the order assigned for the speed order.
• Hot Seating:
  • Coaches have full responsibility to schedule crews appropriately to hot sea
  • Allow a minimum of 1 hour between races if racing more than once
  • All reasonable measures will be taken to accommodate a hot-seated boat at the start line
  • If your boat requires 'hot seating' please let the dock master know and have those going into boat ready or the boat will have to be pulled off the dock. Talk to the other crews and let them know you are hot seating for priority docking.
• Bow Markers - Bow numbers will be provided. 
  • No shell may race without a bow number.
  • All crews must have their assigned number securely fastened to the bow of their shell
  • Please note that you will have to leave a $5 hold deposit for each bow number that you receive.  The deposit will be returned when you return your bow numbers.
  • Bow Balls - No shell may launch without a bow ball.

  7.   Speed Order

• All crews will race down Lane 2.
• 15 seconds between boats
• Overtaken boats must yield to either Lane 1 or Lane 3 to overtaking boat or be excluded.
• Lane 4 is considered a dead lane.
• A boat is deemed to be overtaking if it is within one length of open water.
• Any crew crossing the course during time trials will be excluded, unless permitted by a race official when launching off the dock.

  8.   The Start

• Upon arriving at the starting line, the marshals will direct you either into the chute for your race or to the warm-up area.
• It is your responsibility to be in numerical order, staying behind the numbers lower than yours and ahead of the numbers higher.
• Every effort will be made by the marshals to send crews down the chutes in ascending numerical order, but this can only be accomplished with your cooperation.
• When directed into the chutes, proceed quickly and safely.
• Crews shall be responsible for maintaining their proper order at the start, for maintaining the proper interval between it and the other crews in the chutes, and for staying within the chutes as they approach the starting line.
• Crews not maintaining their proper position may be delayed, moved to the end of the starting order, penalized, or excluded.
• The starter will tell you that you are approaching the starting line. You should increase pressure and cross the line at full pressure.
• Stay in lane 2 for the entire race course except for broken equipment or to yield to an overtaking boat.

  9.   Passing

• A crew is deemed to be overtaking another crew when it has moved to within one length of open water of the crew ahead.
• A crew being overtaken shall yield to allow the overtaking crew to pass.
• Course marshals will give instructions as set forth in the US Rowing Rules of Rowing. Should it be necessary to exclude a crew during a race, the marshal will raise a white flag and order the offending crew to "stop". A crew so ordered shall quickly move out of its lane so as not to interfere with any other crew.

10.  Penalties

• Substitutions - A crew may substitute up to one-half of its rowers as well as the coxswain. 
• Where buoys mark the boundaries of the course, and in particular, mark turns on the course, a boat shall be penalized 10 seconds for each buoy passed incorrectly.  A boat passes a buoy incorrectly when any part of its hull passes on the wrong side of the buoy
• Boats missing their correct order at the start shall be penalized 10 seconds
• Interference Penalties
  1. 1st infraction: 60 second penalty
  2. 2nd infraction: 120 second penalty
  3. 3rd infraction: exclusion from the regatta
  4. Non-yield: 30 second penalty

11.  Protests

• Good sportsmanship must prevail at all times.
• Unsportsmanlike Conduct - The crew of any competitor caught stealing or engaging in any unsportsmanlike conduct will, at the discretion of the Regatta Committee, be disqualified.
• Boats wishing to protest must first lodge the protest at the finish line to the finish line official(s) or finish marshal, while still on the water.  The protesting rower(s) must then submit the protest in writing, along with a $50 fee, to the Head Referee or his/her designee within one hour of reaching land.  The protest must be signed by a member of the protesting crew and represent that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the facts contained are true and accurate.  The decision of the Head Referee/protest jury shall be final and may not be appealed.  If the decision is found to be in favor of the protesting crew or substantially justified, the protest fee will be returned to the protesting crew.  If the decision is against the protesting crew or the protest found unjustified, the fee will be retained.

12.  Drones - The use of drones will not be permitted