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Registration should be completed online on Regatta Central’s website by 12:00pm on 1st March. Registration on the Regatta Central Website for this event should be open from 4th February.

It is requested that club athletes pay their club the $25 registration fee, who will pay the total for their athletes by cheque (payee: CARC) or etransfer ([email protected]) before or on the day of the event. Non club registered athletes will pay on-line. If difficulties are encountered paying online, then please pay by etransfer before the event.

All club rowers should be registered with the CRA and have an RCA ID number. This will be requested on the Regattta Central registration site

In case of issues related to registering on-line, please contact: Andy Nokes at [email protected]

Events: Start Time: 9:00am (access from 8:00am to enable use of warm-up ergs). Race times will be issued the week before the championships.

Event Notes:

All events except Masters will be 2,000m.

If there are more than 14 entries in any event, heats will be created.  The winner of the event will be determined as the athlete with the fastest time, regardless of their heat, for that event.  Events may be combined to facilitate scheduling. 

Categories:

Junior B: Under 17, cannot turn 17 in the year of competition

Junior A: Under 19, cannot turn 19 in the year of competition

Senior B: Under 23, cannot turn 23 in the year of competition

Senior A: Open

Master: Age 27 or greater (the Garrett Zezza Handicap System will be applied, see attached)

Novice: Athletes who began rowing on or after September 1st, 2022

Lightweight Women:  59 kg max

Lightweight Men:  72.5 kg max

Note: There are no weight categories for junior, novice, and master events.  There will be weigh-ins between 8:30 and 10:45am or at least 30 minutes before the athlete’s race. There is no limit on the number of weigh-ins. In the case of an athlete not meeting the lightweight weight, they will still race in the Lightweight event, but they will be placed in the corresponding non-lightweight event (i.e. Senior A or B) for their race position.

Team Relay: this is a fun event after the registered events are finished. Teams should be composed of 2 men and 2 women, however, exceptions can be made.  Each team member must row 500m. There will be a prize this year for the winning team, which must be composed of 2 men and 2 women.

Registration Deadline:

The registration deadline is, March 1st by 12pm MST. 

Event Check-in:

Event check-in will open at 8:30am

Awards:

Medals will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes for the individual races and a prize for the 1st team in each relay category.  Medals will be presented during the lunch.

Fees:

The entry fee is $25 dollars per athlete for rowing club affiliated athletes and $30 for non affiliated athletes.  This includes the light buffet lunch.  Rowing club affiliated athletes, please pay your entry fee to your club manager, who will pay the Central Alberta Rowing Club by cheque or etransfer. All entry fees to be received prior to start of racing.  Invoices and receipts will be issued by CARC, if requested.

Each club will be responsible for collecting the individual entry fees from their members. There will be no refunds for those who have registered and do not show-up on the day of racing, unless for a medical reason - confirmed by the club coach. 

Additional entries, not covered by this invoice, shall be paid on the day of the race, either in cash, etransfer ([email protected]) or by cheque to Central Alberta Rowing Club.

For independent athletes not affiliated to a club, please pay on the Regatta Central website (https://www.regattacentral.com/regattas).

Use of Concept 2 slides.

If slides are required for medical reasons, the athlete or club must supply the slides. Their race time will be published. However, they will not be eligible to win a medal in their category.

Masters rowing in 2k Open category.

It is permitted for Masters to row in the 2k Open category in addition to the 1k Masters category. However, CARC reserves the right to restrict Masters to the 1k event, if there are too many entries in the 2k Open events.

Erg Drag coefficient settings.

The athletes may choose their own drag setting.

Below are drag settings that have been used in previous events.

Junior women, lightweight women, open women - 110 (lower mark on the fan casing)

Junior men, lightweight men - 120 (middle mark on the fan casing)

Open men - 130 (upper mark on the fan casing)

PR1 and PR2 men and women - their choice

Masters men and women - their choice

We will determine the damper setting for each erg before the day and note on the fan casing the various settings.

Note: the damper setting does not necessarily correspond with the drag setting on different ergs.

FOOD and DRINKS

Only water will be allowed in the gym area during racing. Food and coffee can be consumed in the bleachers.

Lunch will be provided in the gym area after the last race.