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2018 HIGH POINT AUTUMN ROWING FESTIVAL 

Note, no refunds will be provided for weather related cancellations or for boats scratched after the regular registration deadline. 

Regatta organizers will make every effort to reschedule the regatta if cancelled in advance due to impending inclement weather. This was in fact done in 2015 when a hurricane cancelled the event and organizers held it three weeks later. 

EVENT CATEGORIES:

Mixed events:  At least half of the competitors in the boat (excluding coxswain) must be female. For middle school races, a "best effort" attempt to meet this criterior will be acceptable. 

Masters events:  Participation is allowed to a competitor who has attained or will attain the age of 21 during the current calendar year.  Please note  that handicaps will be applied to results.  The High Point Autumn Rowing Festival will use the Garrett/Zezza handicap algorithm. This algorithm is weighted heavily in favor of older rowers. Our race organizers believe there is a great interest in keeping older rowers involved in racing and so has adopted this algorithm for this reason. 

Maiden events: Participation is restricted to compeitors who have never participated in a boat race prior to this regatta.

Youth:  Participation is allowed to a competitor who, in the current calendar year, does not attain the age of 19 years as of December 31 of the current calendar year, or who is enrolled in secondary school as a full-time student seeking a diploma

Youth Novice:  Participation is allowed to a competitor who starting competing after September 30th of 2017 and meets the qualification of a Youth rower.  A rower who has previously competed only as a coxswain can compete as a novice rower.  The novice category does not apply to coxswains – i.e., an experienced coxswain can cox in a novice event.

U15, U16, and U17: Participation is allowed to a youth competitor who meets the age definition for such events as defined by USRowing. 

Middleschool Events: these events are open to students in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade. The distance for middle school races will be approxiamately 1,500 meters. 

College Novice: Participation is allowed to college students in their first year of collegiate rowing competition.

Lightweight Events: Participation is allowed to collegiate men weighing no more than 160lb and women 135lb. Male juniors at 150lb maximum, and female juniors weighing no more than 130lb. Lightweights will weigh in. 

COXSWAINS DO NOT WEIGH IN:                                                                                                                                  

Penalties are as follows:
            40 seconds for each missed buoy.

            Disqualification for hitting or failing to go around the duck. 

Unaffiliated Club Entries: these will only be accepted for single sculling events. Event organisers reserve the right to refuse entry to any individual or club. 

Please email the regatta/event host with any related questions