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SA Champs Notices to Coaches and Crews

2014/03/02 5:54:03 PM

We would like to remind all schools of the following requests from various parties, including the officials

1. Please remember that each shoe must have a separate heel strap.

    

2. When your crews do boat swaps on the water, the boat must be rechecked by the official and ticked off the launching list.

    

3. The course will be closed for training before and 1 hour after the regattas.

    

4. No warm ups allowed for 1000m races, no practice starts at all, bursts or 3/10’s are only allowed between 1000m holding area and 2000m start;

    

5. No late entries will be allowed on the day.

    

6. Each coach must ensure that their rowers, particularly the junior rowers, know their race number and race time before they launch.  There is often much confusion at the aligner’s station in this regard.

    

7. Bow numbers must be the regulation size and be a black number on a white background, logos should not interfere with the number.

    

8. The aligners will have an extra set of bow numbers in case a crew experiences a problem on the way to the start.  Most officials and aligners also have tools and have agreed to assist crews if they run into trouble.  This must not be abused.

    

9. Crews are reminded to wear the appropriate dress in accordance with the rules of racing and if crews wear caps, the caps must match.  This does not, however, mean that every crew member must wear a cap.  It simply means that those wearing caps must have matching caps.

    

10. If a crew member wishes to wear an undershirt then all members of that crew who wear one should wear one of the same colour and preferably the same length sleeve, but those who do not want to wear one do not have to;

     

11. There is no rule which requires crews to wear matching sunglasses.

     

12. The 100m breakage rule will apply as a local rule notwithstanding its deletion from the RowSA Rules.

     

13. Unless a formal announcement is made, the regatta will always be on time.  Delayed launching is at the coaches own risk. The two minute rule will be applied strictly due to the time pressures in the regatta.

     

14. Normal rules of racing and appeals procedures will apply.  That is after an objection on the water, or anywhere else, has been overruled by an official/umpire, a protest in writing must be handed to the President of the jury. The jury will then meet and decide on the issue.  Crews dissatisfied with the decision of the jury will be entitled to appeal to the appeals committee.

     

15. Boat weighing and cox weighing will take place outside the GROA shed.

     

16. Cox weighing is for open crews only.

     

17. Crews must provide their own ballast.

     

18. Coaches and crews are reminded that TUE forms must be submitted and proof of submission will be required. Drug testing will take place rowers should be alerted to the fact that the fact that they are selected for testing does not mean that they are suspects!! Testing is random.

     

19. ID card files must be handed in at control commission before the commencement of the regatta.

     

20. Coaches and crews are reminded that parents are not allowed on the jetties or in the control commission area.

     

21. Only coaches wearing ID cards will be entertained by officials.

     

22. The bow of the boat must enter the control commission area first.

     

23. Random checks may be done on all open coxswains and boats.

     

24. Please be courteous to the officials.

     

25. AFTER the Regatta ALL TRAILERS must be removed from the trailer parking by Monday 15h00. The failure to do so created HUGE problems last year.