Location

National Water Sports Centre - River End Road, Bangholme

Race Draw

View here

Parking:

Free within the National Water Sports Centre

Toilets:

Public on-site plus hired unisex cubicles 

Club Marquees: 

All club marquees must be weighted - sand bags, weights, or water weights. No pegs are allowed due to irrigation. 

Boat sizes used:

Standard boats (DBV)

Schedule: (Provisional)

Friday 10 March

• 7 pm - Online optional Zoom briefing and Q&A for Sweeps and Team Managers

Zoom link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85196278230?pwd=eTJKQ2pPb1pCWGVHeTlvaEwwM3Vpdz09

Register here

Saturday 11 March

10am - Briefings for Sweeps, Team Managers and key personnel

11am races commence

2:30pm (provisional) - Break for Volunteers and Officials

5pm (provisional) completion

Sunday 12 March

8:00am races commence

12:30/1pm - Break for Volunteers and Officials

3:30pm races completion

4:00pm (provisional) presentations

Food and Beverage options on-site

• Coffee and drinks via Carrum Rowing club rooms
• Falafel off the Truck- Middle Eastern Food

https://www.facebook.com/people/Falafel-off-the-Truck/100066382419705/

• Ap 'OLA Gr - Greek Food

https://www.apolagr.com.au/

• Naturalis Gelato

https://www.facebook.com/naturalisgelato/about/

What else is on near by

Bonbeach Farmers Market

Sunday 12 March - Bonbeach Primary School

Victorian By-Laws and other relevant documents

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Chief Officials

Saturday: Ali Sutton

Sunday: Mark van Tatenhove

Entry timelines

• Crew entries now open and closing Thursday 2 March 5pm
• Draft draw released no later than Tuesday 7 March 11:59pm
• Final draw published no later than Friday 10 March 7pm
• Crew modification closes Saturday 11 March 10:00am

Entry Rules

For the 2023 Vic Champs regatta, we aim to maximise the number of races that can be held during the day and ensure fairness in the number of races for participants. In order to achieve this, the following category entry rules will apply. Please review them before entering your teams and ensure you only enter races in which the club is confident about competing in – withdrawing from races on the day of the regatta is extremely disruptive. It is important to note that the Regatta Committee (ROPAG) can only fully determine the race program once they have received all final entries from clubs. Once final entries have been received, categories will be confirmed. Final entries will close on Thursday 2nd of March 2023, at 5 pm.

1. Categories to be offered will include Mixed, Womens and Open 20’s in Premier and Seniors.
2. Distances for the event are 200m, 500m and 2km (over two days commencing 11 am Saturday and concluding approx. 4:30 pm)
3. To encourage the participation of small clubs, a 10’s category is also offered for Mixed, Womens and Open events for Premier and Seniors
4. Clubs that enter a Womens or Open 20's crew can also enter only one Womens or Open 10’s crew irrespective of how many Opens or Womens 20’s crew they enter.
5. Double rostering will not be allowed in Mixed 10’s events
6. Depending on race entries, handicapping may be applied in Senior categories.
7. BCS clubs will be provided with their own category with two races (in 200m &500m events). In addition, these clubs can also enter one additional Premier or Seniors 200m and 500m category as well as the 2km event.
8. In some 10’s and 20's categories, Premiers and Seniors may race together. Results for the Seniors will be handicapped against the following age groups - Senior A, B and C. Due to RevSport constraints, you need to enter in your age group. Please follow age groups by-laws when entering your team on Rev sport.
9. Smaller regional clubs can consider combining in 20’s boats for either Premier or Seniors 20’s. However, they must seek DBV approvals as per by-law CR 2.3.2.

Handicapping

The current understanding for DBV Regattas is that a category will not run unless at least three teams are in the category.  In order to provide races for all Senior categories (A, B and C), our Regattas combine the three senior age groups into one senior category.  In an attempt to ‘level the playing field’, we use a handicap system so that the older paddlers are not disadvantaged in any race against younger paddlers. The handicapping system works by providing rounds, not heats and finals. Usually, there are three rounds but sometimes only two, depending on how busy the program is. Times from rounds are added together, and then the handicap is applied. The handicapping system can also be applied where there is a single race, e.g. the 5.5km race at Geelong. The handicapping system does not apply where we have heats and finals.

Before introducing the handicapping system in Victoria, work was undertaken by Chris Alexandrou, Serghei Cucsa and Philippa McLean to examine the race results from Auschamps over a number of years and to look at the patterns in times. This advice was forwarded to DBV and accepted for use over a couple of seasons, then to be reviewed in the light of experience and Victorian results compared to the national trends. In Seniors’ events, where Senior A, B and C age crews might be competing against each other the following formula is used:

• Senior A = 1.00 i.e. the time recorded by a crew is assessed at the actual time recorded
• Senior B = 0.97 i.e. the time is multiplied by 0.97 to get a revised/handicapped time
• Senior C = 0.92 i.e. the time is multiplied by 0.92 to get a revised/handicapped time

DBV used the handicapping system in some regattas last season and will continue to trial implementation during this season. DBV is continually reviewing results to determine if the current formula is appropriate.

Entry cost: (two day regatta)

$62 for Adults

$41 for students and Juniors

$0 for active Dragon Pass holders