Details

Australian Cross Border Championships
Sat 07 Dec 2024 09:00 — Sun 08 Dec 2024 14:00

Event information

Presented by Dragon Boat Victoria

In partnership with Peisheng, the City of Wodonga and Albury City

Bulletins

Number 1 TBA

Number 2 TBA

Change to entry dates and details

  • 8 November: Acceptance of entries are notified and Invoice seeking a 30% deposit forwarded by DBV to clubs (Early Bird)
  • 22 November: Entries Close - Payment of deposit to DBV – Last day for withdrawal with refund - Entries after this date will incur a $140 late entry fee and may be accepted at the discretion of the organising committee.
  • 1 December: Final payment due

A World Cup style event

This event differs from usual regattas. The World Cup style concept involves a team of 28 people competing as Mixed 20s and Split men/women 10s crews across a range of distances

Team Composition – Build your own team!
  • Crews can from a single club or any combination of clubs. This event is open to dragon pass holders.
  • Crews enter a ‘fixed’ team of up to 28 paddlers (including sweeps, drummers, and emergencies) in a category. All paddlers must be entered on the team list. This list is set at the start of the competition and remains the same over the two days.
  • Sweeps and drummers can be out of age, and any gender.
  • Teams will do two events as a mixed 20 and two events split as a womens 10 and an Open 10 in different boats in the same race.
  • (Mixed boats - maximum 50% males)
  • All events will be in Peisheng 20s boats.  
  • Age categories (“Regatta Age” is determined as the age on 31 December 2024)
    • Juniors 10-18 yrs;
    • Premier (no age restriction);
    • Seniors 40+,
    • Seniors 55+,
Combined Scoring and Races

Each team competes in each of the races and the combined results in all of those races are used to determine the Championship winners.
Racing as Mixed 20s - The team will compete in 2 events:

  • 100m
  • 500m

Racing as Split 10s – The women will be in one boat and others in an open boat they will race as a split 2-boat team in 2 events. Click here for the course maps:

  • 200m relay
    Women 1st leg – Open 2nd leg
  • 1km pursuit (on 200m course)
    • Uses 200m course,
    • Women start in middle at 100m,
    • Open start 100m behind,
    • 4 anticlockwise laps.
      It’s a chase!

The official 1 minute video 

Cost per team
  • $2600 (inc GST) per team - If entered before 

Site map

View the land site here

Race Schedule:

Day 1 - Saturday:
- 1km pursuit
-  200m relay

Day 2 - Sunday:
- 500m
- 100m

DBV By-Laws

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Volunteer

Volunteer here

Awards and points system
  • Every race counts, with points allocated to every finishing position.
  • Placegetter awards per category, plus the perpetual ‘Southern Cross Cup’ will be awarded to the team winning with the highest number of points across all categories.

View the points system here

Additional Information
  • Accommodation – is readily available within Wodonga and Albury and the surrounding areas.

See special rates for Quest Albury - View here.

See Blazing Stump Motel rooms and facilities here and the brochure here. Rates: $151.00 Junior Suites, $156.00 Executive King Suites, $235.00 2 Bedroom Courtyard Apartments, $255.00 2 Bedroom Executive Spa Apartments

  • Foodlocal vendors available on-site
Registration:
  • Victorian clubs - via club Revsport
  • Interstate/International register here
Dates and deadlines
  • Any queries contact DBV – administration@dragonboatvictoria.com.au.
  • Entries are Open Now
    • Name of club and contact person with authority for commitments
    • Category/categories to be entered
    • Any specific queries

Changed 17/10/2024 - See above

  • 19 October: Acceptance of entry notified and Invoice seeking a 30% deposit forwarded by DBV to clubs
  • 31 October: Payment of deposit to DBV
  • 1 December: Final payment due
Code of Conduct

Dragon Boat National Code of Conduct