SINGAPORE s OLDEST DRAGON BOAT RACE! Bulletin 2 September SINGAPORE DRAGON BOAT ASSOCIATION Your professional Dragon Boat Partner

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1 35 th SINGAPORE RIVER REGATTA SINGAPORE s OLDEST DRAGON BOAT RACE! Bulletin 2 September 2017

2 WELCOME TO 35 th RIVER REGATTA This Bulletin 2 contains the latest development of the 35 th Singapore River Regatta. The information in this Bulletin is the latest and correct as of 18 September NIGHT RACE (to replace the Club-Crew as stated in Bulletin 1) The Night Race at River Regatta! Yes, we did it 2 decades ago, and we will do it again in 2017! As the first country to hold a night Dragon Boat race in Asia, Singapore Dragon Boat Association and Singapore Tourism Board will bring back the unique 100-meter DB12 The River Arena Sprints on 3rd and 4th of November 2017, to showcase the beauty of the River Regatta during the night. The race will be a DB meter straight course race. 2. RACING EVENTS 1) For the purpose of ensuring a feasible racing program, it will be necessary to cap the number of participating teams per racing division, per race category. 2) Registration will therefore be on a First-to-Register & First-to-Get basis except second crew in some categories. 3) However, Priority Registration of the Singapore categories will be given to SDBA affiliates. The remaining available slots would then be allocated to SDBA non-affiliates. 4) For Night Race on 3 rd Nov and 4 th Nov, there will be extra registration fee. 5) Racing Category/Division/Caps S/N Racing Category/Division Maximum Cap Singapore 1 DB22 TYR River Regatta Open 32 2 DB22 TYR River Regatta Mixed 32 3 DB12 TYR River Regatta Women 32 4 DB12 TYR River Regatta Seniors Mixed 16 5 DB12 TYR River Regatta Masters Open 8 Corporate 6 DB12 River Regatta Corporate Open 12 7 DB12 River Regatta Corporate Mixed 12 8 DB12 River Regatta Corporate Women 8 International Business Community (IBC) 9 DB22 River Regatta IBC Open DB22 River Regatta IBC Mixed DB12 River Regatta IBC Women 12 Tertiary 12 DB22 River Regatta Tertiary Open 8 13 DB22 River Regatta Tertiary Mixed 4 14 DB12 River Regatta Tertiary Women 8 Public Service 15 DB22 Public Service Open 8 16 DB12 Public Service Men DB12 Public Service Women DB12 Public Service Mixed 16

3 S/N Racing Category/Division Maximum Cap 19 DB12 Public Service Senior Men 8 20 DB12 Public Service Active Agers Open 8 People s Association (PA) 21 DB12 PA GROs Men DB12 PA GROs Mixed DB12 PA Intergeneration Mixed 4 24 DB12 PA Water-Venture Committee Open 4 Hong Kong Cup 2017 Invitation 25 DB22 Hong Kong Cup Open 4 River Regatta Night Festival (100m) 26 DB12 The River Arena Sprints Mixed DB12 The River Arena Sprints Open TENTATIVE RACE SCHEDULE (Detailed Race schedule will be announced after the closing date of the registration) Day 1 3 rd November 2017, Friday: 7pm to 10pm 1 DB12 The River Arena Sprints Mixed (100m) Day 2 4 th November 2017, Saturday: 8am to 6pm 2 DB12 TYR River Regatta Masters Open 3 DB22 TYR River Regatta Mixed 4 DB22 River Regatta IBC Open 5 DB22 River Regatta IBC Mixed 6 DB12 River Regatta IBC Women 7 DB12 River Regatta Corporate Open 8 DB12 River Regatta Corporate Mixed 9 DB12 River Regatta Corporate Women 10 DB22 Public Service Open 11 DB12 Public Service Senior Men 12 DB12 Public Service Active Agers Open 13 DB12 PA GRO Men 14 DB12 PA Water Venture Committee Open Day 2 4 th November 2017, Saturday: 7pm to 10pm 15 DB12 The River Arena Sprints Open (100m) Day 3 5 th November 2017, Sunday: 8am to 6pm 16 DB22 TYR River Regatta Open 17 DB12 TYR River Regatta Women 18 DB12 TYR River Regatta Seniors Mixed 19 DB22 River Regatta Tertiary Open 20 DB22 River Regatta Tertiary Mixed 21 DB12 River Regatta Tertiary Women 22 DB12 Public Service Men 23 DB12 Public Service Mixed 24 DB12 Public Service Women 25 DB12 PA GRO Mixed 26 DB12 PA InterGeneration Mixed 27 DB22 Hong Kong Cup Open *The above programme are tentative, SRR-17 Organizing Committee reserves the right to amend the race programme at its sole discretion

4 4. RACE CATEGORIES FOR OVERSEAS TEAMS Only below racing categories are open to Overseas Teams, each team can send MAXIMUM ONE (1) CREW to participate in those categories. 1. DB12 The River Arena Sprints Mixed/Open (100m) 2. DB22 TYR River Regatta Mixed/ Open 3. DB12 TYR River Regatta Women/ Seniors Mixed/ Masters Open 4. DB12 River Regatta Corporate Open/Mixed/Women 5. DB22 River Regatta Tertiary Open/ Mixed 6. DB12 River Regatta Tertiary Women 5. ENTRY FEES SDBA affiliates: Singapore Dollars $26.75 (inclusive of GST) per person Non SDBA affiliates: Singapore Dollars $53.50 (inclusive of GST) per person Overseas teams: Singapore Dollars $26.75 (inclusive of GST) per person Entry Fee for the DB12 The River Arena Sprints Mixed/Open: Singapore Dollars $16.05 (inclusive of GST) per person 6. ENTRY REQUIREMENT Open Class: No restriction on gender for Paddlers, Steersperson, Drummer, Coach and Reserves Women Class: Paddlers, Steersperson, Drummer and Reserves must be ALL-WOMEN, with the exception of Corporate and IBC Women Racing Class that teams may use a male steersperson. If the Coach is to double as an athlete, the Coach must be a woman. Mixed DB22 Class: Team must have at least 8 female paddlers in a race. Mixed DB12 Class: Team must have at least 4 female paddlers in a race. Seniors Class Crew members (paddlers + reserves), with the exception of the drummer and steersperson, must be 40 years old and above in the event year. Masters Class Crew members (paddlers + reserves), with the exception of the drummer and steersperson, must be 50 years old and above in the event year. Racing age limit: Minimum 12 years old as of 1 st January in the event year. Corporate Category: Paddlers, Drummers and Reserves must be employees of the company. For Overseas Corporate Teams, Paddlers, Drummers & Reserves must be employees from a Multi-National Corporation (MNC) and/or an Internationally-listed Company. Coach, Team Manager and Steersperson does not have to be an employee. Please refer to the Entry Rules (after 20 September 2017) for more details.

5 7. REGISTRATION Registration will be via . The Registration documents can be downloaded at from 20 September 2017 onwards. 8. ENQUIRY Please drop us an at 9. ACCOMMODATION AND TRANSPORTATION FOR OVERSEAS TEAM a) Overseas teams will have to pay for their accommodation and transportation costs. b) Overseas teams may exercise the option of booking their own accommodation and/or transportation. 10. HOW TO GET TO RACE SITE By Mass Rapid Transit (MRT): Raffles Place Station (Exit G) More info on Mass Rapid Transit at Proudly organized by: In collaboration with Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office in Singapore Supported By: