Geelong Outrigger Canoe Club OC1/OC2/V1 Regatta Sunday 19 June 2016 Queries regarding the Geelong Outrigger Canoe Club regatta please contact: President: Jenny Morgan Jennifer.e.morgan@dhhs.vic.gov.au 0439 043 992 Secretary: Janice Demko Janice.demko@humanservices.gov.au 0418 121 564 Race Director: Mark Grey Markgrey341@hotmail.com 0428 557 564 1
REGATTA SUMMARY: LOCATION: Eastern Beach Geelong ADDRESS: Eastern Beach Road, Geelong (Melway Ref Map 452 F3) OC1/OC2 /V1 CANOES: AMENITIES: FOOD: PARKING: To be rigged on the beach adjacent to Eastern Beach Car Park Hot showers and toilets available at the Life Saving Area (2 minute walk away). Near the kiddies Pool and Promenade BBQ, Drinks available.( The Beach House has closed down. Please try Free parking at Eastern Beach Rd and Eastern Beach Car Park (Free Parking) OC1/OC2 TRAILERS: Trailers will need to be keep at the Geelong Boat Ramp (Limeburners Rd 5 minutes away) or you can paddle canoes around to the beach from Geelong Boat Ramp. OC1/OC2/V1 Winter Series 2
Contents CONDITIONS OF PADDLER ELIGIBILITY... 3 REGATTA RULES... 4 NOMINATION PROCESS... 7 FEES... 7 PRE EVENT REGISTRATION... 8 RACE/REGATTA INFORMATION... 8 SPECIFIC RACE INFORMATION/COURSE OUTLINE... 9 SAFETY PROCEDURE AND RULES... 11 PRESENTATIONS... 13 RACE PROGRAM... 13 CONDITIONS OF PADDLER ELIGIBILITY Only persons who are financial members of a club affiliated with AOCRA Inc. and are a registered competitor with AOCRA INC. associated club may compete. Membership status must be in place one (1) week prior to the regatta. The Southern States Zone Committee reserves the right to be the arbiter in any dispute regarding eligibility and registration of competitors. The race Director s decision is final. 3
REGATTA RULES Australian Outrigger Canoe Racing Association rules (as amended), for Combined Regattas will apply. 1. AOCRA regatta rules apply and any other special rules which may be required for a specific event. 2. An alternate venue must be available for the Regatta in the event of a strong wind warning or unsuitable paddling conditions. 3. An alternate course must be available for all events. 4. All Australian competitors must be registered with AOCRA - International Competitors must take out Travel Insurance and provide proof of such insurance which lists outrigger canoeing as an activity. - International Competitors must sign an Indemnity & Release Form prior to participation. 5. Rules compliance: A. A senior official appointed by AOCRA or the zone, and a member of the organising committee should make a pre race inspection of the course. AOCRA rules calls for a course and facilities inspector B. If conditions are considered unsafe, as in rough seas, tidal convergence, strong wind or forecast strong winds or other conditions that may effect the safety of competitors and equipment, then an alternate course is to be made available. Or the event cancelled. C. In severe conditions as defined in AOCRA regatta rules the event must be postponed or cancelled. D. The lead boat in every event must have an official observer who will take responsibility for reporting conditions and make decisions on safety. If conditions deteriorate at any point of the course in any event, the observer must recommend a course of action. 4
E. Consultation must take place by the race committee, and other interested parties, if a safety issue arises and paddlers may be jeopardised, with a view to altering the course or stopping the race. F. The organising committee prior to race start must make inspections of canoes, All canoes must conform to AOCRA standards and scrutineers requirements G. Support boats must be available to the standard required by AOCRA and the water control authorities and have extra life jackets on board. The vessels must comply with state transport regulations. H. Time restriction and cut off points where crews can be required to drop out of a race at a pre agreed point, need to be documented and mentioned in all briefings. Once a crew or person is requested to turn back or take advantage of rescue and refuses then all insurance for the paddler will be invalidated. This will decrease the chance of weaker or inexperienced crews who have decided to, have a go, getting themselves into trouble when commonsense would say turn back. Crews that refuse to turn back shall be advised that insurance will be voided at this point. I. All OC1/OC2/V1 canoes must be approved by AOCRA and have compliance stickers and yellow tags affixed. Zone committees will fix compliance stickers to all canoes and any new canoes will have a letter of compliance from the manufacturer. Imported OC1 canoes will be approved by AOCRA scrutineers and have signed stickers and yellow tags affixed. J. All canoes (paddler) must wear Australian approved PFD s and leg ropes i.e. one PFD on an OC1, two PFD s on an OC2. All V1 s must have bailer on board. - Novice means less than 2 years paddling - Junior means 19 years and under - Only Southern States Zone paddlers will go into the draw to win the OC2 Tempest at the end of the series - Only Southern States Zone Affiliated Clubs can win OC2 Tempest 5
- Winning Club of OC2 Tempest must not sell canoe for time period of 3 years after winning canoe - Winning Club is responsible for freight of winning canoe. - All Club Presidents/Secretaries must sign canoe damage waivers and acceptance of conditions of winning OC2 Tempest. - All Southern States Zone Clubs have the use on 1 x OC2 AOCRA canoe if canoe is not used in all races the Southern States Zone committee has the rights to loan out canoe to another club wanting to participate. - If club is using AOCRA OC2 allocated to them they must enter 7 days prior to event to secure canoe or canoe will be allocated to another club. - All affiliated Tasmanian and South Australian club members residing in their respective states will earn double entry points when competing in Victoria to win the OC2 Tempest at the end of the series. Single Points apply for racing in your own state. - All Southern States Zone Paddlers competing in races outside the state in which they reside, irrespective of the club they are registered with, will earn double entry points. 6
NOMINATION PROCESS The Member Nomination process will be online via the AOCRA website http://www.aocra.com.au/ Member (paddler) Nominations Please complete by 14 th June 2016 At the http://www.aocra.com.au/ Click, MEMBER SIGN IN Select RACE REGISTRATION, You will be presented with a list of Australian regattas and alongside the Geelong OCC Zone Regatta 19 June 2016, select RACE REGISTRATION You will then be asked to select which events you would like to enter, enter your races, then hit NEXT It will then ask you to confirm paddlers to be entered It will then ask you to confirm the method of payment credit card FEES EVENT TYPE PER PADDLER Womens Oc1/Oc2/V1 $30 Mens Oc1/Oc2/V1 $30 Novice / Junior / Adaptive $20 Mixed Oc2 $30 *There are no set late fees. Please note that registrations received after Tuesday 14 th June 2016 for OC1/OC2/V1 races maybe be refused by the race committee due to paddler safety and support boat ratios. 7
PRE EVENT REGISTRATION All competitors will be required to register with the Race Officials. Prior to racing competitors will be instructed to go directly to the registration area. This official area will have their Oc1/Oc2/V1 nomination forms. Race officials will check off paddlers by signing their names on the pre logged nomination form. Please Note: As this is an AOCRA safety requirement, paddlers who do not sign in prior to their event, are subject to disqualification. Only competitors named on paddler nomination forms will be allowed to compete. RACE/REGATTA INFORMATION Directions All events for the Geelong Outrigger OCC Regatta will be held at Eastern Beach, Eastern Beach Road, Geelong. There is free parking available for vehicles within the Easter Beach Car Park. Amenities Showers and toilets are for use at the nearby Life Saving Stand to the east of the park. Food will be available from La Vista across the road from the beach and park just before you enter the car park. The Beach House has closed down for certain health regulations. 8
SPECIFIC RACE INFORMATION/COURSE OUTLINE Venue: Eastern Beach, Eastern Beach Road, Geelong, VICTORIA (Melway Ref Map 452, D42) Instructions will be provided on the day. Please note that the course will be subject to conditions on the day. The Race Director will adjust it to ensure the best possible conditions and safety. OC1/OC2/V1 Mens/Womens /Mixed Marathon 10km 10km Marathon, starting and finishing on Corio Bay. Course direction is subject to change based on the conditions of the day. Course will run on to the east of Eastern Beach turn will be at Limeburners Point and heading back towards the start line. There will be 4 laps. 10km Course OC1, OC2 & V1 Eastern Beach to Limeburners Pt return. i f k Place of Setting up marquees for GOCC 19/6 @ 7.00am 9
OC1/OC2/V1 Novice/ Junior / Adaptive 5.5km 5.0km short course starting and finishing at Eastern Beach. Course direction is subject to change based on the conditions of the day. Course will run the same as per previous OC1 and OC2 with 2 less laps to complete. 10km Course OC1 & OC2 5km Course OC1 OC2 & V1 Eastern Beach to Limeburners Pt Place of Setting up marquees for GOCC 19/6 @ 7.00am 10
Trailer Parking Trailers can be stored at the Geelong Boat Ramp at Limeburners Point. Canoes can be dropped off at Eastern Beach however parking facilities for the trailers will be at Limeburners. Geelong Outriggers will offer lift to and from the Geelong Boat Ramp. Support boats are expected to be launched also from the Geelong Boat Ramp (Limeburners Point). Hearne Parade. Ask one of the committee members should you get lost. Canoes are expected to be rigged on the beach on Eastern Beach Road. All boats must be launched facing towards the water. SAFETY PROCEDURE AND RULES Canoes Safety inspections will be completed. Canoes not meeting AOCRA Safety Guidelines will be ineligible to race. Race briefings will be held as scheduled. It is compulsory for all paddlers and coaches to attend this meeting. It will be at these race briefings that all course maps will be explained and given out to paddlers. All canoes must have the following safety equipment to be eligible to compete in any event: OC1/OC2/V1 leg ropes affixed to the canoe and paddler Life jackets must be worn by each paddler Any canoe that does not meet these requirements will be withdrawn from the event by race officials. We would also like to add that it is the responsibility of all club coaches to ensure that their paddlers competing in any event are capable of competing in all race conditions. As required by AOCRA racing rules: Paddlers must be able to swim Paddlers must be able to right a flipped canoe without assistance 11
Any crew finding themselves in trouble for whatever reason MUST raise their paddles in the air to alert support craft or passing canoes for assistance Any canoe found not to go to the assistance of a canoe in trouble, will be disqualified from the event if at any stage of the event a safety official requests a canoe return to shore it must comply with this request immediately. Failure to do so will result in: a) Disqualification of the crew from any future events held during the remainder of the regatta b) The safety official may take SUCH ACTION AS HE/SHE DEEM NECESSARY FOR THE SAFETY OF PADDLERS. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE MAY INVALIDATE YOUR INSURANCE COVER. Race Briefings Race briefings will be held on Eastern Beach in front registration tent. All course maps will be given out and explained at race briefings. Starts Competitors must be present on the starting line by the time shown on the race program, or as otherwise directed by the Race Announcer. Starting signals shall be given regardless of absentees. The position at the start should be such that the bow of each competing canoe is lined up behind the starting line between the start buoys and in a stationary position. NO ROLLING STARTS Start procedure Yellow flag max 2 minutes to start Red flag max 30 or less seconds to start Red flag down/green flag up (simultaneously) = Start of Race All teams will be given clear start times at the race briefing Finish Line The finish line is crossed when the bow of the canoe passes between the designated finish buoys/markers. 12
Disqualification Any paddler who attempts to win an event by any means other then those which are honest or who does not respect the AOCRA Race Rules / Canoes or who by his or her conduct clearly shows lack of respect for the Rules shall be disqualified. All disqualifications pronounced by the Race Committee and AOCRA Officials are final. Protests and Race Rulings All protests must be presented in writing to the Race Director no later then (15) fifteen minutes after completion of the race with a protest fee of $50.00. If the protest is upheld the lodgement fee shall be refunded in full. If the protest is dismissed, the lodgement fee shall be forfeited to AOCRA, or respective committee. PRESENTATIONS Presentations commence at approximately 2.30pm Eastern Beach, Geelong. Out the front of the Registration Marquee. Families and supporters are welcome to attend. RACE PROGRAM Sunday 19 June 2016 ESTIMATED START TIME EVENT DISTANCE 7.50am Briefing Womens OC1/OC2/V1 8.00am Womens OC1/OC2/V1 10km 9.20am Briefing Mens OC1/OC2/V1 9.30am Mens OC1/OC2/V1 10km 10.50am Briefing OC1/OC2/ V1Novice / Junior / Adaptive 11.00am OC1/OC2/ V1 Novice / Junior / Adaptive 5.0km 12.00pm 12.30pm LUNCH Briefing OC2 Mixed 12.40 OC2 Mixed 10km 2.00pm PACK UP 2.30pm PRESENTATIONS Venue: Registration Ten on the Beach. tration T. 13
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