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MPSRA Spring Championship

  • Hosted By: Massachusetts Public Schools Rowing Association
  • 2016 Registered Regatta
CRITICAL NOTICES

1.The regatta will follow USRA's Rules of Rowing. Please make sure your crews understand this information. Crews who are unsafe or arrive late to the line will not be allowed to race.

2.In response to continual problems with unqualified novice crews, we have had to institute the following rule; if a novice boat is disqualified for safety reasons, that boat's entire novice squad (boys and girls) will be disqualified from the regatta and will not compete in any remaining races.

3.Events will not be moved for hot-seating or equipment share, so plan accordingly. There will be minor adjustments after the registration deadline for the removal of heats as necessary.

4.Events with four or less entries by the end of registration will not be run. In the event of a race cancellation, the board Secretary will work with effected teams to place those crews in other events.

5.Late entries will not be accepted at the discretion of the registrar in consultation with the board president.  Late entries that affect the number of heats will not be accepted.


GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS


 1. Race Day Registration  Registration is at regatta headquarters at Lowell Boathouse in the gated area. All teams must register between 6:00AM and 7:00AM. Clubs missing waivers, rosters or regatta fees will not be allowed to register. 

2. Coaches & Coxswain's Meeting  Will be held at 7:00AM and is required for all. Teams who do not attend will not be allowed to race. 

3. Important features for your equipment: All shells must have a bowball. All shells must have heel tie-downs that do not allow the rower to raise heels more than 3" from the footboard. If either of the conditions are not met you will not be allowed to launch.

4. Bow Markers: Each school is responsible for supplying its own bow marker(s). Secure marker properly to the bow so that it will withstand wind and rain.

5. Order of Event Cancellation: If an event is canceled both the boys and girls events will be canceled together, in each category smaller boats will be canceled first.

 Sculling, 2nd Novice, 3rd Varsity, 1st Novice, 2nd Varsity, 1st Varsity


ELIGIBILITY


Program Eligibility: Entry into the MPSRA Championship is open to all MPSRA Full and Provisional Participant Programs. Please see the Procedural Rules posted on the MPSRA website (mpsra.org) for information on what constitutes a Participant Program.

Athlete Eligibility: Please see the Procedural Rules for detailed athlete eligibility information.

Novice Rowers:  Novice status ends after one calendar year or a consecutive period of one Fall and one Spring season of high school rowing (either Fall-Spring or Spring-Fall).

Double Entries: Double entries are not allowed between two sweep events. Double entries of athletes between a sweep and a sculling event is allowed. Exceptions to this rule may be made at the discretion of the Board.


For more information please see the regatta packet posted on the MPSRA website (www.mpsra.org).