REGISTRATION

All registrations and waivers will be completed using Regatta Central and must be completed prior to the event. Our online waiver can be completed here.

• REGISTRATION DEADLINE is Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 4:59 PM PST
• Registration open: December 18, 2014 – January 28, 2015 @ 4:59PM PST
• Late registration: January 29, 2015 @ 11:59PM PST. A $5 late fee will be charged.

NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER MIDNIGHT January 29, 2015!

Entry fees

• $20 per individual 2000M race $20 for CrossFit WOD Competition
• $40 per team ($10 per person) for the Team Challenge events
• $10 for Youth Events & Coxswain’s Dash
• Youth 500M dash, relay and adaptive events are sponsored by the George Pocock Rowing Foundation, and no entry fees will be charged.

Late fees

• A late fee of $5 per athlete per individual event will be charged for entries received after 4:59 PM PST on Wednesday, January 28, 2015.

Scratches

• Prior to the registration deadline: You will receive a full refund, minus a $5 processing fee. Absolutely no refunds after registration closes on January 28, 2015 at 4:59 PM PST. 

GENERAL RULES

Age Restrictions for Competition

Under-23 participants within the Open and Lightweight Men's and Women's races must have been born on or after January 1, 1993 and before January 1, 1997. Junior participants must have been born on or after January 1, 1997, and not be on a collegiate program. Youth event participants must have been born on or after January 1, 2001, and before January 1, 2004. For all other Events, age is as of race day. No one under the age of 11 may row in NW Ergomania.

Finals Only

NW Ergomania is run as finals-only in all singles and team events; you will race only once per event entered. In categories with many participants, athletes will be seeded, based upon erg scores submitted during registration, so that each rower will compete against other rowers of comparable results. However, the best time will win each event, regardless of what heat the athlete(s) row in.

Multiple Events Per Flight

Although several age and weight categories may race at the same time, this will not affect the awarding of prizes. Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers in each event category.

Equipment

The Concept 2 Model D ergometer will be used. You may select your own damper setting (drag factor), but the setting may not be changed during the race.

Awards

Medals will be awarded to the top finisher of each division; ribbons awarded to second and third place finishers of each division.

C.R.A.S.H.-B Qualifying Times

As an official satellite regatta of the C.R.A.S.H.–B.s, Concept2 will award up to 4 NW Ergomania competitors with airfare to Boston to compete at the C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints Sunday, March 1, 2015.  The selected athletes must meet the qualifying time standard for their event as posted at http://www.concept2.com/us/racing/crashb/crashb_qual.asp. In the event that more than 4 competitors meet the time standard for their event, the race director reserves the right to select those receiving the travel award.

EVENT-SPECIFIC RULES

Lightweight Events

If you enter the lightweight division of an event, you will be eligible to win a prize only as a lightweight.  Lightweights may race in heats with open weight rowers.  This will not affect the awarding of prizes.

Lightweights must weigh-in on race day. All competitors entered in a lightweight division of any event must weigh in on race day during the 1-hour window beginning two hours before their assigned race time and ending one hour before their race time. (EG: If you are scheduled to race at 12:00 p.m., you must weigh in between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.).

The weigh-in station will be open between 7:00 am and 2:30 pm.  Any competitor failing to weigh in or make weight may race in his/her originally seeded time slot, but the score will count in the OPEN division of that event.

Weight limit for Rowers:

• Men: 165 pounds or less
• Women: 135 pounds or less

Masters Team Challenge

The masters team event will be handicapped according to the average age of the team. In the team event, masters athletes may include athletes as young as 23 years of age, as long as they are not currently competing in collegiate or high performance programs. A minimum of two teams must be entered in the Team Challenge events to avoid cancellation.

Questions: Please email [email protected].