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Victoria City Rowing Club (VCRC) invites you to a weekend of racing on Elk Lake. Duelling Over A Grand is unlike any other regatta on the West Coast: two crews race head to head for 1000 meters, with the winner advancing to the next round of racing. A double knockout format allows a crew to advance through the tournament until they lose twice and are knocked out of the tournament or progress all the way to the final. With the double knockout, tournament style format, crews have the chance to take what they learned in one race and apply it to the next one. The exciting sudden death final has the crew who lost only once (and progressed to the final through the “second chance tree”) racing the crew who won all its races (and progressed to the final through the “undefeated tree”).

Duelling Over Grand is a double elimination knockout format. Two crews race head to head with the winner advancing to the next round via the 'undefeated' tree'.  Once a crew loses a race, they go into the 'second chance tree' and progress through until they either lose a second race (and are knocked out of the tournament) or win all their races and advance to the Sunday Championship Final. 

The winner of the 'undefeated tree' and the winner of the 'second chance tree' meet in the  Championship Final, held on Sunday.

The 'undefeated tree' races are held on Saturday; the 'second chance tree' races are held on Sunday. 

Each crew is guaranteed 2 races and may race as many as 6 times (or higher depending on the number of entries).

Crews will be randomly assigned to their initial spot in the draw. Before the random draw, entries are sorted to minimize the chances of crews from the same club meeting in the first round. The Regatta Organising Committee reserves the right to seed events with a large number of entries.

BYES: Because of the nature of the dual format tree, some crews may get a 'bye' in an early round. Crews that have a bye do not row down the course for that round of racing. 

NO SHOWS: if your competitor does not show up at the start line, you are awarded a win but you are required to row down the course and across the finish line at a pace that does not impede the following racers.