March
16, 2008
2000 & 1000 Meter
Rowing Races
The Pete Archer Spring Regatta is raced on the
Historic 1932 Olympic rowing venue and is a tune up for competitors
planning to race in the San Diego Crew Classic. It also affords
single and sometime double scullers a chance at a 2000 meter race early in
the season. After the 2000 meter races are completed (at
approximately 10:00 AM) the course will be shortened to 1000 meters.
Kayak and Canoe races will be held in between rowing events while boats
are being recovered for switching crews and should not affect the length
of the regatta.
The events listed on the entry form have been
requested for this regatta, but we are open to others. In order to
assemble a schedule to honor these requests, we need information about the
usage of shells so that borrowing, hot seating and recovery can be
accomplished without delay to the races (it takes a minimum of 28 minutes
between races to hot seat a boat). Finals for races that have heats
should be 28 to 35 minutes after the last heat. 2000 meter races
will only be four lanes because of the bridge and swimming area. To
avoid heats and finals for 2000 meter races, the race committee may race
club "A" boats (assumed the fastest), "B" boats (next
fastest), etc.. against each other. The race committee may also
separate light weight from heavies or start races past the bridge (which
would be 1500 meters). If there are not enough boats entered to make
an event viable, then regular (non mixed) boats could be rowed in an
earlier time slot without conflict (with the exception of open water,
novice1X and adaptive categories). The hope is that all participants
will be able to row at least three events.
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Entry deadline is MARCH
7th by 5pm after this date
entries will be forwarded to the Clerk of the Course and accepted on a
space available basis only. Entries must be received, not postmarked by
March 7th. Late entries will be accepted on a space available basis.
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Light
Weight Events qualifying weight for women is 130 pounds and
for men 160 pounds. Weigh-ins will take place the day of the event
at the Clerk of the Course. |
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Boat borrowing contact LBRA Boat Captain AC duPont at
562-773-5516 to make arrangements. Please make your requests no
later than March 10th. |
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Early
check-in will be available the Saturday night prior to the race from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the
Pete Archer Rowing Center. Regular check-in is at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday,
at the clerk of the course table located at the 500 meter pole
on the side of the Marine Stadium that is opposite to the boathouse.
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Coaches
and Coxes meeting -
This course is easy racing! We have no
coaches & coxswain's meeting. So Please educate your rowers and
coxswains on the following information:
Racing is held in the
Marine
Stadium (click here
for directions). There will be three non-buoyed lanes for 2,000 meter
racing and seven non-buoyed lanes for 1,000 meter racing. The
shore/beach side is Lane 1 and the Boathouse side is Lane 7. Coxswains
keep your course as close to the beach side as possible and OUT
of race lanes. The start of the 2,000 meter race is past the bridge at
the end of the waterway. The start of the 1,000 meter race is just
ahead of the 1,000 meter pole, located in the water directly across from
the boathouse. The finish is at the final pole before the water's end,
located on the boathouse side inside the stadium. All launching and
landing will be from the west beach of the Marine Stadium (beach side).
This holds for all college, open, Jr.’s and masters crews alike.
Launching from concrete boat landings is prohibited since they are
extremely slippery and encrusted with razor-sharp mussels.
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| Trailers:
If you arrive Saturday BEFORE
sundown, please park between the 500 meter pole and the finish line
area. DO NOT park inside the gated area closest to the beach.
Saturday AFTER sundown, you can drive your trailer inside the gated area
closest to the beach. If you arrive after sundown, be sure to call
ahead about 1 to 2 hours PRIOR to your arrival and our President Jim
(310-466-5814) or
will unlock the main gates for you. If you arrive Sunday morning,
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If you would like us to add an event, fax your
request to LBRA at (562) 961-0105 or email Sabrina
Aris-Guentz and include a return
fax, club affiliation and/or phone number.
A tentative schedule is posted on the website (www.longbeachrowing.org),
final schedules are available at the Clerk of the Course on the morning of
the event. Email Sabrina
Aris-Guentz for information or questions concerning this
regatta.
Medals will be awarded for first,
second and third place finishers. Awards will be available for pick up (after results
are posted) at the clerk of the course's table. Please assign one
individual to be in charge of picking up and signing for the team's medals
or ribbons.
Please
be mindful of the residences next to the stadium and that quiet hours are
from 5:00-7:00 a.m. Venue opens at 6:30 a.m. race day.
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