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[BKS8]

Does anyone know the dates of the event in Toronto?

[minipaddler]

July 1, 2, 3 weekend In Welland, Ontario.

[BKS8]

Thanks

[BKS8]

Is there a website that tells you the dates, place?

[Illuminate]

http://dragonboat.ca/node/242

[Martini]

Will there be one in the West as well?

[vicpaddler]

I believe that all teams must qualify from the Nationals now. Prior to that they had qualifiers in each region but that is out now...

Speaking of the Nationals, anyone know what races out west will be qualifers for the Nationals? I'm sure Alcan will but anything else out here.. They are really early in the year and it could make it tough for west coast teams to get to a race to qualify for the race off to go to Hong Kong....

[minipaddler]

For 2009 Nationals,  the Dash, Alcan, Whistler and Harrison were qualifying regattas. 

[vicpaddler]

Only two of those festivals are before the Nationals next year. (July 1-3) Hopefully you only need to race in two to be eligible for the CCWC runoffs. DBC has made a couple late season races in Ont qualifiers, but not sure what is going to happen to the Western teams wanting to go.

[alcanranker]

The most difficult will be the gender specific qualifier (especially Open).  Typically there is only one festival/regatta in the west, Alcan, that has an open division. 

Here are the potential qualifer races before July 1st:

Dash
FCRCC Regatta
Lotus
FCRCC Women's Regatta
Alcan Regatta
Alcan Festival

Relatively easy for a festival/regatta to be a qualifier, the organizers need to do roster checks.  It can be more time consuming for the festival/regatta as the roster check can take sometime in the marshalling area. 

For the Open division need to get another regatta other than Alcan to have an Open division (most logical is FCRCC regatta).

Time to start asking the organizers if they will be a qualifier.

[Illuminate]

There was an Open division in the last FCRCC Regatta, we just need to get more than 3 teams signed up next time to make it more interesting

[minipaddler]

As per the DBC, CCWC protocols.

Eligibility and Qualifications 3.1 A Club and each of its individual members (including Racers, coaches, managers and other Club officials) shall be members in good standing with DBC during the Qualifying Year and the CCWC Year. 3.2 A Racer shall be a member of only one Club. 3.3 A Racer is eligible to compete with a Club’s Crews of different Racing Classes provided he or she meets the age/gender requirements of the Racing Class. 3.4 A Racer shall be registered with DBC and included in the Club List before he or she is included in a Crew List or participates at a Qualifying Regatta or a Race-Off Regatta. 3.5 A Racer may not transfer from one Club to another Club during a Qualifying Year.
Ratified 2008 12 18 3
4. Qualifying Regattas 4.1 A Club Racer shall participate in at least two Qualifying Regattas before such Racer is eligible to participate in a Race-Off Regatta. Racing in two Racing Classes within one Qualifying Regatta constitutes the completion of only one of the two Qualifying Regatta requirements. 4.2 A Club Racer must be present in the marshalling area ready to race in order to be credited with having participated in a Qualifying Event. Appearing on a roster does not constitute participation. 4.3 A Crew shall participate in the races offered for its Racing Class at each Qualifying Regatta. If a Qualifying Regatta does not offer races for a particular Racing Class, the Crew may compete in any other races offered by the Qualifying Regatta. (For example, if Senior Open races are not available at a Qualifying Regatta, a Senior Open Crew may participate in the races of any other offered Racing Class and will be deemed to have participated in Racing Class races.) Alternatively, the paddlers can meet the Qualifying Regatta requirement by competing in another crew from the same club in a category existing at the said regatta.
5. Club Lists and Crew Lists
5.1 A Club shall submit an initial Club List to DBC no later than two weeks prior to a Qualifying Regatta to be used by the club to qualify Racers for the Race-Off Regatta. Names can be added to this list throughout the year. Additional Racers must be added two weeks prior to a Qualifying Regatta to be used by the Club to qualify Racers for the Race-Off Regatta.
5.2 A Club shall submit to DBC a Crew List for each Qualifying Regatta before the first race of the day at such Qualifying Regatta. All names on the Crew List must be on the Club List.
5.3 A Club shall submit to DBC a Crew List for the Race-Off Regatta before the first race of the day at the Race-Off Regatta.
5.4 A Club may include on the Crew List for the Race-Off Regatta any Racer who is listed on at least two Qualifying Regatta Crew Lists.
5.5 At Qualifying Regattas where more than one distance is contested the Crew List is determined by the rules of the Qualifying Event.
5.6 At the Race-Off Regatta the Crew List will consist of up to 30 Racers for all distances and up to 26 Racers per distance.
5.7 A Club must maintain 12 Racers from the Race-Off Regatta Crew list on their CCWC Crew List.
5.8 The CCWC Crew List submitted to DBC will consist of up to 30 Racers. Crew Lists at CCWC will consist of 26 Racers per distance, all of who must be on the Crew List submitted to DBC.
5.9 Subject to the criteria above, a Racer may participate in a CCWC if his or her name appears on the Crew List for the CCWC Year and he or she is a member in good standing with DBC.
6. Awarding of CCWC Entries Club Lists and Crew Lists
6.1 DBC awards CCWC entries on the basis the 200/250m and 500m distances of the Racing Class. Therefore, a Club is required to compete in both distances within a Racing Class at the Race-Off Regatta

[alcanranker]

Are you just letting everyone know what the rules, if so thank you .  They are well known to those that want to qualify (and should be for anyone that is interested). 

The biggest hurdle is the two qualifying regattas before July 1st and people willing to go to Welland to do the race off. Welland is a nice fair course too bad it is in the middle of no where (all the good courses are  ).

[minipaddler]

You would be surprised at how many people ask me where to find the DBC and IDBF rules and regs...    SI Black made it happen in 2009 and that was doing a juggling act right after Alcan to make sure everyone could attend the 2 qualifiers.  Chloe was awesome to help out and make it happen.  If teams are wanting to go, they will start organizing themselves sooner, rather than later.  I don't think having to do 2 qualifiers before July 2011 will be a problem for the various race organizers.  It takes an extra 2-3 minutes for ID check at marshalling but if you have a team manager who is on the ball, it goes fast and smooth.  (Talking from experience).  It is easier to do the 2 qualifiers and then back out for whatever reasons than to try and fit them in at the last minute.  I will admit,  registration is very costly as it is charged per person not per team so for those travelling to Ontario, it will be a costly trip as there are no hotels close to the race site (If I remember correctly) and Welland is approximately 1-1.5hr drive from the Toronto airport.  (Thank goodness for the 6 lane highway system)

Ontario is already hosting 2 qualifiers in August so perhaps the Victoria organizers and Kelowna organizers could make something happen for those teams that know for sure they want to do Nationals/CCWC 2011??