Stand-Up Paddle Board Race
4km Stand-up Paddle Board race from Marengo to Apollo Bay.
Date:
Saturday, 9th February 2008
Race Internet Registrations:
Open: 1st November 2007
Close: Midnight 8th February 2008
Please note: To register here, click on the Register button and complete form and payment.
Register in Person: You can register in Person on the Day - You must register at least 1 hour before race start.
Race schedule:
4:00pm – Race briefing at Marengo Beach.
4:15pm Race start
Race Description:
The Paddle classic is an 4km race.
The course is a beach start from Marengo Beach heading 100m straight out through the surf and turning left around a clearly positioned buoy. Continue east to the second buoy located 200m off Point Bunbury Bunbry, then past another buoy a further 200m east, before turning left and heading for the 4th buoy, 100m east of the Apollo Bay Harbour entrance. From here you will be able to see the Apollo Bay Surf Lifesaving Club and the finish line, a 30m run up the beach with your craft.
Race Categories:
Open 16+yrs
Medallions will be awarded to 1st, 2nd & 3rd.
Race Confirmation & Race Kit:
Check-in for Race Confirmation and pick up your Race Kit (including Race
Number) from 6:00am – 3:00pm on Saturday 9th February
2008 or 7:30pm – 10:30pm on Friday 8th February 2008 at the Apollo
Bay Surf Lifesaving Club.
Race
Rules:
• Stand-Up Paddle Boards can be a maximum of 12.5 feet long.
• Competitors must follow the designated set course, which is manned, by water marshals and surf lifesavers.
• No extraneous aids are allowed. This includes, but is not limited to fins, engines, sails and personal support teams.
• Wetsuits are permissible.
• Competitors will be required to have an official mark and race number on their arm, which must remain on the individual throughout the event. No competitor shall be recorded as a finisher unless carrying the official mark and number on their arm.
• Organisers reserve the right to accept, reject and cancel entries.
• Protests must be made in writing and given to the Race Director within fifteen minutes of the announcement of the provisional results. All decisions of the Race Director will be final.
• Race officials shall have the ultimate and final authority to remove a competitor from the race if the competitor is judged to be physically incapable of continuing the race without the risk of injury.
• Each entrant must sign the indemnity declaration on the Entry Form before the event. If under 18, the parent or guardian must sign. The organisers reserve the right to reject or cancel any entry at any time.
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Registration Costs:
Early Bird Registration
1 November – 31 December, 2007
$25 per Entry
Registration from
1 January, 2008
$30 per Entry
