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BCU SW Region 2013 Hasler Qualifier Race

Sunday 16 June 2013

Race: Lower Exe and Estuary

Organizing Club: Exeter Canoe Club

Website: http://www.exetercanoeclub.org.uk/

Water: Divs 1 to 6 on Lower Exe, Exe Estuary and Exeter Canal

Divs 7, 8 & 9 on Exeter Canal only

Start and Finish: Divs 1 to 6: Lower Exe

Divs 7 to 9: Exeter Canal

Registration: Exeter Canoe Club, 62 Haven Road, Exeter, EX2 8DP

Timings: Registration 0915-1015hrs

Briefing at 1030hrs

Starts from 1100hrs

HW at 1205hrs

Hasler Classes: Divs 1 & 2 K1 & Div 3 K2 12 miles 2 or 3 portages

Divs 4, 5 & 6 K1 & K2 8 miles 2 portages

Divs 7, 8 & 9 K1 & K2 4 miles no portages

Rules: The race will be run in accordance with the current BCU Marathon Racing Committee Rules.

Safety: The provisions of ‘Rule 5 - Safety’ apply. All Div 7, 8 & 9 competitors must wear approved buoyancy aids, in accordance with rule 5 (vi. and all paddlers under 16 years of age in higher divisions are strongly advised to do so.

Participation: Canoeing and Kayaking are ‘Assumed risk’- ‘Water contact sports’ that may carry attendant risks. Participants should be aware of and accept these risks, and be responsible for their own action and involvement.

Registration: Please send consolidated club entries by HRM in advance to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 9 Jun 13.  Individual entries can be made, all BCU membership must be shown (or Event Ticket purchased) and all fees are to be paid on race day.  Cheques are payable to ‘Exeter Canoe Club’.

Fees: Senior: £7.00 per seat, Junior: £6.00 per seat.

An additional fee of £5.00 per paddler will be charged for an Event Ticket if a current BCU membership card is not produced by competitors in Divs 7, 8 & 9 who may only purchase one Event Ticket per season.  Event Tickets will not be available to competitors in Divs 1 to 6.

BCU Membership: Competitors must be current comprehensive adult, family or youth members of the BCU, Canoe England, WCA, SCA, CANI or members of the Junior Section of a BCU Affiliated Club. All competitors or their team leader must submit evidence of membership by showing a membership card or photocopy. This must be done at check-in on race day. Juniors in Divs 7, 8 & 9 may show their club’s registered youth membership card. Any competitor ranked in Divs 1 to 6 failing to submit evidence of current membership will not be permitted to race. Competitors in Divs 7, 8 & 9 failing to submit evidence of current membership must purchase an Event Ticket for insurance purposes.

Courses: All courses tbc on race day and dependent on conditions.

Prizes: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Paddler/Crew in each singles and doubles Hasler division will receive prizes provided there is quorate entry in division.

Toilets,Changing,Showers: Toilets, changing and shower facilities will be available at Exeter Canoe Club.

Refreshments: Refreshments will be available in the Clubroom.

Details may be downloaded here

SUNDAY 9th June 2013

VENUE: Burton Canoe Club, Newton Road Park, Newton Road, Winshill, Burton on Trent, DE15 0TU, map available at http://www. burtoncanoeclub.co.uk/information /Contact.aspx

Organising body:  Burton Canoe Club, Newton Road, Burton on Trent.

RULES: as per BCU Marathon Racing Committee, vertical number plates for all divisions, buoyancy aids for all paddlers in Divs. 7, 8 and 9 and Lightnings.

COURSES:

Divs Distance Portages Briefings Start Times

Lightning (U12’s and U10’s only) or GP(Club members) 2 Km 0 10:45am 11:15am

7, 8 and 9 singles, 7, 8 and 9 doubles. 4 miles 0 10:45am 11:00am

4,5 and 6 singles, 3/4, 5 and 6 doubles 8 miles 1     12:00pm 12:15pm

1 and 2 singles. 12.5 miles      2    12:00pm 12:15pm

The organisers reserve the right to amend the course or safety rules as necessary subject to river conditions or other factors.

HAZARDS: Other river users including rowing clubs, weir, fallen trees and swans.

CHECK-IN: From 9:00 till 11:00 am.

Current BCU cards or Junior Section Cards, to be shown at booking in or sent with entry.

A BCU event fee of £5 is payable for non-BCU members and those unable to prove their membership in division 7 to 9.

Divisions 1 to 6 are NOT allowed to race without proof of BCU membership.

PRIZES: 1st, 2nd and 3rd in all divisions subject to entry, plus best Lady, Vet, Junior, and C1 not a winner of a race, subject to entry.

REFRESHMENTS: Light refreshments will be on sale to spectators and available free to all paddlers.

FEES: Seniors £6.00.  Late entry fee £1.

Juniors £5.00.  Late entry fee £1.

Lightning race £2.50.

ENTRIES:

1. Please use the HRM program to send in your entries electronically; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

2. Entries will also be accepted using the attached form.

3. Email entries must be paid for at check-in.

4. To be sent with the correct fee, before 7th June 2013, please, to;

Steve Ball, 22 Durham Drive, Rugeley, Staffs. WS15 1LD.

The Hasler Finals and associated series of regional qualifying races are based on club teams rather than individual paddlers. In response to suggestions made to the MRC, from March 2013 onwards, the system of allocating the number of places for clubs qualifying in each region, will be altered from the current one, where each region has 4 places, with the exception of Combined Services who have 1 place and Combined East and West Midlands, who have 8 places, to the one outlined below.

The new system is based on the number of clubs who have actively participated in the previous season, as indicated by Hasler Race results, recorded on the MRC Website. Each region will automatically have 2 qualifying places, irrespective of the number of active clubs. Each region will receive an extra qualifying place for each 3 clubs in excess of 4.

Number of Active Clubs       Number of Qualifying places
 1-6 						2
 7-9 						3
 10-12 						4
 13-15 						5
 16-18 						6
 19-21     					7
 22-24     					8
 25-27 						9

This system will produce a similar number of clubs to the present one, but more fairly distributed across the regions. It may produce a slight increase in the number of paddlers at Hasler Finals as more active clubs are expected to qualify.

For the 2012/2013 season the allocation will be as follows:

Region                     Clubs Qualifying
Services				1
Eastern 				4
London  & South East 			4
Midlands 				7
Northern 				2
North West 				2
Scotland                             	2
Southern                            	6
South West 				4
Wales 					2	
Yorkshire & Humberside 			2
Total eligible for Final 		36

The number of places allocated to regions will be reviewed at the end of each season. The number of places allocated will not change within a season, with the exception of 2012/13.

The MRC believe that this system will allow more clubs from the most active regions to reach the finals, prompt healthy competition for qualifying places within regions and yet keep the size of the final of similar manageable proportions to the previous system. It also allows for the development of more clubs within a region.