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Race Schedule Format:
- The race schedule will be posted on the Kingston Dragon Boat Festival
site www.dragonboats.org and
will be available via fax as soon as possible prior to Race Day. Race
schedules will also be posted at the team marshalling areas. Each team
will race a minimum of 2 races. It is expected that this listing will
be posted by August 26th, 2005.
- There will be a mandatory meeting of officials and team representatives
at 7:45 a.m. on Saturday September 24, 2005.
- Racing will begin at approximately 8:00 a.m. on Saturday September
20, 2003.
- Organizers will place teams for the first heat. Placement in the second
heat will be based upon the time and start numbers in the first heat.
- The top 24 teams from the first two heats, based upon total time,
will proceed to the event Semi-final Round.
- The top 6 from the Semi-final Round will proceed to the event Final
Heat.
- The crew finishing first in the final heat shall be declared the CHAMPION
OF THE KINGSTON DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.
Conduct of Races
- Teams and team members shall immediately follow and comply with all
instructions of the Starter and Referee before, during and after a race
while on the water. Any failure to do so may result in disqualification
of the team from the race by the Starter or Referee, as applicable,
and in the event of flagrant disregard of such instructions may result
in disqualification from further participation in races by the Chief
Race Official.
- Each team shall keep to its own lane and endeavour to avoid contact
with or interference with other teams.
- When a boat is in a position to overtake another boat during a race,
it is the duty of the boat overtaking to keep clear, at all times of
the boat overtaken. Equally, the boat being overtaken is not allowed
to alter course to make difficulties for the overtaking boat.
- Any team that leaves its own lane and contacts or otherwise interferes
with any other team may be disqualified by the Referee and shall be
disqualified, subject to the following rule, if the contact or interference
is such as to affect, or is likely to affect, the outcome of the race,
or the race time of the boat contacted or interfered with.
- A Referee may stop any race after its start by firing a shot or sounding
an air horn, and order the race re-started in the event the Referee
is of the opinion to do so is necessary to ensure a fair race and result.
Any team or team members committing fouls that give rise to the re-start
of the race may, but in the discretion of the Referee, need not be disqualified
from the re-start of the race.
- Upon the disqualification during the course of a race a team shall
be told by the Referee to stop paddling and shall immediately stop paddling
until the race passes the team by. A referee may tell a team to stop
paddling without disqualifying the team for the purpose of race control
and the team shall stop paddling until advised by the Referee to start
up paddling once again.
- Each boat must cross the finish line by its bow and in its proper
lane in order to count as having finished the race. Any boat crossing
the finish line out of its lane is automatically disqualified.
- A race shall be officially completed when the Referee(s) raises either
a white flag signalling the race was 'o.k. As run', or a red flag, signalling
that a foul was committed by a team during the course of the race. The
Referee(s) shall raise the appropriate flag as soon as all boats still
in the race have crossed the finish line.
- A Starter may disqualify any team on the water prior to the start
of a race or on the start of a race for failure to abide by the Festival
Rules and Regulations.
- A Referee may disqualify any team on the water prior to the start
of a race, during the course of a race, or on the finish of a race for
failure to abide by the Festival Rules and Regulations.
- The Chief Official may disqualify any team at any time, on or off
the water, from the competition for failure to abide by the Festival
Rules and Regulations.
Protests
- A team may protest any decision of a Starter or Referee in respect
of a race provided the Team Captain notifies the Chief Race Official
verbally within 10 minutes of the race of the protest and files particulars
of the protest in writing with the Chief Race Official together with
a Protest fee of $25.00 within 20 minutes of the completion of the race.
The Chief Race Official shall consider the protest and allow or disallow
the protest, as he or she considers appropriate. If the Chief Race Official
allows the protest he or she may order a race re-run or take such other
corrective action, as he or she considers appropriate. If the protest
is allowed the protest fee of $25.00 shall be refunded to the team.
Scoring and Prizes
- It is the responsibility
of the Chief Race Official to confirm and announce the order of finish
in each race and to record the race time of each boat in the race.
- The awards and
prizes to be awarded shall be determined by the Executive Committee
of the Festival.
- All trophies are
the permanent property of the Festival. A trophy winning team may keep
the trophy for a year provided it is to be returned in good condition
to the Festival office no later than June 1st following year.
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