This year the Deloraine Flames Dragonboat Regatta will be held on the Meander River on the weekend of Dec. 6 - 7, with club races to be held on Saturday December 6th, and community races the following day.

Club races will be similar to previous years, consisting of AusDBF sanctioned 200 m races for 10s crews in Champion boats and will be followed by a couple of exhibition 200 m 20’s Opens and Womens races (numbers permitting), and a turns race in 10s wooden boats. Finalists for 10s races will be determined by combined heat times. 

River levels permitting, the turns race will be approximately 700m in length and involve two turns (left and right!). Boats will start at 15 second intervals with the best time winning. This race will be unsanctioned under AusDBF rules, but we encourage everyone to participate.

A preliminary schedule for events planned for the day is shown below, and is subject to modification depending on entry numbers. We urge clubs to please register on RevSport as early as possible to assist with planning heats so we can send detailed programs to clubs.

Event Program:

09:00: Welcome and sweeps briefing

09:20: First crews in boats

09:30: Heats Round 1 - 200m Open and Womens 10s

11:15: Heats Round 2 - 200m Open and Womens 10s

13:00:Lunch Break

14:00: Finals - 200m Womens 10s

14:20: Finals - 200m Open 10s

14:40: 200m Womens 20s

14:50: 200m Open 20s

15:30: Novelty Race - Wooden Boat turns race. Details TBA. Likely two races with three boats each. Best time overall wins.

16:00: Presentations and Pack-up

Registration for the event will be $15/person, and in the event of inclement weather causing cancellation of the event, a full refund will be made available. Registration fees will be invoiced to the Clubs following confirmation of registrations following the event.

A coffee van will be on site on Saturday. On the following day we will be hosting a day of community team races, so please stay the night and enjoy the entertainment.

Thank you,

Deloraine Flames.