DBNSW is pleased to announce the details of the inaugural Region v Region Competition taking place on Sunday 28th March 2021 at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
This event will bring together paddlers from across the state to represent their local region. Regions will battle each other across multiple race distances and types to accrue points and be crowned the winner of the first Region v Region Regatta.
Please note this event was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 27th March but has now been swapped with the State Championships.
REGIONS & SELECTION
There are six regions for this event which include Northern, Western, Sydney Metro, Bank St, Southern and Central Coast/Hawkesbury/Hunter
Each region will be tasked with forming two squads from their area (A & B) made up of paddlers belonging to clubs located in those districts
All crews are open age
All racing is mixed (min 5 males, maximum 10 males)
All racing is 20s in standard boats
Junior teams will also be formed in regions where possible and details of a separate competition to take place on the same day are pending
Juniors are also welcome to be included in A and/or B crews
Coaches and Managers will be responsible for selection and appointed for each region by DBNSW, Expressions of Interest in these roles will be published alongside this information (below)
Crew selection will be based on expressions of interest with selection criteria/trials to be used if required. Criteria may include fitness testing, dragon boat trial, etc. This criteria will be determined by appointed coaches & managers but must be approved by DBNSW first
Around 48 positions per region are available give or take allowance for juniors, reserves, extra sweeps, etc.
RACE DISTANCES & DIVISIONS
Racing distances on offer include;
200m Sprint (Open Age, Mixed)
500m Sprint (Open Age, Mixed)
1000m Sprint (Open Age, Mixed)
2k Relay (Open Age, Mixed) – on 1k turn course
In the 2k Relay each regions’ squad will participate i.e. first lap completed by squad A, second lap squad B
Tribe (Open Age, Mixed) – tug of war, best of 3, max 6 paddlers per crew
Match ups in the Tribe Competition will be randomly drawn from each pool e.g. Random A Team v Random A Team, Random B Team v Random B Team
POINTS & WINNERS
Each region squad participates in a race across each distance e.g. 200m Heat 1 – Bank St A, 200m Heat 2 – Bank St B
Each region squad is awarded points based on their placings in each heat (1st – 6 points, 2nd – 5 points, 3rd – 4 points, etc.)
Example: 200m Heat 1 – Sydney Metro A 2nd (5 points), 200m Heat 2 – Sydney Metro B 3rd (4 points), Sydney Metro 200m Total Points – 9 points
For the Tribe races winners are awarded 1 point for their region
The overall winner of the regatta is determined by the points total accrued across the five race divisions
OTHER
Uniforms – Each Region is assigned a colour and crew members must wear that colour, No club shirts or state team uniforms
Colours – North (Yellow), West (Red), Sydney Metro (White), Bank St (Black), Southern (Green), Central Coast/Hawkesbury/Hunter (Blue)
Entry via RevSPORT this will be setup for region coaches by DBNSW
All participants must be financial members of DBNSW 2020/21
Participation fee $10 per paddler
Race fees to be collected by Team Manager and paid to DBNSW via EFT
