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to the The Wichita Rowing Association, Wichita State University Crew and the City of Wichita invite you to attend the 16th Annual Wichita Frostbite Regatta on Sunday, November 4, 2007. The regatta will once again be on the Little Arkansas River in Riverside to mark the 16th Regatta. The course will be a 1.7 Mile distance head race, which can be followed in its entirety along the sidewalk. You are welcome to bring your bicycle and follow the course through riverside park. , if desired. The course record of 7:34, Men's Varsity Eight was set in 2002 by Marietta College. Proceeds from the Frostbite Regatta are used towards purchasing additional equipment to expand the juniors rowing program in the area. Every year a number of area businesses and individuals add their financial support. HOW TO PARTICIPATE: If you would like to sign up your rowing crew to participate in the Frostbite Regatta and additional information, e-mail the Wichita Rowing Association to sign up and receive your entry packet. SPECTATORS: Rowing is a great spectator sport and we invite you to join us the first Sunday in November for the Frostbite Regatta. If you have never seen a rowing race before, we have a few tips and things to watch for during the race. Frostbite
2007 Cover Letter ACCOMMODATIONS:
Free accommodations can be
found at the Heskett Center Gym on the campus of Wichita State University
from 6 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. on Sunday. Bring your own towels for
showering. For those wishing to stay in a hotel: Special Room Rates and Hotel Information for Frostbite Crews: Radisson
Broadview Hotel, 400 W. Douglas. A historic Wichita landmark
since 1922, located on the bank of the Big Arkansas River and the famed
Chisholm Trial. Reservations please call 800-362-2929
and refer the agent to the special group name: "FROSTBITE
– 2007” to receive the special frostbite rate of
79.00 plus tax per room per night (no more than four people to a room)
or Email trisha@broadview-hotel.com Radisson Broadview
Hotel has the Le Parc Restaurant, Chisholm’s Bar and Grill, wireless
lobby, Laundry, courtesy airport shuttles, 24 hour Fitness room. Radisson
Broadview Hotel will also host the Saturday evening Frostbite Pasta
Dinner in their banquet room. Located one mile from the Frostbite Regatta
in Riverside Park. REGATTA MEETING: This year's regatta meeting will be held inside at the brick Tennis Building at the Ralph Wulz Tennis Complex (551 N Nims) at 7:30 a.m. sharp. All coaches and coxswains are required to attend. ENTRY
DEADLINE: Email
or MAIL your entry fees, entry form, waivers and signed releases
by October 26, 2007 to: ENTRY
FEE: Fees for the
Frostbite Regatta are as follows: No
entries will be taken over the phone. Late entries will be accepted
on race day, if possible. There will be a $5.00 per person late fee
assessed. Checks should be made out to the "Wichita Rowing
Association." CREWS: Crews will be launched in numerical order. Crews are encouraged to stay in numerical order, but there will not be a penalty assessed for passing crews during warm-up as long as crews do not enter the race course. SCOREKEEPING: Race scores will be posted as quickly and efficiently as possible on a white bulletin board outside of brick Tennis Building at the Ralph Wulz Tennis Complex (551 N Nims). BOAT STORAGE: Shells and Trailers can be stored in the parking lot of the Ralph Wulz Tennis Complex (551 N Nims) the night prior to the Regatta. Security will be provided after 8 p.m. Crews
are welcome to launch on Saturday for practice. The Launch Dock will
close at 4:30pm. NO EXCEPTIONS. All boats must return
to the dock and be off the river by 5:00 pm to allow final course preparation
by Race Officials and Frostbite Staff. RACE DISTANCE: Henley distance 1.7 miles on the Little Arkansas River through Riverside Park. COURSE: The course will be fully buoyed from start to finish. Bridge arches (race and warm-up) will be marked by large signs with green arrows. Caution must be exercised by all crews in regards to bridges and buoyed shallow areas. Boats will not be allowed to row outside their scheduled times. After crossing the finish line crews must turn around and row immediately to the dock in the return lane. Caution: There is a dam just past the finish line. BOWMARKERS: To insure proper identification of crews, bowmarkers are required on all boats. Bowmarkers will be provided and must be returned to dockmaster immediately after the race has concluded. Crews failing to return Bowmarkers will be assessed a $5.00 fee. BOAT REQUIREMENTS: Bow balls consistent with "US Rowing Rules of Rowing" are required on all boats. Failure to have a bow ball will result in a scratch. For safety, quick heel release devices are also required on all boats. All of these items are the responsibility of the crew. Coaches are responsible for ensuring that their athletes are familiar with rowing safety. BUOY PENALTIES: Buoy penalties will be assessed when the blades cross the buoy lines separating the return lanes from the race lanes. These penalties apply to boats in either the return or race lanes. Penalties are 10 seconds for the first buoy and an additional 10 seconds for every buoy afterwards. PROTESTS: All protests must be made within 30 minutes of the finish of the race. A $25.00 protest fee must be turned in at the registration table at the Wichita Boathouse. The fee will be returned if the protest is upheld. CALLING OF EVENTS: First call of events will occur one hour prior to the event. Be at the staging area at least five minutes prior to the start of your race. This is a flying start, in single file. Line up in order of your bow marker numbers from lowest to highest. Cross the starting line at race pace, as directed by the starter. DOCKS: Each crew will be allotted 90 seconds to launch or land their boat on the dock. Make your equipment adjustments in the boat storage area or on the water. No adjustments will be permitted on the dock. OVER TAKING: Faster boats must be given the shortest route and the right of way. When passing another boat, the overtaking boat has the right of way, but is obliged to make it apparent to the boat ahead on which side it wishes to pass. The boat being overtaken must give the overtaking boat room to pass, usually on the inside corner. If, in the opinion of the officials, insufficient room is given, an interference penalty will be assessed. No boat should press its right of way to the point of collision. Respect for the safety of other competitors must be shown at all times. AWARDS:
Medals will be awarded to all first and second place crews. BUS
AND RV AND VAN PARKING: Please unload at Nims Street
and proceed right on Central to Museum Blvd to HUGE double parking lot
on Southwest corner of Central/Seneca and Museum Blvd with the entrance
at the north end of the parking lot on Sims Park Dr (south of Wichita
Art Museum). Please do not park Bus and RV's at the Wulz Tennis Center. BOAT TRAILER PARKING: Please angle large trailers on east side of boat trailer parking lot. A seperate section will be reserved to park your truck that pulls the trailer in the adjacent parking lot (similar to last year). CAR PARKING: Please park in the Wulz Tennis Center, the parking lot Adjacent to the Pedestrian Bridge on Central, Exploration Place parking lot (and walk across the pedestrian bridge and Keeper of the Plains, or lastly park at the HUGE double parking lot on Southwest corner of Central/Seneca and Museum Blvd with the entrance at the north end of the parking lot on Sims Park Dr (south of Art Museum). Please
do not park on the grass at any location and please be courteous of
private property. In Addition, a new sidewalk has been installed on the north side of the Little Arkansas River next to the finish line and car parking is available on Stackman Dr. between the Finish line and South Nims Bridge (last bridge in the course) and up to the Murdock Bridge (2nd bridge) and up to the north Nims Bridge (1st Bridge) that offers a great view of the course by walking or biking. FOR
MORE INFORMATION: For more information, call Don Wadsworth
at (316) 688-0690 or Brian Adamson at (316) 652-8833. SPONSORS: If you or your company would like to sponsor the Frostbite Regatta and/or sponsor a specific race, please call Don Wadsworth at 688-0690.
See you on the water!
Updated November 4, 2007 |
2007 Regatta Schedule under construction
SPECIAL EVENTS Big Arkansas River Course Map Little Arkansas River Course Map |
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