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Rules for Rowing

3 July 2009
This section of the Royal St. John's Regatta Committee website has been modified to include the document: 'RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF RACING AND OTHER REGATTA EVENTS.' as a convenient single PDF document.

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THE ROYAL ST. JOHN'S REGATTA COMMITTEE

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT

OF RACING AND OTHER REGATTA EVENTS



PASSED - July 5, l989
FIRST AMENDMENT-July 12, 1989
SECOND AMENDMENT - May 19, 1993
THIRD AMENDMENT - July 7, 1993
FOURTH AMENDMENT - May 18, 1994
FIFTH AMENDMENT - May 6, 1998
SIXTH AMENDMENT - April 7, 1999
SEVENTH AMENDMENT - May 3, 2000
EIGHTH AMENDMENT - April 2, 2003
NINTH AMENDMENT - May 3, 2006
TENTH AMENDMENT – June 2009

  • section 1: crew composition
    information on the makeup of each crew.

  • section 2: crew representative
    information regarding the official representatives of a crew and official representative and chief spokesperson for a crew

  • section 3: entry and registration
    information regarding particulars of registration of a rowing crew ( deadlines, individual/crew requirements etc. )

  • section 4: race course operations
    information regarding and general safety of race course staff and crew ( pond conditions, flag conditions etc. )

  • section 5: racing day conduct
    information on important dates throughout the racing season ( time trials, regatta day etc. ) and related information on course of events for each given day.

  • section 6: championship races
    information on the rules and general qualification guidelines of the respective Championship races, to be held on Regatta Day for a given year.

  • section 7: officials
    information regarding the 'Captain of the Course' and his/her qualifications, rights and priveledges.

  • section 8: conduct / penalties
    information regarding the rules, regulations as well as related penalties ( disqualification of crew etc. ) specific to all Regatta-related events.

  • section 9: definitions
    information regarding the proper definition of the most commonly used terms related to the Regatta and its events.

  • section 10: repeal
    containing information on the makeup of each crew.

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