Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association Championships

Whereas the Association continues to strive for excellence and to make the Championship Regatta an event that is fair, safe and open to all secondary schools, and whereas the number of schools entering the regatta continues to increase,

Be it resolved that the Championship Regatta of 2006 and regattas in subsequent years shall operate under the following principles:

A. RIGHT OF ENTRY

that the regatta will be open to all secondary schools from around the world
that there will be no limit to the number of schools that can enter;
that the schools will be restricted to a limit of one entry per event;
that competitors, including coxswains, will be limited to entering a maximum of two events;
that the coxswains of female of male crews can be of either sex;
that there will be a limit of sixty-three entries per event;
that the maximum age of a competitor shall be under nineteen years of age as at January 1st of the year of competition;

B. DRAW

that the current system of heats, semi-finals and finals be used to determine the champions in each event;
that the draw be based on a seven lane course and that finals will consist of six contestants; further, that if there are only seven entries in an event, there would be a seven boat final; eight entries would require two heats and a six boat final; twenty-two entries would require heats and semi-finals, and so on;
that the regatta will not exceed three days in duration and that all finals will be held on the last day of the regatta;

C. AWARDS

that the gold, silver and bronze medallions be awarded to the first, second and third place competitors respectively and that the school and the coach of the winning crew receive a commemorative plaque;

D. EVENTS

that races will be held for the following boat types: the eight with coxswain (8+), the four with coxswain (4+), the pair without coxswain (2-), the quadruple sculls (4x), the double sculls (2x) and the single sculls (1x);
that there will be an equal number of events for female and male athletes;
that a junior aged competitor will be under sixteen years of age as at January 1st of the year of competition;
that there will be two weight classes for the female and male events in addition to the open weight class for female and male crews, further, that these restricted classes shall be 59 kilograms and 63 kilograms for women, and sixty-six kilograms and seventy-two kilograms for men;
that the restricted weight classes will be defined as the maximum weight per athlete in the boat and that there will be no averaging of the crews weight to determine eligibility;
that the minimum weight of a coxswain shall be forty-five kilograms for female and male coxswains regardless of whether they are in a female or male event;
that there shall be thirty-six events at the regatta and they shall be as follows: