2006 China Dragon Boat Festival Month
3rd Longyou China International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament
REGULATIONS
1.Date: June 6-9, 2006
Venue: Dragon Boat Park, Longyou county, Zhejiang Province, China
2. Hosted by: Leisure Sports Administrative Center of China General Administration of Sport
Chinese Dragon Boat Association
Sports Bureau of Zhejiang Province
3. Organized by: People’s Government of Longyou County, Zhejiang Province
4. Crews: dragon boat teams invited by the CDBA
5.Racing Events:
1) 500m Open Straight Speed Race (standard dragon boat)
2) 3000m Open Round Race (standard dragon boat)
6. Racing Method:
1) The 2003 version of the “Chinese Dragon Boat Racing Regulations” is applied in the race.
2) All racing dragon boats shall be provided by the Organizing Committee. Participating teams are also allowed to bring their own paddles whose color must be the same. Steer will be fixed to the boat.
3) Each team shall bring two of their national or regional flags for hanging around ther race course and using during ceremonies.
4)Each crew members shall wear clothes of identical color and design.
5)Method of racing & drawing:
(1) There will be heats, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals (final method will be decided by actual entry numbers).
(2) Drawing lots will be conducted at the Joint-meeting for team leaders, coaches and chief judges. Lane number and boat number will be drawn immediately before the race at the roll-call spot.
7. Qualification:
1) To be proved healthy by hospitals and capable of swimming at least 200m in light clothing.
2) Participants should be insured by themselves. Athletes have to wear life jackets during races (written application can be made to the Organizing Committee for not wearing life jackets).
8. Participation Method
Each standard team shall comprise 28 persons, 1 Head, 1 Team Manager, 1 Coach, 25 athletes (including 1 Drummer, 1 Steersman, 20 Paddlers and 3 Substitutes).
9. Ranking and awarding:
1) All top 3 teams of open events will be awarded trophies and medals. Ranking 4-6 teams will be awarded trophies.
2) Open events will be decided by total results (putting results of 500m and 3000m together). Prizes distributed as follows(RMB, Chinese currency):
|
Place & Award |
1st place |
2nd place |
3rd place |
4th place |
5th place |
6th place |
|
Open Standard |
7000 |
6000 |
5000 |
4000 |
3400 |
2600 |
3) All whose teams which do not win any prize will be awarded with participation prize of 2000RMB.
10) Entry and Confirm
1) Please inform us by May 1st, 2006, if you are interested in the race. Entry form is requested to feed back by May 15th, 2006.
2) Please send the entry form back to the CDBA and Sports Bureau of Longyou county.
I. Chinese Dragon Boat Association
Address: No.9 Tiyuguan Road, Chongwen District, Beijing, China
Tel: +86-10-67128832 / 87182890
Fax: +86-10-67133577
Contact people: Mr. Li Wenyong & Ms Qin Yi (Amanda)
II. Sports Bureau of Longyou County
Address: No.15 Taipingxi Road, Longyou county, Zhejiang Province, China
Tel: +86-570-7013993
Fax: +86-570-7022440
Contact people: Mr. Huang Gengqing
11. Expenses
1) The Organizing Committee will make all-round arrangement for food, accommodation and local transportation for each crew (28 people).
2) People of earlier arrival, later departure and extra will have to pay for themselves.
12.Other matters
1) If you need to book tickets, please feed back the information to the Sports Bureau of Longyou County City by May 15, 2006.
2) Each team is requested to arrive on June 7, 2006. If you need to be picked up at the train station or airport, please inform the Sports Bureau of Longyou County of your arrival date and flight or train number by May 30, 2006.
3) The Opening, Closing and Awarding Ceremonies are all on June 9, 2006. The departure date is June10, 2006.
4) Each team is kindly requested to make a good arrangement for arrival and departure for the organizer will provide the transportation for arrival and departure only once for each team respectively.
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