1. Date: June 23^rd -24^th, 2007

Venue: Jian River, Duyun City, Guizhou Province of China

2. Hosted by: Leisure Sports Center of China General Administration of Sport

Chinese Dragon Boat Association

Sports Administration of Guizhou Province

People’s Government of Buyi & Miao Autonomous Region

3. Organized by: People’s Government of Duyun City, Sports Bureau of Buyi & Miao Autonomous Region, Leisure Sports Center of Guizhou Province

4. Crews: Dragon boat teams invited from China and abroad.

5. Racing Events:

250m & 500m Open Straight Speed Race (standard dragon boat)

6. Racing Method:

1) The updated version of the “Chinese Dragon Boat Racing Regulations” will be applied in the race.

2) All racing equipments (e.g. boats and paddles) shall be provided by the Organizing Committee. Participating teams are also allowed to bring their own paddles whose color must be the same.

3) Each team shall bring two of their national or regional flags approved by the IOC and on arrival one of them must be handed to the Organizing Committee for hanging at the regatta course. Please keep the other one for the Opening Ceremony, Welcome Ceremony, Closing Ceremony and awards receiving ceremony.

4) Each crew members shall wear clothes of the same color and design.

5) Method of drawing:

 (1) Straight Speed Race

     1. The round races will be used. The results of drawing lots will decide the group number of each team and the final results will be the total scores of three times races.

7. Qualification:

1) Capable of swimming at least 200m in light clothing. To be proved healthy by hospitals.

2) Participants should be insured by themselves. The Organizing Committee would like to require all the paddlers wear life jackets. With written application form, team can race without life jackets.

 

8. Participation

 1) Each standard team shall comprise 28 persons, 1 Head, 1 Team Manager, 2 Coaches, 24 athletes (including 1 Drummer, 1 Steersman, 20 Paddlers and 2 Substitutes).

 

9. Ranking and awarding

1) Top 6 teams will be awarded trophies (flags) and certificated. Top 3 teams will be awarded medals.

2) Prizes for top six teams of final score are as follows:

 

4) Teams not winning any prices will be awarded participation prices by the Organizing Committee with 4,000RMB

10. Entry and Registration:

1)     The Entry: The 1^st entry is by June 5, 2007. The 2^nd entry is by June 15, 2007.

 

Chinese Dragon Boat Association

Contact Person: Mr. Li Wenyong, Ms Amanda Qin Yi

Email: cdbadragon@126.com

Add: No.9, Tiyuguan Road, 100763, China

Tel: 0086-10-87182890 (Chinese) / 67128832 (English)

Fax:0086-10-67133577

 

Leisure Sports Center of Guizhou Province

Contact Persons: Mr. Zhu Baolin

Email: gzstzd2007@21cn.com

Tel: +86-851-6822886

Fax: +86-851-6822886

 

 

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

2) 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 respectively for each team.

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We                                         (name of your team) confirm to participate in the Duyun Guizhou China International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament to be held from June 23-24, 2007.

 

 

*Event (Please √ the blank that you are going to compete)

 

 

We promise that all the participants are healthy, have been trained and can swim 200 meters with light clothes. We’ll observe all the regulations and rules formulated by the organizers. We will be responsible for the cost of injury; death and property loss during the racing or travel before and after the race. We will not sue the Duyun Guizhou China International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament Organizer or any individual related to the tournament for the responsibility of the above-mentioned matters.

 

 

Team Leader:                    

 

Contact Person:

 

Address:

 

Tel:                                (Office)

 

Fax:

 

Email:

 

Representative Signature:

 

 

Date:

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(Please return this form by June 15, 2007)