The City of Sydney presents the 2018 Chinese New Year Dragon Boat Races which returns to Darling Harbour Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th February 2018

COMING TO WATCH?

Get up close to all the action and watch this heart-stopping competition, as the spectacular dragon boats race through the waters to the pounding of drums and the cheering of spectators.

Come and see a unique Taoist eye dotting ceremony and the blessing the waters to ensure a safe weekend of racing, and awakening of the dragons by dabbing red paint onto the eyes of each boat’s figurehead.

Racing on Day 1 (SPORT) will kick off at 8:00 and wrap up around 18:00 while on Sunday racing (CORPORATE) resumes at 9:00 and will finish mid afternoon. Watching the event is free and open to the public on both days.

ENTERING A TEAM?

Entry to Day 2 of racing (Sun 25 Feb) is open to Corporate Organisations, Social Groups, Register Charities, Cancer Survivor Crews and International Teams (Category definitions below).

Enter a team using the blue REGISTER button above.

NSW based sport clubs enter via RevSPORT. Interstate clubs should contact DBNSW.

CATEGORY ENTRY FEES

CORPORATE - $920 per team
SOCIAL - $920 per team
REGISTERED CHARITIES - $540 per team
CANCER SURVIVORS - $540 per team
INTERNATIONAL - $920 per team

Entry Deadline - 23:59 Friday 15^th December 2017
Payment Deadline - 23:59 Friday 15th January 2018

*Individual sport injury insurance is provided to all waiver listed members of a team via paid entry fees

CATEGORY DEFINITIONS

All teams must consist of a minimum of 16 paddlers to a maximum of 20 and in addition may include up to 4 reserves. A maximum of 50% of a crew may be made up of male paddlers.

CORPORATE/CHARITY:

• Teams must have a minimum of 12 employees from the business organisation that the team represents. Team mangers may be required to submit evidence of employment/ownership for crew members upon request.

• Teams may have a maximum of four paddlers who are not employees, or deemed employees, of the business organisation (i.e. family, friends) but they cannot be a registered sports paddler*

SOCIAL:

• Teams which do not meet the minimum number of employee’s required in respect of the corporate category maybe included in the social category. Organisations that may be eligible for this category may include charities, local sporting teams, group of friends, neighbourhood groups etc. These teams will be accepted at the discretion of the regatta organisers.

• Registered sports paddlers* will not be permitted to participate in the team unless they have some association with the team

CANCER SURVIVORS:

• Paddlers in the team must be made up 100% of cancer survivors

*'Sports Paddler” means a paddler who; a) is a registered member of DBNSW or its interstate equivalent or b) a member of a DBNSW affiliated club or c) is a member of an established dragon boat or outrigger canoe club or d) has been a registered member of DBNSW or its interstate equivalent in the previous two season

TRAINING SESSIONS

All accepted teams MUST complete a minimum of one training session prior to race day.

All training sessions booked with DBNSW will take place in Pyrmont, Sydney. DBNSW will not charge any team for sessions organised outside of Pyrmont and it is the responsibility of the team contact to liaise and organise payment with the local club that is providing the external session.

Please submit how many training sessions will be required on the REGISTER page. Booking deadline 17:00 15 January 2018.

TRAINING SESSION - $250 per boat/per session

*A minimum of 14 paddlers is required for a training session to go ahead.

MARQUEE HIRE

Secure a tent (3m x 3m) for your team to sit at the Darling Harbour venue on race day. Please submit how many marquee spots will be required for your team on the REGISTER page. Booking deadline 17:00 15 January 2018.

MARQUEE HIRE - $520 per marquee

*all listed prices include GST