INTRODUCTION

DBNSW is pleased to announce the details of the inaugural Region v Region Competition taking place on Sunday 28^th March 2021 at the Sydney International Regatta Centre. This event will bring together paddlers from across the state to represent their local region. Regions will battle each other across multiple race distances and types to accrue points and be crowned the winner of the first Region v Region Regatta.

Please note this event was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 27^th March but has now been swapped with the State Championships.
 

REGIONS & SELECTION

• There are six regions for this event which include Northern, Western, Sydney Metro, Bank St, Southern and Central Coast/Hawkesbury/Hunter
• Each region will be tasked with forming two squads from their area (A & B) made up of paddlers belonging to clubs located in those districts
• All crews are open age
• All racing is mixed (min 5 males, maximum 10 males)
• All racing is 20s in standard boats
• Junior teams will also be formed in regions where possible and details of a separate competition to take place on the same day are pending
• Juniors are also welcome to be included in A and/or B crews
• Coaches and Managers will be responsible for selection and appointed for each region by DBNSW, Expressions of Interest in these roles will be published alongside this information (below)
• Crew selection will be based on expressions of interest with selection criteria/trials to be used if required. Criteria may include fitness testing, dragon boat trial, etc. This criteria will be determined by appointed coaches & managers but must be approved by DBNSW first
• Around 48 positions per region are available give or take allowance for juniors, reserves, extra sweeps, etc.

RACE DISTANCES & DIVISIONS

Racing distances on offer include;

• 200m Sprint (Open Age, Mixed)
• 500m Sprint (Open Age, Mixed)
• 1000m Sprint (Open Age, Mixed)
• 2k Relay (Open Age, Mixed) – on 1k turn course
• In the 2k Relay each regions’ squad will participate i.e. first lap completed by squad A, second lap squad B
• Tribe (Open Age, Mixed) – tug of war, best of 3, max 6 paddlers per crew
• Match ups in the Tribe Competition will be randomly drawn from each pool e.g. Random A Team v Random A Team, Random B Team v Random B Team
   

POINTS & WINNERS

• Each region squad participates in a race across each distance e.g. 200m Heat 1 – Bank St A, 200m Heat 2 – Bank St B
• Each region squad is awarded points based on their placings in each heat (1^st – 6 points, 2^nd – 5 points, 3^rd – 4 points, etc.)
• Example: 200m Heat 1 – Sydney Metro A 2^nd (5 points), 200m Heat 2 – Sydney Metro B 3^rd (4 points), Sydney Metro 200m Total Points – 9 points
• For the Tribe races winners are awarded 1 point for their region
• The overall winner of the regatta is determined by the points total accrued across the five race divisions

OTHER

• Uniforms – Each Region is assigned a colour and crew members must wear that colour, No club shirts or state team uniforms
• Colours – North (Yellow), West (Red), Sydney Metro (White), Bank St (Black), Southern (Green), Central Coast/Hawkesbury/Hunter (Blue)
• Entry via RevSPORT this will be setup for region coaches by DBNSW
• All participants must be financial members of DBNSW 2020/21
• Participation fee $10 per paddler
• Race fees to be collected by Team Manager and paid to DBNSW via EFT

LIST OF REGIONS AND CLUBS

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST – REGION V REGION COACHES AND TEAM MANAGERS

EOI HAS NOW CLOSED

With the recently announced information regarding the Region v Region Regatta taking place on Sunday 28^th March at the Sydney International Regatta Centre, DBNSW is now calling for expressions of interest in the coaching and team manager roles for each region. For further details on the event click HERE.

Each of the six regions (Bank St, Sydney Metro, North, West, South, Hawkesbury/Central Coast/Hunter) will require at least one coach and one team manager to organise the crews. Multiple coaches for a region may be considered where appropriate.

At least one coach of each region must hold current level 1 coaching accreditation.

Coaches and Managers will be appointed by DBNSW in consultation with regional coordinators.

Expressions of interests for these positions are now open for submission. Application forms can be found at the link HERE. The application period closes Tuesday 26 Jan.

The method of paddler applications will be determined by the Coaches and Managers (opening after appointments) and the selection of the crew will also fall to them.

If a region exceeds the amount of crew positions available selection criteria may be used. This criteria will be determined by the Coaches and Managers and with approval by DBNSW prior to use.

If you have any questions regarding this or the Region v Region event in general please feel free to get in touch with us.