Races and Starting fee

Wed, 25/07/2012 - 16:21 — jan.tomicek

Races description:

- 250 meters race: classic dragon boat race according do IDBF rules. 250 meters long track with alligned boats start. Steermen provided by organized. Crew of max. 20 paddlers + drumer. This race canl be separated in two categories: „Open“with unlimited composition of crew and „Mixed“ where at least 6 women are necessary.

You will express your preference of category in application form. Organizer reserves the right to change your placement in category or to cancel the category if there are not enough teams.

According the the succesfull introduction last year we annouce also for this year the special WOMEN CATEGORY! You can apply as the woman crew in the signup form.

- 1000 meters race: Long distance race. Track of 1000 meters with a turn. Interval start of boats in groups. Steermen provided by organizer. On request team can use own steerman. Crew of min 16 and max. 20 paddlers + drummer.

- Indonesian dragon boats race - Tanjung Pinang cup: Race on traditional Indonesian boats on 600 meters long track with a turn. Two boats in one race. Racing according the rules used in the town Tanjung-Pinang in Indonesia where our boats come from. Crew of max. 12 paddlers. Steerman provided by organizer. Own steerman just for team who allready have been to Tanjung Pinang.

Recessive race:

- Boat pulling: Two teams are sitting in one boat and paddling againts each other. There must be at least two women at the paddle. Crew of * members from each team. A racing list from teams who applied will be prepared by organizer.

Note: Organizer reserves the right to cancel the recessive race in case of small number of participating teams or from time reasons. Organizer also reserves the right to specify the final number of participating teams in this race and to select the teams for the race.

Starting fee

Fee description	Kč	EUR
Starting fee for the Prague Dragon Autumn - for two days 8th and 9th September - including start fee for all races - 250m ,1000m, indonesian boat - including starting fee for recesive races	6250,-	300,-