Important News Following the draw, the racing program will be posted on the website by 1 July 2006. Racing schedule, as well as the crews’ names for each event will be available. We remind you, that in case of empty lanes in any waves, additional boat may be entered after the official program posted on the website and until 28 July 2006, at 15:00 according to availability in the race. Therefore, no additional wave will be added. Additional entry request to fill any empty lane as well as any crew change must be sent by email directly to the rowing registration manager Pierre Campeau at pcampeau@montreal2006.org

OVERVIEW
The Rowing regatta will welcome a maximum of 650 participants. Competitions will be at the Olympic Basin on Île Notre-Dame.

DATES
• Sunday, 30 July 2006
• Monday, 31 July 2006

SANCTIONED BY SANCTION
The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA or the International Federation of Rowing Associations) has registered the regatta in its official international rowing regattas calendar .

AFFILIATION
Entries must be made in the name of a bona fide club registered with its national rowing federation. Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) can provide unaffiliated rowers with a temporary license at the cost of $15 CAD. This license must be purchased on-site as early as possible, and at least 60 minutes before the start of competitions.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

• Mme. Guylaine Bernier, Regatta President
• Mr. Benoit De Guire, Sports Coordinator
• Mme. Michèle Gaudet, CORAQ Representative
• Mme. Brigitte Légaré, Results Coordinator
• M. Richard Cabana, Competition Coordinator
• M. Michel Germain, Competition Assistant
• Mme. Micheline Landry, Logistic Coordinator
• M. Marco Veillette, Logistic Assistant
• M. Karol Sauvé, Equipment Coordinator
• M. Philippe Colas, On-Site Athlete Services and information Coordinator
• M. Grégory Dalmasso, protocol and ceremonies Coordinator
• Sylvain Tremblay, Volunteer Coordinator
• M. Martin Lapierre, Volunteer Coordinator
• M. Jean-François Hould, Volunteer Assistant

The Secretariat of the Rowing Regatta Organising Committee-Montréal 2006 will be located at the Olympic Basin (Zone 4).

RULES
The rules of the International Federation of Rowing Associations (FISA) will be used in competitions.The FISA Rule Book is available here.

SPECIFIC INFORMATION

1. All races will be run for a distance of 1,000 metres. The Organising Committee reserves the right to regroup or cancel races in the case of insufficient registration in any given category.
2. Competitors may enter as many events in one day as they wish, but must be aware that they are responsible for their own health and safety.
3. The racing timetable will not be altered to accommodate rowers registered for events scheduled too close together.
4. Members of the same boat should wear the same uniforms, with the exception of mixed teams. Mixed teams, excluding the coxswain, must have the same number of men and women. The gender requirement does not apply to the coxswain.
5. Teams are required to register with the Control Commission prior to the scheduled start time for each race.
6. The weigh-in for lightweight rowers and coxswains competing in the Open category will be conducted, as per the FISA Rules of Racing, no less than one hour and not more than two hours before their first race of each event (See FISA rules 21 and 24). Boats will not be weighed.
   
7. The traffic rules established for training and competition periods must be respected at all times.

Rules on the Water
We invite you to study and respect the traffic rules established for training and competition periods. These traffic rules are essential both for your security and that of other participants.

Click here to view the traffic rules »»

COMPETITION FORMAT
The 1st World Outgames Regatta will take place over two days and will not include qualification rounds. Each heat of each event is final; there will only be one winning boat per heat.

Athletes may register in the following three categories: Open, Masters and Adapted.

	Open Category:
	Open	18+ years

Note: Lightweight participants will compete in the Open Category only, according to FISA rules of racing.

Categories will be established based on the participant's age in the calendar year of the Masters Regatta (December 31st 2006). All Master rowers must have official documentation to prove their age (passport or I.D. card). Coxes Coxswains are excluded from the age requirement. Female coxes coxswains will be admitted to male teams and vice versa.

This category is open to participants with physical disabilities who meet the criteria established for disabled rowers.

NOTE: To participate in this category, rowers must provide medical documentation attesting to their disability and their classification. They also must contact their own rowing federation to obtain their adaptive rowing classification.

The following types of boats will be on the list of events:

Unless otherwise specified, all races will be offered to:

• Women (W)
• Men (M)
• Mixed Crews (Mixed)

General Information
All races will be run for a distance of 1000 metres. The Organising Committee reserves the right to regroup or cancel races if there is an insufficient number of registrations in a given category.

Competitors may enter as many events in one day as they wish, but must be aware that they are responsible for their own health and fitness.

The racing timetable will not be altered to accommodate rowers registered for events scheduled too close together.

Members of the same boat should wear the same uniforms, with the exception of mixed teams. Mixed teams, excluding the cox must have the same number of men and women. The gender requirement does not apply to the cox.

Searching for a Team?
For those who wish to join other rowers to create a team, we recommend you to join the chat room of the GLRF (Gay and Lesbian Rowing Federation).

List of Events
Race events will be held in numerical order according to the list of events below. Each race will be a final and there will therefore be one winning boat per race. Competitors may register now for as many races as they wish. The race schedule will be established according to the number of registrations received and will respect the numerical order of events. It is therefore important to register by carefully noting the event number, the category and the type of boat.

Here is the planned list of events: