Event Information & Terms and Conditions
Tingira Boat Club Inc.
11th Macleay Island Classic 2019
Canoe Race around Macleay Island
All Events
Please read this document before registering
When Saturday March 23 and Sunday March 24, 2019
Where Tingira Boat Club
91 Coast Rd. Macleay Island,
Queensland 4184
Entry Close Friday March 22, 2019 at 3.00 pm
Registration Online registration is available at Registernow.
For crafts with multiple panders (doubles, relay race and OC6s) the captain of the team need register online. Additional paperwork will be completed on the day when you reregister.
Contact Details Event Director: Neville Prosser
Email neville@thehavengallery.com.au
Mobile: 0425 798 750
Weekend Program
Saturday March 23
Main Event
This year the main race will be held Saturday.
The main event is open to singles and doubles with category awards in age and craft and prize money is available for single canoes and OC1s.
Starting at the Tingira Boat Club to circumnavigate Macleay Island in an anticlockwise direction, and finish back at the Tingira Boat Club. A distance of 15km.
Registrations on day open 8.30 am
You must confirm registration on the day.
Any competitor who decides to not race or pulls out of the race after they have registered on the day must notify an official.
Briefing: 10.15 am
Start: 10.455 am
High tide: March 23 - 11.45am 2.42m
Entry fees
Singles $30.00
Doubles $45.00 per craft
Team/Group Event
Canoe Clubs or other organisations are able to register as a team/group online and invite their members to join the group/team. At the end of the race, the times of the first six team members will be totalled and the winning time will win the Tingira Boat Club Team Trophy. (Single crafts only)
Competitors will still be eligible for the individual prizes, i.e. First, second, third and categories.
Prize Money
Outriggers OC1
1st Male $300.00, Female $300.00
2nd Male $200.00, Female $200.00
3rd Male $100.00, Female $100.00
Sups
$100 prize money for first passed the post plus the Tingira Boat Club SUP trophy
Secret Time $200.00!
A secret time will be sealed in an envelope prior to the event. The paddler closest to that time will receive $200 prize money.
Categories Medals awarded to winner of each category. (Age and Craft)
Categories Medals awarded to winner of each
category. (Age and Craft)
Craft Ocean Ski, SLSA Ski, Double
Ski, Estuary SUP, OC1, OC2, Sea Kayaks/Plastics, OC6, Relay.
Age
Groups Under 20, 20-29. 30-39.
40-49, 50+.
Gender Male, Female.
Exemptions No age or gender awards for
multi-person craft where age and/or gender may be mixed.
Sunday March 24
Why not come to the Gala Event Dinner on the Saturday night and stay overnight to take part in our Sunday Project?
Book Here for the Gala Dinner
Sunday will be our team events.
Relay and X6 outriggers (OC6)
Relay
A team of five paddlers will take a leg each to paddle around Macleay Island. They all use the same canoe and change at check points around the Island.
They will compete for the Tingira Boat Club Relay Trophy plus individual medals
Why not enter a team from your club?
X6 Outriggers OC6
Oc1s and OC2s on the Saturday and OC6 on the Sunday. Another great team event around the Island. Paddle to win the Tingira Boat Club OC6 Trophy plus individual medals.
Registrations Open 8.30 am.
You must confirm registration on the day.
Any competitor who decides to not race or pulls out of the race after they have registered on the day must notify an official.
Briefing: 10.55am
Start: 11.25am
High tide: March 24 - 12.23pm - 2.24m
Entry Fee
Relay Race $75.00
Outriggers (OC6) $75.00
Transport Preferred option
It is only a 4km paddle from Victoria Point to the Tingira Boat Club, so competitors are encouraged to paddle across on the Saturday or Sunday morning. A boat will be in place at the Victoria Point Boat Ramp at 9.00am Saturday and 9.40am Sunday to guide competitors across.
Please keep clear of shallow water.
When approaching or leaving the Tingira Boat Club beach, please keep between the markers to ensure a solid footing.
For competitors who wish to paddle across and who need a change of gear after the race or arestaying the night, the boat from Victoria Point will bring your gear across for you.
Stradbroke Car Ferries leave from Redland Bay. Bookings. Ring 07 3488 5300 or book online.
Time Table and online booking at
http://www.stradbrokeferries.com.au/?page=40
Family and support team
Translink passenger ferries leave from Banana Street, Redland Bay. (Weinam Creek)
Bus transfer between Macleay Island ferry terminal and Tingira Boat Club is available on Saturday and Sunday.
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Event Gala Dinner To launch the 11th Macleay Island Classic, a Dinner will be held at the Tingira Boat Club from 6.00 pm on Saturday March 23,2019. All invited!
This will be a two course meal. Cost $20.00
Book here for Gala Dinner
https://www.trybooking.com/BAPOG
Accommodation Bring the family and friends and enjoy the weekend on the Island.
Contact Airbnb for bookings or there are several Bed & Breakfast establishments available online.
For those prepared to rough it, the Tingira Boat Club has offered the use of their deck and marquees. Bring your own bedding. Toilets and outside cold shower available.
Breakfast may be purchased on Saturday and Sunday morning at a reasonable price as will food and drink throughout the day. Bar opens at 12.00 noon on both days.
Terms and
Conditions
Entry
conditions
Ä All paddlers must be experienced
and competent at the craft. Officials reserve
the right to remove paddlers deemed as not capable of paddling the craft in the
waters of this event.
Ä All competitors must be able to
swim 40 meters
Ä Craft must have fixed or inbuilt
buoyancy
Ä All paddlers must wear a lifejacket.
Ä All paddlers must be attached to
the craft via an approved leg rope or leash.
Ä All paddlers must carry at least
2L drinking water
Ä All paddlers must wear a minimum
short sleeve rash shirt for sun protection.
Ä It is recommended paddlers carry
a whistle
Ä It is recommended that paddlers
carry a mobile phone
Conditions
and information
Please
note the following information:
Ä The water conditions can vary on
the Eastern side of the island and the organisers reserve the right to alter
the course to ensure the safety of participants
Ä Canoeists will be led and
followed by a safety boat.
Ä Two Check Boats will be positioned
around the course. All competitors must
pass between the Check Boat and marker buoy and call out their number as they
pass.
Ä Competitors are required to call
their number at the finish.
Ä Power craft are to be expected in
these waters
Ä All competitors must give way to
ferries at the southern end of the Island and must obey the red and green flags
displayed by observation boats at the two ferry crossing points. Failure to do so will cause disqualification
Ä Competitors needing assistance must
be assisted by the nearest paddlers. A
time redress can be applied for immediately after the finish
Ä ICF Draft Ocean Racing rules will
apply where reasonable and relevant
Ä All competitors must arrive early
enough for re-registration on the day.
Ä All competitors must be present
for the briefing.
Ä Further information will be
posted on tingiraboatclub.com
and posted on the day at the
registration area which competitors are required to read. It is the
competitor’s responsibility to know the rules of the race. A briefing session
will be held prior to the start of the race.
Ä Competitors in the relay race
must change paddlers at each change point
Ä Tingira Boat Club (Start/finish)
91 Coast Rd. Macleay Island 4184
Coordinates 27 – 35 – 55 S 153 – 21 – 10 E
Registrations
Please note
All competitors should register online as individuals regardless of how many people are in the craft. Only one person should register online for each craft. The paperwork for the remaining people in the craft will be completed at the registration desk on the day.
The "Create Team" button should be used if you wish to enter a team in the Main Event on the Saturday to compete for the Tingira Boat Club Team Trophy (Single Craft only)/
