Aoraki Dragon Boat
Association (Inc)
Christchurch, NZ

Wellington regattas and festivals

Micaela Rutene, Manager of the "NZCT Wellington Dragon Boat Festival" advises that Wellington Waterfront festival will be on 21 and 22-March-2009.

Adults - Saturday 21-March

The "NZCT Wellington Dragon Boat Festival Committee" reserves the right to re-categorise any team not meeting the above criteria.

Entry will not be accepted unless it is received by the Wellington office by the cut off date of February 23rd 2009.

For non-Wellington Adult Teams, an entry fee of $843.75 (inclusive of gst) must accompany the form [click here] or entries will not be accepted. Crews must have entered and paid their entries into their respective Festivals to be eligible to compete.

You will be required to purchase a crew tent at $400 + GST. The tent will provide a place to store your gear, have a barbeque, talk tactics and relax while you are not racing.

Schools - Sunday 22-March

RACING DIVISIONS are 1. Mixed, 2. Girls or 3. Boys

School teams racing in the NZCT Wellington Dragon Boat Festival can have a maximum of 8 on-water training sessions.

Teams that have exceeded this allocation must enter in the Open division of the NZCT Wellington Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday 21st March.

Entry [click here to download the forms] will not be accepted unless it is received by the Wellington office by the cut off date of February 23rd 2009.

Entry into the Wellington Festival costs $350 + GST to non-Wellington School teams. Crews must have entered and paid their entries into their respective Festivals to be eligible to enter. Please get your Festival Managers signature [ie, Aoraki] to qualify your entry.

Teams are required to purchase a crew tent for your team. The cost of the tent is $300 + GST. The tent will provide a place to store your gear, have a barbeque, talk tactics and shelter you when not racing.

For all entries:

ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2009 [click here for forms]

Please note that Wellington have training restrictions for corporate and schools teams, but are happy for them to compete in the Open category if they have chosen unlimited training.

Contact details:

crew@dragonboat.org.nz
c/- Shed 6, Queens Wharf, Wellington
Phone (04) 471 0205
www.dragonboat.org.nz

Harbour Fun Day

Wellington will also run a "Harbour Fun Day" on 7th March 2009 for Ault and Secondary School Teams

School divisions will (probably) be Girls, Boys or Mixed, but as this event has only been run once, "the structure of racing will be decided after we get entries".

No restrictions on water training, but restrictions remain in place for the Festival, so be careful with your allocation of training sessions. However "Every school team is entitled to 8 one-hour training sessions before the Wellington Secondary Schools Dragon Boat Festival (March 22nd). The Harbour Fun Day is counted as one training session, so if you enter a team in that competition, you will only need to schedule 7 other training sessions."

Entry cut off date is 2-Feb-09. School entry fee of $75 plus gst ($84.35).

The grassy knoll area next to the lagoon is the camping/ meeting site during this day. Teams MUST apply to the Festival office if they
want to erect strong/sturdy shelters or tents (no gazebos allowed).

All fees are non refundable and non transferable