Straight line races, 200m and then 500m (two heats and then a final in each distance). Race Draw v2 was sent to team managers early Friday 24th. Start for 200m is in front of Arawa Canoe Club. Finish is by the first pontoons in front of the Rowing Clubs.

Due to tides it is a later start and finish time than usual. Teams can arrive from 11am, with race briefing at 11:45am and the first race starting at 12 noon. We expect Race 36 to finish a little after 6pm (17 team entries makes it a longer day, sorry).

We will use six Standard Boats, racing in 3 lanes (Womens Small Boat Finals will have 4 lanes). Teams can be 20-paddler or 10-paddler, but paddlers cannot mix between 20- and 10-paddler boats (i.e. no ‘waka jumping’). Please note, you can only register one boat per affiliated team.

All attendees need to be affiliated members of Aoraki Dragons to partake in this event - you can start encouraging NEW PADDLERS to register now! Registration - Aoraki Dragon Boat - revolutioniseSPORT

Paddlers from last season will not be required to re-register but will need to be readded to your team. Team managers have access to your team via RevSport. We need you to go through and add paddlers from the previous season to your team prior to this regatta.

If your team has a sweep who will be ‘double-rostered’ (i.e. will be sweeping for more than one team, or paddling in one, sweeping another), please let me know in your reply. We’ll try to accommodate this in the draw but can’t make any promises. If the draw shows a clash, or the same Sweep is scheduled to race in consecutive races, you’ll need to arrange for a substitute sweep to Stand in for them.

Register your team from this link  - Ice Breaker Regatta Boat Registrations. Again, you can only register one boat per affiliated team.

Pack-in/set-up assistance for the event will be provided by Waimak Attack and Waimak Vibes. We’d like assistance from all teams in the pack-up.

Please note that invoices have been sent to all teams for the subscriptions for the season, if you have not received this please email Aoraki Treasurer. Full payment is due by the 24th of November 2023 (i.e. the day before Ice Breaker). If full payment is not received within 6 months from the date of issue, membership will be deemed to have been terminated from Aoraki Dragons.