Commonwealth Bank Cup - Club Trophy

Rules

All constituted clubs, canoeing or otherwise and any recognised bodies are permitted to enter.  It is the committee’s intention not to limit any bona fide club or organisation from entering this competition.

Paddlers must specify their club on the entry form.

Each club should have a co-ordinator who is notified of their paddler’s entry into the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic.

A craft cannot compete for more than one club.

A multi-person craft is eligible only if all crew are members of the club they are competing for.

All persons competing for a club must be current members of that club.  This is to prevent clubs from “stacking” their entry by including non-members.

Less than 10 craft can compete, but points will be awarded to the 10 best performing craft from each club on the following basis:

• 1 point per kilometre paddled per craft

• 50 points for finishing per craft

• 25 points per craft for coming within 1 hour of the current Class Record.  If no record exists, then within 1 hour of the open record.  If no open record exists, then within 1 hour of the overall fastest time

• 50 points for breaking a class record

• In addition to the 10 best craft, any further eligible craft will be awarded points at 10% of the rate applying to the best 10 craft.

The club co-ordinator should forward the details of their 10 fastest craft and the names of any other club members, with a calculation by the club of the number of points earned to:

Contact: Entries Co-ordinator
Due date: Friday 13 November 2009

The winning club will be the club with the highest number of points.  This will be announced at the Presentation Dinner.  The winning club must make available, on request to the Race Committee, records and documentation providing evidence that all competitors are current members of that club.