Landcrew Award - The Teabag
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.
2008 Winning Landcrew Nomination
We'd like to nominate our landcrew, Rob Grozier, Michael Robinson and John Hatton for doing what landcrew do best – being there for us when we need them.
As Ian and I notch up our 5 years this year, we know we couldn't have done this without Michael's 5 years of consecutive land-crewing. On top of that both Rob and Michael are volunteer scrutineers during the day on Saturday. They were both up at the crack of dawn on Saturday bringing the tarpaulins and setting up for the Race. Then without a break, they turned around and land-crewed for us. At Wisemans Rob was waiting for us on the river bank, and they warmed us up with hot chocolates, hot food, bad jokes and dry clothes before sending us back down the river with full tummies and full bladders (water bladders, that is).
We are also indebted to John Hatton who drove us there on Saturday and helped us get ready for the race. After spending Saturday night with a group of rugby-tragics, he didn't get the pleasure of a sleep-in, but woke up in the middle of the night and drove to Brooklyn so he could drive us all home safely. We are extremely grateful to them all for dedication above the call of duty, and impressed at their great team-work which kept everyone safe.
What's in it for them? Hopefully the fun of being part of this great event, and the camaraderie the paddlers and land-crew share. We can't thank them enough, because without landcrew it's quite simple, we can't race.
Cheers - Cathy Miller and Ian Vaile
