THE ROYAL ST. JOHN’S REGATTA

Members of a

Crew

1. COMPOSITION OF CREWS

1.1 A crew shall consist of the following:

(a) a Coxswain;

(b) six (6) regular oarspersons;

(c) a spare oarsperson who, (at the option of the coxswain and the regular oarspersons) may substitute for any regular oarsperson in any Regatta activity as prescribed by these Rules; and

(d) a coach and/or manager (at the option of the remainder of a crew).

Official Representative of a Crew

Official Representative and Chief Spokesperson for a Crew

Deadline for Crew

Registration

Crew Registration(s)

2. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICIAL CREW

REPRESENTATIVE

2.1 The crew shall choose one of its numbers to be the official representative and spokesperson for the crew in all of its dealings with officials and representatives of the Regatta Committee.

2.2 Officials and representatives of the Regatta Committee may rely and act upon all statements or representations made to them by the Official Representative without having to determine that such statements or representations constitute the opinion or position of all or any members of the crew.

3. ENTRY OF CREWS/REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

3.1 The Regatta Committee shall from time to time establish an annual deadline for registration of crews.

3.2 Registration shall be in a form as prescribed from time to time by the Rules Committee and such registrations for crews and oarspersons shall include:

Registration

Card

Address of

Official Crew Representative

Failure to Comply

Change of Crew Member and Possible Appeal

(a) a Preliminary Registration Card to be fully completed by all crews or by their designated official representative (as prescribed) prior to a crew going out on the pond for training; and

(b) an Official Registration Card to be fully completed by all crews or their designated official representative (as prescribed) prior to the Time Trial heats.

The registration card shall contain the full name, physical address, phone number, and birth date of each crew member, the name of the Official Representative, the name of the sponsor, the name under which the crew intends to row and such other information as shall be stipulated. In the case of Juvenile, Midget, Intermediate, and Masters crews, birth certificates for all crew members (except the coxswain, manager and coach) shall accompany the registration card. Any registration fee prescribed from time to time by the Regatta Committee shall accompany the official registration card filing procedure and application process.

3.3 The address of the Official Representative shall be considered to be the official address of the crew and any notice from the Regatta Committee or any official or representative of the Regatta Committee to the crew may be delivered to such address and shall be deemed to have been served on all crew members if left at that address.

3.4 Failure to comply with the provisions of Rule No. 3.2(b) shall render a crew ineligible to participate in the Time Trial heats and Regatta Day races in the year in question.

3.5 No change of a crew member or coxswain shall be made after the filing of the official registration card unless the Chairman of the Rules Committee is notified in writing and has approved in writing of the change. An appeal may be made from the refusal of the Chairman of the Rules Committee to approve the change of crew member or coxswain provided that the Official Representative of the crew shall appeal the decision in writing within two days of the decision of the Chairman of the Rules Committee. Notice of appeal shall be deposited with the Honorary Secretary of the Regatta Committee and the appeal shall be heard by the Board of Directors of the Regatta Committee whose decision shall be final and shall be made within five (5) days of the receipt of the notice of appeal by the Secretary. Until the Board of Directors has disposed of the appeal, the decision of the Chairman of the Rules Committee shall stand.

Objection to a crew or oarsperson

Notice of meeting to affected crew member(s)

All oarspersons to be same gender

No race -- insufficient crews

Insurance criteria to be approved by Regatta Committee

Oarspersons may row in one division only

All crew members to wear approved dress code. Coxswain to wear approved safety floating devices.

3.6 The Chairman of the Rules Committee shall cause a list of all officially registered crew members and any changes to registered crew members to be posted at the Boathouse, Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's. Any crew shall be entitled to object to the entry of any member of any other crew if the objection is made in writing within forty eight (48) hours after the posting of the crew composition or amendment thereto. Notice of objection shall be deposited with the Honorary Secretary of the Regatta Committee and the objection shall be heard by the Board of Directors of the Regatta Committee whose decision shall be final and shall be made within five (5) days of the receipt of the notice of objection by the Honorary Secretary. Until the Board of Directors has disposed of the objection, the decision of the Chairman of the Rules Committee shall stand.

3.7 The crew member affected by any decision under Rules 3.5 and 3.6 and any participant objecting under Rule 3.6 shall be entitled to notice of the meeting of the Board of Directors and to be heard.

3.8 All oarspersons of a registered crew, as outlined under Rule 3.2(a) and 3.2(b) shall be of the same gender.

3.9 Where, in the opinion of the Chairman of the Rules Committee there have been insufficient crews officially registered to justify the holding of a race, the Chairman of the Rules Committee may, in his or her sole discretion, determine that no such race shall be held on Regatta Day. No race shall be scheduled with less than three or more than five participating crews.

3.10 Should any participant or member of the Regatta Committee be required to obtain insurance of any type relative to Regatta activities, such insurance criteria shall be in accordance with current regulations, policies, and procedures as first approved by the Regatta Committee applicable to this requirement

3.11 An oarsperson shall be permitted to row in one race category/division only during an official Regatta Day rowing event; that is to say, if an Intermediate oarsperson wishes to row in a senior racing event, he/she shall not be eligible to row in an Intermediate racing event.

3.12 All members of a registered crew, including coxswains, when rowing on the pond must wear approved suitable clothing attire, such as soft/pliable footwear, shorts/sweat pants, T-shirts, gloves, or other suitable and approved clothing attire as approved, or as directed, by the Rules Committee. In conjunction with Rule 6.3, coxswains shall wear approved safety floating devices at all times, as approved by the Provincial Safety Regulatory Body for such type sport racing events.

Oarsperson to row with one crew only

Race Course lengths

Race Course equipment

Safe rowing

condition on the pond

Responsibility for safety flag operations

3.13 An oarsperson shall only be permitted to register and row with one (1) crew.

4. ESTABLISHMENT AND SAFE OPERATIONS OF THE RACE

COURSE

4.1 The race course for the various divisions or classifications of races to be held on the day of the Time Trials and Regatta Day shall be that set out on the plan annexed to these rules.

4.2 The Regatta Committee shall equip the race course with starting stakes, appropriate ropes and toggles, turning buoys, judges' platforms, judging boats, and safety boats, as the Captain of the Course, in conjunction with the Rules Committee, may from time to time in his or her sole discretion determine as being adequate for the safe conduct of Time Trial heats and Regatta Day races.

4.3 To ensure safe and prudent operational rowing conditions prevail to all oarspersons and crews wishing to row on the pond, a set of safety flags shall be used by the Boathouse Manager to indicate existing rowing conditions on the pond to all participants:

(a) a Green Flag shall indicate a crew may practice on the full (seniors) race course;

(b) a Yellow Flag shall indicate a crew may only practice one half the (seniors) race course; and

(c) a Red Flag shall indicate that NO CREW OR OARSPERSON shall be permitted to row on the pond during that period of time.

Responsibility and accountability for the daily operation of this rowing safety flag system shall be the sole responsibility of the Boathouse Manager or his or her designated representative only.

Date of Time Trial heats

Time Trial heat schedule

Rules for Time Trials same as Regatta Day events

Accident during Time Trial heats

5. CONDUCT OF TIME TRIALS AND REGATTA DAY RACES

5.1 At a time to be determined by the Regatta Committee in each racing season, a date shall be set for the conduct of Time Trials prior to Regatta Day. The purpose of the Time Trials shall be to determine the makeup of each Regatta Day race based upon the times rowed by the crews participating in the Time Trial heats.

5.2 The Chairman of the Rules Committee shall establish a Time Trials heat schedule based upon the number of crews officially registered. Not more than five (5) crews may participate in any one Time Trial race.

5.3 The manner of conducting any Time Trial heat shall be the same as that established for Regatta Day races and the time in which a crew completes the course in a Time Trial race shall be as recorded by the Chief Time Keeper.

5.4 In the event of an accident or equipment breakage or malfunction after the expiry of the one-minute mark of a Time Trial heat:

i) the coxswain in the affected crew shall indicate the happening thereof by raising his or her hand over his or her shoulder;

Schedule of results for Time Trial heats

Elimination of crews to accommodate a Regatta Day race schedule

Selection of Boats and Stakes for Regatta Day Races

ii) the Chief Judge/Starter shall not stop the Time Trial heat in question (except when for safety reasons he in his or her sole opinion considers it necessary or prudent to do so) but shall note the signal of the coxswain of the affected crew and adjudicate upon the happening as set out herein;

iii) where, in the sole opinion of the Chief Judge/Starter, an affected crew or crews would be unfairly prejudiced by an accident or equipment breakage or malfunction, the affected crew or crews shall be granted the opportunity to row again for time only; and

iv) the affected crew or crews, as nearly as is practical, shall maintain the same boat and stake as it rowed during the Time Trial heat in which the accident or equipment breakage or malfunction occurred and shall row again in an available heat and boat as determined by the Captain of the Course in his or her sole discretion.

5.5 After the Time Trial heats are completed, the Chairperson of the Rules Committee shall compile a schedule of results of the Time Trials in each division commencing with the fastest time in each division.

5.6 The Chairman of the Rules Committee shall, in consultation with the Captain of the Course, after the completion of the Time Trial heats, compile a race day schedule for the annual Regatta Day races. If more crews are registered than the Regatta Day race schedule can accommodate, the Chairman of the Rules Committee in consultation with the Captain of the Course may eliminate crews from Regatta Day competition starting with the crew in each division having the slowest time at the Time Trial heats until the number of entries remaining can be accommodated in the Regatta Day race schedule. The Chairman of the Rules Committee has the sole discretion to maintain a reasonable ratio of races in each division as justified by the number of crews registered in each division.

5.7 After the Regatta Day race schedule has been established by the Chairman of the Rules Committee, a meeting will be held at which the Official Representative of each crew participating in the Regatta Day race schedule shall be obliged to be present. At this meeting a selection will be held in a manner determined in the sole discretion of the Chairman of the Rules Committee wherein the crew rowing the fastest time in its Time Trial heat Division shall be permitted to select the boat and stake of its choice; That the crew rowing the second fastest time in the same Time Trial heat Division shall be permitted to select the boat and stake of its choice after the first crew has made its choice; that the crew rowing the third fastest time in the same Time Trial heat Division shall be permitted to select the boat and stake of its choice after the first and second crews have made their choices, etc., until all crews in each Time Trial heat of a division has selected a boat and stake of its choice, in accordance with the procedures as directed by the Chairman of the Rules Committee in his or her sole discretion as Chairman of the Rules Committee.

The choice of boat and stake by an Official Representative is final and shall be binding upon the crew that that Official Representative represents.

In the absence of an Official Representative representing a crew, the Chairman of the Rules Committee, or his or her nominee, may in his or her sole discretion accept as the Official Representative of a crew a person nominated in writing by the registered Official Representative of that crew, or nominated in writing by a majority of the oarspersons of that crew. In the absence of an Official Representative, the Chairman of the Rules Committee, or his or her nominee, shall assign a person to select a boat and stake for the crew whose Official Representative is absent and such choice of boat and stake shall be binding upon such crew.

In the absence of notice to the contrary, the meeting of Official Representatives for the purpose of conducting the selection for boats and stakes shall be held at the Boathouse, Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John's, immediately after the completion of the last Time Trial heat.

Postponement of Time Trial heats and resulting race times

No coaching of race shell crews from certain locations

5.8 In the event that the Time Trial heats are postponed while in progress, and are continued over the next day or several days, the resulting times recorded by crews in all races rowed prior to the postponement shall be official. The postponed portion of the Time Trials shall be completed on a date and at a time designated by the Captain of the Course.

5.9 There shall be no coaching of race shell crews during the Time Trial heats and/or any Regatta Day Racing Events including Championship Races from any designated official Regatta judging location including, but not necessarily limited to: Judges’ platform (top of pond); Judges’ Boat (bottom of pond); Marquis; Boat House Control Centre Room(s)-(veranda location); Visitors’ Boat; and/or any other locations as may be otherwise designated “off limits to coaching” by Chairman of the Rules Committee in consultation with the Captain of the Course.

Delay, postponement of Regatta Day racing events

Number of Crews permitted in one racing event

Coxswain to be approved by Rules Committee

Ten (10) Minute Rule

5.10 The Captain of the Course shall have the discretion at any time on any basis he/she considers reasonable in the interests of safety, sportsmanship, fair play, or in the interests of the enjoyment of the Regatta by the participants and spectators, to delay, postpone, or reschedule the annual Royal St. John’s Regatta, or any incomplete portion thereof. Prior to the Captain of the Course exercising his or her discretion to make such delays, postponements, or rescheduling to the annual St. John’s Regatta Day Program, or incomplete portion thereof, the Captain of the Course may in his or her sole discretion as he/she deems necessary, consult with Regatta Day officials.

5.11 No more than five (5)crews shall start in any one racing event.

5.12 All coxswains shall be determined as being competent and shall be approved by the Chairman of the Rules Committee. Except during practice spins, coxswains shall wear designated colored coxswains jackets in all formal racing events and shall adhere, at all times, to all of the other provisions of Rule 3.12. Coxswains failing to adhere to these regulations shall not be permitted to steer a shell in practice or in Time Trial heats and/or in Regatta Day events.

5.13 All crews must be at their respective starting stakes to start their assigned races within ten (l0) minutes of the race being called over the loud-speaker at the Boathouse. This requirement shall be known as the "Ten Minute Rule.” The call of a race and the commencement of the Ten Minute Rule shall not be made until the last boat in an existing race has passed the Marquee on its way to the finish line at the top of the pond.

Crew disqualification Crews to enter chosen boats as soon as possible Crews at starting stakes Chief Judge/Starter starts race Accident/equipment failure prior to one minute into race start	5.14 Any crew not in position to commence a race within ten minutes after the race has been called may be disqualified by the Captain of the Course from participating in that race. 5.15 All crews shall immediately enter their chosen boat for the next scheduled race as soon as their assigned boat is available at the Boathouse dock and, in any event, no later than immediately after the announcement of the commencement of the 10-Minute Rule, as noted under Rule 5.13 above and shall proceed immediately and directly to its assigned starting stake at the top of the pond. 5.16 When all boats and crews have reached the starting stakes, the coxswain for each crew shall grasp the toggle attached to the assigned starting stake for that crew in his or her hand and the crews shall cause all boats to be lined up evenly as directed by the Chief Judge/Starter. 5.17 When the Chief Judge/Starter is satisfied that all boats are lined up evenly he shall address the crews as follows: "Stake No. 1 - Are you ready?; Stake No. 2 - Are you ready?; Stake No. 3 - Are you ready?; Stake No. 4 - Are you ready? and Stake No. 5 - Are you ready?” The coxswain of each crew shall signify to the Chief Judge/Starter the readiness of that crew to start the race. When all coxswains have indicated their readiness, the Chief Judge/Starter shall ask again "Gentlemen/Ladies - Are you all ready?" and, in the absence of an indication from any coxswain that a crew is not ready, the race shall be started by the firing of a gun, or the sounding of a horn, as a signal for the start of the race. 5.18 In the event of an accident or equipment breakage or malfunction following the start of a race and prior to the boats in that race reaching the one minute mark from the start, and only where the said accident or equipment breakage or malfunction would, in the sole opinion of the Chief Judge/Starter, endanger the safety of any crew member or unfairly prejudice a crew, a second gun shall be fired, or horn sounded, to stop the race and recall the boats to the starting stakes for a re-start of that race. In the event of the occurrence of such an accident, equipment breakage or malfunction, the coxswain of the affected crew shall indicate the happening thereof by raising his or her hand over his or her shoulder.
Official race after the one-minute mark Boat right-of-way at turning buoys; and finish race on north side of Crew’s selected stake Coxswain shall not touch stroke oar Official race results Objection to conduct of a race	5.20 When a racing event reaches the one-minute mark from the start of that race and there are no accidents/equipment failures, etc. prior to that time into a race, the race shall then be designated as an official race and the race shall continue until the completion of that racing event at the top of the pond. 5.21 A boat that approaches its designated turning buoy first has the right-of-way at all times including into and out of its designated turning buoy. Any crew whose boat obstructs or interferes with the boat of any other crew engaged in a race shall be disqualified. All boats shall approach and round their respective turning buoys on the south side of that turning buoy (turning one buoy only) and shall finish the race on the north side of their respective stake. Any crew violating this rule shall be disqualified from the race. 5.22 Any coxswain putting his or her hand upon the stroke oar during a race shall result in the crew being disqualified from that race. 5.23 The result of any race shall not be official until all assigned officials have reported to the Chief Judge/Starter at the top of the pond, and it is ascertained and confirmed by the Chief Judge/Starter that none of the rules and regulations with respect to the conduct of the race has been violated by any crew competing in the specific race being reported on. 5.24 Any crew objecting to the conduct of its race shall immediately make its protest known to the Captain of the Course or Chairman of the Rules Committee immediately upon disembarking from the racing shell at the Boathouse wharf, failing which the official results of that race when announced at the discretion of the Captain of the Course, shall be final. The decision of the Captain of the Course in his or her sole discretion as to any protest concerning the conduct of a race shall be final.
Official race times Use of spare oarsperson first Admittance of a substitute oarsperson or coxswain Postponement and continuation of Regatta Day Race Schedule What crews are permitted in Championship Race? List of crews with fastest times in each Division	5.25 The official time for all races shall be as recorded by the Chief Time Keeper , who shall report directly to the Chief Judge/Starter following any one racing event. 5.26 A crew must utilize its registered spare oarsperson before applying for permission to use a substitute oarsperson. 5.27 The Chairman of the Rules Committee, in consultation with the Captain of the Course, shall have the right to admit a substitute registered oarsperson(s),or coxswain, at any time prior to a race, (i) who through sickness (as confirmed by a Doctor’s Certificate) or other compassionate reason is or are prevented from rowing and/or steering; and (ii) who because of a conflict in the race schedule, is scheduled to cox with more than one crew in a race; 5.28 In the event that any race, or races, on the Regatta Day Race Program are postponed and continued on any other day, and for the purpose only of compiling and running off the Men’s/Women’s Championship racing events and, as a minimum, should the first six (6) racing events of the Regatta Day Race Program be completed prior to the postponement of the remainder of the Regatta Day Racing Program, then the five (5) fastest racing times rowed in each of the racing divisions prior to the postponement, shall qualify those crews only for participation in their respective Championship racing event. The boat positions and times for all races rowed prior to the postponement shall be final and official. The postponed portion of the Regatta Day Program shall then be completed on a date and at a time as designated by the Captain of the Course. 6. CHAMPIONSHIP RACES 6.1 There shall be a Men’s and Women’s Championship Race, which shall consist of the five (5) fastest times on Regatta Day and may include crews from the Master, Senior, Intermediate and Juvenile age categories. 6.2 Immediately after the completion of the regular race day schedule (excluding Championship Races), the Chairman of the Rules Committee shall compile a schedule showing the times rowed by each of the Men's crews and Women's crews during the Annual Regatta Day schedule commencing with the fastest time for each division.

More than five (5) fastest times

Crews qualified to row in Championship Race but refuse to row

Crew refusing to race in its scheduled race, not permitted in Championship Race

When selection for boat and stakes take place

6.3 In the event that more than five crews qualify to row in a Championship Race by reason of their times during the regular Regatta Day race schedule, the Chairman of the Rules Committee may schedule run-off races to determine those crews qualified to row in Championship Races.

6.4 Forty-five (45) minutes after the completion of the regularly scheduled races, crews qualifying under Rule 6.1 to row in the Championship Races shall notify the Captain of the Course of their willingness to row. If the Captain of the Course becomes aware of a crew or crews who have qualified to row in either the Men's or Women's Championship Races but who for any reason will not be rowing in that race, then the Chairman of the Rules Committee may, in his or her sole discretion, permit the next crew or crews with the next fastest time or times rowed in that division on Regatta Day to row in that Championship Race in the place of the crew or crews who will not be rowing.

6.5 Any crew that has refused to row in any scheduled Regatta Day race in which it is scheduled to row, shall be disqualified from rowing in a Championship Race.

6.6 The selection for boats and stakes referred to in Rule 6.7 shall be held at the Boathouse at a time determined by the Rules Committee and the Captain of the Course after the posting of the regular Regatta Day race results as stipulated in Rule 6.2. In the absence of an Official Representative representing the crew, the Chairman of the Rules Committee, or his or her nominee, may in his or her sole discretion accept as the Official Representative of a crew a person nominated in writing by the registered Official Representative of that crew, or nominated in writing by a majority of the oarspersons of that crew. In the absence of an Official Representative, the Chairman of the Rules Committee, or his or her nominee, shall assign a person to choose the boat and stake for the crew whose Official Representative is absent and such choice of boat and stake is binding upon such crew.

Selection for boats and stakes, Championship Races

Crews shall row with registered coxswain

Substitute crews for Championship Races. No further selection for boats or stakes

How Championship Races are conducted

6.7 Crews qualifying for each of the two Championship Race Divisions, shall choose boats and stakes in order of their times rowed during those divisions of the Regatta Day Race Schedule starting with the crew rowing the fastest time in its division.

6.8 A crew shall row with its registered coxswain unless otherwise permitted a substitute registered coxswain, as outlined under the provisions of Rule 5.27.

6.9 If a replacement crew is called upon by the Chairman of the Rules Committee to row in a Championship Race, that crew shall be immediately available to enter its boat and proceed to the starting stake immediately. Failure to do so will disqualify said crew from being entitled to row in the Championship Race. In the event of a substitute crew rowing in the Championship Race, there shall be no further selection for boats and stakes and the replacement crew shall take the boat and stake of the crew not participating. In the event of more than one crew not participating in the Championship Race, the replacement crews shall take the boats and stakes assigned to them by the Chairman of the Rules Committee.

6.10 Men’s and Women’s Championship Race Divisions shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable rules, as outlined under Section 6 entitled, “Conduct of Regatta Day Races,” including, but not necessarily limited to, the “Ten Minute Rule,” as outlined under Rule 5.13, etc.

Captain of the Course and Chief Official

List of

Race Officials

Conflict of Interest

Code of Conduct applicable to all Regatta activities

Duty of all Regatta participants

7. OFFICIALS

7.1 Captain of the Course is the Vice president of the Regatta Committee. The Captain of the Course shall be the Chief Official and Public Spokesperson for the Regatta Committee during all Time Trial heats and Regatta Day racing events. The Captain of the Course shall also be the Chief Official responsible for the conduct of Time Trial heats and Regatta Day events, and shall be vested with all of the authority of the Regatta Committee with respect to the conduct of the Time Trial heats and the Regatta Day races, except where by these Rules the said powers are assigned to any other Official Representative or sub-committee of the Regatta Committee. The Captain of the Course shall be an active member of the Rules Committee.

7.2 The Captain of the Course shall cause to be prepared and/or approved for each annual Time Trial and Regatta Day, a list of the various Officials required for the conduct of the Time Trials and Regatta Day races.

7.3 No person shall serve as an official for any Regatta activity where his or her so acting shall place him or her in a position of actual or perceived conflict of interest. The Captain of the Course shall be the sole judge of such conflict of interest.

8. CODE OF CONDUCT/PENALTIES

8.1 This Code of Conduct applies in general to all oarspersons, coxswains, managers, coaches, sponsors, and officials at any time during any Regatta Committee sponsored activity (“Regatta Activity”) including, but not limited to, practice spins, Time Trial heats, Regatta Day races, banquets, award presentations, or related activities.

8.2 All oarspersons, coxswains, managers, coaches, sponsors, and officials have a duty to encourage and maintain the highest standard of good sportsmanship, gentlemanly conduct, fair play and safety and are under an obligation to avoid all unsportsmanlike conduct and any acts or practices which are, in the opinion of the Regatta Committee, detrimental to the conduct of any Regatta activity including practice spins.

Acts of Conduct include

Some acts detrimental to good sportsmanship and good conduct during Regatta activities may include:

8.3 Such acts include, but are not limited to:

8.3.1 entering a Time Trial or Regatta Day race and then failing to appear without valid reason and adequate notice;

8.3.2 entering a racing shell without proper foot attire or in such a manner likely to cause damage to the racing shell or not in accordance with the regulations of the Regatta Committee;

8.3.3 defaulting in a Time Trial or Regatta Day race except as a result of personal injury or other reason, in the opinion of the Chairman of the Rules Committee, sufficiently grave to justify such default;

8.3.4 during the course of any Regatta activity;

i) swearing at any official, Regatta Committee employee, spectator or opponent,

ii) using profane, obscene or rude language or gestures,

iii) showing outward displays of temper or anger including the throwing of any equipment or object;

iv) deliberately throwing or propelling any object in the direction of an official, spectator, or opponent including attempting to splash water thereon;

v) threatening bodily injury to anyone;

vi) indulging in blatant gamesmanship which includes but is not limited to deliberate stalling of the commencement of a Regatta Activity;

vii) intentionally making any gesture or noise in order to distract an opponent during the conduct of a Time Trial heat or Regatta Day race;

viii) physically assaulting officials, participants or spectators including the splashing of water thereon;

ix) with the exception of minor adjustments to an oar collar, tampering with any boat, including adjustment to the oar lock/outrigger structure;

x) malicious, negligent or willful damage to the racing shells, equipment or property of the Regatta Committee;

xi) failure to follow the directions of any safety official acting under the authority of the Regatta Committee;

xii) other actions detrimental to the safety of persons or detrimental to property of the Regatta Committee or to the impairment of the operations of the Regatta, its events, equipment or otherwise.

Reasons for disqualification of Regatta participants

8.3.5 i) Possessing or using alcohol within the precincts of any facilities owned, managed or controlled by The Royal St. John's Regatta Committee without the express permission of the Regatta Committee;

ii) Being under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs within the precincts of any facilities owned, managed or controlled by The Royal St. John's Regatta Committee.

8.4 Disciplinary Proceedings: The Captain of the Course in consultation with such officials as he or she considers appropriate in the circumstances, shall be vested with the full power and authority to disqualify and suspend (without any right of appeal) from any Regatta activity described in Rule 8.l any oarsperson, coxswain, or crew whom the Captain of the Course considers in his or her sole discretion to be in breach of the Code of Conduct set out in Section 8 of these rules.

Boathouse Rules

Registration of Complaint

Notice of Hearing

Holding of Hearing

Failure to attend Hearing

8.5 Boathouse Rules: The Boathouse manager in his or her sole discretion may implement rules with respect to the day to day activities on the pond and around the boathouse and the Boathouse manager may in his or her sole discretion implement penalties with respect to failure to comply with these rules.

8.6 Complaint - Any interested party may make a complaint that a crew member or participant has committed a breach of the code of Conduct or any of the rules of the Regatta Committee. All complaints shall be in writing and shall be signed by the complainant and shall be sent to the Regatta Committee, Attention: the Honourary Secretary.

8.7 Notice of Hearing - After receipt of the complaint and unless the complaint is settled to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors, the complainant and the accused, the President shall establish the time and place for a hearing of the complaint and shall give notice to the complainant and the accused of such time and place.

8.8 Hearing - The hearing shall be held at a location determined by the Board of Directors. Each of the complainant and the accused may appear at the hearing in person. At the hearing the Board of Directors shall receive such evidence, reports, submissions and arguments as it deems necessary to properly judge the complaint. All decisions of the Board of Directors shall be by simple majority. The decision of the Board of Directors shall be final (without any right of appeal).

8.9 Failing to Attend - If the complainant fails to attend the hearing without sufficient cause satisfactory to the Board of Directors, the Committee may adjourn the hearing or may dismiss the complaint.

Definitions

Accident

Boat

Captain of the Course

Chief Judge/Starter

Chief Time Keeper

Coach

Code of Conduct

Coxswain

Intermediate

Intermediate Crew

Juvenile

Juvenile Crew

Manager

Master's Race for Men

Master's Race for Women

Midget

Midget Crew

Minimum Age for any Oarsperson

Minimum Age for any Coxswain

Oarsperson

Officers

Officials

Participant

Registration Card

Rules Committee

Senior

Spare Oarsperson

The Royal St. John's Regatta Committee

Sponsor

Substitute Coxswain

Substitute Oarsperson

Ten Minute Rule

9. DEFINITIONS

In these Rules:

(a) "Accident" means any collision, upset, loss overboard of a crew member or similar event causing or likely to cause injury to a crew member or damage to equipment.

(b) "Boat" means any practice shell or race day shell owned by the Regatta Committee or, in the context, any other boat owned by or operated under the auspices of the Regatta Committee.

(d) “Chief Judge/Starter” means the Regatta official approved on an annual basis by the Regatta Committee to be the chief adjudicator of a racing event in the Time Trial heats and/or Regatta Day events who shall report directly to the Captain of the Course should an adjudication be required and/or requested.

(e) "Chief Time Keeper" means the Regatta official approved on an annual basis by the Regatta Committee to be the chief statistician and compiler of all the times recorded by crews in Time Trial heats and Regatta Race Day events who shall report directly to the Chief Judge/Starter.

(f) "Coach" means any member of a crew who serves as an instructor for any crew.

(g) "Code of Conduct" means the code of conduct established under Section 8 of these Rules.

(h) "Coxswain" means the member of a crew who is “steers person” of the racing shell.

(i) "Intermediate" means any oarsperson who shall be under the full age of twenty one (2l) years of age as of December 3l of any particular year in which the Regatta is held.

(j) "Intermediate Crew" means a crew in which all of the oarspersons are of intermediate age.

(k) "Juvenile" means any oarsperson who shall be under the full age of eighteen (l8) years of age as of December 3l of any particular year in which the Regatta is held.

(l) "Juvenile Crew" means a crew in which all of the oarspersons are of juvenile age.

(m) "Manager" means any person being a member of a crew who controls or manages the activities of the crew.

(n) “Master’s Race for Men” means a crew whose minimum oarspersons age shall be the full age of forty-six (46) years as of December 31 of any year in which the Regatta is held.

(o) “Master’s Race for Women” means a crew whose minimum oarsperson age shall be the full age of forty-one (41) years as of December 31 of any year in which the Regatta is held.

(p) "Midget" means any oarsperson who shall be under the full age of sixteen (l6) years of age as of December 3lst of any particular year in which the Regatta is held.

(q) "Midget Crew" means a crew in which all of the oarspersons are of midget age.

(r) “Minimum Age for any Oarsperson” (male or female) shall be fourteen (14) years of age as of December 31 of any year in which the rowing event is held.

(s) “Minimum Age for any Coxswain” (male or female) shall be nineteen (19) years of age as of December 31 of any year in which the rowing event is held.

(t) "Oarsperson" means any member of a crew whose primary purpose for membership in the crew is to act as a rower.

(u) "Officers" means the Immediate Past President, President, Vice-President(s), Honourary Secretary and or Treasurer of the Regatta Committee. Any reference in these rules to "Secretary" shall mean the "Honourary Secretary.”

(v) “Officials” means those Regatta Committee members selected by the Captain of the Course required for conducting the Time Trial heats and Regatta Day racing events, which Officials shall include: the Chief Judge/Starter, and Chief Time Keeper, etc.

(w) "Participant" means any oarsperson, coxswain, manager, coach, sponsor of a crew or any person taking part in any Regatta Committee activity.

(x) "Registration Card" means the registration card established from time to time by the Regatta Committee and required by Rule 3.2 and shall, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, include the following:

1. the name under which the crew intends to row;

2. the name of the crew sponsor (if any);

3. the full names, addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers of crew members and shall include a designation of the official representative of the crew.

(y) “Rules Committee” means a formal sub-committee approved by the Board of Directors of The Royal St. John’s Regatta Committee whose purpose shall be to compile, revise, recommend, and enforce all officially approved rules and regulations of The Royal St. John’s Regatta Committee for the conduct of Time Trial heats, Regatta Day racing events, and other Regatta events/activities that may take place on the pond from time to time.

(z) "Senior" means a division/classification wherein all the registered oarspersons of a rowing crew are not rowing as a Midget, Juvenile, or Intermediate crew, as defined under Section 9(q); 9(l); 9(j).

(aa) “Spare Oarsperson” means a registered oarsperson who (at the option of the coxswain and the regular oarsperson) may substitute for any regular registered oarsperson in any Regatta activity, as prescribed by these Rules and as outlined under Rule 1.1 (c).

(bb) "The Royal St. John's Regatta Committee" or “Regatta Committee” means The Royal St. John's Regatta Committee registered in Corporation No. l549 in the Registry of Corporations for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

(cc) "Sponsor" means any person organization or corporation lending support to a crew.

(dd) "Substitute Coxswain" means a registered coxswain permitted to participate in a Time Trial heat or Regatta Day race pursuant to Rule 5.27.

(ee) "Substitute Oarsperson" means a registered oarsperson permitted to participate in a Time Trial heat or Regatta Day race pursuant to Rule 5.27.

(ff) “Ten Minute Rule” means the rule in place from time to time pursuant to Rule 5.13 hereof relating to the commencement of Time Trial heats or Regatta Day events.

Repeal

10. REPEAL

10.1 All other rules and regulations of The Royal St. John’s Regatta Committee relating to the matters contained herein are hereby repealed.

THE ROYAL ST. JOHN’S REGATTA COMMITTEE

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FIFTH AMENDMENT - May 6, 1998