ESSC Celtic Race 1st March - with crews and arrangements

[Rachel]

Hi all
 
Here are your crews for the ESSC event

Open
Cox Dee
Colin
Vernon
Phil P
Matt

Ladies
Cox Dee
Liz W
Heather
Jo B
Lynn

Mixed
Cox Dee
Jackie H
Chris M
Steve F
Alison B
Reserve Sarah S

The timing of the regatta on Saturday 1st March is as below.
 
Each race will be approximately 2miles overall with a planned start near the pontoon and a triangular course to Sweare Deep Buoy and Wickor Buoy and back to the start. However, weather conditions may cause this to change on the day.

The entry fee (rower or cox) is £10.00. Please pay this prior to the event by registering at the following link, (you will need to set up a userid and password to do this. )

Register here

Please ensure all participants, rowers and coxes have personal buoyancy equipment with them in the boat. The race officers may instruct that personal buoyancy is to be worn on the day.
Please bring two VHF radios with you and tune to channel P4
Reason for two radios
One for cox of boat
One for Rowing Captain to ensure crews are on pontoon or at start as race control will give orders via VHF.
A decision, based on forecasted wind speeds will determine if the event is not going ahead. The ESSC rowing captain will email other club rowing captains on Friday evening if the event is to be cancelled .
Entry to the Race is £10 per crew member, cox or rower.  This includes vegetable soup and a roll for each crew member, to be served after the races.  Complimentary teas, coffees and  biscuits will be available throughout the event, in Slipper’s Function room, where Registration will take place from 9am onwards.  
In addition there will be sausage in a roll available from 9.15 . This must be pre-ordered by 21st February, and paid for (£2) on arrival.  Please inform us of names of any crew / supporters  requesting the sausage baps to aid purchasing and serving – and also advise if a vegetarian option is required.
.  A wider choice of food can also be purchased throughout the day from Flintstone’s café, just behind Slipper.
Schedule for Day will be:-
09:30 Visiting Clubs arrive by road and launch boats at bottom of South Street, place road trailers in Club Car Park and row boats to conservancy pontoon and tie up all boats. ESC, please row round and tie up on conservancy pontoon.
The GATE CODES on PONTOON are Top C3849 Bottom 3849
Pre-race Food will can be purchased from the Club Function Room for those who indicated they wanted to order such at time of payment. We will have complimentary tea and coffee available.
10:30 Crew /Course Briefing inc announce gate codes for pontoon
Times of races (50 minute window to get from pontoon to start, run race and return to pontoon)
11:00– Announce Open Crew to be at pontoon to row to start for
11:15 Open Race start
11:50 – Announce Women crews to be at pontoon to row to start
12:05 Women’s Race start
12:15 High Water
12:40 – Announce Mixed crews to be at pontoon to row to start
12:55 Mixed Race start
13:30 Mixed race crews row from finish line to beach to trailer up
14:00 Soup and bread available in Function Room. (included in registration fee)

Rachel and Vernon

[Alison b]

Thank you Rachel for all the info.
Unfortunately my life jacket is in storage so if someone could lend me one that would be great.

[Dee]

I have a spare you're welcome to use

[Jo Beardsall]

Thank you R and V. Jo and Rich registered.

[Liz Walmsley]

Thanks Rachel and Vernon - registered.

[Jackie Harper]

Registered…. Thanks

[Heather Green]

Thank you Rachel and Vernon. I’ve registered on the ESSC site  Heather

[Matt O’Neill]

Registered - thank you both

[Vernon Seddon]

Registered

[Lynn Murray]

Hi I have registered myself and Chris but haven’t paid as I couldn’t see how to do this. Please can somebody tell me how to do this??
Thanks

[Pam P]

Lynn, I've let the person know who is running the site at Slipper, just in case there's a problem our end.

[Lynn Murray]

Thanks Pam it’s probably something I should be doing!!

[Heather Green]

Hi Lynn,

The website is saying we pay one or two days before when they are sure the weather conditions are safe for the event to go ahead. - I keep checking too as I don't want to get this one wrong too!!

[Pam P]

Lynn, payment is to be made 1-2 days before once final decision made, to avoid 120 refunds.  It does say that on the mailout, but perhaps a bit buried!

[Vernon Seddon]

Please can I have 2 or 3 volunteers to help me and Colin get Sweare Deep out of the boat park on Saturday morning, I suggest about 9.00am. Colin please advise if you want us there earlier/later, we need to be at Emsworth after 9.30am. Then at the end of the event 2 or 3 volunteers to get her back in the boat park.

Thank you

[Jo Beardsall]

I can help both ends ( be ideal if I can get a lift with the boat to save trying to park, if poss) Jo

[Phil P]

I will be there
Phil

[Vernon Seddon]

Latest information regarding organisation for the day, I think it is similar to what was posted originally.

We have 7 clubs competing, LCRC, CRAC, Emsworth, Bosham, CYC, Dell Quay and Slipper. Unfortunately, Itchenor can't make it.
Please ensure that every participant brings personal buoyancy and your club brings TWO VHF Radios that can tune to channel P4. The reason for two VHF radios is that one will be for race control to speak to cox of boat. The second is to ensure each club's captain is aware when to muster each crew on the pontoon to prepare for the races.
The outline schedule for Day will be:-
08:30 to 09:30 Visiting Clubs arrive by road and launch boats at bottom of South Street, place road trailers in Club Car Park and row boats to conservancy pontoon and tie up all boats. ESC, please row round and tie up on conservancy pontoon.
The GATE CODES on PONTOON are Top C3849 Bottom 3849
Pre-race Food will can be purchased from the Club Function Room for those who indicated they wanted to order such at time of payment. We will have complimentary tea and coffee available.
10:30 Crew /Course Briefing
Times of races (50 minute window to get from pontoon to start, run race and return to pontoon)
11:00– Announce Open Crew to be at pontoon to row to start for
11:15 Open Race start
11:50 – Announce Women crews to be at pontoon to row to start
12:05 Women’s Race start
12:15 High Water
12:40 – Announce Mixed crews to be at pontoon to row to start
12:55 Mixed Race start
13:30 Mixed race crews row from finish line to beach to trailer up
14:00 Soup and bread available in Function Room. (included in entry Trophies presented
14:30 Presentation of prizes by Commodore, Dave Cooper.

[Heather Green]

I can help both ends of the day too. Heather

[Heather Green]

Jo I can also give you a lift to and from the boat park, if needed. Heather