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26th Annual Head of the Rock Regatta

Sponsored by Baird;  Hosted by the YMCA of Rock River Valley.

Additional Sponsors: Schneider Electric, Kaschper, Woodward Governor, Swedish American, Tyler's Landscaping, Joseph Behr & Sons, Inc., Sjostrom & Sons, Inc., Stone Eagle Tavern, Header Die & Tool, The Brian Boyer Group, WOW Broadcasting, Concept 2, Rockford Foundaries, Inc., H2Row, Kings Bench Preferred Properties, Larson & Darby, Habitat for Humanity, Williams McCarthy

Held October 9th, 2011 in downtown Rockford, IL.

To download a copy of this information, click here.

Registration   Submit Registration to RegattaCentral.com


Route The Head of the Rock Regatta runs the Rock River from Riverside Blvd. bridge to Whitman St. bridge (approx. 3 mi.). To download a map of the route, click here.
Contacts For more information/questions contact Jane Johnson at 815-489-1210 janejohnson@rockfordymca.org
Meals
  • Dinner 5:00-8:30pm Saturday Oct 8. Price is $6 for all-you-can-eat pasta, salad, bread, milk, coffee.
  • Breakfast 6:00-9:30am Sunday Oct 9. Price is $6 for all-you-can-eat cereal, bagels, fruit, yogurt, juice, milk, coffee.
  • Both meals will be at the Verdi Club, 782 N. Madison St. The Verdi Club is on the east bank of the Rock River, one block south of the YMCA.
  • Tickets for the meals can be purchased when you register on RegattaCentral.com.
  • Food vendors will be on the regatta grounds on race day.
Lodging Floorspace is available in the YMCA the night of Saturday Oct 8 for no charge. Please enter the number of people staying overnight in the YMCA when you register your team on RegattaCentral.com.

Additionally, A block of rooms have been reserved at the Hampton Inn for Saturday October 8 - Sunday October 9, 2010. A special room rate will be available until September 10th or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first. You can register for these rooms at the Hampton Inn.
Rules The Head of the Rock is registered with USRowing. The 2011 USRowing Rules of Rowing apply unless specified otherwise below.
Competitors For purposes of this regatta the age of a competitor is his or her age on 31-Dec-2011.
  • Junior:  Any competitor who is 18 years of age or less, or who is currently enrolled in high school.
  • Novice:  Any rower or coxswain who has competed for one year or less as of 9-Oct-2011.
  • Masters:  Any competitor 27 years of age or older. Masters classes are as follows:
                    Elite:  27 or older
    Master:  37 or older
    Senior:  48 or older
    Veteran:  60 or older
    The age of a masters crew is the average age of the competitors.
  • Mixed Crew:   Must have equal number of male and female rowers.
  • Lightweight Men:  No individual rower may weigh more than 163 lb.
  • Lightweight Women:  No individual rower may weigh more than 133 lb.
  • Coxswain:   No weight restrictions.
Weigh-ins Lightweight crews must weigh in at least two hours prior to race time in the YMCA lobby. Crews must weigh in together wearing race attire. A rower only needs to weigh in once if racing in multiple events.
Penalties
  • 10 seconds per buoy violation.
  • Disqualification for racing with a wrong bow number.
  • 10 seconds for late arrivals at the start.
  • 10 seconds for missing correct order at start line.
  • 30 seconds for interfering with the staging of the start.
  • 30 seconds to crews not yielding to right of way.
  • 30 seconds for poor sportsmanship.
  • 60 seconds for no bowmarker
Protests Protests must be made within 30 minutes of the finish of the race. A $25 protest fee with written statement must be turned in at the registration table. Fee will be refunded if protest is upheld.
Schedule
- break - 7:45 am Coaches and Coxswains Meeting
1 8:45 am Mens Open 2-
2 8:50 am Mens Masters 2- (27+)
3 8:50 am Mens Masters 2- (37+)
4 8:50 am Mens Masters 2- (48+)
5 8:50 am Mens Masters 2- (60+)
6 8:55 am Womens Open 2-
7 8:55 am Womens Collegiate 2-
8 9:00 am Womens Masters 2- (27+)
9 9:00 am Womens Masters 2- (37+)
10 9:00 am Womens Masters 2- (48+)
11 9:00 am Womens Masters 2- (60+)
12 9:05 am Mens Open Novice 1x
13 9:10 am Womens Open Novice 1x
14 9:15 am Mens Masters 1x (27+)
15 9:15 am Mens Masters 1x (37+)
16 9:15 am Mens Masters 1x (48+)
17 9:15 am Mens Masters 1x (60+)
18 9:20 am Womens Masters 1x (27+)
19 9:20 am Womens Masters 1x (37+)
20 9:20 am Womens Masters 1x (48+)
21 9:20 am Womens Masters 1x (60+)
22 9:25 am Womens Open 1x
23 9:30 am Womens Collegiate Novice 4+
24 9:35 am Womens Open Novice 4+
25 9:40 am Mens Jr 8+
26 9:50 am Mens Open 4+
27 9:55 am Mens Collegiate 4+
28 10:05 am Womens Jr 4+
29 10:15 am Mixed Open 8+
30 10:25 am Womens Masters 4+ (27+)
31 10:25 am Womens Masters 4+ (37+)
32 10:25 am Womens Masters 4+ (48+)
33 10:25 am Womens Masters 4+ (60+)
34 10:35 am Mens Masters 4+ (27+)
35 10:35 am Mens Masters 4+ (37+)
36 10:35 am Mens Masters 4+ (48+)
37 10:35 am Mens Masters 4+ (60+)
38 10:45 am Mens Open 2x
39 10:50 am Mens Jr 4x
40 11:00 am Mixed Open 4x
41 11:10 am Womens Collegiate 4+
42 11:15 am Womens Open 4+
43 11:20 am Mens Open Ltwt 4+
- break - 11:30 am Morning Awards -- Lunch
44 12:30 pm Womens Open Ltwt 4+
45 12:40 pm Womens Open 2x
46 12:50 pm Mens Masters 2x (27+)
47 12:50 pm Mens Masters 2x (37+)
48 12:50 pm Mens Masters 2x (48+)
49 12:50 pm Mens Masters 2x (60+)
50 12:55 pm Womens Masters 2x (27+)
51 12:55 pm Womens Masters 2x (37+)
52 12:55 pm Womens Masters 2x (48+)
53 12:55 pm Womens Masters 2x (60+)
54 1:00 pm Womens Collegiate Novice 8+
55 1:05 pm Womens Open Novice 8+
56 1:10 pm Mens Open 4x
57 1:15 pm Mixed Masters 4+ (27+)
58 1:15 pm Mixed Masters 4+ (37+)
59 1:15 pm Mixed Masters 4+ (48+)
60 1:15 pm Mixed Masters 4+ (60+)
61 1:20 pm Mens Jr 4+
62 1:30 pm Womens Jr 8+
63 1:35 pm Mens Collegiate Novice 8+
64 1:40 pm Mens Open Novice 8+
65 1:50 pm Mens Open 1x
66 1:55 pm Mens Collegiate Novice 4+
67 1:55 pm Mens Open Novice 4+
68 2:00 pm Mens Masters 4x (27+)
69 2:00 pm Mens Masters 4x (37+)
70 2:00 pm Mens Masters 4x (48+)
71 2:00 pm Mens Masters 4x (60+)
72 2:05 pm Womens Masters 4x (27+)
73 2:05 pm Womens Masters 4x (37+)
74 2:05 pm Womens Masters 4x (48+)
75 2:05 pm Womens Masters 4x (60+)
76 2:10 pm Mixed Open 4+
77 2:15 pm Mens Open Ltwt 8+
78 2:20 pm Womens Masters 8+ (27+)
79 2:20 pm Womens Masters 8+ (37+)
80 2:20 pm Womens Masters 8+ (48+)
81 2:20 pm Womens Masters 8+ (60+)
82 2:20 pm Womens Open Ltwt 8+
83 2:25 pm Mens Masters 8+ (27+)
84 2:25 pm Mens Masters 8+ (37+)
85 2:25 pm Mens Masters 8+ (48+)
86 2:25 pm Mens Masters 8+ (60+)
87 2:30 pm Mens Open 8+
88 2:35 pm Mens Collegiate 8+
89 2:40 pm Womens Open 4x
90 2:45 pm Mens Rec 1x
91 2:50 pm Womens Rec 1x
92 3:00 pm Mixed Open 2x
93 3:05 pm Mixed Masters 2x (27+)
94 3:05 pm Mixed Masters 2x (37+)
95 3:05 pm Mixed Masters 2x (48+)
96 3:05 pm Mixed Masters 2x (60+)
97 3:10 pm Mixed Masters 4x (27+)
98 3:10 pm Mixed Masters 4x (37+)
99 3:10 pm Mixed Masters 4x (48+)
100 3:10 pm Mixed Masters 4x (60+)
101 3:15 pm Womens Jr 4x
102 3:20 pm Womens Open 8+
103 3:30 pm Womens Collegiate 8+
- break - 4:00 pm Afternoon Awards

 
 
   
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