Please check photos taken during the regatta
at:
www.timconwayphotography.photoreflect.com
Call Mr. Tim Conway at 706.729.9900 if you would like
to order any photos.
2004 Results (pdf File, 10 pages)
The current event schedule has been posted. Entries
for each
event may also be downloaded.
Event Schedule (pdf,
1 page)
Event Entries
(pdf,
6 pages)
Welcome
to the
8th Annual HEAD OF
THE SOUTH Regatta
Website.
This year the race will be
rowed over a 2.8 mile course on
the Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia. The 2004 regatta will take
place
Saturday, November 13th.
Please see the detailed map of the course and boating instructions,
which will be displayed at the venue. The regatta is hosted by the
Augusta Rowing Club. The Club welcomes all competitors, coaches,
friends, and families to an exciting day of racing. The schedule,
registration, and rules are outlined on this website. Please read
them carefully. Every competitor and coach is responsible for fully
understanding the rules and instructions in order to make this a
fair and safe race.
Important Notes
To enter this year's Head of the South
please use REGATTA CENTRAL
for online registration.
We STRONGLY ENCOURAGE clubs to use this source for registration and
payment by credit card or check. There will be a $5.00
processing fee per entry for registration via mail.
Important Dates and Deadlines
The online registration has been
extended to midnight, Saturday November
6, 2004.
All mailed registration forms and fees must be RECEIVED by midnight,
Saturday November 6, 2004. No phone entries will be accepted.
Regatta
Registration/Check-In
will begin on Friday, November 12, 2004, from 3 pm
to 7 pm. All clubs, collegiate organizations, or scullers must send
one designated representative only to check-in. This representative shall
be responsible for all registration material, including race
packets, waivers, and paying the balance due
on entry fees. The designated representative must check-
in, sign out race packets, provide waivers, and
pay any remaining balance due at Regatta Headquarters located inside the
registration building near the launch dock. Additional entries will
be taken only if space permits and will be subject to a $30.00
fee. Scratches will incur a $30.00 penalty per boat. No exceptions
are made for any deadline or registration procedure.
Additional Registration will be available from 6:30 am
to 10 am on Race Day at Regatta headquarters for any scullers and designated crew representatives who have pre-registered
and prepaid.
The
Coaches/Coxswains Meeting will be Friday, November 12 upstairs
inside the Boathouse
at 7:00
pm.
LACK OF ATTENDANCE AT THE COACH AND COXSWAIN MEETING WILL BE VIEWED
AS ACCEPTANCE OF RULES OF COURSE.
The Rain Date
is Sunday, November 14, 2004.
Results
and Awards
Results for each event will be posted at the results tent soon as possible after the
last boat finishes for each event. Individual result placards used
at the Results tent can be purchased for $5.00 each, but will not be available until the end of all events. Medals will be awarded throughout the day.
Based on the final results, prizes will be awarded to all first-, second-, and third-place finishers in all divisions provided there are at least four entries. Awards will be given to organizations achieving the greatest total points in the regatta for Junior, Club, and Collegiate events.
Points will be accumulated by event, i.e.,
Junior events will contribute to Junior points total only.
Points will be awarded as follows: 1st place - 5 points, 2nd
place - 3 points, 3rd place - 1 point. Composite crews do not earn any points.
Silent Auction
This year we will be
having a silent auction to benefit an equipment fundraiser for our
club. Come by the tent and check out some of the items.
Parking
All boat and trailer parking will be at the Regatta site and will be directed by parking officials. Security will be provided on site from Friday, November 12, 6:00 pm, to Sunday, November 14, 6:00 am. Enter the Regatta site from Prep Phillips Drive and you will be instructed where to park.
Crews will be issued parking passes at the Prep Phillips gate. Parking spaces are limited. Please make every effort to pool passengers. (Vehicles pulling a loaded trailer will be admitted without pass).
Vehicles carrying singles and doubles/pairs will be issued one (1) parking pass and will be directed to the Ports Authority Building for storage and launch. Race officials will be directed to parking above the Boat House.
Crew /
Vendor Sales
Crews will be allowed to sell in the vendor area on Friday, November 12th, and Saturday, November 13th. The fee must be paid in advance. Space in the vendor’s area is on a “first come” basis. Any crew found selling such items without having paid the fee or selling outside the vendor’s area will be charged $100.00 and will be required to move into the vendor’s area. Should you wish to sell in the vendor’s area, please contact Ed Gunter at (706) 821-2875, or email at
gunteredward@yahoo.com.
Directions
to the Race Course
From I-20: Take the Riverwatch Parkway exit off of Interstate 20; turn left (signs to Riverfront Marina and downtown). Continue on Riverwatch
Parkway approximately 5 miles until first traffic light at 15th
Street. Turn right and take immediate left onto Broad Street.
Continue on Broad Street until it ends at East Boundary traffic
light. Go through light and turn left at Riverfront Paint and Body
on Prep Phillips Drive. This will take you through the levee and
directly into the regatta site.
From Highway 25 (South Augusta): Continue on Highway 25 (this is
Gordon Highway) through town and over series of overpasses. After
the intersection with Walton Way (Red Lobster Restaurant on right) –
go over overpass and take Broad Street exit – turn right at stop
sign. This road will end at a stop sign – turn left onto Reynolds
Street. Follow Reynolds Street along the levee (on left) until
Reynolds makes a ninety degree right (where it turns into East
Boundary Street) to a traffic light. Turn left at light and then
next left at Riverfront Paint and Body onto Prep Phillips Drive.
This will take you through the levee and directly into regatta site.
Note: These directions
are for trailers as well as individual vehicles.
