Paris 2018 Regatta Qfp (Faq)

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We're starting to see some questions coming in so we thought it would be helpful to start a FAQ (fr. QFP) topic. Instead of the American-English centric 'Q & A,' we will be using French-centric 'Q & R.' It seems overkill to have separate topics for every question.

 

Q. Are the age restrictions for masters based on boat average, or does every individual have to be 27 years old or older? Is the coxswain age factored as well?

 

R. , The Masters events will be based on the average age of rowers in the boat - excluding the coxswain (the coxswain can be any age or gender). Typically each rower should be at least 27 years old, if he or she wishes to participate in a Masters event, but as long as the average age of your boat is at least 27 years old, then I don’t think it will be an issue to have individual crew members that are younger than 27 participate in a Masters event.

 

Q. What masters categories are you using?

 

R. Master categories follow FISA Masters age categories

 

Q. How will Masters races be held?

 

R. Master races will only be conducted individually if there are more than 4 entries, otherwise races will be gathered together and participants will race against each other across age and boat categories based on handicap rules (based on FISA ideal times). Medals will be given separately for each age and boat category even if the races are combined.

 

Q. What resources for borrowing/renting boats will be available for visiting crews

 

R. Boat rentals are currently under negotiation. It is the hope of the regatta committee that the cost will be included in the participation fee. As soon as the cost for boat rental and insurance is finalized, we will post it in the news section and also link to the regatta site. T

he final information and registration for boat rental will probably not be available before June 2018.

 

 

Q. Will there be any athlete housing available at the course?

 

R. There are currently no plans to provide athlete housing at the rowing venue at Lac de Vaires-sur-Marne / Ile de Loisirs Vaires-Torcy. There is a possibility for camping close-by, but otherwise the rowing course is less than an hour from the center of Paris by public transport. If you are looking for accommodation, we can help you by either suggesting affordable places or offer to ask local rowers to host you.

 

Q. What is the difference between the participant fee and the rowing sports fee? Do coxies have to pay?

 

R. The participant fee or base registration fee for the 2018 Gay Games is a separate fee from the rowing sports fee. It provides a transport pass, welcome bag, discounts, and access to the open and closing ceremonies. The rowing sports fee is just for the regatta, and it will allow each registrant the opportunity to compete in up to three events per day. There is no rowing sports fee for coxswains, unless they are also competing as a rower. This also means a coxie does not necessarily have to pay a participant fee if they don't want to participate in the open and closing ceremonies.

 

Just to be clear - all rowers have to pay both the participant (base registration) fee and the rowing sports fee.

 

Is it fair that rowers have to pay and coxies don't but they still get a medal? Given the sacrifices coxies make for rowing, we think it is absolutely fair and the right thing to do.

 

Q. Why isn't the Early Bird fee

applicable

for the base registration

?

 

R. The base registration fee for the 2018 Gay Games is a separate fee from the rowing sports fee. Unfortunately, it was not properly communicated that it would only be the rowing (sports) fee that would be offered at an early bird rate when registration for rowing opened. The base registration fee for Paris 2018 has increased and will continue to increase depending on the date and number of registrations.

 

Participants could have registered just for base registration much earlier on without having to register for any sport, but unfortunately this was not communicated properly to us rowers ;-(

The “early bird” fee does however compensate a bit for the increase in the base registration fee.

 

Q. Why are rowers limited to only 3 entries per day?

 

R. Coordinating boat lineups becomes a logistical nightmare when rowers are allowed to enter more than three races per day

 

 

Q. Do I have to register all my crews before September 18, 2017, if I want to benefit from the Early Bird rate?

 

R. No, as registrations are individual, you just have to register yourself for rowing before September 18, 2017 to benefit from the Early Bird rate of €70 (it will increase to €90 on September 18).

 

A race programme will only be published 6 months prior to the regatta (i.e. in February 2018). Unfortunately the Gay Games website is not well suited for rowing registrations, but made for registering individual participants. For now, please don’t be too concerned about registering entire crews, but rather get individual participants to register in the races they are interested in. This will help the organizers to plan the race programme and space the races with most interest far from each other, so that participants can race in multiple events (maximum three entries per participant per racing day though).

 

Once the race schedule has been published in February 2018, you will have until three months before the regatta (i.e. 5 May 2018) to finalise your entries. Just like in any other regatta, you may make team changes after this date, but we cannot guarantee that you will be able to add any new entries.

 

So to sum up, please get your individual rowers that wish to participate in rowing at the Paris 2018 Gay Games to register themselves as soon as possible. The final entries by crews and clubs, will be figured out later on.

 

Q. Can I make changes to the crews?

 

R. Until May 5, 2018, you can make as many changes to the crews and entries that you like. When registrations for rowing closes on May 5, 2018, you can change up to a half of the number of rowers right until race day (submitted in writing at least an hour before the scheduled race).

 

You are welcome to make changes on the Registration Portal or by sending it to

support@paris2018.com

but you need not be too concerned about this until before entries close in May 2018.

 

Q. Will adaptive rowing be offered in the regatta?

R. Not at the moment. The regatta organizing committee had pushed to include adaptive rowing in the competition but neither the French Rowing Federation nor the Paris 2018 organizers made any effort to include adaptive rowing in the event. If there are any adaptive rowers, please do contact the Paris 2018 organization.