The 2024 CURCs will be hosted on the legendary waters of Elk Lake by the University of Victoria men's and women's rowing programs. 

Venue Address

Elk Lake 

Victoria Rowing Society Boathouse

5100 Patricia Bay Highway Victoria, BC


Important Dates 

September 1, 2024                                                                CURA Proposal Submission Deadline 

Monday, September 9, 2024                                          Transfer Athlete Declaration Deadline

                                                                                                          Unofficial Roster Deadline 

Friday, October 18, 2024                                                 Team Roster Submission Deadline

Wednesday, October 30, 2024                                    Registration/Entries deadline- Trailers may arrive 

Thursday, October 31, 2024                                         Course open for training   8:00 AM -4:00 PM

Friday, November 1, 2024                                              Course open for training  8:00 AM - 4:00 PM 


Friday, November 1, 2024                                              Athlete Registration - Elk Lake - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Friday, November 1, 2024                                              CURA Technical Meeting   6:00 PM - Holiday Inn at Elk Lake  Boardroom 

Saturday, November 2, 2024                                        CURC Time Trials

Sunday, November 3, 2024                                           CURC Finals - Banquet 6:30 PM - Crystal Gardens 

Monday, November 4,  2024                                        CURA AGM - 8:00 AM - Holiday Inn at Elk Lake  Boardroom 

                                   

Rosters 

All transfer athletes be declared to the eligibility committee before September 5th of each year. (Undergrad, USA transfers with 1yr to 4yrs in USA). 

Note: Post-grads and Red Shirts should be noted on full roster submissions.

CURA team full rosters to be submitted to the eligibility committee by September 30th of each year. These rosters must be in a spreadsheet format and sent by email to the VP Eligibility or the Eligibility Committee database designate.


Accommodations 

The following hotels have created agreements with the event to provide a discounted rate. 


Organizing Committee

Chair : Samantha Heron

Chief Umpire: Tim Henderson 

First Aid/Medical Advisor: Traci Vander Byl

Events Coordinator: Derushka Pillay 

Safety Adviser: Aalbert Van Schothorst

Results Coordinator: Adriana Rooker 


Submission of Entries

All entries will be submitted via Regatta Central.

Once the information from Regatta Central has been pulled into Regatta Data and a draw has been published the Regatta Data website will become the official location for all information. 


Order of Events

There are 30' between Events and 10' between races to accommodate for "A", "B"and "C" Finals depending on number of entries. 

*All times in Pacific Standard Time

*The order of Time Trials will follow in the order of the Finals as listed above. 

* Where applicable - daylight savings time will adjust the racing schedule by one hour from Time Trial to Finals. 

* The Final for Open Men's 2x and Open Women's 2x will be at the last two races. 


 Rules and Regulations 

All Rules and Regulations can be found on the Canadian University Rowing Association website (click here).

All RCA Rules of racing shall apply with the exception of the manner in which lighweights weigh in.  That detail can be found in section F of the Rules and regulations. 


Registration

All athletes must register with a valid form of picture ID.  Registration will be held on Friday from 10:00 - 4:00 pm in the Medical/Board Room at Elk Lake.

Photo ID will not be required at launch.  All fees must be paid online before registration commences. 

All programs will be required to pay their $150.00 registration fee as well as $85.00 per athlete participating. 


NEW - Team Information

Teams are encouraged to complete the Team Information Sheet to help provide information to the commentators for the live stream. Please re-name the sheet you complete with your team name.


Whatsapp 

Information updates will be sent through the CURC LOC Whatsapp (click here). 


Technical Meeting 

Friday 6:00 PM -Holiday Inn at Elk Lake Boardroom 


Weigh In

A test scale will be available in the boathouse  for lightweight athletes and coxswains.  

Sat/Sunday weigh in will open at 7:30 am -8:30 am for LW and 8:00 am - 9:00 am for LM  

Coxies - 55kg

LW - 59kg

LM - 72.5kg


Trailers 

Trailer parking will be managed in the lower parking lot.  Trailers may arrive and will be allocated parking space on the Wednesday  preceding the championship.  Please notify the host organization via Regattta Central if you are bringing a trailer. 

*All Handicapped parking stalls must be kept clear at all times, regardless of trailer parking. 

Clean - Drain - Dry! Please make sure that all of your hulls are cleaned, drained and dried in order to prevent the spread of zebra mussels and milfoil into BC lakes.  https://bcinvasives.ca/play-your-part/clean-drain-dry/


Team Tent Rentals 


Emergency Action Plan - First Aid Plan 

An emergency action and first aid plan will be posted in Regatta Central.


Course, Training and Racing Flow Patterns 

The Elk Lake course will be a buoyed 1875m course.  

All training and racing flow patterns can be found on the Regatta Central website. 

Flow patterns will also be posted  in the highway side fire lane you use to access the docks. 

 Programs launching crews will be required to provide a safety launch for their crew while they are on the water.  


Saturday Schedule  – TIME TRIALS


 Lightweight Men Weigh In

 Coxswains weigh in 

 Lightweight Women Weigh In

8:30 AM                                First race launches

9:00 AM                                 First race begins

There will be no practice period on Saturday before racing.  Training will be permitted from 3:15PM-5:30PM .  

Note: daylight savings time comes into effect at 2:00 AM  on Saturday night 

 

Sunday Schedule - FINALS

7:00 AM                                Officials Meeting

7:30 AM                                Coaches Meeting  

8:00 AM                                 Sunrise 

8:00 AM-10:00 AM        Lightweight Women weigh in

7:00 AM-9:30 AM           Coxswains weigh in*

7:30 AM-9:30 AM            Lightweight Men weigh in

8:30 AM                                 First race launches

9:00 AM                                 First race begins

3:20 PM                                Lakeside Banner Presentation

3:45 PM                                 Coaches Meeting - Spracklen Room - Regarding Awards 

6:30-8:30 PM                     Banquet - Crystal Gardens 

Training will be permitted 7:00am-7:45am on Sunday. A/B/C finals will begin in 10 minute intervals.  


Awards Nominations 

CURCs annually awards the Female and Male athlete of the year as well as the Female and Male Program Coach of the Year.  Nominations go in to the nomination committee before the event to start the discussion.  Coaches will meet 30 minutes after the last race of the event to vote on each award. 


Event Parking

Trailers will be parked in the lower lot with the Umpires. This will leave the upper lot for parking for athletes and spectators.  

Overflow parking is one parking lot over, or at the Hamsterly Beach parking access.  Please leave yourself adequate time to park, or arrange for a shuttle style process. 

No Parking signs exist along the lane, be aware that the Capital Regional District will tow anybody in those lanes as they are fire lanes.


Therapy

The Spracklen Room will be a designated therapy area.  No athletes will be allowed to congregate in the Spracklen room for privacy reasons. 

Please contact Traci Vander Byl vikesat@uvic.ca for more information or to make additional rarrangements, the week prior to the event. 


Sports Information

Contacts

Name and e-mails of any sports information contacts (or team contacts) should be provided prior to Vikes Sports Information Coordinator (vicvikes@uvic.ca) by Oct. 25. These will be the e-mails that all live feed information, results, recaps, photos and any other important information will be sent to.

Team Information

Teams are encouraged to complete the Team Information Sheet to help provide information to the commentators for the live stream. Please re-name the sheet with your team name.


Media Accreditation

All media and school communications officers, please send an e-mail notification to the Vikes Sports Information Coordinator (vicvikes@uvic.ca), with their full name, affiliation and type of media (University Sports Information Officer, TV, Print, etc.). Media Accreditation should be requested prior to Oct. 25th.


Photography

There will be a live feed and photographers on site for the event. Links will be sent to the contacts provided above.


Host Hotels

We have a number of host hotels. To see the list of host hotels, rates and availability, please click here.  


Banquet

Registered athletes and four staff (ie. coach, therapists) 

The Banquet will be held at the Crystal Gardens in the Victoria Convention Centre. 

713 Douglas Street 

RSVP's for full attendance are due by Monday October 28, 2024 to vikesevents@uvic.ca. Please include all coaches, staff and athletes in your RSVP lists and if there are any allegies/ dietary requirements. 

Schedule: 6:30 PM-8:00 PM                                       

Dress: Business casual 


CURA AGM Meeting 

The CURA meeting will be hosted in the boardroom at the Holiday Inn at Elk Lake at 8:00am.  All notifications for the CURA AGM can be found on the CURA website under AGM Documents.  Anybody new to the organization can look in previous years information to bring themselves up to speed.