Regatta Overview

• Date - Philadelphia Youth Regatta | July 21, 2018
• Location - Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, PA
• Host Organization - Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia
• This is a USRowing registered regatta. The Regatta will be conducted in accordance with USRowing Rules of Rowing.
• Questions - Contact Bonnie Mueller

July 21 is usually a very hot day. Temperatures mid-day invariably exceed 90 degrees, and in 1998 were over 100. Also, the regatta is small and so has fewer events, with less time between similar events (the GJ1x and GJ2x, for example). It is strongly recommended that no athlete enter more than two events.

• • All pre-registration is done at Regatta Central.
  • Please take a moment to review the rules and regulations in our Regatta Bulletin. Details at Competitors | Registration.
  • There is no on-site registration at the regatta, but you are welcome to check in with us at the Regatta HQ Tent just downriver from the Gillin Boat Club (Home to St. Joe's Prep / St. Joseph's University Rowing).
  • The regatta start time is 8:00 a.m. The order of events is fixed and will not be changed. Our best early guess on the regatta schedule is last year's schedule.
  • All events will be run as flights. We will not have heats with top boats advancing to finals. Flight Awards will be given to top winners in each flight.  Medals will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place across all flights for an EVENT and distributed at the Regatta HQ Tent.
  • The regatta will NOT be delayed to accommodate doubling or hot-seating. In the heat, it's just not fair to the other competitors.
  • The regatta is open to juniors only.
    • A junior is a competitor who in the current calendar year does not attain the age of 19, or who is and has been continuously enrolled in secondary school as a full time student seeking a diploma. A competitor thus ceases to be a Junior after December 31 of the year of his or her 18th birthday, or of the year in which he or she completes the 12th grade of secondary school, having been a full time student, whichever is later.
    • A Cadet U19 Rower is a competitor who will not attain the age of 19 in the current calendar year  or has been continuously enrolled in a secondary school, per above.
    • A Colt U17 Rower is a competitor who will not attain the age of 17 in the current calendar year.
    • A Tyro U14 Rower is a competitor who will not attain the age of 14 in the current calendar year.

• • There will be a mandatory coaches and coxswains meeting at the Regatta HQ Tent at 6:30 am.
  • Novice quads, boys & girls events - must have started rowing after January 1. 1These events are 1000 meters. This event is intended for learn-to-row programs. We'll put at least two hours between the boys and girls races to permit doubling of equipment.
  • All events except the dash races are 1500 meters. Dash races are 1/4 mile from the lane marker wire at Peters Island.