Please join us for a great day of racing at the 2007 Lake Merritt Sprints Rowing Regatta on Sunday, July 29^th at Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland!   This year’s regatta will be staged from our new, temporary location at the City of Oakland Lakeside Park, Lake Merritt Sailboat House located at 568 Bellevue Avenue.  Enter the venue from Grand Avenue at the Children’s Fairyland Park entrance.   

RACE SCHEDULE:

Races begin at 7:30am and conclude at approximately 4:00pm.  Every effort will be made to maintain the event sequence, however adjustments will be made based on the number of entries received, heats, scratched events, etc.  Races start on 7 minute centers – please leave ample time between events to be on time.  See preliminary race schedule on the web site.  The final regatta web site posting will be updated the week before the event and will include the updated race schedule.   Paper copies of the final schedule will be available at the Registration desk on race day. 

REGISTRATION:

Registration is on-line at www.regattacentral.com.    Regatta updates will be available by adding LMRC Sprints to your RegattaCentral calendar.  Please contact the Registrar for non-electronic registration. 

 WAIVERS:

A liability waiver form must be completed by every rower participating in this event.  The waiver can be downloaded from: http://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/waivers/usrowing.html.  Or, submit one waiver per year to cover multiple regattas by completing the electronic USRA waiver form at www.usra.org.    Coaches -use RegattaCentral to froward waivers to your crews!  Otherwise, include signed, hard copy waivers with the Lake Merritt Sprints Registration Forms and entry fee for a complete entry packet.  Please write your club affiliation on the hard copy waiver form. 

RACE FLYER:

Complete race information including entry fees and deadlines see the Sprints Race Flyer.