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Now quarter-final (and E and F final racing) has begun the live results Live results are functioning again. Repechage results will gradually be added, as they are cross-checked and released.

Spread the word! There is an important coaches meeting scheduled for 5:45pm tonight in the McRae Lounge on course at the Lake. This is to explain the race schedule for tomorrow. Tell as many coaches as possible to be there.

Racing will resume at 4:00pm. Boats will be allowed on the water at 3:30pm.
Racing resumes with the G U16 2X heats BUT the two interrupted heats will be shifted to the end of that event's block of heats i.e. H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8 then H1, H2 then next event (46, B U16 1X)

Racing has been temporarily suspended as some high wind passes through. An announcement on racing resuming will be made at 3:00pm 2:30pm 2:00pm 1:00pm.

At this stage only an outline of the schedule is available... Heats: Monday and Tuesday. All events have heats. 225 races required. Starting Monday 8:30am. Heats every 4 mins. Heats finish Tuesday. Repechages: Tuesday and Wednesday. Everything except events 9A and 10 has repechages. 109 races required. Starting Tuesday afternoon. Repechages every 4 minutes. Repechages finish Wednesday. Quarter-finals ('E' and 'F' Finals): Wednesday. 15 events (mostly small boats) have quarter-finals: 1, B U17 1X; 3, B U15 2X; 6, G U18 2X; 8, G U16 1X; 19, B U17 2X; 20, G U17 1X; 22, G Nov 2X; 25, G U16 4X+; 26, B U16 2X; 27 G U18 1X; 28 B U18 1X; 29, G U15 2X; 41, G17 2X; 45, G U16 2X; 46 B U16 1X. Quarter-finals every 4 minutes except where time is required to separate events. 'E' and 'F' finals held before the quarter-final for their event. Semi-finals ('C' and 'D' Finals): Thursday. 35 events (see entrants list and progression tables to work out which events have semi-finals). Semi-finals every 4 minutes except where time is required to separate events. 'C' and 'D' finals held before the quarter-final for their event. 'A' and 'B' finals: Friday and Saturday. 'A' finals at 20 minute intervals. 'B' finals start 5 minutes before their 'A' Final. Events 1-24 Friday. Events 25-48 Saturday.

For the first time in many years there will be serious entry limits in place at Maadi. The limit is 1 crew per school in each of the U16 doubles events (events 26 and 45). The 2013 limit of 4 crews per school will remain in place in all other events.

The limit is required because the number of entries is projected to exceed the capacity of the progression system: 64 crews.

However, although there is well in excess of 64 schools who could potentially enter a crew, the actual number of schools entering is expected to be much less. Consequently, when supplementary entries open the limit will be raised slowly and the event will accept up to 64 entries altogether.

This means most (perhaps all) schools who want to enter a second crew will probably be able to do so. And potentially there will still be some space for schools to enter even more crews.

Nevertheless, if more than 64 crews have aspirations to enter the event some will miss out. So individual schools should not have any expectation they will end up with multiple entries in these events.

The Schools Committee has approved a request from the Regatta Committee (following a request from Member Schools at the 2013 NZSSRA AGM) to include Novice Eights as exhibition events at the regatta. The novice eights will appear in the programme as events 9A (girls) and 17A (boys).