World Rowing Challenge: A New Name for NARC!
Since its inception, the North American Rowing Challenge (NARC) has grown in appeal and now includes many international teams. To honor this universality, we have given it a new name:
World Rowing Challenge (WRC)
March 15–April 15, 2009
It's the same great challenge, so start recruiting team members now. The 2009 WRC will be here before you know it!
The Details
Each team rows as many meters as they can collectively between 12:01 a.m., Sunday, March 15 and 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, April 15.
This is a team challenge. You must belong to a team to participate. This is not the same as your club affiliation in your profile. See "Information for Team Members" below.
Teams must consist of at least two (2) people.
All teams wanting to participate in WRC must be signed up by midnight March 28.
All team members must be added to their teams by midnight on March 28.
New this year: Team members who have their own logbooks must indicate in their logbooks that they are actively participating in the current challenge. (See the Team Member page for more information.) Active participation must by indicated by midnight ET on March 28.
Only indoor rower meters count (no water meters please).
Meters must be entered online. Because of the large number of participants in the challenge, we cannot accept results via phone, fax or email. We suggest that any members who have access to the internet create their own profile so that they can enter their own results.
Meters rowed each week should be entered no later than midnight on Friday of that week. This works on the honor system. It makes it fair and fun for everyone if you can watch the progress of the teams that you are competing against.
Deadline for entering meters: Saturday, April 18, 2009 at midnight ET.
Who Can Participate
Teams must be an established "club," under one of the following divisions:
Health Club
YMCA
JCC
School or University Rowing Team/Club
Rowing Club
Corporate Fitness
Military
Correctional Facility
Rehab Center or Hospital Program
Virtual, long-distance, purely electronic groupings of rowers and people and/or individuals not affiliated with a club will be allowed, but will not be eligible for prizes. Additionally, only clubs located in the U.S. and Canada are eligible to receive prizes.
Team standings in all divisions will be posted online throughout the duration of the challenge. There will be separate Honor Boards for each club division, so you can compare your club’s performance with other similar clubs.
Incentives and Rewards
There will be prizes for the top ten individual men and women.
There will be prizes for an additional 10 men and 10 women by random draw from all those completing at least 100,000 meters during the challenge.
The club with the greatest number of meters rowed will win their choice of a Model D or Model E Indoor Rower (U.S. & Canada clubs only).
The club with the greatest number of meters rowed per participant (minimum of five people per team to qualify for this prize) will win their choice of a Model D or Model E Indoor Rower (U.S. & Canada clubs only).
We will have two random draws for a Model D or Model E Indoor Rower from all participating clubs having at least five members on their team (U.S. & Canada clubs only).
Specially designed certificates of completion will be available via download to all participants.
Notes:
Virtual teams and their participants are not eligible to receive shipped prizes.
Indoor rower prizes are only available for clubs in the U.S. & Canada as we cannot ship the rowers overseas.
Team Support
Technique DVDs and Technique Posters are available through the Concept2 CTS Support Materials and Indoor Rowing News page for all US and Canadian participants.
Information for Team Members
Please visit the Team Member page for more information on how to join a team.
New for this year: Team members need to confirm they intend to take part in each challenge. Visit the Team Member page for more information.
Information for Team Captains
Teams need to be set up specifically for each World Rowing challenge. Please visit the Team Administration page for more information on how to setup and run a team.
Pat
Team Captain
Team TIMBUK2
