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Now out! 2011 Race Results and Overall Club Standings from the Head of the Welland.

Visit our website at   www.headofthewelland.ca.

 

This year's Head of the Welland was bigger than ever.

Thirty-three clubs from 20 cities in Canada and the United States came to race.

Three-hundred-and-twenty-nine crews rowed for gold in 47 events.

The sun shone, the winds were calm, the air was warm. A was a great day for racing!

And it was a day of great racing.

Congratulations to those crews that won medals in their events and to all competitors!

And a very big thank you to our umpires and all our regatta volunteers that made the Head of the Welland possible and worked throughout the regatta to ensure that we enjoyed a safe, fair and fun day of racing.

 

 

The 2011 Head of the Welland ~ Five Bridges Fall Classic

• An Exciting Course with five bridges and a great mix of open water to navigate and race on
• 3 miles (5.2 km) of unobstructed powerboat FREE waterway on which to race
• full buoyed course
• festival atmosphere
• FINISH LYNX Timing System
• Realtime Results Posting
• course is asphalt trailed on both sides to watch the race on foot or bicycle
• plenty of room for Crew Tents

• Notwithstanding that the masters singles event is shown as one event medals will be awarded for each division (A, B, C etc) based on the following: 2 boats 1st only, 3 boats 1st and 2nd , 4 boats 1st, 2nd and 3rd per division.

Click Here to view the 2011 Event Results

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Background

The Head of the Welland ~ Five Bridges Fall Classic takes place on the Old Welland Canal, known now as the Welland Recreational Waterway.  Over the last few years, the waterway has been slowly transformed into the Welland International Flatwater Centre (WIFC).  The Five Bridges takes place on the North Course of the WIFC.

Race Course Description

The Race Course begins just south of the old Thorold Road boat launch (end of Thorold Rd) with a naturally scenic 1.5 km stretch of open water running beside beautiful Merritt Island and over the Historic Aqueduct to the Civic Square.  It then proceeds under 5 (five) bridges travelling 3.3 km south through the heart of the City of Welland to the Finish Line on the North Course of the Welland International Flatwater Centre.

The first bridge is the Historic Main St. Bridge, with its towering steel frame, with the Division Street Bridge just 150 m away as you pass through the City's Downtown Core.  Opening up after the Division St. Bridge the Recreational Waterway then affords you a 750 metre stretch of uninterrupted water before coming to the Lincoln Bridge.  A quick pass under the main columns of the bridge takes you into the community recreation portion of the waterway with another 750 meter stretch of open water before having to navigate the historic Railway Swing Bridge and the Broadway Bridge.  The waterway then immediately enters the North Course of the Welland International Flatwater Centre and competitors have approximately 1.2 km remaining to make their move!

There is but one way to pass under the Main St., and Railway Swing Bridge.  The Division St., Broadway and Lincoln Bridge provide for alternate passage under each bridge within the buoyed course and either passage may be used when one passage appears congested.

The exception being the Division St Bridge's East Shore passage which is out of bounds (as navigation is too tight).   Passing under any bridge improperly will result in a 30-second penalty in addition to any buoy violation penalties incurred by doing so.

The Race Course is bounded by a continuous line of orange buoys to the right (west side middle of waterway) of the coxswain and an intermittent line of yellow buoys on the coxswain's left marking diversions away from the shoreline. Where there are no buoys, the shoreline of the waterway is the left side boundary of the course.

All coxswains in the club events and coxswains who have never before raced in the Regatta are strongly advised to attend the Coxswains' meeting prior to racing (7:45 am - Hospitality Tent).

It will truly make for a fantastic event!!  See you in Welland on September 24th!!

 

We would like to thank our sponsor, BEST WESTERN PLUS Rose City Suites

They are offering a discounted rate of $109 per suite per night, plus tax for Friday September 23rd and or 24th.
(Based on double occupancy, additional guests are $10 each plus tax)

Ask for the "Head of Welland" Rate when calling 1-800-387-8186

Breakfast is available daily at 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Includes juices, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, hot and cold cereals, hear boiled eggs, pancakes, variety of breads, dagels, English muffins and muffings baked daily, fruit and yogurt.

Are you a chaperone and/or booking for a team? Please speak with Lynn Goulet

Booking a room just for yourself? General Reservations can assist you.

http://www.bestwesternniagara.com