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Member Federation/CountryPlease cite the current Race RuleWhat is your proposed change?Rationale for your proposalIVF RACE RULE COMMITTEE RECOMENDATION Board
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Canada(pg4) 3.g. Club V6 crews may contain no more than 3 elite competitors and Club V12 crews may contain no more than 6 elite competitors. Club V6 crews may contain no more than 3 paddlers who participated in V6 or V12 Elite competition and Club V12 crews may contain no more than 6 paddlers who participated in V6 or V12 Elite competition, regardless of age category. Clarifies that it is not event specific (V6 500 vs V6 1500 vs V12 500) or age category specific (Jr Elite on Open club teams) which is what was explained to us was the intent of the rule. Clarifies that it's any combination of Elite paddlers on any club crew which is not clear in current wording.Accept submission with the additional change that the Elite paddler quota applies to to 'Club Open V6 & Club Open V12 only'Motion: Cam/Linda Approved
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Australian Outrigger Canoe Racing Association LtdPage 2 World Club Championship - A World Club Championship – Club teams from a country will compete against other club teams for the title of “Club Champion”. Competitors participating in the Elite competition will be allowed to join their club crew but are limited to 3 elite competitors per V6 entry or 6 elite competitors per V12 entry. V1 competitors will not be considered in the quota for club teams.
Page 4 3. Eligibility g. Club V6 crews may contain no more than 3 elite competitors and Club V12 crews may contain no more than 6 elite competitors.
Delete ….Competitors participating in the Elite competition will be allowed to join their club crew but are limited to 3 elite competitors per V6 entry or 6 elite competitors per V12 entry. V1 competitors will not be considered in the quota for club teams.
Page 4 3. Eligibility g. Club V6 crews may contain no more than 3 elite competitors and Club V12 crews may contain no more than 6 elite competitors.
Rationale for change

The Elite and Club events are 2 separate competitions and should be regarded as such and participation in one should not affect eligibility in the other.
By having a limit on Club Competitors, paddlers are choosing to paddler with their club teams over being in the Elite squad therefore the IVF is not attracting Elite paddlers to the Elite competition.
We believe removing the limit to Club competition will also increase the competition numbers overall.
Removing would be a major change for 2024, The Race Rule commitee recomend that this change may be considered in the 2024 Race Rule review process allowing plenty of time before the 2026 World Sprints.Motion: Cam/Linda Approved
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Australian Outrigger Canoe Racing Association LtdPage 11 RULES INFRACTIONS 25. Disqualification

c. All disqualifications are to be pronounced by the Competition Director and shall be immediately confirmed in writing with reasons given. The Area Coordinator or Assistant Area Coordinator of any disqualified contestant shall then be notified, given a copy of the disqualification form and acknowledge receipt thereof on a copy indicating the precise time, which is the start of the protest time. The disqualification shall then be publicly announced and posted. The disqualification will be posted without Area Coordinator acknowledgement and receipt after 10 minutes has passed since being called.
Needs to be reworded to reflect what actually happens. Results and DQ’s go live before the Area Coordinators are notified in some cases. And the Head Course judges does the DQ’s. The intent here is correct, just the process needs rewording. Suggest the following:
All disqualifications are to be pronounced by the Head Course Judge /Competition Director. Disqualifications are posted live and DQ’s are not official until the Area Coordinator or Assistant Area Coordinator of any disqualified contestant has been notified, given a copy of the disqualification form, to include reasons for the disqualification. The AC will acknowledge receipt thereof on a copy indicating the precise time, which is the start of the protest time. The disqualification shall then be publicly announced and posted manually on-site result boards if applicable. The disqualification will be posted ( and deemed official) without Area Coordinator acknowledgement and receipt after 10 minutes has passed since being called.
No change to the rule as such, just articulating / rewording the process of what actually happens. Race Rules Committee recomend that the wording remain as it is. But we add a flow chart on process of penalties, notification of results & protest process. and this flow chart diagram is included in an appendix to the race rules

Also make it clear that Live results are preliminary only.

The flow chart will be worked on and added in 2024
Motion: Cam/Linda Approved
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USAORCAEvents listing – Master 75 & 80 needs ‘(1 turn)’ designation to clarify from the straight races…should match Master 70 women/men’s 47 & 48 (Master 70 Women (1 turn). Correct: 43, 44, 45, 46 should all include (1 turn) as this differentiates the event from the straight 500 meter event listed earlier.Have had questions why they are duplicates when in fact they are not.Race rules commitee aggree - Housekeeping (identify the 500 meter turn event)Motion: Cam/Linda Approved
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USAORCA14. Position in Va’a a. Paddling, including any stationary use of the paddle in the water, is only allowed while the competitor is in a sitting position on a seat in the va’a. Competitors must remain in a seated contact position in the canoe (no standing or kneeling)CHANGE: is only allowed while the competitor is in a sitting position on a seat in the va'a.
TO: is allowed when the competitor is on a seat in the va'a facing forward. Competitors may not kneel or stand in the va'a. 		Initially this rule went into effect around the 2006 World Sprints in New Zealand. The host requested that paddlers not STAND in the canoes to respect their custom in New Zealand. Standing in a canoe during a race is not likely nor likely to provide an advantage but the rule continued to be modified further to include ‘’seated contact’.
In a 2nd instance, a paddler rose out of the seat in 1 and turned around to sit on the forward manu to assist in turning the canoe (competitor was facing backward). The proposed rule change would allow for movement within the area of the paddlers seat while facing forward, we cannot oversee ‘kneeling’ so it may be best to remove that word also.
Why: The number of infractions of this rule in London (remain in a seated contact position’) was excessive due to the various techniques implemented to turn these particular canoes and likely did not impact the result of a race. Not all venues would have the amount of video coverage over the course as a fixed rowing site such as Dorney and in some cases, confirmation was not possible due to lack of video at a specific point or quality of video when zooming in on a specific canoe. There were occasions with the live feed appeared to show an infraction that may/may not have been called by water officials. In such cases, the officials cannot evaluate if it was not ‘called’ by a course judge 		Much discussion about wording. Everyone is on the same page in terms of not standing in the canoe.

A few of the protestes in London related to paddler leveraging the canoe to steer or turn causing them to rise off the seat but are in no way 'standing'. Another issue is using feet to brace on the gunnels, should that be added here?


Race rules commitee require further discussion- Aggree that rule should remain as is and review in the future 		Motion: Cam/Linda Approved
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USAORCA19 General D., E., F. regarding Team Uniforms
d. The World Elite Championship uniform must be a national uniform of the Country/region. This requirement includes the V1 entrants.
e. The World Club Championship uniform should be representative of the IVF Member Federation or club and may be different from the elite uniform.
f. Competitors must wear matching team uniform tops in competition. Uniform design must be consistent for all team members: short sleeve, tank top (singlet) or long sleeve must match. In a V12 event, all 12 competitors must wear the same uniform. Underlayers may be worn by one or more of the crew and are not part of the uniform. Clothing worn below the waist need not be uniform. Headwear is optional, and may be worn by only those needing or wanting to wear them.
Primarily 'f.' Redefine matching uniforms to be only the design and colors of the uniform jersey. Allow for varying singlet/tank, short sleeve or long sleeve.
This has been an ongoing discussion each event as to what is 'matchng'. The athletes should represent their governing body and also allow the paddler to be comfortable while racing. Issue primarily is in the 'style' of the jerseys for each paddler, not the design printed on them - that should match but allow for singlet, tank top, short sleve or long sleeve mix among the crew.

Recomendation from the Race rules commitee that the design and colour of the uniform should be matching. The 'cut' of the uniform can be determined by the paddler (Long sleeve, Short Sleeve, Tank) 		Motion: Cam/Linda Approved
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USAORCAIVF Logo on uniforms - It is not specified in the race rules (sponsor logos, and host logo is). We have seen many team uniforms with the IVF logo somewhere on it, while it may not have been provided to the member - they are able to create it and place it on the clothing.
For the benefit of the IVF, having the team and their affiliation to IVF on the uniform is a positive for all.		Race rule commitee recomend that this is not an item for the race rules but rather the IVF Board to discuss and determine a policy on. Motion: Cam/Linda Approved
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IVF20. FormsReview of the a. Entry forms - to determine if they are necessary for the electronic registration system and add more definition to use of each
b. Move any pre-event forms to section a. only on-site race event forms in section b.
As we rely more heavily on electronic systems, more definition regarding the forms, their use and contents (i.e, appendix sample forms). For each new event host, they are reviewing such listings in the rules and attempting to create their own forms.
Happy to work on this section further and review prior processes used (ie, Australia created an electronic form for infractions during racing - allowed AC to visit a protest desk and review info prior to filing a protest).
For administration purpsoses: Identify current e-forms and potentially making more electronic. clean up item 20 description/definition as needed. Create appendix of samples - include other docs such as race course map.Motion: Cam/Linda Approved
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