NorthWest International Rowing Association

To NWIRA association clubs and guest club,

The 105th NWIRA Championship Regatta is only 6 weeks away. It is scheduled for July 25 and 26 at Rabbit Lake in Kenora, Ontario, Canada and Kenora Rowing Club is hosting the championship regatta. Attached are information packets for the championship regatta. Key dates to remember (1) Entries will be due on July 16th, (2) Changes in names and scratches without fees will be taken until July 21st, and (3) Heats draws will be posted by July 23rd. List of accommodations in Kenora is on the last of the regatta information document. The NWIRA Award Banquet will be held at the Kenora Ski Club on Saturday night. More details will be forthcoming.

If you have not done so, please purchase Regatta Master 2007, the Rowing Club and Regatta Management software, from Regatta Master. Visit their website http://www.regattamaster.com for more details. The latest version is Version 3.1 and the cost of the software is $249 (US Dollars) per club.
You will need this software to prepare your NWIRA entries. Also attached to this email is the Regatta Master 2008 NWIRA Entry file (Regatta_Export.RMX).
This file is to be imported in your club's Regatta Master database. Once imported, you can make entries for your club and export it as a club entry
file (e.g. ROCH_Entry.RMX).

As mentioned in previous email sent out on May 14, 2008, at the 2007 NWIRA Annual General Membership meeting in November 2007, the association voted to require the NWRIA association clubs to use Regatta Master instead of RegattaCentral.com to submit their entries for the NWIRA Championship Regatta. This requirement becomes effective for the 2008 NWIRA championship regatta and every year thereafter.

Please contact the NWIRA Secretary with questions about the NWIRA registration process.

I will be out of town between June 15 and June 22.

Thank you.

Charlie Stockwell
NWIRA Secretary