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TEAM INFORMATION  PAGE CONTENTS:

How to enter a Team
Team Entry Fees
General Information-Rules, Race Schedules, Directions to to Venues, Sched. Practices
Banquet Info
Housing Info

 

How to enter a team

Read the Rules here, or in the General Information section below.
Read the Team Entry Fees and Applicable Discounts below.
Captain or designee must download, read, and complete the required information:

2010 Registration Instructions Local Teams- Must be Read and Followed
2010 Registration Instructions Visiting Teams - Contain maps, directions and other vital info.
Combined Team Roster and Registration Form - For Local and Out of Town Teams.
(Rosters may be updated until 1 Week before the races)
 Team Members Waivers - Must be completed and submitted by Email, Regular Mail or Presented at Dock.

All completed required forms should be emailed to Irene Chu.  (bow2myaft@yahoo.com).
Checks made out to the "Boston Dragon Boat Festival, Inc." must be conventionally mailed to:

Irene Chu
22 Parkvale Ave #4
Boston MA 02134

If you want to pay by Credit Card contact Treasurer, Allan Joe.  Please email Allan the name on the card, the billing address and call 781-367-4416 for additional information.

Team Entry Fees

Local Teams: MA, NH, RI, CT, VT - $800.  Multiple Team Discount: $ 50.00 off on second team,  $100.00 off on third team. Separate refundable $200 security damage check required for teams practicing with Boston Dragon Festival Boats.

Visiting Teams: (outside 150 Mile radius) - $500.  Multiple Team Discount: $ 50.00 off on second team,  $100.00 off on third team.

Early Registration Discounts

$100.00 off for first team if payment received before March 1, 2010.
$50.00 off for first team if payment received before April 15, 2010.

Late Fee of $100.00 to be added to entry fee for payment received after May,20 2010

Boston Dragon Boat Festival reserves the right to determine if teams qualify as Visitors.

Paddlers looking for teams or captains seeking paddlers email Peter Murray

 
General Race Information

  Rules
 Directions to Venues by Car, Public Transport, and Parking Information
 Saturday Time Trial Schedule
 Sunday Race Schedule (TBA)
 Sunday Race Schedule to be posted and emailed to team captains on the evening of
 Saturday, June 12
 Sample race brackets 

Local Teams Additional Information

Coaching Hints
Scheduling practices
    Directions to MIT Boathouse--See Directions above
    River Map of Practice Area - Stay in designated areas away from other river traffic
    Handbook of Charles River Traffic Rules  for local teams (Union Boat Club)

 

2010 Boston Dragon Boat Banquet Info   All are welcome...This not just for Teams!

If your not with a team, you will have to buy a table for your group of 10.

Tables for 10-12 only $280
 

2010 Banquet Menu Included as Sample.  Hei La Moon Restaurant


  2010 Banquet Menu - June 12, 2010, 6:00PM
Hei La Moon Restaurant, 88 Beach St, Boston MA 02111, (617) 426-8439
Menu may be subject to minor changes.

For reservations contact Peter Lew: m-617-371-7890 <pkjlew@juno.com>
Make checks out to: "Boston Dragon Boat Festival, Inc"
Cost: $280 per table of ten, tax & tip incl., cash bar (A full $100 less than last year)

Credit card payments for $288 (surcharge) maybe made by contacting Allan Joe 
aj41a@yahoo.com  Please email Allan the name on the card, the billing address.

Send checks by June 8, 2010 noted with "Banquet" to:
 
Peter Lew
437 Cherry Street
West Newton, MA 02465
 
or delivered to Peter Lew at the MIT docks during practices.

 

2010 Housing Information, Please Scroll Down.

The following is provided as a courtesy. Please note that many area Universities such as Harvard, BU, and MIT will be holding graduation ceremonies around this date and room availability may be scarce so please book early

PLEASE CONTACT FACILITIES FOR INFO, PRICING, AND AVAILABILITY.

• Hostelling International, Fenway (Kenmore Square), 610 Beacon St, Boston MA 02215

RATES AND INFORMATION Will re-open in June.  Please Contact.

Close to  Kenmore subway and bus station. Easy public transport to venues

• Hostelling International, Back Bay, 12 Hemenway Street, Boston MA 02115

RATES AND INFORMATION

Close to Auditorium Subway Station, Mass. Ave Bus.  Easy public transport to venues.

• Wheelock College - Fenway neighborhood

Close to Fenway Subway Station.  Easy public transport to venues.

Wheelock College is pleased to offer an alternative housing option for Dragon Boat attendees.

Our non-air-conditioned residence rooms are a mix of singles, doubles, and triples. There are some mini-suites (two double rooms with a shared bathroom en suite) and some traditional rooms that share semi-private bathrooms located adjacent to the rooms. We also have traditional-style singles, doubles, and triples with bathrooms down the hall.

For ten or more adults, our group rates start at $39.00 per person per night double occupancy for non-air-conditioned space (fans are provided) and $49.00 per person per night double occupancy for air-conditioned space.

We also have classroom and function space available. We look forward to hearing from you and discussing your needs.

Please contact a member of our team who will be happy to answer your questions:

Sue Mackey
smackey@wheelock.edu
617-879-2312

Mike Fesko
mfesko@wheelock.edu
617-879-2010

• Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Fenway neighborhood

Located on Huntington Ave in Boston, the Artists' Residence is a 9-story residence hall with apartment style units a short walking distance to the Longwood and Museum of Fine Arts MBTA stop on the E branch of the Green line. Our apartments house between 2 and 5 people with a limited number of single occupancy studio apartments, in a variety of floor plans.  Each of the fully furnished apartments has a fully applianced kitchen (no microwaves), and private bathroom with some of the higher occupancy apartments also containing a small living room area. 

Provided amenities include: full air conditioning, 24-hour courtesy desk and secured access, high-speed internet service (wireless as well as Ethernet ports in the rooms), cable television access, and voicemail access. Telephones are not provided, however guests are welcome to bring one if they wish. Additional amenities offered for a nominal fee are television rental and linen rental (bedding and towels). 

Our nightly rates are $45 per person for a double occupancy bedroom and $65 per person for a single occupancy bedroom.

Please contact Jennifer Juliano at jjuliano@capstonemail.com with any questions regarding housing and availability.

 

• Teams Only - Dorm accommodations in a local university close to downtown and to public transportation to the festival. Located in the Fenway Section of Boston near the Museum of Art. No linen, towels or pillows provided.

Multi occupancy rooms for 2, 3, or 4 people are $52 per night.
Single occupancy $65 per night.

Team Captain must sign contract.  If interested email pmurray3@yahoo.com

Bed and Breakfasts, Inns, Guest houses in Harvard Square close to Sunday Race Site
Please click above.

Other Hotels on the river/race site:

  • Doubletree Guest Suites/ Allston-Boston;
    400 Soldiers Field Rd; 617-783-0090
  • Hyatt Regency, Cambridge; 575 Memorial Dr; 617-492-1234
  • Days Inn Hotel, Brighton; 1234 Soldiers Field Rd; 617-254-1234
  • Marriot Courtyard, Cambridge; 777 Memorial Drive; 617-492-7777
  • Hotel Marlowe, Cambridge; 25 Edward Land Blvd; 617-868-8000

Other lodging that's close:

  • Hampton Inn, Cambridge; 191 Monsignor O'Brian Hwy; 617-661-5600
  • Royal Sonesta, Cambridge; 5 Cambridge Pkwy; 617-806-4200
  • Marriott, Cambridge; 2 Cambridge Ctr; 617-494-6600
  • University Park Hotel @ MIT, Cambridge, 20 Sidney St; 617-577-0200
  • Sheraton Commander, Hvd Sq Cambridge, 16 Garden St;
    617-547-4800
  • Marriott Residence Inn, Cambridge; 6 Cambridge Ctr, 617-349-0700
  • Holiday Inn Boston/Somerville (617)616-1970 Group rates

     

     


 
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