Australian Cross Boarder Championships

Date: Saturday 22 November and Sunday 23 November 2025
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm Saturday. 9:00am - 1:30pm Sunday. 
Where: Gateway Lakes, Wodonga
Parking: On grass area off Lemke Rd (free)
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Site Map:
view here - please note no tent pegs allowed. 

Security:
Please note Clubs are allowed to erect their marquees on Friday and leave them up overnight, and again on Saturday night - at their own risk. DBV will not be engaging Security, however, the gate will be locked to vehicles.  

Sweeps and Drummers Pool:
Access Here

Cost: 
$2,600 inc GST per team (up to 28)

Entry timelines:
Registrations are now closed. 

Registration: 
Due to Cross Boarder being open to DBV and non-DBV members, registration details are outlined in the below document.
Registration Process for ACBC

Race Categories and Groupings:
Median Age has been used to create two groups of crews for the Race Draw. The Race Draw can be viewed below:

ACBC Race Draw Final

Racing will involve:
100m - Mixed 20's
200m Relay - Women's 10's and Open's 10's 
500m - Mixed 20's
1km Pursuit - Women's 10's and Open's 10's

Medals: 
Medals will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category. A Trophy will be awarded to the overall winner in each group based on points accrued across all events. The explanation of how points are awarded can be found in the Race Guide.  

Briefings Schedule (Saturday only): 
7:30am - Team Managers briefing
7:45am - Officials/Team Leader briefing - volunteers will be briefed by their Team Leader afterwards
8:00am - Sweeps briefing - all competing Sweeps must be present
9:00am - First race 

Chief Official: 
Mark Van Tatenhove

Volunteers or Officials (Minimum of one per club is required):
Register here

Code of Conduct:
Dragon Boat National Code of Conduct 

Rules for Racing and DBV Bylaws:
Click here

Weather:
BOM

Food and Beverage:
Wodonga West Rotary Club
Simply K8tering
Cloud 9 Coffee
Drinking station

*DBV strongly encourages paddlers to bring keep cups and reusable water bottles & plenty of sunscreen.