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Dargle Home Page DVBC Winter Spectacular Online Entry Form DVBC AFPGP June 26 Drivers Profile

Accommodation options for 2026:

You can camp at Dargle on an un-powered site (sorry all the powered ones are already booked) and competitors can camp in the pits on un-powered sites with their boats as long as you camp on the perimeter fence, thank you.

Caravan and Motorhome Hire;

Go onto the Camplify website to hire a caravan or motor-home and have it delivered to Dargle and put on-site or pick it up and tow it to Dargle yourself. Just make sure you book a site with Tracey to put the hire van or motor-home on.

You can stay at a B&B or in a cabin.

Cliftonville Lodge & Cabins (02) 4575-5220 it is 15 minutes away. You can stay in a motel at Wisemans Ferry, Windsor or Richmond.

Wisemans Ferry Retreat (02) 4566-4422 at Wisemans Ferry, it is 45 minutes away.

Alexander the Great Motel (02) 4577-5555 at McGraths Hill, it is 35 minutes away.

The Tropicana Hotel Motel (02) 4575-1603 at Wilberforce, it is 25 minutes away.

Colonial Motel at Richmond (02)4578-1166, it is 45 minutes away.

Gateway Motel / Hotel at Vineyard, (02) 9627-6022 it is 40 minutes away.

Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury Valley at Windsor, (02)4577-4222 it is 35 minutes away.

Hawkesbury Race Club Motel at Clarendon (02) 4560-4300 it is 40 minutes away.

Windsor Heritage Motel at Windsor (02) 4577-3626 it is 30 minutes away.

Windsor Riverview Motel at Windsor (02) 4577-5999 it is 30 minutes away.

Or you can stay in caravan / cabin at another caravan park.

Try: Avina Van Village at Vineyard (02) 9627-1847 it is 40 minutes away.

CAMPING FEES:

Adults $20 per person, per night or $50 for 3 or more nights

Students (aged 12 to 16) $10 per night or $20 for 3 or more nights.

Gate Admission:

Adults $10 Fri, $30 Sat, $35 Sun. or $70 – Fri/Sat/Sun. or $60 – Sat/Sun.

Students to aged 12 - 16: $5 Fri $20 Sat. $25 Sun. or $45 – Fri/Sat/Sun. or $40 – Sat/Sun.

Under 12’s - No charge for Camping or Admission.

NO ALCOHOL & NO GLASS is to be brought into the venue during event hours.

It is a licensed event AND Prizemoney is subsidised by bar sales.

Please support those who put the show on the water.

To book your campsite, ring Tracey (02)4579-1291 or text to 0408-242546 but please only during business hours (which are 8am to 5pm), thank you. The powered ones are already gone!!

If you don't need to bring your dog, please don't, thank you and if you really need to bring them then please keep them on a lead and ensure you clean up after them, thank you.

Major Races

AFPGP Round 3, includes Australian F4 Championship round 3.

Dargle Gold Cup, Unlimited Open.

Cross Invitational, Unlimited Open

Casenails, 6 Ltr Open. TBC

John ‘Rocky’ Allen, 5.2 Ltr Open.

Chiquita Cup, 5.2 Ltr Open.

Plus Hyper 5's, Mono’s, 105 mph or 95mph, 550cc/25hp & Formula Futures.

Plus the following APBA Championships;

Arch Spooner Australian Unlimited Outboard Championship

Errol Jay Australian Unlimited Displacement Championship

Jack Howarth, NSW Unlimited Outboard Championship

Stuart Doyle, NSW Unlimited Displacement Championship

Bob Thurgar, NSW Unlimited Displacement Forced Induction Championship

Albert Corn Trophy, 6000cc Normally Aspirated Displacement

Griffith Boat Club Trophy, 6000cc Carburettored Cast Iron Displacement

Len Sheltrum, Australian 2700cc Restriced Carburettor Super Sports Championship

•Dargle entries close Friday 29th May.

•APBA Entries close Sunday 24th May and must be emailed to; nswapbalicencing@gmail.com

How to submit an entry;

Post a completed Entry form to: DVBC, 353 River Road, Lower Portland, NSW, 2756.

Or email to: darglevalleybc@gmail.com

Or submit online at; Dargle Online Entry information for June 2026 and pay at Registration.

Safety Levy of $280 - $320 for Seniors and TBA for Formula Futures.

To be paid at Registration via cash, EFTPOS or Bank Deposit Direct Deposit, the details are; (Please leave boat name as reference, thank you.) Westpac Account Name: DVBC, BSB: 032274, Account No: 136948.

Or Or we can email or text you an invoice to pay by credit card.

Please note; This event is weather Dependant. If we get wet weather in the weeks prior, the grounds will be unusable so if we are going to call it because of the weather it will be done no later than Sunday 31st May 2026.

** By entering our race meeting you agree to abide by our Social Media Policy which is below, so please read it and understand the consequences of not abiding by it, thank you.**

NOTES

Any class not mentioned that wants to race must have 5 bona fide entries at close of early entries on Friday 29th May 2026.

We appreciate your support and thank you for your interest in our race meeting but we only have limited daylight and time on the program so We will do our best to cater for the classes that want to race and we appreciate your support but due to time restraints this may not be possible.

You must present all original documentation at scrutineering / registration.

DVBC is a C1 & C2 meeting so a full APBA Licence is required for all Championship and Major races.

Methanol Order: Please indicate on the entry form how many 200 Ltr drums of Methanol you want to buy. Price to be advised.

Pits spots will be allocated after close of entries and there will be no transporters or caravans on the river side of the pit area.

Four (4) pit and gate passes per entry paid and an extra 4 pit passes will be allocated to each entry paid if you need them but a gate pass will need to be purchased for each extra pit pass.

Due to the number of races we need to run and the limited amount of daylight, official practice will be at various times (TBA) during the AFPGP program on Friday 5th June & there will be no practice on Saturday 6th June.

Scrutineering times for Friday are TBA and on Saturday morning from 6.30am to 8am.

Camping is allowed in the pits on the perimeter fence.

A reminder of the APBA CONDUCT OF MEMBERS POLICY which will be enforced by DVBC, AFPGP and UHPBC at Dargle.

MEMBERS 107.01 Rules: 107 CONDUCT OF MEMBERS

107.01 The Association will not tolerate any verbal or physical abuse of its Members or Officials.

107.02 Any Driver, Riding Crew, Boat Owner or other class of Member of The Association that is found to have verbally or physically abused another Driver, Riding Crew, Boat Owner, Official, APBA Official or member of the public at an Event or meeting of The Association or Council will be disqualified immediately from that Event or meeting and will be asked to leave the venue.

107.03 A Driver and/or Boat Owner will be deemed to be responsible for the conduct and behaviour of their Crew Members. In the event that a Crew Member is found to have verbally or physically abused a Driver, Riding Crew, Boat Owner, Official, APBA Official or member of the public at an Event and such Crew Member is not a member of The Association, the Driver and/or Boat Owner will be handed the penalty.

107.04 Such behaviour will result in the offender automatically receiving a Red Card and any further penalty associated with a Red Card.

107.05 Any Driver, Riding Crew, Boat Owner, or other class of member of the Association deemed to have committed any of the following:

▪Acted in an unsportsmanlike manner;▪

Acted in a manner likely to bring the sport into to disrepute;▪Committed a serious moral or sporting offence; or▪

Acted in a manner unbecoming of a member and prejudicial to the interests of TheAssociation;will be subject to the penalties as listed in “Rule 103 – Penalties” and/or the “Rules of theAssociation – Subsection 6 – Termination of Membership.

Furthermore, the DVBC and the UHPBC will not tolerate any abuse either face to face or via social media of any volunteer, official, competitor or spectator. Any person found to be abusive or bringing the sport and or clubs conducting the event into disrepute, will be asked to leave the venue immediatley if they are present and or blocked from our social media platforms and they will also be refused entry for any future events and if the abuser is a competitor then their entry for next years e event will be refused.

If you have an issue, sort it out through the appropriate channels because this is our sport so let’s help it grow, not drag it down!

Program and times subject to Change at the discretion of the Race Committee

Thursday 4th June

Park opens for camping and not prior.

Pits open for set up, allocated pit spots.

No transporters or caravans on the river side of the pit area.

Friday 5th June

Scrutineering times TBA.

AFPGP FGP and F4 Practice, Qualifying and race 1 from 11am.

On Water Test n Tune between AFPGP events but you must be scrutineered and pay the $TBA Test n Tune fee prior to heading to the ramp.

Food Vans Open.

Saturday 6th June