Broadwater Dragons Blog!

Here we are already into the 2nd month of 2012!  Seems like a good time to bring you all up to speed with what’s happening in “Broadwater Land”

The car park at Royal Pines is currently being used for the Ladies Masters Golf & we do not have access for Sunday morning training therefore….

TRAINING THIS SUNDAY 5TH FEBRUARY WILL BE HELD AT CURRUMBIN – THE SAME LOCATION WE HAD OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE CURRUMBIN REGATTA. NORMAL SUNDAY TRAINING CONDITIONS APPLY – 7am START and we will be rewarding all paddlers with a SAUSAGE IN BREAD BBQ AFTERWARDS. Bring your thermos, extra drink, chair, dry clothes & anything else you would like to share…..

NEW REGATTA DATE FOR BROADWATER – LOCK IT IN !!!!

SUNDAY 5th FEBRUARY – We had to postpone our club regatta due to the heavy rain. Emerald Lakes Management have always been extremely supportive of our club but the condition of the grassed areas is far too boggy to allow some 300 people, tents & cars to use the area. The new date for the regatta is now SATURDAY 3rd MARCH which will enable all clubs to continue their participation at our regatta and for their State team members to attend the last 2 training sessions on 12th Feb & 4th March.

BROADWATER DRAGON LOGO STICKERS

Selling like hotcakes!!!! Get yours before it’s too late……$4 each or 3 for $10. Catch Di for your stickers……

RACE SHIRTS, DRESS SHIRTS, CLUB CAPS

Stocks are running low & we are running out of time if we need to order more to be here for the State Titles on 17 & 18 March. If you are paddling at the States & Nationals & need to buy your club uniform PLEASE contact Annie our uniform convenor. Don’t delay……

PADDLER INFORMATION

Please direct all paddling, training, membership, diet enquiries to a committee member or a coach.

NEW BOAT

We took delivery of the new club boat on Sunday 8 January 2012 – straight off the boat from China!!!!  Thanks goes to John, Stuart, Stan , Nick  & Andrew who  left the coast in the wee hours of the morning to travel to Brisbane & assist 9 other clubs to unload their boats  before returning with ours!!! Take a look at our next training session at Royal Pines. The boat is being prepared for use with marine grade screws, paints, lacquers & varnish. All timber on the boat is raw when it arrives, standard practice. Huge thanks again go out to John, Stuart & Stan who spend many hours every Saturday working on these boats so we can paddle. If anyone has a yard with access to power that can be used to work on the boats we would love to hear from you.

THE OLD RED BOAT

Has moved on to greener pastures. The red boat is now in Brisbane being restored for the use of the young adults who are members of TS Diamantina Cadet Unit. Our club was approached by the cadet unit asking if we had a boat we could donate. We are promised photos of the boat once finished….take a look at 3 of our paddlers Nick, Irene & Jayne who were with the club when it was bought in 2003.

MOST IMPORTANTLY…….

CHICKS AT THE FLICKS IS ON AGAIN……

I am chasing group details for next WEDNESDAY night 8th February at 6pm: wine…dine…and maybe win a prize or 6! For those that haven’t had the experience before we all meet in the foyer of Birch Carroll & Coyle Pacific Fair, sort out our payment, enjoy wine tasting & hot & cold canapés then at 7pm we head in to watch “THE VOW” Looks like a seriously chick flick but we love the boys to join us!!!! Last time we went there were 18 of us & we won 6 prizes!! YOU MUST CONFIRM YOU ARE ATTENDING WITH ME AS I NEED TO BOOK THE SEATS.

Phew!!! Hope I haven’t missed anything!!

Cheers!

Di

Di Mitchell 
Secretary 
Broadwater Dragons Paddling Club INC

Hi All,

Finally have found out date for State Dragonboat titles next March.

At Caloundra on Sunday 9th March.

My thoughts already for this are to sleep in own bed on Saturday night, get a good night’s sleep, then all meet early and travel by bus to Caloundra.

Janine is looking for a later start so we can travel up on the day.

If you want to travel up Saturday night and stay in a motel, that is up to you.

Think about it, and let me know your thoughts. If I need to book accommodation, that can be done as a group if enough are looking to travel on Saturday.

Thanks.

Karen

HI Paddlers – just some insight into some of the events QDBF members go to ………..

Bundaberg Trip – Regional Squad/Sweep Acreditation

I recently visited Bundaberg/Bucca and the regional crews involved from Bundaberg, 1770, Cooloola, Hervey Bay & Rockhampton. Saturday afternoon saw us with over 30 potential Qld regional paddlers for the Central region. It was great to see their enthusiam in our effort to send our first central regional team to participate for Qld at Nationals in April 2012. I was amazed at the attitude and resultas from all those that tested and I am very excited to hopefully see this crew reprsenting as part of the Qld squad next year.

Sunday saw the kick off of the 3rd regatta of the Wide Bay series which was held out at the Rowing & Accomodation Centre at Bucca Weir. What a great venue even though its off the beaten track – great place to even consider holding State Titles in the future.

Along with the sports teams and pinkies, 3 corporate teams also competed – Police, Fieries and the Defense Force. All participants had a enjoyable day and some of us even came home with heat stroke and sunburn due to the glorious weather that Bundaberg put out for us. As the host club, Bundaberg pulled out all stops and were even able to get us on Channel 7 news, promoting QDBF and Dragonboating in that region and also brought the cultural side into it with the lion dancing……

My main aim during my time in Bundaberg was to get the Central Regional squad off the ground, assisting them with their testing and sweep acreditation for a few provisional sweeps – one from bundy and the other from 1770.

In my eyes, 1770 were a stand out. They have obviously invested alot of time and effort into their training sessions which clearly stood out on the Sunday with them going home as the regatta winners.

Congratulations to all those central regional paddlers and I look forward to catching up with all regional clubs early next year…..

Jo

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A general meeting of the Queensland Dragon Boat Federation will be held on Saturday 27^th August, 2011 commencing at 1.00pm

Hi Paddlers,

Just a reminder that this Sunday 31st is our club training will be at  the Esplanade – Paradise Point after which we will have our Come & Try day.

Broadwater Training will be from 8:00-9:00

Come & Try training will be from 9:30-10:30

We hope paddlers can assist after training with our Come & Try event.

After the come and try there will be Barbecue and drinks

Come and support our club introduce new paddlers to the support. Please contact Krystal if you can assist with our Come & Try event.

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AGM 2011

AGM – will be held on the weekend of 13 / 14 August. Date & venue yet to be confirmed. If you would like to nominate for a committee position or have voting rights at the AGM you must be a fully financial member for a minimum of 14 days prior to the AGM meeting.

Nomination forms & the club By-Laws will be emailed to all current club members shortly.

Wednesday night trainings have now revert back to Thursday nights at the same time, same location

Thur 6:00 pm (1 hour)

Sundays 8:00 am (1 hour)

Royal Pines Marina Public Boat Ramp
Ross St. Carrara

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YOU CAN STILL BUY TICKETS!! Sale extended to COB Monday 21 March 2011!!!

The 2011 Australian Championships After Party is going to be held on Sunday 3 April at the Australian Institute of Sport Arena. This is located at Leverrier Street in the suburb of Bruce which is only a 10 minute drive from the racing site. Details of the arena can be found at http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/visit/facilities/facilities/aisarena

Tickets can be purchased NOW from www.cdba.com.au/party

The After Party will cost $45 per person, and includes a full sit down buffet meal, a band and DJ, dance floor to dance the night away, and fun and games with a horizontal bungee. There will also be plenty of seating available for those who want to just sit and rest after a big week of racing. There will be three bar areas open with beer, wine and soft drink available for purchase.

This is definitely your last chance to buy tickets, as numbers will be provided to the AIS next week. Buy your ticket NOW!!!!
Australian Championships Organising Committee

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To all teams attending the 2011 Australian Dragon Boat Championships,

AusDBF are pleased to invite all dragon boaters from across Australia to attend the 2011 Australian Dragon Boat Championships Opening Ceremony and witness the traditional eye dotting ceremony! It starts at 5pm on Wednesday 30 March at Commonwealth Place.

The eye dotting is the awakening of the dragon and is a Chinese tradition stretching back thousands of years.

The ceremony is about waking and giving life to the dragon. It represents respect for the dragon and it gets him into a good and friendly mood towards each individual paddler, the team, and the community. In turn, the dragon will protect paddlers, teams and the community during the race.

It is considered bad luck to race in a dragon boat that has not been properly awakened.

All 20 Champion Dragon Boats and paddlers will be blessed by the monks and the boats will have their eyes dotted by the VIP’s attending the event.

Come experience the first ever Opening Ceremony in Australian Championships history!

With the competition expecting to heat up over the four days, a bit of good luck could go a long way!

Australian Championships Organising Committee

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Hi paddlers, the 2011 States and Nationals Selection process information was released over the weekend.

All the information concerning the fitness tests and how to be selected was emailed.

If you did not receive this information, do not hesitate to contact the coaches about this.

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