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Oct 25 2010

Advanced Training Camp

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Thanks for those Broadwater Dragon paddlers that participated in the Advanced Training Camp on the weekend…. great to get outside analysis of our technique and stroke and consultation for competitive team performance. For those that wanted more information about Kamini and Andrea…

Bio for Kamini Jain Kamini Jain
Kamini brings to her coaching more than two and a half decades of success as both an athlete and coach. The cornerstone of her approach is born from a devotion to sprint kayaking which included nine years on the Canadian National Team, 11 World Cup medals and berths in two Olympic finals (2000 (Sydney!!) and 2004). Since 2004, she has been coaching various paddling disciplines. In dragon boat she has coached Vancouver’s False Creek Racing Canoe Clubs (FCRCC) Mens and Mixed Premier Dragon Boat Teams to 8 World Championship medals since 2006, including four gold medals at the 2006 World Club Crew Championships, a gold and silver at the 2007 IDBF World Championships (in Sydney!) and a 500m victory at the 2009 IDBF World Championships. Kamini is the coach for the Canadian Premier Open and Mixed Teams for the 2011 IDBF World Championships in Tampa next August and is striving toward more podium finishes there. Despite her coaching focus on high performance paddling, Kamini is able to speak to coaches and paddlers of all levels as she gives regular seminars and coaches various community teams including Vancouvers breast cancer survivor teams, Abreast in A Boat. Although a patriotic Canadian, Kamini has no hesitation in sharing her knowledge with the Australian Dragon Boat Community. Kamini is owner and operator of Right Angle Performance. For more information, please visit her website http://www.rightangleperformance.com/.

Bio for Andrea DillionAndrea Dillon
Andrea has been paddling, coaching and instructing canoe sports for 38 years. She has been involved in dragon boat racing longer than any other North American as she was on the team that won the first ever North American dragon boat race in Vancouver at the 1986 World Expo. For every year since that first race, she has paddled on or coached the successful FCRCCs Womens Dragon Boat Team. In addition, she coached the Canadian Premier Womens Team for five IDBF World Dragonboat Championships with podium finishes in each one, steered the Canadian Senior Womens Team to four gold medals at the 2009 IDBF World Championships and co-coached the Premier Mixed Team to a gold medal at the same event. She teams with Kamini to coach the FCRCC High Performance Dragon Boat Program, 2010 Champions in Premier Mixed, Open and Womens, and Canadian Premier Mixed Dragon Boat Team. Andrea is a partner in the paddling event company Waters Edge(http://www.canpaddle.com/)

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Aug 10 2010

A Review on the Club Crew World Championships in Macau

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To All Club Members,

A Review on the Club Crew World Championships in Macau- 28th July to 1st August, 2010.

What an awesome roller coaster ride of emotions the crew in Macau have been on!!!!!!!
38 competitors and 4 supporters- what a journey!!!!

Qualifying, travelling, competing on the world stage of dragon boating- has all been an amazing experience for all involved, with memories to cherish for a very long time.

From losing luggage that ended up in London- Talor’s and Koren’s- to the excitement of winning a Bronze medal in the 2000m Premier Mixed; with Andrew flying in and flying out for just three days; to Virginia racing her final race with Broadwater and the emotions shown were true and raw; to just the relief at the end in realization the competition was over. All the hard work, hours of commitment and dedication, training, fund raising just to ensure the team could make it, was a truly amazing effort for all involved. Learning how to deal with the extremely hot and humid weather was challenging, with cold showers a regular occurance all day long. Many of us drank up to 5 litres of water a day, just to hydrate and be able to compete.

Results-

66 Clubs from 15 Countries- USA, Canada, Russia, Germany, China, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Macau, Jamaica, Phillipines, Czechoslovakia, Australia.

115 crews = approx 3660 competitors

Broadwater Dragons was the only Australian Premier Womens team in the standard boat (22 crew).

Premier Mixed- 2000m- 17 crews competed- BRONZE. Time-9.09.48 (Winner-Canadian team-8.44.88)
500m- 21 crews- finished 9th. Time-2.04.72 (Winner-Pacific Dragons-Sydney-1.59.72)
200m- 20 crews- finished 11th. Time- 50.02 (Winner-Canadian team-46.59)

Premier Women- 2000m-14 crews-finished 7th. Time- 9.54.29 (Winner- Chinese team-9.01.75)
500m- 16 crews-finished 6th. Time-2.11.48 (Winner-Chinese team-2.00.49)
200m-15 crews-finished 8th. Time-53.55 (Winner-Chinese team 47.37)

The Chinese teams in the Premier Women were awesome, with their times surpassing many of the open and mixed times. The Officials commented that this was the strongest Premier Womens field they have ever seen in the 14 years of the CCWC’s.

Many of the Chinese and Canadian clubs have paid coaches, and paid athletes, either by their governments, or by their Clubs.

The comaradiery between the many different clubs and competitiors was inspiring, with many of us finding out so many different aspects to other clubs’ training schedules, techniques, club admin, etc.

THANK YOU TO ALL BROADWATER PADDLERS, FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS

A huge thank you to all our Broadwater paddlers, families and supporters who have assisted, pushed, trained and fundraised with the Macau crew. Without your help, the task of doing it all alone would have been impossible. Broadwater Dragons gained the respect of all international clubs due to our results, and they all now know who we are. Many of us swapped our race shirts, as they were in great demand by other clubs.

The Macau crew greatly appreciates all that you have all done for us, with Broadwater Dragons as a Club being the true beneficiaries of everyone’s efforts.

Congratulations and well done to everyone.

Thank you.

| Karen Jarvis | Treasurer

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