May 19 2012
Hi all past and present paddlers, Krystal has organised the new season’s first Come and Try day on Sunday 17th, 9:30 am at Emerald Lakes.
Apr 18 2012
APRIL
1st – Sunday State V State at AUSDBF Australian Championships-Melbourne
2nd-5th Club V Club at AUSDBF Australian Championships-Melbourne
Mon – Thurs
11th – Wednesday Broadwater Committee Meeting @ Riverlea Waters Estate,
Nerang-Beaudesert Rd, Nerang 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start
15th – Sunday Youth Week 13-22 April. Broadwater Come & Try @ Emerald Lakes
Club training & BBQ will be at Emerald Lakes on this day.
17th – Tuesday QDBF Meeting at Sports House, Caxton Rd, Milton 6.45pm for 7pm start
21st – Saturday Broadwater Dragons Club Presentation Night – lock this date in!!
MAY
5th – Saturday Fundraiser -Gold Coast Triathlon, Broadwater are the Marshalls
15th – Tuesday QDBF Meeting at Sports House, Caxton Rd, Milton 6.45pm for 7pm start
26th – Saturday Coolangatta-Mt Warning Dragon Boat Club Bridge to Bridge race
JUNE
19th – Tuesday QDBF Meeting at Sports House, Caxton Rd, Milton 6.45pm for 7pm start
24th – Sunday Paddle for Prostate Charity Race from Paradise Point to Sanctuary Cove
CLUB MEMBERSHIP NOW DUE FOR 2012 – 2013 SEASON
JULY
4th -8th IDBF (International Dragon Boat Federation)
Club Crew World Championships-Hong Kong
21st-22nd Tin Can Bay Regatta. Arrive Saturday. Regatta on Sunday. Confirm your
Sat-Sun attendance & accommodation with Di now
September
21st – Friday 3 school challenge – approx. 75 high school students.
NOVEMBER
3rd – 11th Pan Pacs Masters Games Gold Coast
Feb 06 2012
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
Jun 14 2011
2011
JUNE
18th Saturday - QDBF- Meeting to discuss the forming of a Junior Club-10-30 a.m Sports House, Brisbane.
26th-Sunday – Head of the Tweed Race- from Chinderah to Murwullimbah-21 kms
JULY
3rd –Sunday – Sweep Training Workshop-at Manly-For Beginners to Level 3 Beginners-10 a.m. to 12 noon. Level 3- 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
10th –Sunday -Sanctuary Cove Fundraising Cancer Charity race- 7 kms
16th-Saturday -Tewaka’s fundraising Corporate Dragon Boat/Outrigger Challenge- Colmslie
23rd –Saturday-BUNNINGS-NERANG- 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M.
24th-Sunday - Cooloola Regatta- Tin Can Bay
AUGUST
1st to 7th August - IDBF World Championships, Tampa, Florida, USA
27th –Saturday -QDBF AGM
28th-Sunday - Lanakila’s 200m Sports Regatta-Emerald Lakes
May 04 2010
Training is back on!
THIS SUNDAY- 1st MAY- EMERALD LAKES Boat ramp, Lakeside Drive, Carrara.
On water at 7-30 a.m. Please be there by 7-15 a.m.
There will be 3 boats, everyone is welcome for a fun, social, light hearted training session.
Followed by breakfast at the Garlic Clove, Emerald Lakes.
Menu prices-examples-
Scrambled eggs on toast-$9
Bacon, eggs, toast / Eggs Benedic – $13-00 each
12 inch Bacon & Egg roll-$12-00
Orange Juice- $3-50
Coffee-$3-80
TRAINING- TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, and folowing SUNDAYS-
From the Nerang River boat ramp, Arthur Earle Park, Nerang Broadbeach Road, Nerang. (Next to the Skate Park).
With Toilets, lights.
Same times as before-
Tues-5-30 p.m. on water
Thurs-6 p.m. on water
Sun-7-30 a.m. on water
PHOTOS OF THE NATIONALS-
If anyone has photos from the Nationals in Adelaide, please bring them on a disc, USB, or photo card, and we can put them all on the one DVD next week.
LOST PROPERTY- FROM THE NATIONALS-
Please bring to training.
TRAINING VENUE
The Committee is negotiating with Council and Parks and Gardens for an area of land on Robina Parkway, Clear Island Waters (approx 3 kms from Royal Pines). This is in the very early stages, and will take time. Please be patient and understanding as "all good things come to those who wait".
FOR THE PADDLERS PLANNING ON COMPETING IN MACAU- 12 WEEKS AWAY.
Jul 23 2009
EMERALD LAKES COMMUNITY/CORPORATE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER, 2009
The Broadwater Dragons Paddling Club will be hosting their inaugural Emerald Lakes Community/Corporate Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday 18th October, 2009.
Broadwater Dragons Paddling Club formed in 2001, and has been showcasing the sport of dragon boating to the wider community through these community, corporate and social dragon boat festivals since 2003.
Nifsan and the Emerald Lakes community are proudly supporting this event, which Broadwater Dragons plans to become an annual event on the lake.
The Corporate/Community dragon boat festivals are all about having fun, promoting team spirit and participation as well as introducing the wider community to the sport of dragon boating.
Dragon boating is a sport for people of all ages, of differing abilities, and a sport the entire family can enjoy together- from the juniors to the grand parents. Broadwater Dragons promotes fitness, fun and friendship, with the opportunities to travel nationally and internationally to competitions.
The March 2009 Paradise Point Dragon Boat Festival hosted by Broadwater Dragons was another of our hugely successful regattas. Fantastic people with fantastic weather, with awesome attitude. Twenty teams resulting in over 450 competitors, and many more spectators. The racing was friendly, fast and furious, with the Grand Final a very close finish.
To see so many paddlers from such diversified business and backgrounds all having such a great day was hugely rewarding for our Club. The Finals
saw eighty competitors on the water simultaneously, all doing the exact same physical action- a statistic that only dragon boating can boast.
Broadwater Dragons have just returned from the Australian National Championships in April, winning two silver medals and bronze medal. From 40 clubs competing at the Nationals, Broadwater Dragons finished 4th overall, making Broadwater the 4th strongest Club in Australia. Broadwater Dragons qualified to compete at the World Club Crew Championships in Penang in 2008, and finished 7th from a field of 27 teams in the 2000m race.
As Broadwater Dragons continues to grow and recruit new members of all ages, and abilities, it’s ethos of “having fun while getting fit” will never be forgotten. With fun and friendship comes a strong desire to perform to the best of your ability.
Web site- www.broadwaterdragons.com
Email- info@broadwaterdragons.com
Contact- Karen Jarvis- 0407 445 774