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Can you please forward this email to all the Masters & Grand Masters paddlers in your club?

2009 Nationals are fast approaching and so it is time to start thinking about State representation and what wearing the maroon means to you.

Attached are the Paddler Nomination forms  – the first session being held is as follows:

Date:   Sunday, 16 November 2008
Where: Varsity Lakes
Time:   9.00am
RSVP:  Wednesday, 12 November 2008

The day will commence with training and end with an info session so please come adequately fuelled and hydrated. Please set aside half a day for training.

The training dates are:

13 December
18 January
15 February
22 February
8 March
22 March
5 April
12 April
19 April
23 April – State v State racing day at Nationals

Training venues will be at Varsity, Colmslie and Kawana and will be discussed as a team.

Coaches are:

MASTERS
Mens/Mixed: Ian Peters
Womens: Faye Rallings
Manager men/mixed: Janine Lette
Manager women: TBA

GRAND MASTERS
Coach: Bruce Eckersley
Assistant: Debra Matthews
Manager: Marie Mann

Regards
Janine Lette
QDBF State Squad Co-ordinator
Ph: 041 128 6868

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To All,
For All Broadwater Juniors, Masters (over 40′s) and Grand Masters (over 50′s) who are keen to try out for the Qld State teams who will compete at the Nationals in April 2009 at Caloundra.

This is the first meeting of all interested paddlers, with the QDBF State Coaches, to find out what is expected, what will be happening, etc.

The Australian National Championships will be raced on Thursday 23rd April 2009 over 500m with the best combined teams from each state racing each other- State vs State.  In Qld, paddlers try out for each category and age group, with Qld entering 2 teams (A & B) in each category in every age group.

Then on Fri 24th, Sat 25th, Sun 26th, it is Club vs Club over 1000m, 500m, 200m.  This will determine which clubs will qualify for the World Club Crews In Macau in Sept 2010.

State Team training is not to interfere with Club training, as CLUB TRAINING COMES FIRST.

Below are the details on what is happening this Sunday-16th Nov re State team training.

Please email/sms if you have any more questions.

Thanks.
Karen

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The 2010 AusDBF National Championships- Adelaide, SA.
The Largest Nationals ever- 47 Clubs, 1245 competitors on State vs State Day, 1970 competitors on Club Days, 205 races over 4 days.

Clubs from- Qld-7, NSW-20, SA-6, ACT-7, Vic-1, WA-4, NT-1, Tas-1.

This is the first  ever Australian Championships where ALL States and Territories are represented.

What an awesome three days of competition for Broadwater Dragons!!!!!!

Our Club had 44 paddlers attend these Nationals, with three from Coolangatta Mt Warning, and  10 Juniors from Redcliffe, Lakers and Tewaka joining our own Juniors to make a 20′s crew which raced in the Junior Mixed and Junior Open.

Thank you to Dougal, Jacqui and Shauna- we know you have all gained enormously from this experience, and will share your enthusiasm and knowledge with your fellow Club members at Mt Warning.

The competition was really tough in all divisions, with 34 teams in the Premier Mixed category, 19 teams in the Premier Womens, 21 teams in the Premier Open, 7 in the Junior Mixed,  and 4 in the Junior Open.

Our Premier Mixed, Open and Women’s teams had paddlers ranging in age from Juniors to Grand Masters, and our results reflect all our hard work, dedication and commitment to our Club. Compared to other top clubs, who had full teams of Premier aged paddlers, we can feel very proud of all of our performances and achievements.

Broadwater is a true family club, which can boast several mother/daughter, father/son family units competing in the same crew.  

Congratulations to Georgina and Hannah, Helen and Carly, Virginia and Chelsea- all medalled in the 500m and 2000m finals;  to Richard, Shannon and Ben; Paul, Karen and Dion; Kerry, Virginia and Chelsea- who all competed together in the Open races at some stage throughout the 3 days of racing.  Well done.

Our results show the guts and determination from all, from the youthfulness to the vastly experienced. We all fed from one another’s sheer will to do our best and beyond.

Congratulations to our  22 Club paddlers who competed on Thursday on State vs State day. Many won medals-including Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Thank you to Micah, Beau and Sylvia- who assisted with the team selections and seat placings, and in the warm ups. These Nationals are truly a team effort, and with such experienced and committed assistants, a coach’s job is made that much easier.

To our Juniors- WOW!!!!!!  How awesome, and inspiring are you all!!!!!!  You all showed pure guts and determination, and your “Steven Bradbury” silver medal in the 200m Junior Mixed was incredible to watch. Coming 4th in the Final of 6 boats, Dion held on tight to sweep through a powerful wind gust, while the 2nd and 3rd boats collided, and you powered home for a silver medal.

Our commiserations to Corey, who due to a really bad bout of the flu, missed the Nationals altogether.  Corey cheered us on from his sick bed on the Gold Coast, and we kept him posted on all our results.  Thank you for your positive comments.  Dion, Koren and David had their Tiger flight cancelled altogether, so Koren and David arrived via Melbourne the next daywith Jetstar (I think), and Dion travelled later with Virgin.  A very expensive trip, but our medals were full reward for their efforts.  Thank you.

Many of you are new to the sport, but display energy, enthusiasm, sheer determination, and GUTS. Thank you to All of our club members- especially to those who did not travel to Adelaide, but pushed us all so hard at training,  to allow us to race and train in a highly competitive atmosphere.

To all of the Broadwater Dragons paddlers, be proud of who we are, and what we have achieved. For those who are not aware of our Club’s history, Broadwater was formed in 2001, competed at our first Nationals on the Gold Coats in 2002.

NATIONALS  BROADWATER  HAS  COMPETED  IN  SINCE  2001
2002-Gold Coast

2003- Adelaide

2004-Perth

2005-Canberra

2008-Perth (first ever National medals- 2 x  Prem Mixed Bronze). Qualified for World Club Crew Championships in Penang, 2008.

2008- Penang- World Club Crew Champs-( 7th place 2000m- from a field of the World’s best 34 Clubs)

2009-Caloundra, Qld ( 2 x Junior Silver, 1 x Prem Open Silver, 1 x Prem Women Bronze)

2010-Adelaide-(2 x Junior Silver, 2 x Prem Women Bronze, 1 x Prem Mixed Bronze). Qualified for World Club Crew Championships in Macau, 2010.

2010-Macau-World Club Crew Champs- THE RESULT IS IN YOUR HANDS!!!!!!

Results & Times    (Times will follow when posted on AusDBF web site)
Premier Women 500 m- (19 teams entered)

 
1st-Pacific Dragons-Sydney

2nd-Ice Dragons-ACT

3rd-Broadwater Dragons

Junior Mixed 200m (6 teams)

1st-

2nd- Broadwater Dragons

3rd-

Premier Women
2 Km- (13 teams entered)

1st-Pacific Dragons-Sydney-10.03.19

2nd-Ice Dragons-ACT-10.07.99

3rd-Broadwater Dragons-10.22.55

4th-Tewaka-10.25.73

Premier Mixed 2 km- (20 teams entered)

1st-Pacific Dragons

2nd-Ice Dragons

3rd-Broadwater Dragons

Junior Mixed 2 km (7 teams entered)

1st-Subsonix-10.20.30

2nd- Broadwater Dragons-11.22.63

3rd-Canberra Grammar School A-11.23.65

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To All,

Our next regatta is the Burleigh Fire Dragons Regatta at Lake Orr, Varsity Lakes, Robina, on Sunday 26th Oct.

THIS IS THE INDY WEEKEND.

All categories are on offer- Mixed, Womens, Open (Men), Juniors, Masters (over 40′s) and Grand Masters (over 50′s).

Starts at 8 a.m.  Everyone needs to be there by 7 a.m.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO REGATTA, OR GOING TO INDY, OR BUSY ELSWEWHERE, SO WE CAN ENTER TEAMS.

Thanks.
Paul

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—– Original Message —–
From: Burleigh Fire Dragons
To: QDBF Yahoo Members ; Chris Lonie
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:05 PM
Subject: [qdbfmembers] Burleigh Fire Dragons Regatta

Hi Everyone

Attached is an official invitation to attend the Burleigh Fire Dragons Regatta on
Sunday 26th October at Lake Orr, Christine Avenue, Varsity Lakes.

Events are many and varied. Clubs will get a chance to compete in many events including the 2000 metre race as well as a new event, The Tri Nations Challenge.
There is a separate entry form for the Tri Nation Challenge, so if any of your club members are interested in competing in this race, they must also fill in this form.

Please send in your completed registration forms as soon as possible.

ID Tags

Please note that we required to adhere to QDBF policy, therefore all paddlers will have to present their ID tags at marshalling.

No Tags – NO PADDLING

Hope to see you all there, should be a fun day.

Verne
On behalf of BFD Committee

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