Broadwater Dragons Blog!

Well done Broadwater   !!!!!!!!
 
We ran it, and we WON it all  !!!!!!!!
We had 2 boats- the Masters "Barbarians" and the Prems and Masters combined "Broadwater Babies", and we showed off our new rescue boat.
 
The Barbarians (with a crew of 18)- led by PT and swept by Dion- took out 1st place from a field of 13 boats, winning for our Club an awesome trophy. The Babies had a crew of 16 (due to the flu hitting a lot of our paddlers), and finished a very respectable 8th.
 
Many commented that the 7.5 kms wasn’t as hard as they thought it would be- maybe they just weren’t putting in enough (ha!ha!)
 
The Dash for Cash over 300m, with a 180 degree turn at the 150m mark, made for spectacular racing, and great viewing.  Broadwater Barbarians won first place and $600, and the Babies came 3rd, winning $100. True to the spirit of the day, Paul donated our winnings back to the Cancer Council.
 
As you can all see from my previous email, it was a huge day, with Presentations at 1-30 p.m.
 
Today was all about having fun, mixing with other Clubs, and supporting a worthwhile charity.  Winning was a huge bonus.
 
We looked good, we did good, and we were seen by many.
 
TRAINING  IS  BACK  TO  TUESDAYS  AND  THURSDAYS  STARTING  THIS  WEEK. 5-30P.M.  ON THE WATER

COME & TRY DAY- SUNDAY 28TH JUNE- 10 A.M. TO 12 NOON. AFTER TRAINING.  FREE SAUSAGE SIZZLE.  
EVERYONE IS TO BRING ONE NEW PERSON TO GIVE IT A GO.

TIN CAN BAY REGATTA- 11,12,13 JULY.  PLEASE ADVISE ASAP IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY IF YOU ARE COMING.  I AM FINALIZING ACCOMMODATION BY THIS FRIDAY, CANCELLING WHAT WE DON’T NEED, ETC.

Karen
pH-0407 445 774

Hi and Congratulations to ALL Broadwater paddlers.

Broadwater won Gold and 2 Bronze medals at the State Championships in March, 2008.
Now Broadwater has won 2 Bronze medals at the Nationals 2008- in the 1000m and 500m Premier Mixed.
Our first ever Nationals medals ever, with Broadwater competing at 5 Nationals since 2001.

This is for all Broadwater paddlers. If it wasn’t for all paddlers pushing each other, we would not have been as successful as we were.

RESULTS & TIMES

QLD STATE TEAM-500M-

Five Broadwater paddlers won Gold in the QLD State team-Premier Mixed – 500m State vs State- Brett, Jono, Madelon, Paul, Beau.

Premier Open- won Silver in Qld State team- Dion, Jono, Pat, Corey, Ayron,Archer, Beau, Brett, Paul.
Premier Women – won Silver in Qld State Team- Karen J, Karen M, Ebony, Madelon, Sylvia, Jayne.
Qld Masters Mixed- won Silver- Paul, Micah, John, Irene, Narelle.
Qld Masters Women- won Bronze- Joan, Narelle, Irene, Jayne, Karen

Times for our Bronze medals-

1000m- 1st- BRD- 4.04.14
2nd- Sloths- 4.05.01
3rd- BROADWATER- 4.06.08

500m- 1st -BRD- 2.01.27
2nd -Melbourne Flames- 2.03.28
3rd- BROADWATER- 2.03.96

200m- 1st- City Dragons (Sydney)- 48.24
2nd- BRD- 48.62
3rd- Sloths- 49.06
4th- BROADWATER-49.22
5th-Melbourne Flames- 49.42
NOTE- First 4 boats finished within 1 second.

See www.winningsportsphotos.com <http://www.winningsportsphotos.com>
for photos taken on Wednesday (State day) and Saturday (200m).

Special thanks to Micah for putting a DVD together of our time in Perth. We will have a BBQ and “movie” night for all to see.

A Huge thank you to all for making this an outstanding success for Broadwater Dragons.

Paul & Karen

Results from Australian National Boats Championships

RESULTS – Premier Womens 10′s – Grand Final Race 291
1st – Lanakila 57.720
2nd – Broadwater 58.760
3rd – DSA 59.605
4th – ADL Black Dragons 1.00.480
5th – ADL Phoenix 1.00.635
6th – Currumbin Edge 1.01.455

RESULTS – Race 219 Masters Mixed 10′s Grand final
1st – Melbourne Flames 52.714
2nd – Te Waka 52.789
3rd – Tsunami 54.079
4th – DSA 54.269
5th – Broadwater 55.314
6th – Mavericks 55.409
RESULTS – Race 157 Premier Womens 10′s – GRAND FINAL
1st – Lanakila 2.31.044
2nd – DSA 2.33.256
3rd – Broadwater 2.35.131
4th ADFA 2.36 .436
5th ADL Phoenix 2.40.331
6th ADL Seadragons 2.44.719

The Currumbin Creek regatta held yesterday was a great day for our Club, showcasing our friendliness, comaradiery and true fighting spirit.Low tides created a difficult racing course, at times, but we are proud of our efforts and results. The Club had 44 members take part, with Broadwater winning the Masters Mixed major final, placing second in the Premier Mixed, Juniors and Premier Mens, and 4th in the Premier Womens ( from Lane 4 at very low tide).The Club also had 8 Juniors race not only in their Junior division, but also in the Premier Men,Women and Mixed teams. A job well done by all. Thank you.

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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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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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