DRAGON BOAT INTERNATIONAL · 2013. 1. 24. · WELCOME to DBI the IDBF in-house magazine. For me 2012, the Year of the Water Dragon started with great promise, with the Club Crew World

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“Dragon Boating - More than a Sport, a Tradition “

Cover Photograph – December 2012– Winter Edition

Tahiti Nui, take the 2000m turn at Nottingham 2012 Issue Number 28.

Tahiti Nui, French Polynesia DBF – make their first appearance on the International stage in Nottingham and beat Europe’s

finest crews, then go to the Asian DBF Champs and do the same !

WATCH OUT FOR THEM AT THE 2013 WORLD NATIONS CHAMPS IN SZEGED, HUNGARY !

In this issue: Hong Kong CCWC Results: Members News: Szeged WNC & 2013 Calendar

DRAGON BOAT INTERNATIONAL The Magazine of the International Dragon Boat Federation

The World Governing Body of Dragon Boat Sport – Full Member of SportAccord

IDBF News Magazine, December 2012 – Issue Number 28 Winter Edition

Who, Where & When ??

Cape Town to Robin Island – Dragon Boaters make historic trip !! Pic. Brenton Geach

Hong Kong Disney World–Schools DB Races DRAGONS ON THE THAMES QUEEN’S JUBILEE PAGEANT – Pic. Noel Coulson

Poland 2000m turn - European Champs, Nottingham

Dragons in Venice – 2012 Vongalonga

Dragon Boating. “More than a Sport – a Tradition “ 2.

A LOOK BACK AT 2012 –DRAGONS’ ON THE WATER & ALL THAT


HEADLINE LOOK AT THIS ISSUE…………………...........

EDITORIAL

2012 was the Year of the Water Dragon

IDBF Patrons & Partners Schemes

The Strength of the Dragon in 2012

A Right Royal Occasion – 3 June 2012

More on pages 4 and 5.

Special Features

The Olympic Flame Dragon Boaters and

Dragon Boats in the Queens Jubilee Pageant

Full stories on pages 8 and 15.

Features

Cyprus Dragon Boat Association

Breast Cancer Survivors News

Adaptive Paddling – Paradragons Hong Kong

More on pages 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23

Championships’ Results

Club Crew World’s Hong Kong, European

Nations Notts, Asian Nations Busan.

Grand Finals results on pages 9 to 13

Culture Corner Dragons on Land, Water & Ice

See page 45

SPORTACCORD PRESIDENT’S LETTER

asks IDBF & ICF to work together – see page 41

EDBF Congress & IDBF Council

• EDBF Special Congress Hamburg

• IDBF Council Hong Kong • Manfred Russ – Hon VPs Certificate

• Financial Report for 2011

• Changes to Anti-Doping Tests

Reports on page 24.

IDBF Members News

Reports on pages 14, 16, 22, 30-36

Tribute to Phyll MacKeddie – page 19

Dragon Boat Ergometer World Series

IDBF & KayakPro launch 1st Ergo Champs

More on page 29

Know How - Sports Science & Coaches Corner

How Dragon Boat Injuries Occur – Leila Ataei

Article on page 37-39.

Coaching View – Simply Motor Learning ?

Article on page 40 – by Lee-Kuen Chua. Usa.

IDBF Calendar of Dragon Boating

Events and Festivals from Feb 2013 to

March 2014 See pages 25-28 and 36

IDBF Affiliates & Licensed Manufacturers

Boat & Paddle Manufacturers details

Affiliates List & Spot check on Affiliates Events

See pages 43, 44, 46 and 47.




‘A RIGHT ROYAL DRAGON BOAT OCCASION’

DRAGONS ON THE THAMES – THE JUBILEE PAGEANT FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH – 3 JUNE 12

Fourteen Dragon Boats were selected for the Queen’s Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London, in which over 1000 craft of

all shapes and sizes took part. In a 3 hour marathon paddle down the Thames, through the heart of London, our Dragon Boaters were

cheered on by almost a million people lining the banks of the river and seen on National TV channels from the UK and abroad.

Picture - Dragon’s Abreast from Vancouver, one of four BCS Crews taking part, accept the wave of a fellow Dragon Boater from HRH

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. Prince William and the Royal Family look on. Also in the Dragon’s Abreast boat are Boat Helm,

Sue Menzies, the Vice-Chair of the British Dragon Boat Association (BDA) and paddling (back right – with Union Flag in his hat !!) Mike

MacKeddie-Haslam, the IDBF Executive President. Also in picture, in the blue anorak, is Mike Thomas, Chair of the IDBF Competition &

Tech Commission. Full story and more pictures in this edition of DBI Magazine.



2012 WAS THE YEAR OF THE WATER DRAGON AND THE 21st FOR THE IDBF

EDITORIAL by Mike MacKeddie-Haslam. WELCOME to DBI the IDBF in-house magazine.

For me 2012, the Year of the Water Dragon started with great promise, with the Club Crew World Champs

scheduled for the birth place of modern Dragon Boating, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. The event also

marked the 21st Anniversary of the Founding of the IDBF in Hong Kong in 1991. With Dragon Boats selected

to take part in the Queen’s Jubilee Pageant on 3rd

June 12 and Nottingham hosting the European Nations

Championships in Nottingham in late July, for me 2012 was going to be the year to remember.

And it has been - but for the wrong reason. Phyll MacKeddie my Wife died unexpectedly on 24 July 2012, which was a great shock

not only to me and her family but to the many Dragon Boat Paddlers and IDBF Race Officials around the world, who knew Phyll.

Mike Thomas has written about Phyll and what happened to her in this edition of DBI and I thank him for that. I also want to thank all

of you who sent me emails of condolence and support and placed messages on Facebook and to those who made the journey to

Scotland to say their farewells to Phyll, as she was laid to rest in her beloved village of Fortrose. Also to those who joined me in

Cardiff for Phyll’s Memorial Service and the Celebration of her Life. All of this was of great comfort to me and Phyll’s family and has

helped me to find the strength to carry on with Dragon Boating and the work of the IDBF. Thank you again and I wish you all a very

happy and successful year to come in 2013 – the year of the Snake.

As this edition of DBI goes to print the IDBF Application to the International Olympic Committee for recognition as an IOC International Federation is going forward and will be considered by the IOC Executive Committee during 2013. This means that this coming year our Sport will be under the microscope of IOC scrutiny and it is vital therefore, that every Dragon Boater stands up for our Sport and the IDBF Members and shows the world, that we are a serious independent Sport that is people packed and represents all ability groups, ages and genders without discrimination or favour.

We are a Sport that is going places and in this vein for the IDBF and the Sport to become part of the Olympic Family is the first big step in taking our Sport towards inclusion in a future Olympic Games. Do your bit to make sure that Dragon Boating gets there !

PATRONS’ and PARTNERS’ – PEOPLE & BUSINESSES SUPPORTING OUR SPORT

The IDBF Patrons’ Club is open to people who wish to support Dragon

Boating, through the IDBF, by raising money specifically to help new and

developing Countries enter the Sport and take part in IDBF competitions.

All surplus funds from Membership or sponsors, after the deduction of any

IDBF running costs, will go to the IDBF Development Fund specifically for

the provision of Dragon Boats and Equipment.

The annual individual membership fee for the IDBF Patrons Club is just

USD 25.00 per person (Euro 20 or £15.00 Sterling) and this year Patrons’

Club Members are helping to pay the shipping costs of IDBF Development

Boats destined for Nigeria and Uganda.

IDBF PARTNERSHIPS FOR EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS Last year the IDBF invited all its Licensed Dragon Boat and Paddle

Manufacturers’ to become IDBF Partners and be involved in the Sport’s

development in a more direct and positive way, through increased financial

support and the donation equipment to the IDBF Development Pool.

All IDBF Registered Equipment Providers are required to pay their Annual

Licence Fees and mark their boats and paddles with the appropriate

Boat Licence Plate (Models 1222 or 912) and Paddle Mark (202a) but to be

an IDBF Partner , means a much bigger commitment to the Sport.

There are four tiers of IDBF Partnership, Bronze, Silver, Gold and the top

tier of partnership the Platinum Partner. Partners’ receive PR benefits and

promotion for their products to acknowledge their commitment to the Sport.

Interested in becoming an IDBF Partner or Patron? Please contact the

IDBF Treasurer – Alan Van Caubergh, email: [email protected]

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THE STRENGTH OF THE DRAGON

2012 the ‘Year of the Dragon’ was marked by a new

record for the Sport with 25 Countries & Territories at

the CCWC in Hong Kong, with nearly 5000 athletes.

In the Asian and European Championships another

20 Countries took part with around 2500 athletes.

The IDBF Calendar of IDBF Members races and

IDBF Affiliated Festivals’ listed over 200 events which

means that the total number of participants, around

the IDBF Dragon Boat World must have been in the

10s of thousands in 2012.

At the year’s end IDBF Membership stood at 76,

plus 43 IDBF Affiliated Festivals & Event Organisers.

A total 16 Boat builders and 36 Paddle makers were

producing equipment to IDBF specifications and IDBF

development boats had been placed in 6 countries.

The IDBF Dragon goes from strength to strength

with new members coming from Armenia, French

Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Kenya and Romania and

applications pending from Argentina, Barbados,

Bermuda, Guyana, Israel and Qatar

We offer a warm welcome to them all as they join

our world-wide Dragon Boat family and look forward

to seeing them ‘on the water’ in 2013.

IDBF News Magazine, December 2012 – Issue Number 28

Dragon Boating. “More than a Sport – a Tradition “

11th WORLD NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS

SZEGED - THE CITY, THE RIVER AND THE REGATTA COURSE

biggest educational, sport, research and cultural centre in Hungary, after Budapest.

Famous for the hospitality of its inhabitants, Szeged is closely connected to water as the River Tisza, which

served as a major means of trade and commerce in previous centuries, flows through the city’s centre.

It is planned to stage the 2000m Championship Races on the River Itsza in the heart of the City and only minutes

away from the main hotels and hostels. There is no be

racing, than in the City, where thousands of spectators can easily foll

the bridges that cross it.

the Szeged 2012 Organising Committee, can take advantage of a free shuttle service, offered by the Org Com, from their

accommodation to the race venue.

GETTING THERE. Many international airlines have direct flights to the Liszt Ferenc

to Szeged is a 90 minute coach ride – some 165 km, via the M5 motorway from Budapest. By car from the centre of Budapest, the

journey time is around 2 hours. By train there is an Inter City service fr

2hrs 15 min. For Teams arriving at Budapest International Airport, the Org Com can organize airport transfers to Szeged and

air-conditioned, deluxe coaches, at an agreed cost.

VISAS. Hungary is within the Schengen Area and

validity is for up to 90 days. Applications have to be submitted at least three (3) mo

Detailed information on which Countries need visas and application forms can be obtained from the website of the Hungarian Fo

Affairs Ministry at:- www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/en/consular _services/Entry_of_Foreigners_to_Hungary/

SZEGED 2013 - DIVISIONS, RACING & COMPETITION CLASSES AND DISTANCES

In all competitions to qualify for World Championships status at least six (6) entries, from different Countries or Territoricompetition class are required. Competition Classes with three than 3 entries, per class, will be classified as demonstration races.

STANDARD BOAT (22 Racers) (Mixed Crews = min of 8 and max of 12 female

Division =

Racing Class

Premier Division

Comp Classes

Senior A & B (GDs)

Comp Classes *

Open 200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

Women 200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

Mixed 200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

SMALL BOAT (12 Racers) (Mixed Crews = min of 4 and max of 6 female

Division Premier Senior A & B (GDs)

Open 200m, 500m, 2000m 200m, 500m

Women 200m, 500m. 200m, 500m

Mixed 200m, 500m. 200m, 500m

+ 18-23s - Under 24 but 18 or over on 01 Jan 2013 * Senior A - 40 or over on 01 June 2013 (01/06/13)** Senior C (Great Grand Dragons) - 60 or over on 01/06/2013.# Junior A - under 18 but at least 12 on 01 Jan 2013.

Issue Number 28

a Tradition “

WORLD NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS, SZEGED 24/28 JULY 13 – LOOKING GOOD

AND THE REGATTA COURSE. Szeged is small in size but is the second

biggest educational, sport, research and cultural centre in Hungary, after Budapest.

Famous for the hospitality of its inhabitants, Szeged is closely connected to water as the River Tisza, which

erved as a major means of trade and commerce in previous centuries, flows through the city’s centre.

hip Races on the River Itsza in the heart of the City and only minutes

away from the main hotels and hostels. There is no better venue to showcase the thrills and excitement of 2000m

thousands of spectators can easily follow an entire race from the river’s banks

Built in 1981, the Szeged Water Sports Centre,

Regatta course is situated only 5km from the City

The Centre has recently been renovated and offers

international standard facilities to the requirements o

The racing course is 2250m long; 120m wide and 3.5m deep.

The land side facilities include a grandstand with

but the area can host over 10,000 spectators around the regatta course.

Other land based facilities include a fully equipped Finish Tower, a Press &

Media Centre, TV studio, offices and refreshment facilities.

An excellent public transport and a bus network se

the surrounding countryside. Teams that book the Official Hotels, through


Many international airlines have direct flights to the Liszt Ferenc Budapest International Airport and from the airport

some 165 km, via the M5 motorway from Budapest. By car from the centre of Budapest, the

journey time is around 2 hours. By train there is an Inter City service from Budapest Western Railway Station to Szeged which takes

2hrs 15 min. For Teams arriving at Budapest International Airport, the Org Com can organize airport transfers to Szeged and

conditioned, deluxe coaches, at an agreed cost.

ry is within the Schengen Area and Visas issued by one of the Members States are valid in Hungary. The Schengen

pplications have to be submitted at least three (3) months before the day of

Detailed information on which Countries need visas and application forms can be obtained from the website of the Hungarian Fo

www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/en/consular _services/Entry_of_Foreigners_to_Hungary/

DIVISIONS, RACING & COMPETITION CLASSES AND DISTANCES.

In all competitions to qualify for World Championships status at least six (6) entries, from different Countries or Territoricompetition class are required. Competition Classes with three (3) to five (5) entries will be given IDBF Championship status and less than 3 entries, per class, will be classified as demonstration races.

(Mixed Crews = min of 8 and max of 12 female paddlers)

Senior A & B (GDs)

Comp Classes *

Senior C (GGDs)

Comp Classes **

Under 24s (18-23s)

Comp Classes +

Junior Division A/B

Comp Classes # ##

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

200m, 500m,

2000m

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m (A only)

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

200m, 500m

2000m

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

200m, 500m and

2000m (A only)

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

200m, 500m,

2000m

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m (A only)

(Mixed Crews = min of 4 and max of 6 female paddlers)

Senior A & B (GDs) Senior C (GGDs) Under 24s (18-23s)

200m, 500m. 2000m 200m, 500m 200m, 500m.

200m, 500m. 200m, 500m 200m, 500m.

200m, 500m. 200m, 500m 200m, 500m.

Under 24 but 18 or over on 01 Jan 2013 - Standard Boat 4 crew members may be 16-17 years old Small Boat 3 may be 16-17 and 1 may be 24-25.

40 or over on 01 June 2013 (01/06/13). Senior B Grand Dragons - 50 or over on 01/06/2013. 60 or over on 01/06/2013.

under 18 but at least 12 on 01 Jan 2013. ## Junior B - under 16 but at least 12 on 01/01/2013.

Winter Edition

6.

LOOKING GOOD !

Szeged is small in size but is the second

hip Races on the River Itsza in the heart of the City and only minutes

case the thrills and excitement of 2000m

banks and

Water Sports Centre,

Regatta course is situated only 5km from the City.

offers

international standard facilities to the requirements of the IDBF.

racing course is 2250m long; 120m wide and 3.5m deep.

with seats for 1000 spectators

10,000 spectators around the regatta course.

Other land based facilities include a fully equipped Finish Tower, a Press &

refreshment facilities.

An excellent public transport and a bus network services the entire city and

the surrounding countryside. Teams that book the Official Hotels, through


Budapest International Airport and from the airport

some 165 km, via the M5 motorway from Budapest. By car from the centre of Budapest, the

om Budapest Western Railway Station to Szeged which takes

2hrs 15 min. For Teams arriving at Budapest International Airport, the Org Com can organize airport transfers to Szeged and return, in

valid in Hungary. The Schengen visa

nths before the day of arrival in the Schengen area.

Detailed information on which Countries need visas and application forms can be obtained from the website of the Hungarian Foreign

www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/en/consular _services/Entry_of_Foreigners_to_Hungary/

.

In all competitions to qualify for World Championships status at least six (6) entries, from different Countries or Territories, per (3) to five (5) entries will be given IDBF Championship status and less

Junior Division A/B

Comp Classes # ##

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m (A only)

200m, 500m and

2000m (A only)

200m, 500m,

1000m, 2000m (A only)

Junior A/B

200m, 500m.

200m, 500m.

200m, 500m.

years old & 2 may be 24-25.

50 or over on 01/06/2013.

under 16 but at least 12 on 01/01/2013.



11TH WORLD DRAGON BOAT RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS’ – SZEGED 2013

ENTRY CONDITIONS. Entry to the 11th World Dragon Boat Racing Championships is restricted to Teams selected and entered by

their IDBF Member organisation as a ‘Representative Team’. As such the competitors race in Racing Colours of the country or territory that they represent.

Canoeing & Rowing Federations’ located in a Country where there is not an existing IDBF Member may enter the World Championships directly, subject to becoming an IDBF Associate Member and to the conditions published in Information Bulletin No.1, which will be sent to all IDBF Members in January 2013.

Such Federations in Countries where there is an IDBF Member, may take part in the selection process of the IDBF Member concerned at that Member’s discretion and under any local selection and entry conditions.

Nationality. The IDBF Nationality Regulations will apply for Szeged 2013. Each Team entering the World Championships, may have up to a total of 96 Team Members (Standard Boats) or 48 Team members (Small Boats), in each Championship Division (Premier, U24s, Senior A, B, C and Junior A and B) to give a maximum Team total of 576 in a Standard Boat Team or 288 in a Small Boat Team.

PROVISIONAL ENTRY FORM. The Championships will be conducted under IDBF Competition Regulations and Rules of Racing. All participating teams are required to return a completed Provisional Entry Form to the IDBF by no later than the 14th February 2013. Full Provisional Entry details will be shown in Information Bulletin No.1. All subsequent correspondence with the IDBF and Szeged 2013, must come via the IDBF Member in the Country or Territory concerned

COMPETITION CLASSES. STANDARD Boat Championships will be held over 200m, 500m, 1000 and 2000m.

SMALL BOAT Championships will be held over 200m, 500m and for Premier and Senior A & B Open crews over 2000m . (One Entry per Team, per Competition Class, is permitted)

The Small Boat Championships are primarily for new and developing IDBF Member Countries – normally the IDBF Basic and Associate Members but any IDBF Member who is unable to field Standard Boats in the developing Racing Classes – that is Junior B, 18-24s s and Senior C, may enter these specific Small Boat competitions.

IDBF Full Members who have taken part in a WDBRC but are unable to send Standard Boat Crews may be permitted to compete in the Small Boat Championships at the discretion of the Chairman of the IDBF C&TC. For example, an IDBF Full Member with only 12 paddlers of either sex available may be allowed to enter Small Boat Open or Women’s Crews.

In the Mixed Championship Races paddlers from a Standard Open or Women’s Crew may be used in a Mixed Small Boat Championship where there are insufficient Women or Men available for a Mixed Standard Boat Crew. Conversely, Teams entering both a Small Boat Open and Women’s Crews will be expected to enter a Standard Boat Mixed Crew rather than a Small Boat Crew.

ARRIVAL AND TRAINING BEFORE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Teams will be expected to arrive from 18 – 22 July 2013. The Regatta Course will be available for Training from 21 July 2013.

18-22 July 2013 Crews arrive in Szeged

Sun 21 July 2013 Szeged Dragon boat Cup

River Tisza Race Course

Crews training – Regatta Course.

Mon 22 July 2013 Crews training – Regatta Course.

IDBF Executive & Council Meets

Tue 23 July 2013 Crews training – Regatta Course.

AM. Race Officials Meeting.

PM Team Leaders Meeting.

IDBF Race Officials exam

Evening - Opening Ceremony

Wed 24 July 2013 Racing 2000m Stand Boat Classes

Thu 25 July 2013 Racing 1000m Stand Boat Classes less

SenIor C and Junior Women

Fri 26 July 2013 Racing 500m Mixed Standard and

Small Boat Championships

Sat 27 July 2013 Racing 200m All Divisions & Classes

Standard & Small Boat Champs

Sun 28 July 2013 Racing 500m Open & Women’s

Standard & Small Boat Championships

Evening - Celebration Dinner

Mon 29 July 2013 IDBF Congress & Seminar

FEES & CHARGES

Fees and charges will be payable for the following:-

Accommodation and Food

Transfers (Free local transport from Official Hotels)

Administration Fee – maximum USD 50.00 per person, see below

IDBF Registration Fee – USD 15.00 per person, see below

Celebration Dinner.

REGATTA FEES. The IDBF Registration Fee will be payable directly to the IDBF and the Admin Fee will be paid into a joint IDBF/HDBF account. These Regatta Fees are payable in respect of every participant attending the World Championships, including official supporters as shown on the Final Named Entry Form.

Account payment details will be shown in further Info Bulletins.



THE IDBF DRAGON BOAT FAMILY AND THE OLYMPIC FLAME GET IN CONTACT AGAIN FOR LONDON 2012

Following on from the Olympic Torch being carried across water

by IDBF Member Crews in Hong Kong (Bejing Games) and Vancouver

(Winter Games), the Olympic Torch was again escorted by Dragon Boats

from the Notts Anaconda Club as the flame crossed the Regatta Course at

the National Water Sports Centre, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, with our

paddling colleagues carrying the flame in a Bell Boat.

Other Dragon Boaters carried the Olympic Flame in the Torch Relay

across the United Kingdom as recalled by Nigel Leigh of the Worcester

Dragons DBC, who told DBI that “After the European Championships in

Nottingham, the other international sporting event taking place in the UK

this last summer or the Olympic Games as it is officially known, saw the

involvement of several paddlers from UK Dragon Boat Clubs.

Many individuals had been nominated for the work they had done within their

community or for helping good causes but the one element we all shared was

the excitement of being part of the greatest sporting show on earth and something they’ll remember for their entire lives.

For me, I expected Newbold on Stour (a small villages in the middle of England) to be quiet for my segment of the Torch Relay as it

approached Stratford-on-Avon but far from it. Being mobbed by tens if not hundreds of onlookers and having a host of pictures being

taken of me having my picture taken by complete strangers, from literally across the world was amazing ! Seeing my family and work

colleagues in the crowd ‘paddling, posing and turning’ with the torch to add something different to the occasion

Posing again for the crowds nine and ten deep through Stratford and seeing Helen a colleague from Worcester pass the flame over and

then being mobbed again by well wishers on returning to Newbold was an unforgettable and unique experience, which made being

allowed to keep the torch I carried, a very special memento for me”.

Nigel demonstrates perfect technique Helen Cleaver

But that is not the only connection that Dragon Boating had with

the London 2012 Olympic Games, as Seb Coe or Lord Sebastian Coe,

as he is more formally known, was the head of the London Olympic

Games Organising Committee and the man responsible for the success

and excitement of London 2012

Seb, a long time personal friend of IDBF Executive President, Mike

MacKeddie-Haslam, is also the Patron of the BDA (British Dragon Boat

Racing Assoc) and has been a supporter of our Sport for many years.

Seb was recently elected as the President of the British Olympic

Committee and he is also a Vice President of the International Amateur

Athletics Federation, so perhaps it is time that the IDBF invited Seb to

become an Honorary Member of the IDBF, alongside the Duke and

Duchess of Cambridge, those other well known Dragon Boaters !

Seb Coe, Patron of the British Dragon Boat Racing Association

Photograph: Richard Saker



Premier 200m STANDARD Premier 200m STANDARD Premier 200m STANDARD

Open Women Mixed

1 Shunde DBC 0.41.635

2 Nymburk DBT 0.42.642

3 Jiu Jiang Windsor Arch 0.42.822

4 New Dragons Toronto 0.42.882

5 22 Dragons Montreal 0.43.515

6 City Dragons Sydney 0.44.169

7 Hoi Fu Jai DBT Hkg 0.45.182

1 Jiu Jiang Windsor Arch. 0.47.313


3 Pacific Dragons Sydney 0.49.713

4 H2o Playground 0.49.747

5 Neckardrachen Heilbronn 0.50.273

6 Brisbane River Dragons 0.50.340

7 Ice Dragons Canberra 0.51.213

8 Triton DB T Manila 0.51.713

1 Jiu Jiang Windsor Arch 0.42.534


3 Te Waka Drgs Brisbane 0.43.901

4 Singapore Paddle Club 0.44.208

5 Outer Harbour Toronto 0.45.601

6 NDC Mississauga 0.46.501



9 New Dragons Toronto 0.49.548

Senior A 200m STANDARD Senior A 200m STANDARD Senior A 200m STANDARD

Open (rounds) Women (rounds) Mixed

1 Neckardrachen Heilbronn 2:29.574

2 Friendship DBT Hkg 2:30.054

3 Baltic Drgs Schwerin 2:35.194

4 Castle Peak PS Hkg 2:38.187

5 Philadelphia DBA 2:56.528

6

.

Dragon's Friend SC 0.49.450

1 22 Dragons Montreal 2:45.290

2 Brisbane River Dragons 2:47.889

3 Cascades Chelsea 2:47.949

4 Outer Harbour Toronto 2:50.063

5 Pickering DBC Ontario 2:54.623

6 Wasabi PC Portland 2:57.913

7

.

Philadelphia DBA 2:58.117


2 Hong Kong Island PC 0.50.000

3 Pickering DBC Ontario 0.50.206

4 Brisbane River Dragons 0.51.039


6 Philadelphia DBA 0.51.352

7 RVD Dessau e.V 0.51.686

8 San Diego DBT 0.52.426

Senior B 200m STANDARD Senior B 200m STANDARD Senior B 200m STANDARD


1 Dragon's Friend SP 2:35.905




5 Elb Meadow GM Dresden 2:40.759


1 Nowra Water Drgs NSW 2 59.876


3 Fort Langley Canoe Club 3:01.982


5 Dragon Flyers Canberra 3:04.743

6 Currumbin Drgs Gold Coast 3:05.450

1 Pickering DBC Ontario 0.53.545


3 Nowra Water Drgs NSW 0.54.452


5

.

Elb Meadow GM Dresden 0. 55.552

18-23 200m STANDARD BCS 200m STANDARD 18-23 200m STANDARD

Open (rounds) Women (rounds) Mixed (rounds)

1 Singapore PC 1:32.277

2 New Dragons RC Ont 1:32.417

3 Montreal DBRC 1:33.310

4

.

Univ. of Waterloo Ont 1:35.623

1 Dragonheart Vermont 3:06.704


3

.

Pink Paddling Power BCS 3:22.983

1 New Dragons RC Toronto 1:41.043


3 Univ. of Waterloo Ontario 1:43.209

4 22 Dragons Montreal, QC 1:43.583

5 Republic Poly Singapore 1:44.563

6 De La Salle Univ Manila 1:46.543

Junior A 200m STANDARD Junior A 200m STANDARD Junior A 200m STANDARD


1 Hwa Chong Inst. Sng 2:41.883

2 Canberra Grammar 2:43.737

3 Torpedos Grafton 3:01.590

1 Danebank Flames Sydney 3:02.697


1 Nat.Junior Coll. Singapore 1:44.401

2 Sharian DBC Christchurch 1:52.348


4 False Creek RCC Vancouver 1:55.888


Junior B 200m Standard Junior B 200m Standard

Women (rounds) Mixed (rounds)



HONG KONG 2012 – THE BIGGEST CLUB CREW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD SINCE THE IDBF’s FORMATION

IN 1991. Organised by the Hong Kong China DBA, nearly 5000 participants, in 190 crews, from 119 clubs drawn

from 25 countries, on 4 continents took part and nearly 100,000 spectators watched the 4 days of racing.

8th

Club Crew World Championships Hong Kong

GRAND FINALS’ RESULTS




Open Women Mixed

1 Shunde Dragon Boat Club 1:49.756


3 Dragon Team Nymburk 1:52.576


5 City Dragons Sydney 1:52.816

6 NDC Mississauga 1:53.169

7

.

Pacific Dragons Sydney 1:56.709

1 Jiu Jiang Windsor Arch DBT 2:05.500

2 22 Dragons Monreal, QC 2:08.867

3 H2o Playground Montreal 2:10.380


5 Ice Dragons Canberra 2:14.360


7 Pacific Dragons Sydney 2:19.800



2 Draci Znojmo 1:51.253


4 Hong Kong Island PC 1:52.306


6 Outer Harbour DBC Toronto 1:52.793


8 Singapore Paddle Club 1:53.946



1 Nanhai Zhonglian DBT 3:47.637



4 Baltic Dragons Schwerin 4:02.304

5 Hong Kong Friendship 4:17.730

6 Castle Peak PS Hkg 4:20.277




4 Pickering Dragon Boat Club 4:28.269





3 Pickering DBC 2:05.199




7 BGC Stormy Dragons 2:10.026







4

.

Dragon's Friend SC 4:12.621



3 Nowra Water Drgs NSW 4:40.781




7 Currumbin Dragons GC 4:49.368



3 Nowra Water Dragons NSW 2:13.236


5

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Elb Meadow GM Dresden 2:21.263

18-23 500m STANDARD BCS 500m STANDARD 18-23 500m STANDARD



2 SP Dragons Singapore 4:01.981


4

.

Univ. of Waterloo Ont. 4:06.955


2 Dragonheart Vermont 5:40.195

3 Pink Paddling Power BCS 6:03.729



3 Univ. of Waterloo DBC Ont. 4:23.753


5 De La Salle Univ. Manila 4:27.433

6 Republic Poly DB Singapore 4:38.100

Jnr A Open 500m Rnds STANDARD Jnr A Wmn 500m Rnds STANDARD Jnr A Mixed 500m Rnds STANDARD

1 Hwa Chong Inst Sng 4:14.380





1 National Jun Coll Singapore 4:32.876


3 False Creek RCC Vancouver 4:46.789



Junior B Wmn 500m Rounds STANDARD Junior B Mxd 500m Rounds STANDARD




Open Women Mixed

1 Shunde DBC 8:05.433

2 Dragon Team Nymburk 8:14.166

3 Jiu Jiang Windsor Arch 8:21.713




7 City Dragons Sydney 8:36.940



10 Singapore PC 8:52.520






6 H2o Playground Montreal 9:26.960




10 BDC - Spree Sisters Berlin 9:52.974

1 Draci Znojmo 8:08.560









10. Philadelphia DBA 8:31.014




Open Women Mixed
















5 RVD Dessau e.V 8:38.253



8 BGC Stormy Dragons 8:48.973


10 Hurricane Attadale 9:04.874


Open Women Mixed




4

.

22 Dragons Montreal, 9:43.187



3 Nowra Water Dragons 10:09.567


5 Currumbin Dragons GC 10:22.174


7

.

22 Dragons Montreal 11:13.394



3 Nowra Water Dragons 9:02.720


5 Elb Meadow GM Dresden 9:03.980



8 Adelaide Sea Dragons 9:34.580

9 Dragon Generation 10:22.253

18-23 2000m STANDARD Junior B 2000m STANDARD 18-23 2000m STANDARD

Open Open Mixed


2 SP Dragons Singapore 8:51.320

3 Univ. of Waterloo Ont. 8:52.867

4

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Montreal DBRC 9:09.580

1 Hwa Chong Inst. Singapore 9:31.646

Women


Mixed



2 Univ. of Waterloo Ont 8:52.420

3 22 Dragons Montreal, 8:55.813

4 De La Salle Univ. Manila 8:59.307


Junior A 2000m STANDARD Junior A 2000m STANDARD Junior A 2000m STANDARD

Open Women Mixed





1 National Jun Coll Singapore 9:06.153


3 False Creek RCC BC 10:02.633



Premier 200m Small boat Premier 200m Small boat Premier 200m Small boat

Open Women Mixed

1 Ass. Desp.Pu Ao Zhi You 0.51.314

2 Vladivostok Tigers 0.51.700

3 Te Waka Dragons Qld 0.52.047

4 Chun Wing Fish Eagle 0.52.174

5 Wildwater Water SC Hkg 0.52.634


7 Tornado Uniqom Vladi 0.53.967

1 Singapore PC 0.56.508

2 Dragon Fly Vladivostok 0.57.088

3 Komodo PC Canberra 0.57.175

4 Dubai Diggers 0.57.388

5 Lanakila PC Gold Coast 0.57.901

6 Dragon Sports Ass. Sydney 0.58.581

7 Macau DBA 0.58.755

8 SSS TEAM HKG 0.59.001

1 Dubai Diggers 0.53.980

2 Vladivostok Tigers 0.54.620

3 Ass. Desp Pu Ao Zhi You 0.55.430


5 Adelaide Phoenix DBC 0.56.610

6 Black Dragons DC 0.57.640

Premier 500m Small boat Premier 500m Small boat Premier 500m Small boat

Open Women Mixed

1 Vladivostok Tigers 2:18.853


3 Tornado Uniqom Vlad 2:19.073

4 Singapore Inst of Mgt 2:19.106

5 Te Waka Dragons Qld 2:21.726

6 South Mass Urban Gorrilaz 2:22.773

7

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Brisbane River Dragons 2:24.173


2 Komodo PC Canberra 2:37.682


4 Dubai Diggers 2:38.522

5 Steel Craft Dubai 2:40.648

6 Dragon Fly Vladivostok 2:41.015

7 Lanakila PC Gold Coast 2:47.075

8 Bon du Fond Hong Kong 2:55.328

1 Dubai Diggers 2:16.624

2 Vladivostok Tigers 2:16.878

3 Steel Craft Dubai 2:18.784

4 Raba DB SC Budapest 2:18.844

5 Black Dragons DBC 2:18.918

6 Dragon Sports Ass. Sydney 2:24.058



Premier Mixed 2000m. Final

Place Team Time

1 Great Britain 7:41.56

3 Czech Rep 7:52.47

4 Hungary 7:52.84

5 Germany 7:59.40

6 Poland 8:13.74

7 Norway 8:55.61

10th EUROPEAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS and

NOTTINGHSMSHIRE INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT REGATTA

27th

to 29th

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Held in conjunction with the 10th

European Nations Championships, Club and BCS Crews took part in the

1st

Nottinghamshire International Dragon Boat Regatta (NIDBR) on 28/ 29 July 2012 at the NWSC Nottingham.

Premier Open 2000m. Final

Place Team Time

1 Germany 7:38.59

2 Russia 7:39.34


4 Hungary 7:39.96

5 Czech Rep 7:40.40

6 Italy DNS

FOR THE FULL RESULTS FOR ALL COMPETITIONS GO TO www.edbf.org

Premier Open 200m Final

Place Team Time

1 Tahiti Nui 0:47.12

2 Czech Rep 0:47.94

3 Russia 0:48.46

4 Hungary 0:49.70


6 Germany 0:54.87

Premier 200m Open EURO Final

Place Team Time

1 Germany 0:46.55

2 Russia 0:47.46


4 Hungary 0:48.37

5 Czech Rep 0:48.37

Premier Mixed 200m Final

Place Team Time


2 Russia 0:48.63

3 Germany 0:48.83

4 Czech Rep 0:49.13

5 Poland 0:50.29

Premier Open 500m.

Place Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3

1 Tahiti Nui 1:54.71 1:54.76 1:53.56

2 Great Britain 1:56.81 1:55.72 1:55.40

3 Germany 1:56.65 1:55.78 1:56.06

4 Russia 1:57.22 1:56.49 1:57.85

5 Hungary 1:56.18 1:57.63 1:58.71

6 Czech Rep 1:57.78 1:57.16 Disq

Premier Open 500m SMALL BOAT


1 Tahiti Nui 2:09.13 2:09.00 2:08.58

2 Italy 2:23.21 2:20.59 2:19.44

3 TAO 2:33.54 2:27.35 2:26.60

Premier Mixed 500m Grand Final

Place Team Time


2 Russia 2:03.14

3 Germany 2:04.37

4 Czech Rep 2:04.42

Premier Women 2000m. Final

Place Team Time


2 Germany 8:30.26

3 Hungary 8:41.31

4 Czech Rep 8:46.35

Premier Women 500m


1 Great Britain 2:11.62 2:08.71 2:08.89

2 Germany 2:13.64 2:10.73 2:10.82

3 Czech Rep 2:14.23 2:11.03 2:12.41

4 Hungary 2:18.88 2:15.56 2:18.29

5 Norway 2:28.66 2:23.94

Premier Women 200m. Final

Place Team Time


2 Czech Rep 0:57.19

3 Hungary 0:57.47

4 Germany 0:59.30

Senior A Open 2000m Final

Place Team Time

1 Russia 7:38.66

2 Germany 7.45.57

3 Czech Rep 7.53.41

4 Hungary 7.56.38

5 Great Britain 8.23.67

Senior A Open 200m Final

Place Team Time

1 Russia 0:48.57

2 Germany 0:48.99

3 Poland 0:49.01

4 Czech Rep 0.49.41

5 Great Britain 049.92

6 Hungary 0:49.98

Senior A Open 500m


1 Russia 2.01.86 1.59.41 1.58.72

2 Germany 2.02.81 1.59.75 1.59.54

3 Czech Rep 2.03.60 2.00.88 2.00.32

4 Poland 2.02.67 2.02.27 2.01.69

5 Hungary 2.04.96 2.03.01 2.00.97

6 Gt Britain 2.06.96 2.04.88 2.04.14

Senior A Mixed 500m

Place Team Time

1 Russia 2.07.86

2 Germany 2.07.90

3 Poland 2.07.95

4. Hungary 2.08.59



10TH ASIAN DRAGON BOAT CHAMPIONSHIPS - BUSAN, KOREA The 10

th Asian Dragon Boat Championships were held in Busan, Korea from 7-9 Sept2012.

Athletes from 10 ADBF Members took part, namely, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Macau, Japan,

Chinese Taipei, Australia, the Philippines and Singapore, with a guest crew from Tahihi Nui.

Tahiti Nui French Polonesia) subsequently applied for ADBF Membership and were accepted

at the November meeting of the ADBF Executive Committee).

The main sponsors of the Championships were the

Busan Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)

and Busan City Government, with the Opening and

Closing ceremonies being held at the Busan Cinema Centre and Buan Grand Hotel, where

the Teams were treated to a feast of entertainment by famous singers, dancers & magicians.

Championship races were held in both Standard and Small boats in the Open, Women

and Mixed Racing Classes over race distances of 200m, 500m and 5000m. The surprise

package was the overall strength of Tahihi Nui, who proved, as they did at the European

Championships in July, that they can compete with the best Teams in the world.

10th ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - GRAND FINALS RESULTS

STANDARD BOAT Mixed 200m Mixed 500m Womens 200m

Womens 500m Open 5000m Womens 5000m

SMALL BOAT

Open 200m Mixed 200m Womens 200m

Open 500m Mixed 500m Womens 500m

1 Chinese Taipei 1.56.50

2 Tahiti Nui 1.56.97

3 Australia 1.58.43

4 Macau 2.03.54

1 Chinese Taipei 0.47.26 2 China 0.47.46

3 Tahiti Nui 0.47.54 4 Australia 0.48.71

5 Japan 0.48.88

1 China 0.49.84

2 Tahiti Nui 0.50.78 3 Australia 0.51.12

4 Macau 0.52.58

5 Singapore 0.52.583


2 China 23.09.76

3 Chinese Taipei 23.57.35

4 Australia 23.59.62 5 Singapore 24.15.68

6 Macau 25.47.94

1 China 2.12.12 2 Tahiti Nui 2.13.00

3 Australia 2.15.29

4 Singapore 2.21.43 5 Hong Kong 2.31.98

1 China 24.57.56


3 Australia 26.34.08 4 Singapore 27.07.18

5 Macau 28.52.97

6 Japan 29.08.62

7 Hong Kong 29.59.00

1 Tahiti Nui 0.53.40 2 China Taipei 0.53.95

3 Singapore 0.55.68 4 Australia 0.56.62

5 Japan: 0.57.85

1 China 0.52.69


3 China Taipei 0.55.24

4 Australia 0.55.74

5 Singapore 0.56.78

1 China 0.57.38


3 Philippines 0.58.79

4 China Taipei 0.59.18

5 Australia 0.59.87

1 Tahiti Nui 2.17.55 2 China Taipei 2.20.65

3 Australia 2.26.44

4 Philippines 2.28.55 5 Japan: 2.30.39


2 China 2.14.45

3 Australia 2.15.36

4 Singapore 2.20.29

1 China 2.25.73


3 Philippines 2.32.10

4 Singapore 2.35.13

5 Australia 2.35.34

6 Japan 2.48.15



NEWS ALERT: Confirmed Sightings of Two Dragons on Herastrau

Lake in Romania!sight of two Dragons on

Corporate Games Romania

of the situation!

We are talking of course, about the long awaited arrival of the

Romania! We took them out onto Herastrau Lake for an initial trial.

Some of friends from British American Tobacco,

Pullman Hotels and World Trade Centre came along to help out and experience

the fun for the first time.

Meanwhile passers by smiled as they observed the scene curiously and watched

these strange looking boats, complete with a drummer beating

rhythm of the Crew’s paddle strokes!

The V&A Waterfront, where the 2004 Club Crew World Champs were held, Corporate Games over the period of 06-09 June 2013city bowl, the vibrant V&A Waterfront will play host toCorporate Games 2013.

The V&A Waterfront boasts some exceptional facilities anCentre. Dragon Boat Racing will be one of the Sports included in the

Other Corporate Games in 2013 featuring Dragon Boating

NSW Australia 13/17 March 2013; Bucharest Romania 6/9 June 2013; Annecy France & Coventry England 4/7 July 2013.

Other Corporate Games that featured Dragon Boating in 2012 were Melbourne Australia (Nov) and Istanbu

All Corporate Games Dragon Boat Races are held under IDBF Regulations, modified for the

normally held over 200 and 500m in the Standard IDBF Spec Racing Boat but can be held in the IDBF Spec Small Boat.

For more information on a

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Lake in Romania! In April this year onlookers were surprised to witness the unusual

sight of two Dragons on Herastrau Lake, in Bucharest, Romania. Not to fear though, as

e Games Romania had arranged for two International Dragon trainers to take control

of the situation!

We are talking of course, about the long awaited arrival of the Dragon Boats in

Romania! We took them out onto Herastrau Lake for an initial trial.

, Phillip Morris, Accenture, plus

came along to help out and experience

Meanwhile passers by smiled as they observed the scene curiously and watched

with a drummer beating the drum to the

Dragon Boating is becoming more popular in Romania and the Dragon Boats will

be on the lake on a regular basis. Two Dragon Boat Coaches

certified Coaches from the International Dragon Boat Federation train

staff, to Helm ( steer) the boats and certify them under the IDBF training Progra

Dragon Boat training for all participants started on Th

over the weekend.

The Corporate Games Romania is part of the largest corporate Multi spor

in the world and the Romania Games took place from the 24

Over 2500 participants from 14 sports took part.

The dates for 2013 Bucharest Corporate Games

, where the 2004 Club Crew World Champs were held, is the prestigious Host Venue for 09 June 2013. Situated at the foot of Table Mountain with panoramic views of the

city bowl, the vibrant V&A Waterfront will play host to multiple networking opportunities and sporting codes during the

exceptional facilities and has already been named as the magnificent setting for the Games SuperDragon Boat Racing will be one of the Sports included in the Cape Town Corporate Games.

in 2013 featuring Dragon Boating amongst the many Sports on offer are -


that featured Dragon Boating in 2012 were Melbourne Australia (Nov) and Istanbu

are held under IDBF Regulations, modified for the Corporate Games


ore information on a Corporate Games near you visit www.corporate

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In April this year onlookers were surprised to witness the unusual

Not to fear though, as the

arranged for two International Dragon trainers to take control

more popular in Romania and the Dragon Boats will

n a regular basis. Two Dragon Boat Coaches from Hungary, both

from the International Dragon Boat Federation trained the local

the boats and certify them under the IDBF training Programe

on Thurs 26th April and continued

is part of the largest corporate Multi sport festival

in the world and the Romania Games took place from the 24th

to 27th

May 2012.

are 6 and 7 June 2013.

prestigious Host Venue for the 2013 Cape Town Mountain with panoramic views of the ocean and

multiple networking opportunities and sporting codes during the Cape Town

setting for the Games Super


that featured Dragon Boating in 2012 were Melbourne Australia (Nov) and Istanbul Turkey (Jun).

Corporate Games. Races are


www.corporate-games.com



QUEEN ELIZABETH II - JUBILEE CELEBRA

D

A crowd had gathered and as Worcester Busters beca

atmosphere was becoming palpable, and the murmurexcitement. Once on the water the crews realised the boats to muster, there is a lot of waiting to do!

After half an hour, we made our way up to the start at crowd lining the sides of the river and the bridges add was gaining momentum. Rt. London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson

The Princess Elizabeth steam locomotive started the Pageant as the Britannia Launch

took the royal party to the Spirit of Chartwell Royal Barge.

manpowered squadron moved slowly towards the Roya

past the Royal party, which was pretty exciting for us as

the Queen before.

up and the surrounding vessels became more varied, the regiment of Dragon Boats became more dispoccasional friendly faces through the lines of kayaks, skiffs, whalers, rowing boats, outrigger canoes and the Maori war cano

Through the City and towards Tower Bridge the river became more congested and the crowds thicker andJohn on the helm, as it wasn’t getting any easier).

As the crowds thinned and after 5 hours of paddling, some in the pouring,rain Pershore opened up the stroke rate and led the entifirst boat to come into view of the masses of people in Green12.5 mile adventure came to its soggy conclusion.

The days events can probably be best described as a lightning rod for the collective goodwill of the nation from the million plus crowd, cheering and some 20 miles of river bank, bridges, boats and balconies to the endless stream of people wanting to talk to me, paddle in hand on the tube homeinvolved. It really was profoundly cheering and genuinely

Ali Lowe

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BRATIONS – A VIEW OF THE DAY FROM PERSHORE PHOENIX DBC

The Queen’s Jubilee Pageant was a mighty procession River Thames and all about atmosphere and spotting celebrities’ but definitely not a race or about the participants. It was about organisation, discipline and much patience when gathering 14 dragon boat crews together in one place.

After a damp walk, from Chiswick, to the Putney embankment, we Sky Television News gazebo next to the phalanx of Dragon Boats ready to be dressed and prepared for the River Pageant, which would take us down the River Thames past the Queen and the Royal family and through the centre of London, passing by the famous Tower of London and under Tower Bridge.

Sky TV’s Kay Burleigh interviewed the crew and filmed our warm updummer Emily, to show her how it worked ! ThenJohnson was interviewed sitting in our boat before Sky filmed us warming up for National TV

ame the first boat to load, the

ur grew into a real buzz of the need for patience - with 1000

Battersea Bridge. The huge added to a sense of occasion that

Rt. London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson.

The Princess Elizabeth steam locomotive started the Pageant as the Britannia Launch

Chartwell Royal Barge. Meanwhile the ranks of the

manpowered squadron moved slowly towards the Royal Barge where they bobbed

the Royal party, which was pretty exciting for us as most of us have never seen

The pageant itself was more challenging than you would expect it to be Dragon Boat is a racing vessel designed to slice through the water but

the speed limit of 4 knots involved a slow stroke rate setting fire to shoulders and backs after an hour or two on our journey down the Thames

Despite this it was a great way to see London as we passed Station and banks of cheering people, with spectators

of the apartment blocks that border that part of the river.

A large selection of passenger boats anchored in the river dis alarming level of list as people leaned over the side to watch the man

boats paddle past them and down towards Tower Bridge.

We passed a selection of London landmarks in the company of the ever Worcester Busters and as the formation of the 1000 boat pageant started to break

up and the surrounding vessels became more varied, the regiment of Dragon Boats became more dispoccasional friendly faces through the lines of kayaks, skiffs, whalers, rowing boats, outrigger canoes and the Maori war cano

Through the City and towards Tower Bridge the river became more congested and the crowds thicker and even more vocal. (All credit to

As the crowds thinned and after 5 hours of paddling, some in the pouring, Pershore opened up the stroke rate and led the entire flotilla, becoming the

come into view of the masses of people in Greenwich where our 5 hour,

The days events can probably be best described as a lightning rod for the collective cheering and waving along

bridges, boats and balconies to the endless stream of paddle in hand on the tube home just because I was

and genuinely uplifting stuff.

Pershore head for home

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A VIEW OF THE DAY FROM PERSHORE PHOENIX DBC

The Queen’s Jubilee Pageant was a mighty procession down London’s River Thames and all about atmosphere and spotting celebrities’ but definitely not a race or about the participants. It was about organisation,

patience when gathering 14 dragon boat crews

After a damp walk, from Chiswick, to the Putney embankment, we found the Sky Television News gazebo next to the phalanx of Dragon Boats ready to be

Pageant, which would take us down the River Thames past the Queen and the Royal family and through the centre of London, passing by the famous Tower of London and under Tower Bridge.

Sky TV’s Kay Burleigh interviewed the crew and filmed our warm up, asking our ummer Emily, to show her how it worked ! Then the Mayor of London, Boris

before Sky filmed us warming up for

The pageant itself was more challenging than you would expect it to be as a Dragon Boat is a racing vessel designed to slice through the water but keeping to

slow stroke rate setting fire to shoulders and on our journey down the Thames.

as we passed Battersea Power Station and banks of cheering people, with spectators crowding onto the balconies

river.

ge selection of passenger boats anchored in the river displayed a most alarming level of list as people leaned over the side to watch the man powered boats paddle past them and down towards Tower Bridge.

a selection of London landmarks in the company of the ever chipper Worcester Busters and as the formation of the 1000 boat pageant started to break

up and the surrounding vessels became more varied, the regiment of Dragon Boats became more dispersed, though we glimpsed occasional friendly faces through the lines of kayaks, skiffs, whalers, rowing boats, outrigger canoes and the Maori war canoe.

even more vocal. (All credit to

Pershore head for home – ‘No Racing allowed’



IRAN DRAGON BOAT ASSOCIATION – GOING FORWARD WITH THE DRAGON

A Grade 2 Dragon Boat Coaching Course organised by the Iran Dragon Boat Association, was held from

29 Nov–1 Dec 2012 in Tehran and attracted an attendance of 25 Coaches from eleven (11) Provinces.

The course concluded with a Video Message from the IDBF Executive President, Mike MacKeddie-Haslam, who wished the very

best of success to all the Iranian Dragon Boat coaches and officials

and said that he hoped to be able to come to Iran as soon as possible

to help with the on-going development of the Sport in Iran.

The video message was played with Persian sub-titles and was

followed with some picture images from the course.

In the closing of the course Mr Mohammad Cany, the President of the Iran Dragon Boat Association, thanked all of participants and appreciated the sincere efforts of Mr Abbas Mohammadali and Mr Peyman Moshiri, the lecturers for the course and Ms Akram Alia Badi, the Vice President of Iran DBA, who awarded certificates of appreciation to the Coaches.

Students took both written and practical exams.

The theory was followed by practical sessions on the water.

The Federation's Supervisors’ visited the Classes

The Iran DBA are pleased to announce that the 1st National Indoor Dragon Boat Championships will be held

from 20-23 January 2013 in Tehran. Racing Classes will be for U21, Premier, Senior Men and Women.



FEATURE ON THE CYPRUS DRAGON BOAT ASSOCIATION – CYDBA

Dragon boating in Cyprus started in 2008, when the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF)

donated 4 IDBF Spec Dragon Boats to what came to be the Cyprus Dragon Boat Association

(CYDBA). The founding members of CYDBA then started promoting the sport and organizing

the annual Cyprus International Dragon Boat Festival, which takes place in October.

Teams from Russia, Dubai, and recently Spain, have participated in our event.

From 2008 until 2011, dragon boating in Cyprus took place on the sea, in front of the

Famagusta Nautical Club, and practice had to stop for the winter months, as the sea was

too choppy. In 2011, after building a new trailer which made it easier to transport the

boats and practices started being held throughout the winter at the Yermasoyia waterdam.

Initially it was hard to convince people to trust the waters at the water dam, but this gave a

new boost to the sport, as a small but critical mass of people continued practicing and when

spring time came, it became easier to have a full boat on the water every weekend.

2012 marked an important break-through for the CYDBA in terms of event organization.

On 14th Jul 2012, in collaboration with the Rotaract Berengaria Cosmopolitan, Limassol, the

CYDBA organized its first Charity event, “Paddle for Life,” to raise awareness and collect

funds for the anti-leukemia “Zoi” Foundation.

The event was a great success, as 325 paddlers registered to take part. The racing

was initially scheduled to take place at the sea, in front of the Famagusta Nautical Club.

The local authorities recalled the permission they had given

for the races to be carried out inside the breakwaters two days

before the event, so the event was started outside the

breakwaters, but had to be stopped and postponed for the next

weekend due to bad weather. On July 22nd

, the event was

carried out at the Yermasoyia water dam, with 220 paddlers

taking part. All participants were very excited, and some of them

stayed in the sport, forming new teams.

The July charity event was a breakthrough because of four

reasons: it was the biggest event organized so far, with new

participants who hadn’t heard about dragon-boating before,

including corporate teams, and thus it acquainted more people

with the sport.

Because of the event more teams were formed; it was the first

event organized for charity; it brought more people to the

Yermasoyia water dam, where they saw the sport can be safely

done away from choppy waves and powerboats on the Sea.

In another effort to bring our sport to the masses, the CYDBA

participated in a coordinated effort with other “water sports”

federations together with the Inspectors of Physical Education at

Elementary Education (IPEEE) of the District of Limassol: The

IPEEE organized a series of daily events, during which 100

children per day would visit the beach (at the Famagusta and

Limassol Nautical Clubs) and try the sports of rowing, kayaking,

sailing, water polo, and dragon-boating. Altogether approximately

1400 children aged 11-12 took part in the events, with the majority

of them saying they preferred dragon-boating to the other sports!

Unfortunately, there somehow was no continuation, as none

of those children is dragon-boating today. We assess that this is

due to the fact that the children’s parents are not acquainted with

the sport, and probably feel reluctant to allow their children to get

involved with it. Despite Cyprus being an island, people are not

very well accustomed to water sports. Our efforts are geared

towards changing that.

In October, the CYDBA organized its annual event International event in memory of

the late Phyll MacKeddie, who sadly and unexpectedly passed away at the age of

only 54 during the summer. The event, organized at the Yermasoyia Water Dam

was again a success, with 11 teams (approx) 200 paddlers) taking part and with the

Spanish team Pinatar and team Volga Dragons from Russia taking 1st & 3

rd places,

with local team Dragon Riders second. The night ended on a happy note, when the

teams partied late into the night at Shaka Zulu bar, in Limassol.

In November, with financial assistance from the EDBF, CYDBA Chairman, Christos

Georgiou and Technical Director Djordje Pavlovic, took part in the EDBF Congress

in Hamburg. The participation was very useful as new friends were made and the

importance of feedback from the national federations to the EDBF was realized.

CYDBA’s plans for 2013 involve a first time participation at the World Championships

in Szeged, renewing our boat fleet, building some basic infrastructure and more boat storage and organizing more local dragon-boating.

The dates for the CYDBA’s events will be 14th

April, 14th

July and 20th

October 2013 and all three are open to international crews.

Christos Georgiou. CYDBA Chairman.

For both experienced and potential Coaches and Race Officials there will be three IDBF Training & Assessment

Courses in Cyprus between 1-10 March 2013 and why not also send a crew to the Limassol International Races

from – 15/16 October 2013 - further info on both from [email protected]



One great opportunity, one magnificence experience!!!! The first place was

taken by Pinatar Dragons (Spain) second place by Famagusta Dragons (Cyprus)

and third place by Volga Dragons (Russia). CIIM Masters Dragons finished in the

9th position and would like to wish all Dragon Boaters the best and keep enjoying

life!



PHYLL MACKEDDIE – A VERY SPECIAL PERSON

14 February 1958 – 24 July 2012

It was with great shock and sadness that the Dragon Boat World heard of the sudden and very

un-expected death in July 2012, of Phyll MacKeddie, Wife of the Mike Haslam, the IDBF

Executive President. Phyll MacKeddie was one of the Founders of the British Dragon Boat

Racing Association (BDA) and the IDBF. (Phyll kept her maiden name for professional reasons

but used her married name of MacKeddie-Haslam otherwise)

Phyll, along with Mike and a few other pioneers, helped to develop Dragon Boating in Great Britain

and Europe and indeed world wide. Phyll was a competitor too racing in British Teams in Hong Kong,

Japan and other locations around the globe, during the 1990s.

Phyll was one of the most experienced International Race Officials in

Dragon Boating and reached the pinnacle of the Sport’s organisation

when she was appointed as the Chief Official for the 2011 IDBF World

Championships, held inTampa, USA. She also always helped Mike with

the paper-work needed to keep the IDBF going and was the person

responsible for checking and implementing the Racing Programme for

all the IDBF World Championships.

Phyll was Mike’s helper and constant advisor in everything he did for the

Sport . Without Phyll’s blessing, understanding and support, Mike would

not have become so involved in the Sport himself and certainly would

not have become the IDBF Executive-President or committed so much of

his time to Dragon Boating. Mike would never go on any trips unless Phyll agreed and always wanted to get back home to her,

as soon as possible, if she was not travelling with him.

Cyprus was particularly high on Phyll and Mike’s list of places in which to hold Dragon Boat

Racing. Mike had served with the UN Forces in Cyprus in the early 1970s and returned to

the Island in the early 1990’s with Phyll, who fell, in love with its beauty and quiet way of life.

In the past few years Phyll helped to set up the CYDBA and often spent holidays there with

Mike, helping to paint and refurbish the CYDBA Dragon Boats ready for a new season.

Phyllis Diane MacKeddie, was born in Rosemarkie, Scotland on 14 Feb 1958 - Valentine’s

Day, on the Black Isle, North of Inverness. She attended the Fortrose Acadamy where the

teachers inspired her to become a teacher too. Graduating from Aberdeen Teachers

Training College in 1979, Phyll taught in Scotland before going to teach British Forces

Children in Germany in 1982, where she met Mike, a Captain in the British Army at the time.

In 1985, returning from Germany, Phyll and Mike set up home in Nottingham, where

Phyll taught for 2 years, before Mike’s Army career took him to Newport, South Wales,

in 1987. Here Phyll found her educational home at Lisvane Primary, Cardiff first as

a teacher, then as the Deputy Head and from 2005 as the Head Teacher.

Phyll came home from school on the 2 July 2012 with a severe migraine headache

which did not stop. After three days she was admitted to hospital and Mike returned

early from the Club Crew World Champs in Hong Kong to be with her and take her

home. Despite 5 days in hospital the Doctors’ could not determine the cause of her

headaches but told Mike that they could not find anything life threatening.

Phyll came home but the headaches and nausea continued for another week and on

the 17 July 2012, Phyll suffered a severe brain haemorrhage that resulted in a large

blood clot (thrombosis) forming at the base of her neck called a Cerebral Venus Thrombosis (CVT). This was too deep to be

removed by surgery. A week later sudden pressure in her skull caused her brain to swell beyond control and this could not be

treated. Phyll who was on a life support system and in an induced coma for the last week of her life and in no pain, died on

Tuesday 24 July 2012, in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, aged just 54.

Dragon Boat friends from around the world attended Phyll’s funeral in her beloved Scotland. A Memorial service held in Cardiff was

attended by hundreds of people including friends, teachers and past pupils, as well as many dragon boat friends. Everyone present

commented and remarked on the manner in which Phyll’s enthusiasm and love of live had inspired and enriched their own lives

Known and respected by Dragon Boaters around the world, words are not adequate enough to express the void that Phyll’s passing

has left in people’s lives but especially Mike’s. We can but wish him well and support him through his grief and the loss of his wife,

partner and best friend, as his and Phyll’s friends in Cyprus did recently in happy memories of Phyll.

My wife and I miss her warmth and friendship but the brightest light of all has gone out in the life of our Executive President.

Mike Thomas. Chairman IDBF Competition & Technical Commission.



The primary goal of the International Breast Cancer Paddlers

Commission (IBCPC) is to ensure that International Breast Cancer

Survivors (BCS) participation festivals and international competitive

events are raising awareness about life after a diagnosis of and

treatment for breast

LOOKING BACK WHILE MOVING FORWARD By: Jane Frost, IBCPC President

2012 was a year filled with advancement for the IBCPC.

We started with the announcement that the 2014 IBCPC

Participatory Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Sarasota,

Florida, USA. Our hosts will be the Florida teams Pink Dragon

Ladies, Tampa Hay and Save Our Sisters, Miami .

The biggest adventure was IBCPC's participation in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in June. Our paddling sisters from Lake Windermere in the Lake District in England loaned us 'Lucy at Low Wood' cheerfully decorated for the occasion. Our team, Internationally Abreast were from seven countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. Dr Don MacKenzie, founder and coach of the first breast cancer dragon boat team from Vancouver steered the 15 joyful women under twenty bridges along the Thames, from Putney to Greenwich. As a member of that crew I must say that we were on the water for 6 hours but it only felt like 6 minutes ! House in London during a

Reception to celebrate the A number of our teams have gone on some big adventures too. Teams paddled in Hong Kong in the BCS Division of the IDBF Club Crew World Championships and IBCPC Representatives attended the IDBF Counci l Meet ing held dur ing the CCWC. IBCPC Teams a lso participated internationally in Turkey, Ireland and Israel. On the membership front our teams in Italy, Ireland, and Great Britain made impressive strides in encouraging and supporting new teams.

I have now been President of the IBCPC for two years and am pleased to report that our Commission is strong and growing. We have

established a good working relationship with the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) of which we are a Commission. We are

also receiving many inquires about starting new teams particularly in the United States and Europe. Asia continues to be a challenge.

Now I would like to ask you on an individual basis, to give serious consideration to volunteering your time, energy and expertise to

the IBCPC. In two years we shall be having a "changing of the guard" as elections will be held for most of the Steering Committee

positions. In order to ensure a smooth transition we need to have more involvement from people like you. We need writers, editors,

people who can track down stories for our newsletter or what about membership and mentoring new teams? There is lots to do.

Two years is not that far way so please consider coming "on board" this important organisation. We welcome your participation.

As the breast cancer dragon boat movement grows internationally we are well positioned to raise awareness about this dreaded disease.

The IBCPC was created to spread this message and as our influence grows so too does this unique opportunity. Together we are

stronger, our voices are louder and the message is clearer.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2013 filled with adventure be it in your community or in a foreign land. Jane Frost.

FESTIVAL DOWN UNDER: By Jo Parry, Dragon Abreast, Brisbane.

Beautiful Cockle Hay, Sydney was the setting October 27th for the Dragons Abreast

Festival, a national event to raise funds in support of Dragons Abreast programs by

inviting corporate and social dragon boat teams to compete while raising breast

cancer awareness and the benefits of paddling. Spectators and participants alike

can see that those living with breast cancer regain full, fun and active lives after

their diagnosis and treatment.

The racing was not just on the water. Another race was underway leading up to the

event for the highest fundraisers. Dedicated members of Dragons Abreast were

each allocated corporate teams to ensure they were informed and ready for the

challenge ahead. These partnerships provided a personal face for the corporate

teams of the benefits that Dragons Abreast has brought to the survivors and will

offer those who join in the future.

The World Fire Fighters Games were on in Sydney at the same time. and they heard about the Dragons Abreast Festival and were keen

to join in the fun. They entered a number of teams including Team France who dressed up as you can see in the photo. Cockle Hay

grew quiet during the Flowers on the Water ceremony. Eleven boats rafted together with breast cancer survivors and supporters for a

ceremony that is always moving for those involved, as well as for spectators on the shore.

A highlight of the racing day was the annual Hospital Challenge. Healthcare workers doctors, nurses, radiologists, etc, raced and

were given very warm thanks with a paddle of honour from the survivors after completing their final.

The Hospital Challenge gives breast cancer survivors a chance to 'thank and appreciate' the care provided by these healthcare

workers during their treatment. Corporate and social teams had a ball, and many will return next year. Congratulations go to Dragons

Abreast.

Jane, speaking at Canada House in London during a

reception to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee



THEY’RE THE GALS WHO BUILT THE BOAT - By: Suzanne Bodner, Chestmates, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

The women of the Avalon Dragons breast cancer dragon boat

team have the art of boat-building deep in their bones. They

hail from "The Rock" the island province of Newfoundland

which sits in the Atlantic Ocean off the eastern coast of

Canada where thousands upon thousands of their ancestors

made their living fishing the ocean waters in their home-made

boats.

Soon after they formed a team in early 2006, the Avalon

Dragons enlisted master boat-builder and naval engineer

Bruce Whitelaw to help them design and build their own

wooden dragon boat from scratch. In an unused industrial arts

classroom in a junior high school in St. John's, the capital

city, safety glasses were donned, measurements were taken,

hammers came out swinging, and power tools whirred as the

women turned up four times a week to make their unique dream

come true.

It was an exciting adventure for all of them as they used

their learned-on-the-job skills to become the first dragon boat

team in North America to build their own boat!

For many of the women getting "down and dirty" was a form of

healing therapy along their breast cancer journey. Said team

member Sylvia Flood at the time, "We're not thinking about

our chronic illness.

We're having fun, and we're experiencing another new

challenge in our lives, and that's what life is all about. This

boat is all about life beyond cancer!"

In May, 2007, the Avalon Dragons held a keel-laying

ceremony where, in keeping with Maritime tradition, all

members of the team, along with their boat-building naval

mentor, proudly etched their names into the mahogany keel for

posterity.

And for good luck, two special-edition breast cancer ribbon

coins, issued by the Royal Canadian Mint, were embedded in

the well known Newfoundland artist Di Dabinett, herself a

breast cancer survivor, agreed to design and carve a unique

head and tail for the new boat. Team members helped her

paint them in bright bold colours.

Over 500 people attended the official launch in September of

2007. Hearts soared with special pride as the women paddled

their magnificent gleaming wooden dragon boat

Out onto Octagon Pond in Paradise (a town just outside St.

John's) where the team is based. For many of the crew, the

building of the boat had been a labour of love for over a year

and a half.

In 2009, the team was invited to a Boat Show in the Outport

community of Lewisporte. There, the "other" master boat-

builders were in shock as their expert eyes examined Avalon

Dragons' dragon boat. They praised the women for the beauty,

the workmanship and the aerodynamics of their boat from

Paradise.

For the first two years, the team practiced in their wooden boat and

in a pink fibreglass one which was donated by one of their coaches

and a local Chinese restaurant. Since then, as the team has grown

in numbers, three other fibreglass practise boats have been donated

to their f leet.

These days, the wooden boat is usually reserved for ceremonial and

Community events, like the Santa Claus Parade and the CIBC Run for

the Cure. This past summer, the team held its second local dragon

boat festival, "Paddle in Paradise", and the magnificent wooden boat

was the centrepiece of the Pink Carnation Ceremony.

It was an extremely emotional moment for all team members a

vivid expression of both their strength and their vulnerability as breast

cancer survivors. Not only did the women of the Avalon Dragons

build a boat, they built a team. Working together on a dream project

for so many months, they forged strong friendships and a deep

respect for each other, which like their names etched in mahogany, will

last forever.

One of the goals of the current 60 member team is to grow dragon

boating in Newfoundland and Labrador, both for breast cancer

survivors and for the general public.

They know first-hand the importance of fitness in decreasing the

incidence of breast cancer and so many other illnesses. They have

become cheerleaders and role models across the province.

The Avalon Dragons hope to expand their facilities and their festival

so that one day they can invite national and international teams to

compete on their waters.

Their team song, sung with a regional linguistic twist to the tune of

a rousing traditional Newfoundland folk song, tells their story best.

"We're the gals that built the boat and we're the gals that paddle

her, we're the gals that showed the world, we're breast cancer survivors."

Thanks to Nancy Bennett, Avalon Dragons Communications Chair, for her help with the details of the story.



DUBLIN TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL 2012. 40 majestic tall ships 55 musical acts and over 1 million visitors came to Ireland in August for the Dublin Tall Ships Festival 2012.

So as not to miss an opportunity, the Irish Dragon Boat Association was also in attendance offering free “Come & Try It” dragon boating sessions for the general public on the first two days of the festival.

Yes in only TWO days the IrDBA managed to give just over a 1000 people the dragon boat experience!

Well done to the team running the sessions who were totally overwhelmed with the take up for this new sport in Ireland.

DUBLIN DRAGON BOAT REGATTA 2012

53 teams over two days competed in the 2nd

Dublin Int Dragon Boat Regatta. New race categories this year included the “GO FOR IT” Challenge and the Schools Challenge as well as the traditional International, Novice

and Breast Cancer Survivors Races. With Dublin being a mecca for IT companies the “GO FOR IT” Challenge was mounted with 10 teams secured from Version 1, Google, LinkedIn and Accenture. The overall winner was Google who had also won the Novice Challenge last year.

Having piloted a schools dragon boat project with Plurabelle Paddlers, the IrDBA wanted to give the schools an opportunity to compete on an equal footing, hence the introduction of the Schools Challenge into the regatta. Considered an important area for the development of the sport in Ireland, five teams entered the regatta from the 300 children who ran through the pilot project earlier in the year. A special thank you must go to the Health Service Executive who awarded a grant to run the pilot scheme.

The regatta was also honoured to have Canadians Abreast and North Shore Dragon Busters from Canada, United German Dragons from Germany and our colleagues Thames and Friends from the UK all competing in the International race category. The overall winners were United German Dragons.

The Canadian Ambassador, His Excellency Loyola Hearn also attended to present the prizes for the International Challenge. Of course there was the usual party organised by Plurabelle Paddlers which was definitely won by United German Dragons and yes all the international teams were up doing a few Irish jigs and reels!

Left: North Shore Dragon Busters (Canada) line up against United Dragons (Germany). Right: Castleknock College in the Schools Challenge.

This year we also introduced “I’m a Dragon Boat Babe! / Hunk!” into the regatta.

Next year is “The Gathering Ireland 2013, a year long celebration of all that is great about Ireland.

The Irish Dragon Boat Association would there- , fore like to invite you all to our regatta on the

14TH

& 15TH

SEPTEMBER 2013. Julie Doyle, Chairwoman, Irish Dragon Boat Association (IrDBA)

DRAGON VIEW ON YOUTUBE – check out this link for a gentle first time Dragon Boat session in Cyprus

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqDeEcPB3OI



FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH - PARA DRAGON BOATING IN HONG KONG

Dragon Boating, a Chinese tradition, a game, a sport, a realization of strength and team

spirit, requiring tremendous power of hands and legs; yes, I agree, but not the last phrase.

Para Dragon Boating within the sport of modern Dragon Boating started when the

(International Dragon Boat Federation) appointed Dr. Raymond Ma, the Chairman of the

Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association to be the

The first participant in the Dragon Boating for the Disabled (a formal name of Para Dragon Boating was not conventional name

most of the people in Hong Kong at that time) was the Hand

Right : self developed adaptive chair with the assistance of the

Dept, Kowloon Hospital (Int Assoc of Hand-in-Hand

Left : A Paddler (

he cannot use his legs to balance his body

OUR PARA DRAGON BOAT TEAM

The first participant

(the more formal

a conventional name known to most of the

Divers whose members are more

A meeting with other Non

(NGOs) was later held in

was drawn up. However, with no

the spark did not grow as

In Feb 2011,a formal

under the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Association. With the

as the Honorary Advisor in Para Dragon Boating and Ms. Fay

the Para Dragon Boating finally went live to explore the

Para Dragon Boating in Hong Kong.

With disabilities of all sorts to deal with frank, unbiased, open

the Committee’s limitations in trying to overcome the

getting the physical disabled paddlers stepping out from

The first International Para Dragon Boat Race was held on 17 Jun 2011

Kong para dragon boat teams and one overseas team from Jiangmen in the Guangdong Province, Mainland China joined the race

were the champions !

The visually challenged, who listened to the command of the leader

drum b but rely on the vibration of the drumstick hitting

The crew of mentally challenged children did not receive any prize but their parents were gratefully i

internationally and to hear the cheers from the thousands

At the IDBF Club Crew World Championships, in Hong Kong in July 2012, Para Dragon Crews competed

and once again watching the Para Dragons racing

Para Dragon Boating is a new extension in modern

voluntary basis to over the cost of venue, boat rental, coach fees and other fees. Government funding and private donation ar

paramount to advance this sport worldwide

Issue Number 28

a Tradition “

PARA DRAGON BOATING IN HONG KONG

, a game, a sport, a realization of strength and team

of hands and legs; yes, I agree, but not the last phrase.

in the sport of modern Dragon Boating started when the IDBF

appointed Dr. Raymond Ma, the Chairman of the

to be the Chair of the IDBF Para Dragon Boating Committee in 2010.

The first participant in the Dragon Boating for the Disabled (a formal name of Para Dragon Boating was not conventional name

most of the people in Hong Kong at that time) was the Hand-in-hand Divers whose members are more adaptive to w

self developed adaptive chair with the assistance of the Prosthetic and Orthotic

Hand Divers, Hong Kong)

Paddler (spinal cord injury of T12/L1), that is,

his legs to balance his body.

OUR PARA DRAGON BOAT TEAM

The first participants in Dragon Boating for the disabled

formal name of Para Dragon Boating was not

conventional name known to most of the people in Hong Kong at that time) was the Hand

whose members are more adaptive to water sports. In water, we see boundary with no

A meeting with other Non-Government Organizations

(NGOs) was later held in April 2010 where an initial plan

. However, with no funding or resources,

the spark did not grow as people would have wished.

In Feb 2011,a formal Para Dragon Committee was set up

With the appointment of Dr. James Lam

and Ms. Fay HO as the Committee Chair,

to explore the practicability and development of

frank, unbiased, open communication identified

e the difficulties they faced. Phone calls, emails, correspondences

the physical disabled paddlers stepping out from the shore to a floating pontoon occupied many nights of

Race was held on 17 Jun 2011 in the Hong Kong Dragon Boat

dragon boat teams and one overseas team from Jiangmen in the Guangdong Province, Mainland China joined the race

mmand of the leader were second placed. For the hearing impaired

tion of the drumstick hitting the side of the boat and follow their front paddlers, were placed third

did not receive any prize but their parents were gratefully in tears seeing th

thousands of spectators.

, in Hong Kong in July 2012, Para Dragon Crews competed as part of the Championships

tching the Para Dragons racing captured the minds and souls of the thousands of spectators lining the regatta course.

in modern Dragon Boating. The Hong Kong Dragon Boat

voluntary basis to over the cost of venue, boat rental, coach fees and other fees. Government funding and private donation ar

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in 2010.

The first participant in the Dragon Boating for the Disabled (a formal name of Para Dragon Boating was not conventional name known to

hand Divers whose members are more adaptive to water sports.

people in Hong Kong at that time) was the Hand-in Hand

, we see boundary with no limits.

hone calls, emails, correspondences were exchanged and

nights of discussion.

Dragon Boat Carnival. Eight local Hong

dragon boat teams and one overseas team from Jiangmen in the Guangdong Province, Mainland China joined the race and

impaired, who do not hear the

, were placed third.

n tears seeing their children race

as part of the Championships

thousands of spectators lining the regatta course.

Dragon Boat Association works on

voluntary basis to over the cost of venue, boat rental, coach fees and other fees. Government funding and private donation are



EDBF CONGRESS, HAMBURG 10/11 NOV 2012 –

18 COUNTRIES DISCUSS THE FUTURE FOR EUROPE Delegates from 18 Member Countries attended the Special Congress of the

European Dragon Boat Federation (EDBF) held in Hamburg, Germany, over

the weekend of 10th and 11th November 2012. Visa difficulties precluded

Turkey and Russia from attending.

The Congress heard reports from the EDBF Chairman, Alan van Caubergh, Secretary

General Kim Beckwith and President Mike MacKeddie-Haslam, on the ‘State of

the EDBF Nation’ and the past development of the Sport in Europe, before

hearing from the delegates about the situations that exist in their own countries.

The areas of discussion on the general situation within Europe and ideas and

plans for the future development of the Sport, were covered under four subject

headings – Organisation. Competitions. Development. Services for the Sport.

Photo: Delegates from Austria, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Germany, Gt Britain, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Ireland,

Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, Switzerland and the Netherlands, with the IDBF World Championship Premier Division’s Nations Cup.

MANFRED RUSS RECEIVES HONORARY VICE- PRESIDENT’S AWARD FROM THE IDBF

As a tribute to Manfred Russ´ many significant contributions to the development of the modern sport of dragon boat racing, he was honoured during the EDBF Special Congress held on 11 Nov 2012, in Hamburg, Germany. Mike Mackeddie-Haslam, in his role as the IDBF Executive President, presented Manfred with an

IDBF Honorary Vice-President’s Certificate.

Manfred was one of the men responsible for bringing Dragon Boating to Germany and in particular to

Schwerin in the early 1990s, when he helped to set up the Schwerin Dragon Boat Club, in East German and

was the driving force behind a local boat manufacturer persuading them to build IDBF Spec Dragon Boats.

That company was called BuK. From organising and supporting local Dragon Boat Races, Manfred brought the

EDBF Championships to town, staging them on the lake in the heart of Schwerin.

A lawyer by profession, Manfred became a President of the German DBA, EDBF Vice Chairman and an IDBF

Vice-President for a number of years, during which time his enthusiasm for the Sport (still undiminished by time)

was infectious and inspired many others to become involved in Dragon Boating. Manfred still acts as one of the IDBF’s Honorary Legal

Advisers’ and his wise counselling over the years, has been of great value to the IDBF.

DATELINE HONG KONG - NEWS FROM THE IDBF EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL

The IDBF Executive Committee and Council held its annual

meeting in Hong Kong on 2 July 2012, prior to the Club Crew World

Championships. The meeting was hosted by the Hong Kong China

Dragon Boat Association, whose Chairman Dr Raymond Ma,

attended the Council as the Chair of the IDBF Adaptive Paddling

Committee – the Para Dragons. (See separate article).

During the day the Council Members met with the Hungarian

Honorary Consul in China and received an update briefing from the

Szeged Organising Committee on the preparations being made for

the 11th

World Dragon Boat Racing Championships scheduled for

July 2013.

The Executive and Council received reports from the IDBF Officers

and Continental Representatives and discussed issues concerning

Dragon Boat Sport’s governance, administration and development,

including the services provided to the IDBF Members, IDBF

Affiliates and the licensed Boat manufacturers and Paddle makers.

In his report to the Council, the Executive President advised

Members on the progress being made in preparing the IDBF

application to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the

IDBF to become a recognised IOC International Federation in

2013.

The EP informed the Council of the discussions and agreement

reached with WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) concerning

changes to the IDBF’s Anti-Doping procedures, involving out-of-

competition testing and an increase in the number of in-competition

tests required at World Champs.

The Council endorsed the EP’s report and approved the changes

to the proposed IDBF Ant-Doping procedures, to include out-of-

competition testing and more in-competition tests in 2013 and the

setting up of an IDBF Registered Testing Pool of elite paddlers.

Concerning the finances of the Federation, IDBF Treasurer, Alan

van Caubergh, advised the Council that an operating loss for

2011 had been recorded, due to having to cover the advance

promotional costs of the 2013 WDBRC, when the event was

moved from Tehran to Szeged, as these costs could not now be

recouped.

The 2011 Tampa World Champs had also resulted in some

unexpected costs to the IDBF, as well as the introduction of IDBF

web based broadcasting through Livestream, which had not been

included in the original 2011 Budget.

However, the Federation has sufficient reserves to cover the

2011 deficit and the finance committee was working on ways to

increase the IDBF’s income and strengthen the Federation’s

financial position. In this regard talks had been held with Youtube

with a view to having a dedicated Youtube Dragon Boat Channel,

which would potentially provide a substantial income for the IDBF.

Other areas discussed by the Council covered IDBF Membership

Fees and the collection of Admin Fees at World Championships’,

the approval of new Members and confirmation of the Malaysian

DBF as an IDBF Full Member; the supply of IDBF Development

Boats and the report from the EP on meetings held with the IOC

and the ICF during the 2012 Sportaccord convention in Quebec.

IDBF Newsletter, December 2012 – Issue Number 28 Winter Edition

Dragon Boating. “More than a Sport – A Tradition “ 25.

IDBF CALENDAR OF MEMBERS DATES AND AFFILIATED FESTIVALS

2013

www.idbf.org

Championships - International & National All Races shown use IDBF Racing Rules or rules adapted from them. Championships are held under IDBF Comp Regs.

IDBF Members Regattas

IDBF Affiliates Festival Races

National Dragon Boat Regattas/Courses

Multi Sports Games & Boating Events

All events and dates shown are as notified on 29th

December 2012 - (P) = Provisional. TBN = To Be Notified

Date Regatta Details Race Venue Country Contact Details

20-23 Jan 2013 1st Iranian National Indoor DB Championships Tehran Iran www. irandba.ir

26 Jan 2013 1st Annual Puerto Rico Dragon Boat Festival Lago Cerrillos, Ponce Puerto Rico www.puertoricodragon.com

26 Jan 2013 Summer Sizzler Super 12 Aoraki New Zealand www.nzdba.co.nz

28 Jan 2013 Anniversary Day Sprint Races (Viaduct) Auckland New Zealand www.nzdba.co.nz

9-10 Feb 2013 German Open Ergo DB Champs Borken Germany E.M. [email protected]

13 Feb 2013 Super 12 Sprints – the Marina Westhaven New Zealand www.nzdba.co.nz

16 Feb 2013 Starke Teams Berlin Indoor Dragon Boat Cup Potsdam Germany www.starke-teams.com

24 Feb 2013 Chinese New Year Races, Darling Harbour Sydney Australia www.dbnsw.org.au

24 Feb 2013 Open races Aoraki New Zealand www.nzdba.co.nz

01-03 Mar 2013 IDBF Coaches & Race Officials Courses Limassol Cyprus EM: [email protected]

02-03 Mar 2013 Canadian Dragon Boat Expo Montreal Canada EM: [email protected]

03 Mar 2013 2nd

Canadian National Indoor DB Champs Montreal Canada EM: [email protected]

09 Mar 2013 South Island Champs Aoraki New Zealand www.nzdba.co.nz

16-17 Mar 2013 NSW Corporate Games including DB Races Sydney Australia www.corporate-games.com

16-17 Mar 2013 Wellington Festival Races Wellington New Zealand www.nzdba.co.nz

23-24 Mar 2013 Auckland North Island Regionals -Lake Pupuke Auckland New Zealand www.nzdba.co.nz

23-24 Mar 2013 Arizona Dragon Boat Festival Tempe, AZ USA www.azdba.com

23-24 Mar2013 SAVA - MR500 Jurong Lake Park Singapore www.sava.com.sg

06 APRIL 2013 New Zealand Nat Champs - Rotorua Lake Hood New Zealand www.nzdba.co.nz

13 Apr 2013 4th Heart of the Dragon Festival Macon, GA USA www.racedragonboats.com

13-14 Apr 2013 Central Florida Dragon Boat Festival Tavares, FL USA www.cfdragonboat.org

15-20 APRIL 2013 Australian National Champs - Penrith Sydney Australia www. ausdbf.com.au

20 Apr 2013 Walgreens Cocoa Beach DB Festival Cape Canaveral FL USA www.gwndragonboat.com

20 April 2013 Koepenicker DB Spring Cup Berlin Germany www.spreepointdragons.de

26 Apr 2013 Inter Schools DB Championships Bedok Reservoir Singapore www.sdba.org.sg

26-30 Apr 2013 PDBF Challenge Bohol International Races Bohol Philippines www.pdbf.com

27 Apr 2013 Czech Long Distance DB Champs Nymburk Czech Rep EM: [email protected]

27 Apr 2013 Junior League of Tuscaloosa DB Races Tuscaloosa USA www.racedragonboats.com

27 Apr 2013 Tampa Bay International DB Races Tampa, Florida USA www.tampabaydragonboats.com

27-28 Apr 2013 Dragon Boat Festival Adana Turkey www.dragonfestivali.com

04 MAY 2013 Charleston Dragon Boat Festival Charleston, SC USA www.dragonboatcharleston.org

04 May 2013 Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival Charlotte NC USA www.charlottedragonboat.com

04 May 2013 7th Annual Children’s Hospital DB Festival Chattanooga TN USA www.racedragonboats.com

05 May 2013 British National League – Race 1 Liverpool England www.dragonboat.org.uk

05 May 2013 13th Houston Dragon Boat Festival Houston, Texas USA www.texasdragonboat.com

08 May 2013 Czech Dragon Boat Grand Prix – Race 1 Litomerice Czech Rep www.dragonboat.cz

09-10 May 2013 Sea of Galilee Festival Races Lake Kinneret Israel www.dragonboatisrael.com



11th May 2013 International Dragon Boat Festival Cup Chantilly France www.thefunraces.com

11 May 2013 Greater New Orleans DB Festival Madisonville, LA USA www.gwndragonboat.com

11 May 2013 Rainier Dragon Boat Festival Tacoma, WA USA www.washingtondragonboat.org

11 May 2013 2nd

Annual Decatur DB Festival Decatur AL USA www.racedragonboats.com

11-12 May 2013 Dragon Boat Festival Izmir Turkey www.dragonfestivali.com

11-12 May 2013 10th Gyor International DB Festival Gyor Hungary EM: [email protected].

15-16 May 2013 1st Asian Club Crew Championships Marina Reservoir Singapore www.sdba.org.sg

17-18 May 2013 12th Washington DC Dragon Boat Fest Washington DC USA www.dragonboatdc.com

18 May 2013 Madison County Chamber DB Regatta Madison MI USA www.madisoncountychamber.com

18 May 2013 Dragon Boat Festival Little Rock AR USA www.racedragonboats.com

18-19 May 2013 DBS Marina Regatta Marina Reservoir Singapore www.sdba.org.sg

19 May 2013 British National League – Race 2, Kings Mill Lake Nottingham England www.dragonboat.org.uk

19 May 2013 Tokyo Dragon Boat Festival Tokyo Japan www.jdba-dragonboat.com

25 May 2013 Milton Dragon Boat Race Milton, Ontario Canada www.lively-dragon.com

25 May 2013 Stanley Dragon Warm Up Races Stanley Hong Kong www.dragonboat.org.hk

25-26 May 2013 Euro Golden Four Brno Czech Rep EM: [email protected]

25-26 May 2013 Dragon Boat Pink Meeting Florence Italy [email protected]

25-26 May 2013 6th Istanbul Int DB Fest - Golden Horn Istanbul Turkey www.dragonboatfestivali.com

26 May 2013 Toronto Women’s DB Regatta Brampton Ontario Canada www.CarolDeVarennes

26 May 2013 P Senboku Sakai DB Tounament Osaka Japan www.jdba-dragonboat.com

01 JUN 2013 Independence Dragon Boat Regatta Philadelphia, PA USA www. independencedragonboat.com

01 June 2013 7th Annual Gateway DB Festival St Louis MO USA www.racedragonboats.com

June 2013 TBC 34th Penang International DB Festival Penang Malaysia www.penangdragonboat.gov.my

02 June 2013 British National League – Race 3, Caldecotte Milton Keynes England www.dragonboat.org.uk

02 Jun 2013 East Anglian Festival – Oulton Broad Lowestoft England www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk

06-07 Jun 2013 Bucharest Corporate Games DB Races Bucharest Romania www.corporategames.com

06-09 June 2013 Padang International Festival DB Races West Sumatra Indonesia EM. [email protected]

08 Jun 2013 Welland DB Races Welland, Ontario Canada www.lively-dragon.com

08 Jun 2013 Sault Ste. Marie DB Festival Sault Ste. Marie, Ont Canada www.lively-dragon.com

08-09 Jun 2013 Golden Four Trebon Festival Races South Bohemia Czech Rep EM: [email protected]

08-09 June 2013 Penang International DB Festival Races Penang Malaysia www.penangdragonboat.gov.my

08-09 Jun 2013 Divonne Les Bains International DB Fest Divonne Les Bains France www.dragonboat-attitude.fr

08-09 Jun 2013 Haziran Dragon Boat Festival Ankara Turkey www.dragonboatfestivali.com

08-09 June 2013 Macau DB Festival Local Initational Races Nam Van Lake Macau, China www.sport.gov.mo

09-10 June 2013 Boston Dragon Boat Festival Boston, MA USA www.bostondragonboat.org

12 June 2013 Macau DB Festival International Races Nam Van Lake Macau, China www.sport.gov.mo

12 Jun 2013 Stanley International DB Races Stanley Hong Kong www.dragonboat.org.hk

15 Jun 2013 Blind River DB Festival Blind River, Ontario Canada www.lively-dragon.com

15 Jun 2013 Peterborough DB Races – R.Neme Peterborough England www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk

15 June 2013 Fanshawe DB Festival London, Ontario Canada fanshawedragonboatfestival.com

15 June 2013 Parry Sound Dragon Boat Festival Parry Sound, Ont Canada www.dragonboatfestival.org

15-16 Jun 2013 Berlin City Dragon Boat Cup Berlin Germany www.drachenboot.liga.de

15-16 Jun 2013 16h Berlin City DB Cup Races – Grunau Berlin Germany www.berlin-citycup.de

15-16 June 2013 Antalya Dragon Boat Festival Antalya Turkey www.festivali.com

15-16 June 2013 28th Sabah Dragon Boat Races Sabah, Borneo Malaysia www. sabahthorisim.com

16 June 2013 British National League – Race 4. Stockton England www.dragonboat.org.uk

16 June 2013 P Senboku Sakai DB Tournament Osaka Japan www.jdba-dragonboat.com

20 Jun 2013 Singapore Open Ergo DB Champs TBN Singapore

20-21 Jun 2013 19th European Company Sports Games Prague Czech Rep www.ecsg2013.eu

20-23 June 2013 Tim Hortons Ottawa DB Festival Ottawa Canada www.dragonboat.net



21-23 June 2013 25th Rio Tinto Alcan DB Festival Vancouver Canada www.dragonboatbc.ca

21-23 June 2013 Hong Kong International Races Victoria Harbout TST Hong Kong www.hkdba.com.hk

22 June 2013 11th KARM Dragon Boat Festival Knoxville,TN USA www.racedragonboats.com

22 June 2013 Czech Dragon Boat Grand Prix – Race 2 Sedicany Czech Rep www.dragonboat.cz

22-23 June 2013 7th Budapest Dragon Boat Festival Budapest Hungary EM: [email protected]

22-23 June 2013 25th Tim Horton Toronto Int DB Festival Toronto Canada www.dragonboats.com

23 Jun 2013 Milton Keynes DB Festival Milton Keynes England www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk

27 Jun 2013 Const Ind DB Challenge – West Reservoir London England www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk

29-30 Jun 2013 Euro Golden Four Tyn Nad Vitavou Czech Rep. EM: [email protected]

29-30 June 2013 22nd Eglisau Dragon Boat Cup R. Rhine, Eglisau Switzerland www.dragonboatcup.ch

30 Jun 2013 Stanley Short Course Races Stanley Hong Kong www.dragonboat.org.hk

03 Jul 2013 Corporate Dragon boat Challenge Dorney Lake, Eton England www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk

06 Jul 2013 Hamilton Waterfest Hamilton, Ontario Canada www.lively-dragon.com

06 Jul 2013 New Liskeard DB Festival New Liskeard, Ont Canada www.temiskamingdragonboats.org

06-07 July 2013 Czech Dragon Boat Grand Prix – Race 3 Purkarec Czech Rep www.dragonboat.cz

06-07 Jul 2013 Annecy Corporate Games DB Races Annecy France www.corporate-games.com

06-07 Jul 2013 Coventry Corporate Games DB Races Coventry England www.corporate-games.com

6-7 July 2013 Singapore DB Festival Bedok Reservoir Singapore www.sdba.org.sg

07 July 2013 British National League – Race 5. Exeter England www.dragonboat.org.uk

13 July 2013 1st Portage Lakes DB Festival Okron OH USA www.racedragonboats.com

13 July 2013 Fingerlakes Int Dragon Boat Festival lthaca, NY USA www.fingerlakesdragonboat.org

13-14 July 2013 International DB for the cure of cancer Windsor, Ontario Canada internationaldragonboatsfestival.com

14 Jul 2013 Japanese National Open Champs Osaka Japan www.jdba-dragonboat.com

20 Jul 2013 Great Maumee River DB Festival Toledo, Ohio USA www.partnerstoledo.org

20 Jul 2013 GWN Sport Regatta, Marilyn Bell Park Toronto Canada www.gwndragonboat.com

20-21 July 2013 Dragon Boat festival Szeged Hungary E.M. [email protected]

27 Jul 2013 Chicago Int Dragon Boat Festival Chicago USA www.gwndragonboat.com

24-28 Jul 2013 11th World Nations Championships Szeged Hungary www.idbf.org

24-28 July 2013 17th Pickering Dragon Boat Festival Pickering, Ont Canada www.pdbc.ca

27-28 Jul 2013 Long Beach DB Fest – Marine Stadium Long Beach, CA USA lbdragonboat.com

28-29 Jul 2013 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival Denver, Co USA www.cdbf.org

03 AUG 2013 Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival Bemidji, MN USA www.bemidjidragonboat.com

03 Aug 2013 Carressant Care Woodstock Rotary DBF Woodstock, Ontario Canada www.dragonboatwoodstock.ca

04 Aug 2013 Nottingham Riverside Festival – R.Trent Nottingham England www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk

04 Aug 2013 Czech Dragon Boat Grand Prix – Race 4 Treboutice Czech Rep www.dragonboat.cz

10 Aug 2013 Starbuck DB Festival Starbuck Minnesota USA www.starbuckdragonboat.com

10 Aug 2013 Richmond Int DB Festival Richmond, Virginia USA www.gwndragonboat.com

10 Aug 2013 Divonne Les Bains Swimming Pool DB Races Divonne Les Bains France www.dragonboat-attitude.fr

09-11 Aug 2013 Hamburger-Taiwan Cup Hamburg Germany www.hamburger-taiwan-cup.de

10-11 Aug 2013 Euro Golden Four Ostrozska Nova Ves Czech Rep EM: [email protected]

11 Aug 2013 British National League – Race 6. London England www.dragonboat.org.uk

11 Aug 2013 Oakville Charity DB Race Oakville, Ontario Canada www.lively-dragon.com

14-19 Aug 2013 Junior Crews Training Camp & Int Races Kiev Ukraine EM: [email protected]

17 Aug 2013 Toromont CAT DB Festival King City, Ontario Canada www.unitedwayyorkregion.com

17 Aug 2013 2nd Annual Habitat DB Festival Gadsden USA www.racedragonboats.com

17-18 Aug 2013 13th Riverfront DB Festival Hartford CT USA www.dragonboathartford.com

23-24 Aug 2013 Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival Superior, WI USA www.lakesuperiordragons.com

23-24 Aug 2013 Czech Dragon Boat Grand Prix – Race 5 Letovice, Morova Czech Rep www.dragonboat.cz

24 Aug 2013 National Harbor DB Festival Washington DC USA nationalharbordragonboat.com



24 Aug 2013 3rd Annual Owensboro DB Festival Owensboro KY USA www.racedragonboats.com

24 Aug 2013 11th Barrie Dragon Boat Festival Barrie, Ont Canada www.barriedragonboatfestival.ca

23-25 Aug 2013 10th European Club Crew Championships Hamburg , Allermöhe Germany www.eccc.com

25 Aug 2013 British National League – Race 7. Worester England www.dragonboat.org.uk

25 Aug 2013 KIX International Dragon Boat Festival Kansai Int Airport Japan www.jdba-dragonboat.com

26 Aug 2013 Dragon on the Lake Festival Lake Orion, Michigan USA www.dragononthelake.com

Tbn Aug 2013 Celebes International DB Festival Makassar Indonesia [email protected]

31 Aug 2013 SDBA Aus Cham 10k DB Challenge Marina Reservoir Singapore www.sdba.org.sg

Sep 2013 TBN Thailand Int Swan Boat Races TBN Thailand www.tourismthailand.org

SEP 2013 TBN 8th Biwako 1000m DB Championship Lake Biwa Japan www.jdba-dragonboat.com

03 Sep 2013 Czech Dragon Boat Grand Prix – Race 6 Roudnice Czech Rep www.dragonboat.cz

06-08 Sep 2013 German National Championships Duisburg Germany www.drachenboot.de

07 Sep 2013 Carleton Place DB Festival Carleton Place, Ontario

Canada www.lively-dragon.com

07 Sep 2013 Cambridge DB Festival – River Cam Cambridge England www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk

07 Sep 2013 Great River Race – inc Dragon Boats London England www.greatriverrace.co.uk

07-08 Sep 2013 GWN DB Challenge, Marilyn Bell Park Toronto Canada www.gwndragonboat.com

07-08 Sep 2013 7th International DB Festival Szeged Hungary E.M. [email protected]

07-08 Sep2013 2nd Montana DB Festival Kalispell MT USA www.racedragonboats.com

14 Sep 2013 Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival Atlanta, GA USA www.dragonboatatlanta.com

14 Sep 2013 Czech Dragon Boat Grand Prix – Race 7 Plumlov, Morova Czech Rep www.dragonboat.cz

14 Sep 2013 Stratford DB Festival Stratford, Ontario Canada www.rotarystratford.com

14 Sep 2013 7th Annual Mercer County DB Festival West Windsor NJ USA www.gwndragonboat.com

13-15 Sep 2013 USDBF Club Crew National Champs West Windsor, NJ USA www.gwndragonboat.com

14-15 Sep 2013 San Francisco Int Dragon Boat Festival San Francisco, CA USA www.sfdragonboat.com

14-15 Sep 2013 3d Dublin Int Dragon Boat Regatta Dublin Ireland EM: [email protected]

15 Sep 2013 Macau Small DB Mid-Autumn Festival Cup Nam Van Lake Macau E.M. [email protected]

21-22Sep 2013 British National Cup Championships and

Nottinghamshire International DB Regatta Nottingham England www.dragonboat.org.uk

21 Sep 2013 Christie Lake DB Race Christie Lake, Ont Canada www.lively-dragon.com

21 Sep 2013 Czech Dragon Boat Grand Prix – Race 8 Chomutov, Czech Rep www.dragonboat.cz

21-22 Sep 2013 SAVA Sprints International Venue - TBN Singapore www.sava.com.sg

21-22 Sep 2013 Istanbul Dragon Boat Festival Istanbul Turkey www.festivali.com

28 Sep 2013 7h Nashville Dragon Boat Festival Nashville, TN USA www.racedragonboats.com

28-29 Sep 2013 Czech Rep National Championships Pasohlavky Lake Czech Rep EM: [email protected]

05 Oct 2013 3rd Annual Duncan-Williams DB Race Memphis TN USA www.racedragonboats.com

05 Oct 2013 11th Philadelphia Int DB Festival Philadelphia, Pen USA www.philadragonboatfestival.com

04-06 Oct 2013 IDBF Cancer Survivors World Cup and Malaysia Int DB Festival

Putrajaya Malaysia [email protected]

04-06 Oct 2013 IDBF Coaches & Race Officials Courses Putrajaya Malaysia [email protected]

04-06 Oct 2013 Rusanovka Ring DB Regatta Kiev Ukraine EM: [email protected]

13 Oct 2013 Wakaura DB Festival Wakayama City Japan www.jdba-dragonboat.com

15-16 Oct 13 (P) Limassol International DB Races Limassol Cyprus EM: [email protected]

19 Oct 2013 Orlando International DB Festival Orlando, Fld USA www.gwndragonboat.com

19-20 Oct 2013 10th Gulf Coast Int DB Regatta Sugar Land, Texas USA www.texasdragonboat.com

04-06 Nov 2013 Sportaccord 7th IF Forum 2013 Lausanne Switzerland www.sportaccord

09-10 Nov 2013 Singapore River Regatta Singapore River Singapore www.sdba.org.sg

01-02 Mar 2014 Senegal National & International DB Champs TBN Senegal EM: [email protected]



IDBF KAYAKPRO ERGO WORLD SERIES – RACING THE DRAGON ‘OFF THE WATER’

DRAGONBOAT PRO ERGOMETER

Over the past few years the Dragon Boat Ergometer (DBE) developed by Grayson Bourne’s company KayakPro,

has become the Ergo of choice for many paddlers and Dragon Boat Clubs around the world, as paddlers look

for other ways to train during the winter months for Dragon Boating, other than breaking the ice and paddling their

dragon boats or 01s on the water.

2013 will see at least four ‘National Indoor DB Ergo Championships’ being organiswed or sanctioned by IDBF

Members, namely, in Canada, Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong and that trend is set to develop over the

coming years as more crews invest in a specialised Dragon Boat Ergometer.

The inevitable result of this development is likely to be a DBE World Championships but the

IDBF is not going to wait that long and is giving every paddler and crew the opportunity to

become the ‘1st Ergo World Champion’ in their chosen Racing Class and all you need

is access to a KayakPro Dragon Boat Ergometer, chosen by the IDBF because it has a proven

soft wear programme specifically designed for Dragon Boat paddlers to train with and keep fit.

So how will the competition be staged and how will it work ?

Well that is the simple bit, during the period 1 Feb to 31 Oct 2013,

you just have to set a time on an KP Ergo following the IDBF

KayakPro Ergo Rules on the IDBF website at www.idbf.org and

then register your time on the KayakPro website.

KayakPro will maintain the record of times and much like a

‘Squash Ladder’ the object will be to end up as one of the Top

Ten times in your Racing Class on 31 October 2013.

After that, the top 10 in each class will be required to validate

their times by competing against each other by recording their

‘Grand Final’ time, with KayakPro during November 2013.

The top three paddlers (crews in the Team Competitions) will be

declared the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal winners of the 1st

IDBF KayakPro Dragon Boat Ergo World Championships – the

IDBF Ergo Worlds’.

Really simple then but there is just one extra rule for the Grand

Finals and that is that all times have to be validated by an IDBF

Adjudicator who must be present when the Grand Final race time

is undertaken and recorded.

So there you go, no entry fee, use your own or a Club DBE, race

in your own time and place of choice, which can even be at home

and just enter your times on to the KayakPro web site.

For paddlers and crews taking part in the German Ergo Champs

on the 9/10 Feb 2013, in Borken the times of the top 6- 10 crews

(depending on entries) will automatically be entered on to the

IDBF KayakPro World Series data base.

Interested in being a ‘World Champ’ in your own right then just

log on to www.idbf.org for a copy of the full racing rules and

world series racing classes and off you go

The IDBF – KayakPro World Ergo Championships- is a self monitoring, honesty based reporting table and relies on the users’ good sportsmanship and candor when entering times onto the data base. KayakPro USA LLC and the website undertake no policing or validation of the reported results. Participants assume and accept full and complete responsibility for themselves and for all potential and actual injury

that may result from undertaking strenuous exercise or by the use of the KayakPro Ergometer.

The 1st German Open Dragon Boat Ergometer Championship,

will take place on 9/10 Feb 2013 in the Mergelsberg-Sportshall

in the Sports park of Borken, Münsterland near Düsseldorf.

The race categories are for both Sport and Festival Racers,

Junior, Premium or Seniors, Women, Men, Mixed over

200 and 500 for individuals and 2000 meters for Teams.

Dragonboat-Club Borken. Call 02861-91203, 0151-58 59 28 73

www.dmborken.de - www.dragonboatclub.de

IDBF KAYAKPRO DRAGON BOAT ERGO WORLD SERIES

Entry Terms & Conditions

1. The Race distance is 500m for individuals and Teams.

2. Participants and potential qualifiers will undertake their time-trial performance in their own “home” location using their own or an available KayakPro MultiStroke Ergometer.

3. Only times, performances or results recorded on the Kayak- Pro Dragon Boat or Outrigger MultiStroke Ergo will be eligible.

4. Each Ergometer must be calibrated and the weight of the athlete, in Kg, Input in order to qualify.

5. Data regarding the performance must be entered onto

the IDBF – KayakPro Scoreboard website.

6. Participants must confirm that they accept full responsibility for themselves, in order to use and /or enter the programme. By the action of entering the athlete confirms that he / she is fit for exercise.

7. Before Racing participants should make themselves fully familiar with Ergometer and the KayakPro interactive website.

8. The participants must ensure that the Ergometer used is in good working order prior to use, and the responsibility for this will also lie with the Ergo owner and is a condition of entry - no modifications to the Ergometer are allowed.



GHANA – FORMAL INAUGURATION OF THE GHANA DRAGON BOAT ASSOCIATION BY SPORTS MINISTER

The Ghana Dragon Boat and Rafting Association (GDB&RA) has been formally inaugurated and is now part for the sports family of Ghana.

The inauguration was carried out by the Minister of Youth and Sports, the Hon Clement Kofi Humado and witnessed by the Member of Parliament for the ADA Constituency and a former Minister of Education, the Hon. Alex Tetteh-Enyo; the Director General of the National Sports Authority, Mr. Worlanyo Agra and dignitaries and executives from the Sports Ministry, as well as the media.

The current president of the GDB&RA, the Hon. R.D Wussah, Chief Executive of the Dangme East District Assembly, was also in attendance.

Dragon Boating is now an independent Sport under the Sports Ministry, supervised by the National Sports Authority. In his speech the Minister for Sport said that his Ministry will give the GDB&RA the support it needs in order to make Dragon Boating an effective and well participated Sport in the country.

The Minister has taken a great interest in Dragon Boating since taking office and after the inauguration asked about the IDBF Development Boats that had been donated by IDBF Partner, BuK in Germany and when he would be able to see them racing for the first time.

TOBAGO - DOTT LAUNCHES 2012 PIGEON POINT DRAGON BOAT

FESTIVAL, IN TOBAGO. Following the success of the Trinidad & Tobago DBF in introducing Dragon Boating

to Tobago in 2011, the Division of Tourism and Transportation of the Tobago House of

Assembly (DOTT) hosted a media launch for the 2nd Pigeon Point Dragon Boat Festival

at the Milford Road Esplanade, Scarborough, Tobago, on Friday 4 May, 2012.

DOTT had identified sport tourism as a niche to be cultivated and the DB Festival is one initiative through which this objective will be achieved. Now in its second year, the festival took place on Sunday 17 June, 2012 at the Pigeon Point Heritage Park and prior to the races a ‘Train the Trainer Programme’ was held in April. Participants were awarded certificates and used their new found expertise to train teammates in the art of dragon boating in time for the competition.

Assemblyman Oswald Williams, Secretary of Tourism and Transportation attended the Races,, along with several dragon boat enthusiasts, key stakeholders and members of the media. Brief remarks were delivered by Mr. Theophilius Trim, interim chairman of the Tobago Dragon Boat Association; Mr. Keith Dalip, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Dragon Boat Federation and Ms. Hazel Douglas, Country Manager, Tobago for Digicel, the event’s main sponsor.

In his address, Secretary Williams expressed his excitement about the event’s second edition. “We have a good thing going here,” he said. “We have an event that is likely to grow quickly and has significant potential for providing Tobagonians with entertainment while utilizing our marine resources and giving us the opportunity to maintain active lifestyles.”

The Secretary highlighted the sport as an activity that builds team spirit, nurtures a sense of healthy competition and fosters a sense of community among participants. Considering these positive attributes, DOTT purchased three dragon boats as a gift to the people of Tobago, illustrating the organization’s commitment to the development of the activity on the island.

CZECH REPUBLIC – CZDBA. COME AND JOIN THE CZECH DRAGON BOAT CUP IN 2013.

The Czech Dragon Boat Cup is series of 6 races for Sports Crews, held around the Czech Republic, from May to

September, over the race distances of 200, 500 and 2000m, and racing in three categories - Open, Women and

Mixed. The Czech Cup started in 2003, so 2012 marked the 10th year of the series. The Czech DBA also organise

the Czech Dragon Boat Grand Prix – which is a series for Festival & Corporate Mixed crews over 200m and 1km.

In 2012 the Czech DBA started a long distances series of races - the Czech Dragon Boat Tour (distances from 5km to 27km) and more

than 300 Czech and Moravian crews took part in these three series of events. All these competitions will be held again in 2013 and it is

to be hoped that more International Crews will take part in these varied and interesting races during the 2013 season!

For more information on the 2013 Czech Dragon Boat Cup; the Grand Prix and the Long Distance Races go to:-

http://www.dragonboat.cz/terminove_listiny/ or contact the Czech DBA directly on: [email protected] also see

http://www.facebook.com/www.dragonboat.cz

TURKEY – TDBF. GOLDEN HORN REGATTA ISTANBUL GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

In 2012 HSB the Event Organising arm of the TDBF organised 6 dragon boat festivals throughout Turkey. The jewel in the crown being

the two day Istanbul Golden Horn Festival, which attracts over 2000 paddlers. For 2013 the plan is to improve all 6 festivals building on

the technical knowledge and experience gained over the last four years of organising Dragon Boating in Turkey. For more information

on the HSB Festivals follow this link: http://data.axmag.com/data/201212/U86596_F180923/FLASH/index.html

NEWS FROM THE IDBF MEMBERS



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around 1800 in total. Every time we picked up any pace there was another boat cutting across in front of

Helm, to ‘Stop The Boat’ but before we knew it we had reached halfway and iced tea and bananas were thrown to us.

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Issue Number 28

a Tradition “

SECKLOW START THE SEASON WITH SHOWERS AND

SHENANIGANS IN MILTON KEYNES

. The dragon boating season opened at a rather damp Caldec

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in (and out) of Caldecotte without mishap. and what a

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ly set off under a staggered start with many just managing

bers, with many tourists stopping to watch the action unfold

amongst the spectators was palpable. This was racing old

ous event to full use, with the added element of another bo

adrenalin had subsided the resulting Amathus win seemed a

hat’s the most exciting bit of racing ‘seen in years’.

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VOGALONGA 2012 May 2012 members of Pershore Phoenix,

ether with paddlers from Thames DBC,

velled to Venice to take part in the world

famous Vogalonga. This is their story.

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and after collecting the free T shirts we

headed off to the boat laden with water and

energy bars.

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around 1800 in total. Every time we picked up any pace there was another boat cutting across in front of us and another shout from Paul our


After nearly 20 miles (30ks) and 3 hours of paddling,

we entered the Grand Canal and for the next hour we

were in a non-stop traffic jam of clashing oars and

being cheered all the way by local people

and tourists. It was the experience of a lifetime and

not to be missed - there are so many people lining the

to watch, it’s pretty overwhelming, cheering you

on from the famous Rialto Bridge, before crossing the

line and collecting your medals.

that a great time was had by all and we’re ard to going again with a full Pershore crew

the Italians! Debbie Johnson

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The Finish-Line

IDBF Newsletter, December 2012 – Issue Number 28

Dragon Boating. “More than a Sport – A Tradition

SEVERE WEATHER HITS TEAM GB’s

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HUNGARY – HDBF . HUNGARIAN FEDERATION NOW A MEMBER OF THE HUNGARIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

Dragon Boating started in Hungary in 1997 with the foundation of the Raba Dragon Boat Club in Gyor.

In 1998 the Hungarian Dragon Boat Federation (HDBF) was f

The development of the Sport in Hungary has always been very dynamic with the number of crews increasing year on year. In 20

HDBF organized the first National Championships for the Sport, which now takes place every year in conjunction with the Hungarian

National Cup. Dragon Boat Festivals have been organized around the country since 2004 and are now held in five different cities.

In 2008 the HDBF became a Member of the Association of National Sports Federations and organized the 13

Championships in Budapest. Nearly 2000 competitors, in 86 Club Crews from 11 European Countries took part and in 2013 the HD

organize the 11th World Dragon Boat Racing Championships, in Szeged, from 24

In 2012, the Hungarian sport system was reformed and all sports, including Olympic and non

national sports organisation under, the Hungarian Olympic

Following this reorganization, Peter Jarosi, vice president of the Hungarian Dragon Boat Federation (HDBF) and Vice President of the

European Dragon Boat Federation was elected among the re

representing dragon boat sport.

THE PHILIPPINES – PDBF. NEW RACE IN BOHOL ADDED TO THE CLUB CREW CHALLENGE

The 2nd Philippine Dragon Boat Federation International Club Crew Challenge

place from April 26 to 30, 2013 at Bohol Island, Philippines.

competition organized by the PDBF with a mission to re

boat racing sport across the Philippines, as well as support

government units and the tourism department, as well as promoting

For a glimpse of Bohol Island go to http://tourism.bohol.gov.ph/

For further information contact Rowena Enriquez at the PDBF

posted on https://www.facebook.com/PDBFIntlClubCrewChalleng

ITALY – FIDB. IN 2013 TAKE THE CHANCE

The Italian Dragon Boat Federation

"3rd Florence Dragon Boat

a festival and dragon boat regatta

All teams will have the chance to take part not only in

on the 18th

-19th May 2013. This will be a great opportunity to share international sport moments and to make a

gorgeous journey along Italy visiting two of the most beautiful and charming Italian c

More Info from : www.florencedragonlady.it

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HUNGARIAN FEDERATION NOW A MEMBER OF THE HUNGARIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

Dragon Boating started in Hungary in 1997 with the foundation of the Raba Dragon Boat Club in Gyor.

In 1998 the Hungarian Dragon Boat Federation (HDBF) was founded and admitted to IDBF Membership.

The development of the Sport in Hungary has always been very dynamic with the number of crews increasing year on year. In 20

National Championships for the Sport, which now takes place every year in conjunction with the Hungarian

. Dragon Boat Festivals have been organized around the country since 2004 and are now held in five different cities.

came a Member of the Association of National Sports Federations and organized the 13

Championships in Budapest. Nearly 2000 competitors, in 86 Club Crews from 11 European Countries took part and in 2013 the HD

World Dragon Boat Racing Championships, in Szeged, from 24-28 July 2013.

In 2012, the Hungarian sport system was reformed and all sports, including Olympic and non-Olympic sports were gathe

Olympic Committee (HOC). And the HDBF became a Member of the HOC.

reorganization, Peter Jarosi, vice president of the Hungarian Dragon Boat Federation (HDBF) and Vice President of the

European Dragon Boat Federation was elected among the representatives of the non-Olympic sports and became a

NEW RACE IN BOHOL ADDED TO THE CLUB CREW CHALLENGE

Philippine Dragon Boat Federation International Club Crew Challenge - Bohol Edition 2013, will take

Bohol Island, Philippines. This is the second international dragon boat racing

competition organized by the PDBF with a mission to re-introduce and popularize dragon boat paddling as an ex

as well as supporting the sports tourism programmes of various local

and the tourism department, as well as promoting key tourists destinations in the country.

http://tourism.bohol.gov.ph/ See also www.pdbf.com. Tel: +63 917

at the PDBF - email; [email protected] and updates on the PDBF 2013 Series

https://www.facebook.com/PDBFIntlClubCrewChalleng

CHANCE TO ‘RACE THE DRAGON’ IN VENICE AND FLORENCE

The Italian Dragon Boat Federation’s, National Pink Ladies Commission, is pleased to announce

Pink Meeting" to be held in Florence, Italy on 25-26 May 2013

regatta for Breast Cancer Survivors (BCS) teams.

All teams will have the chance to take part not only in the event in Florence, but also

. This will be a great opportunity to share international sport moments and to make a

gorgeous journey along Italy visiting two of the most beautiful and charming Italian cities.

www.florencedragonlady.it - contact: [email protected]

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HUNGARIAN FEDERATION NOW A MEMBER OF THE HUNGARIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

The development of the Sport in Hungary has always been very dynamic with the number of crews increasing year on year. In 2003 the

National Championships for the Sport, which now takes place every year in conjunction with the Hungarian

. Dragon Boat Festivals have been organized around the country since 2004 and are now held in five different cities.

came a Member of the Association of National Sports Federations and organized the 13th

European Club Crew

Championships in Budapest. Nearly 2000 competitors, in 86 Club Crews from 11 European Countries took part and in 2013 the HDBF will

Olympic sports were gathered into one

Committee (HOC). And the HDBF became a Member of the HOC.

reorganization, Peter Jarosi, vice president of the Hungarian Dragon Boat Federation (HDBF) and Vice President of the

Olympic sports and became a member of the HOC

NEW RACE IN BOHOL ADDED TO THE CLUB CREW CHALLENGE

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AUSTRALIA – AUSDBF. NAT CHAMPS 15-20 APRIL 2013

The 2013 Aus Champs will see Australian dragon boat racing at its best. Competitions will be held over five fast and exciting days, with three positions for the 2014 IDBF Club Crew World Championships in Italy.

Using the larger Olympic course the Championships can be contested over nine lanes. A separate Championship for the Seniors in 2013 will allow every paddler and club to contest the Seniors and the Open Age categories without juggling team sheets and avoiding the dreaded ‘doubling up’ problem.

Ausdbf expect the magical 3000 competitor mark to be passed for the first time. The 2012 Aus Champs was our fourth consecutive record breaking year - attracting 2954 paddlers and 75 clubs – so the 2013 event should see a new benchmark established.

From 2013 there will be limited ‘doubling up’ across the age groups and categories. Seniors will be allowed to compete in a maximum of two categories only and all paddlers aged 70 or older will require a medical clearance before racing, in line with IDBF requirements.

NEW ZEALAND - NZDBA. AUSDBF AND NZDBA CLOSER RELATIONS

Some years ago the two national associations met and formed a governing group for our region – Oceania DBF. The intention of the new group was to set in place rules and regulations around competitions in the region and to grow the sport. Unfortunately not a lot has happened in the intervening years. This relationship was resurrected recently with reciprocal visits between the board members of both associations with a view to reigniting these earlier discussions. Kel Watt, President of the Australian Dragon Boat Federation (AusDBF) joined NZDBA AGM in August, at which he presented a working paper that AusDBF had put up for discussion about restructuring the Australian Nationals, and how to incorporate New Zealand teams into the competitions. AusDBF are victims

Tin mans versus ten mans ? What is it with that Aussie eck-cent?

At the NZDBA AGM, Kel Watt looked quizzically at us and asked us why all the talking about “Tinmans and Twinkies”.

”Huh?” was our response or was it “what the??” We finally narrowed it down to “ten mans” or “twenties”, as in the size of the Dragon Boat.

This discussion took place when talking about which region would have the smaller ten man boats available. The Auckland DBA, with the help of the ASB Community Trust, purchased four Swift 10-Man Dragon Boats via the NZDBA, the New Zealand distributor for Swift dragon boat equipment.

Auckland has been using them for their ‘Polar Bear’ training and small boat regatta. It is great to be able to get out and have a paddle even though there might not be a full team available.

Thanks to the generosity of Pub Charities the Aoraki DBA have ordered a container of six ten-man boats.. This shipment means that

there will be a fleet of ten-mans in both islands and the NZDBA board is considering the best way to introduce ten-man racing into the

national regatta. So watch out for further updates of this exciting addition to the national dragon boat fleets.

Wairakei Dragons. A spirit of co-operation between MB Century, Contact

Energy and GNS Science is clearly visible in the formation of the Wairakei Dragons.

The team was formed in September 2011 and made use of one of the local Iwi’s Waka for training, involving a much appreciated cultural content, while waiting for a boat to be supplied by The Waikato Dragon Boating Association.

Our dragon boat finally arrived in early October 2012 and was immediately put to use `` with training sessions to prepare the crew for their first regatta held on Saturday 3rd December on a 250m course at Lake Rotoroa, in Hamilton.

The results from this first outing exceeded all expectations with an overall placing of 7th out of the 20 teams competing; many of whom have years of experience under their belts. Thanks go out to MBC, Contact and GNS for their support of the team.

Abdul Nishar, Chair, Wairakei Dragon Boat team

IDBF Secretary- General pays a visit to New Zealand. Mr Hu, the IDBF Secretary-General and President of the ADBF (Asian

Dragon Boat Federation) met NZDBA’s Chris Stone, when Mr Hu paid a brief visit to Auckland on the 3-5th October 2012, to attend

the World Roller-skating Championships being held in Henderson. Mr Hu is also responsible for the development of dragon boating in

China and he was very keen to promote dragon boating and encouraging NZDBA Crews to visit China for dragon boat events.

As the head of the ADBF, Mr Hu extended an invitation for New Zealand crews to attend the Asian Club Crews Championship in

Singapore in April 2013.

Success for NZ Youth Teams at the Club Crew Worlds. NZDBA youth teams were very visible and are now well known on

the world stage after the success of Sharian (Shirley Boys High and Marion Girls High combo, Christchurch), who competed in Hong

Kong at the 2012 IDBF Club Crew World Champs and came away with Silver medals for the 200, 500 and 2000m events.



SOUTH AFRICA - CAPE TOWN DRAGON BOATERS PADDLE TO ROBBEN ISLAND – 3 JUNE 2012

WCDBA and Sisterhood paddlers and supporters on Robben Island - picture by Trevor Wilkins

An island just offshore, within sight of land, is always going to have a fascination to paddlers and sailors, especially an island

with a history. Robben (Seal) Island is a small low-lying island, situated in Table Bay 11 kilometres north from Cape Town Harbour.

Giant rollers off the Atlantic Ocean continuously pound the western shore. In winter the island is battered by rain-bearing North -

Westerly winds, in summer South-Easterly winds frequently rage at gale force. Since the end of the 17th century, Robben Island has

been used most famously for political prisoners, but also as a leper colony and a hospital for the mentally and chronically ill. In post-

war years a criminal prison and a political prison were established on the island. Nelson Mandela and many of South Africa's current

politicians were inmates of the latter. Both history and geography have combined to make access to the island difficult.

Dragon-boat paddlers have been talking of making a crossing ever since 1995 when two beautiful wooden flag-catching dragon boats

were given to the city of Cape Town by our sister city in Taiwan. Two brief "off-the-cuff" attempts were made in 1996/97 to paddle to the

island, but were foiled by bad weather and ideas of a crossing receded to wishful thinking on days when the bay looked calm.

Then in 2011 a branch of "The Sisterhood" opened in South Africa and the girls came up with a plan to paddle to Robben Island to

raise funds for charity. Western Cape Dragon Boat Association (WCDBA) agreed to help them achieve this goal and to paddle across

with them, thus satisfying our own long-held dream. We decided to use the wooden boats because they are strong and solidly built

with an upwardly curving bow which deflect the waves. Historically, it was appropriate that these boats should be the ones used

The flag-catching boats seat 18 paddlers, plus a drummer and helm and you need to train together before you go anywhere ! Two

dragon boat crews plus support-boat crews is nearly 50 people needing to be available when weather and sea conditions are right

As very few people are fortunate enough to work for themselves,

any attempt had to be scheduled for a weekend. Summer was not

considered because there is either a strong south-easterly wind, or

it is blazing hot. Winter has north-westerly gales, huge ocean

swells and it can be very cold and wet, so spring and autumn were

considered to be the better times for a crossing.

Having got the required permission from 6 different authorities,

the Oct-Nov weekends of Spring 2011 were scheduled for the

picture by Trevor Wilkins crossing but the South-Easterly winds raged.

Everything was then put on hold until Autumn 2012 (April-June). This at least gave us more time to train in the wooden boats which are

quite different to paddle to the lightweight IDBF fibreglass boats.

The 12th May dawned perfect, no wind and a flat calm sea - but, there was a sea fog so thick at times we could hardly see from one

end of the boat to the other. We'd all assembled before 8.30, even Steven Bentley, the V&A Harbour Master was there ready to spend

the day accompanying us – but the fog didn't lift.

In the end we were given permission at midday to creep WCDBA squad feeling dwarfed !

out around the breakwater to the shelter of Granger Bay, picture by Helga Frank

so that everyone could feel the swell under the boats

and get an idea of what being out at sea would be like.

would be like.

Then we were down to the last weekend of the six

options and the swell forecasts were not good.



We reluctantly agreed that Saturday was not an option and that Sunday was better but still unlikely. Saturday was calm and balmy, but

the swell was over 2m !! But Sunday 3rd June was perfect, the swell was half that predicted and there was no wind - it was all

systems go !!

Then paddlers from the WCDBA team started cancelling and I started to wonder if we'd have enough to paddle a wooden boat 28km.

Worse was to come, the skipper of the major safety boat called to say the keys had not been left for him as promised. Without this safety

boat the whole trip would be off.

We had over 40 people assembled after months of training and committing to setting 12 weekends aside for a potential crossing taking

precedence over other engagements. The weather and the sea were finally perfect and now everything was about to collapse.

Fortunately Trevor our skipper managed to rescue the situation and we ended up setting off only an hour later than planned.

The Sisterhood-SA had a full crew of 18 paddlers a Helm and a

drummer, whilst the WCDBA boat ended up with a Helm and 14

paddlers (11 women and 3 men), one of whom drummed while

leaving and entering the two harbours, returning to their seat to

paddle once out in the open ocean.

As we left the V&A part of the harbour, a young humpback whale was

lazily cruising around. What a special send off! On the crossing we

met large "rafts" of jackass penguins and they had clearly never seen

Sisterhood-SA, backdrop the Cape Town Stadium and dragons on the water before because they let us get really close to

Signal Hill. Picture by Pam Newby them before diving and resurfacing as soon as we'd passed to continue

staring at us in amazement.

The route across from the harbour to the island crosses three shipping lanes so we were lucky it was quiet, there was no shipping traffic

on our way out and only two container boats on our return. For this initial crossing the experienced WCDBA paddlers were

accompanying the largely novice crew of the Sisterhood-SA so we were holding back and not going for time.

Once at the island we were allowed off the boats to stretch our legs and use their toilets but were not allowed out of the harbour precinct.

I drummed as we left Robben Island and very nearly fell overboard as I tried to scramble back past the drum, fortunately nobody seems

to have had their camera trained on me as I made my undignified tumble onto the gunwale.

The route back was as spectacular as the route out, from a World Heritage Site to one of the World's Seven Natural Wonders. We'd love

to do the crossing again, this time going for time, but the organisation (red tape) is complicated, weather at the Antarctic end of Africa

does not follow set dates and we were warned that it could not become annual event.

So sadly, having a crossing as an International Dragon Boat event is not practical. Imagine getting teams all the way to the southern

tip of Africa only to have it storm the whole time they are here. A special big thank you to our support-boat skippers: Trevor Wilkins,

Alon Kowen and Morgan Evans and to V&A Harbour Master, Steven Bentley for his constant support of dragon boating in Cape Town

Pam Newby, WCDBA Helm and Safety Officer

Setting off on the return trip from Robben Island to the V&A - picture by Helga Frank

The Sisterhood-SA raised R70,000 for their chosen charity -

Malamulele Onward, who provide therapy for children with cerebral palsy..

The paddlers who made the crossing from the V&A Waterfront to Robben Island & back on 3rd June 2012, were:-

WCDBA squad: Mujaji: Anne Berzen, Jurgen Briegel, Rob Baum, Jean Hopley, Marina Louw, Pam Newby, Wendy Pearce, Greg

Pearce (Helm), Vanessa Robarts, Shui-lyn White. Paddlesnappers: Janine Jordaan, Louise McQueen, Vince Naude, Igshaan Raciet,

AmaBele Belles: Jenny Heunis.

The Sisterhood-SA squad: Alicia Louw, Bianca Linderman, Brenna Excell, Caren Robb, Clé Latouf, Daniella Lynch, Esmé narun,

Helen Benish, Jess Cash, Joanne Anderson, Juliet Curtis, Laura Barker, Martyne Dallmann, Melanie Lambrechts, Phillippa Hance,

Suna Hall, Birgit Rawcandy, Kirsty Williams, Allison Grant/Timea Kulcsar (drummer), Martin Poole (Helm).

Sponsors of the Sisterhood-SA squad: Investec Asset Management and Glider Eyewear.



MACAU - MACAU INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACES - 5 STAR REGATTA IN A 5 STAR CITY !

The Macau International Races were held on the Nan Van Lake Nautical Centre, a purpose build Dragon Boat Racing course,

on the 23rd June 2012, with the Macau Local Races being held prior to the International Races on the 16/17th June 2012.

Organised by the Macau Sport Development Board and the Macau China DBA, in co-operation with Departments of the Macau

Government, the event attracted many residential and tourist spectators. Macau Chief Executive, Dr Fernando Chui Sai On, was

among the many guests who enjoyed the races and presented medals, during the International Race Day which was marked by a

very festive atmosphere and much excitement, led by the noisey crew Cheer Leaders and supporters from some of the Macau

Casinos’.

A total of 138 crews took part in the 3 days of racing, of which 50 crews raced in the International races, over 500 and 2000m

in IDBF Standard Dragon Boats and 250m in Macau Small Dragon Boats. Teams from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore,

USA, the Philippines and Macau, participated in the International Races, with the Indonesian National Team winning the Premier

Open Races and the Nanhai Xiqiao Team from China taking the Premier Women’s trophy.

The 2013 Macau International Races will be held on 12 June 2013, contact the Macau China DBA for further details.

SWITZERLAND - DRAGON BOATING: WILD EXCITEMENT OR QUIET TRANQUILITY?

Something for everyone - from pure terrified determination to placid enjoyment. Photos from our dragon boat friends in Switzerland.

Image copyright by Yves Maurer Image copyright by dragonboatevents.ch

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HOW DO DRAGON BOATING INJURIES OCCUR?

By Leila Ataei, Lecturer and researcher in Sports Medicine & Physiology. Member of the IDBF Medicine & Sports Science Com.

E-mail: [email protected]

The information below is based on the writer’s personal experience and some common injuries found in Rowing and Paddle Sports.

WHY ARE PADDLING INJURIES SO COMMON ?

Due to the nature of Dragon Boating, injuries broadly fall into

one of two categories; namely overuse or trauma.

Overuse injuries are the cumulative result of repetitive motions and usually lead to chronic injuries such as tenosynovitis (tendon inflammation) and chronic sprains/strains, usually of the forearm and wrist.

This risk is significantly increased, if the motion is repeated

too frequently, is long in duration or too vigorous.

Trauma can result in acute injuries, the most frequent being

cuts, contusions and abrasions as well as various sprains and

strains. Between them, cuts and sprains account for two-

thirds of acute injuries; 1 in 10 involve broken bones.

Paddling requires the athlete to perform the same stroke or

paddling motion repeatedly.

This can mean hundreds or thousands of repetitions, during

racing or training sessions.

Each paddling stroke also requires the entire body to

generate a significant amount of force to propel the boat

forward in the water, which involves the integration of muscles

and joints working together as a kinetic chain.

That is, the resultant reaction force from the water is

transferred back through the paddle to the arms and

shoulders of the athlete, down the trunk, through the hips to

the knees and foot, and finally to the boat, causing the boat to

be propelled forward.

This interconnectedness may lead to injuries in a number of

muscles and joints, most commonly the forearm, shoulder,

back, and hip.

However, the chances of injury are greatly reduced, in an

athlete with adequate strength, flexibility, and muscle balance

along the entire kinetic chain.

HOW DO PADDLING INJURIES OCCUR?

It is clear that any minor problem in the strength, flexibility, or

coordination of even just one muscle or joint, will not only cause a

problem in that specific area, but will also cause the body to move

in an unwanted and inefficient manner as it tries to compensate

for the problem, known as “movement compensation” .

Movement compensations are very common but do not often

cause any significant issues in the muscles and joints.

However, because of the high force, of the repetitive movements

associated with paddling, even minor movement problems will be

greatly magnified and will prevent the paddler from properly

generating and controlling the forces associated with each stroke.

As a result of the association between movement compensations

and paddling injuries and the impact that movement

compensations have on the paddling stroke, it is critical that the

entire kinetic chain is evaluated to ensure all areas are

functioning properly, not just the area of pain.

Although, movement restrictions and compensations will be

reduced greatly with optimal technique, this strain accumulates

due to the high force and high repetition demands of paddling.

As shown in the diagram below, if the paddler continues to train

and compete, the strain will develop into micro-trauma. Initially

this microtrauma is not painful, but may be felt as a mild ache or

tightness in the muscles or joints.

To repair the damaged area, the body responds to tissue injury

by laying down small amounts of scar tissue in and around the

injured area.

The scar tissue itself is a normal and necessary part of healing.

The problem is caused by the same repetitive forces of paddling

over and over again which results in the same muscles becoming

strained and subsequently repaired over and over again. Over

time this scar tissue accumulates to build up "adhesion” that may

result in pain tightness, stiffness, restricted joint motion, and

diminished blood flow.

SPORTS SCIENCE CORNER



WHAT ARE THE COMMON PADDLERS INJURIES?

The three common paddler injuries are Sprains (32%) Tendinitis (20%) and chronic muscular

pain (14%). Most of the injuries occur in the shoulders, elbows, wrist and spine of which

instability around the shoulder joint occurs frequently.

SHOULDER ANATOMY. The shoulder joint is a ball & socket joint. Without being too complicated

anatomically, the head of the humerus (ball) rests on the glenoid fossa which is part of the scapula

(socket) all are held in place with ligaments, tendons and muscles.

“The Shoulder joint” actually consists of 3 parts, the Glenohumeral, the Scapulothoracic and the Acromioclavicular (AC).

ThE GLENOHUMERAL, - the Ball and Socket, helps to move the shoulder forward, backward and allows the arm to rotate in circular

fashion or hinge out, up and away from body.

The SCAPULOTHORACIC connects the shoulder blade to the back and stabilizes and increases the mobility of glenohumeral joint.

The Scapulothoracic plays a huge role in paddling and is commonly ignored in most strengthening programmes.

The ACROMIOCLAVICULAR (AC) connects the shoulder blade and collarbone

WHY DO SHOULDER INJURIES OCCUR?

Although, the shoulder joint is held by ligaments, tendons and muscles it also has a vulnerability to strains and dislocation, under pressure on the upper limb when it is in a vulnerable position.

Vulnerable positions occur when the upper limb is straight with the hand above the elbow and the elbow above the height of the shoulder joint. Reaching up and backwards is an even worse position.

COMMON SHOULDER INJURIES IN PADDLERS

Instability or Shoulder dislocation. The injury that all paddlers fear most; although, shoulders can dislocate either forwards or backwards, but because of the shoulder anatomy it is much more common for a shoulder to come out forwards, called anterior dislocation.

Anterior dislocation may caused labral damage and tighten ligaments. Many shoulder surgeons now operate on first time dislocations to repair any such damage.

Even after surgery, but especially if surgery is not done, it is imperative to strengthen shoulder muscles otherwise the likely hood of re-dislocating the shoulder again in the future is high.

Torn Rotator Cuff. These conditions are closely related and may occur alone or in combination. Tendinitis is inflammation (redness, soreness, and swelling) of a tendon.

Every time the shoulder is moved there is a complicated interaction between the rotator cuff muscles to make the shoulder roll and slide.

In tendinitis of the shoulder, the rotator cuff and/or biceps tendon become inflamed, usually as a result of being pinched by surrounding structures.

This can be due to, the head of the humerus (the top of the arm bone) being caught in its cup during each movement and eventually this starts to cause pain.

The injury may vary from mild inflammation to the involvement of most of the rotator cuff. When the rotator cuff tendon becomes inflamed, thickened and squeezed between the head of the humerus and the acromion, it may get trapped under the acromion.

Squeezing of the rotator cuff is called impingement syndrome. Bursitis, or inflammation of the bursa sacs that protect the shoulder, may accompany tendinitis.

Repeated motion involving the arms, or the effects of the aging process on shoulder movement over many years, may also irritate and wear down the tendons, muscles, and surrounding structures, Damage to the rotator cuff is more commonly sustained after the age of 40.

It is imperative that a good trunk rotation is gained especially on

forward paddling and sweep stokes as without this to gain the

same stroke movement the shoulder has to work through a greater

arc. Joints are always more vulnerable to injury at the end of their

range of movement.

Paddling for hours sitting in a poor position with the shoulder

getting jammed on every stroke, it is easy to understand how an

impingement syndrome will develop.

Signs and Symptoms; Signs of these conditions include the slow

onset of discomfort and pain in the upper shoulder or upper third of

the arm and/or difficulty in sleeping on that shoulder. Tendinitis

and bursitis also cause pain when the arm is lifted away from the

body or overhead.

If tendinitis involves the biceps tendon (the tendon located in front of the shoulder that helps bend the elbow and turn the forearm), pain will occur in the front or side of the shoulder and may travel down to the elbow and forearm. Pain may also occur when the arm is forcefully pushed upward overhead.

AC Joint Strains. AC joint sprain is a relatively common sporting injury affecting the shoulder and is characterized by a tearing of the connective tissue and ligaments of the Acromio-Clavicular joint.

The shoulder blade gives rise to a bony prominence known as the acromion. The acromion attaches to the collar bone (clavicle) via strong ligaments and connective tissue. This joint is known as the AC joint and is situated at the point of the shoulder.

The AC joint is responsible for connecting the shoulder blade with the clavicle and allows for some shoulder movement. During certain activities, stretching forces are placed on the AC joint.

When these forces are excessive and beyond what the AC joint can withstand, tearing of the ligaments and connective tissue of the AC joint may occur.

This condition is known as an AC joint sprain. An AC joint sprain can range from a small sprain resulting in minimal pain and allowing ongoing activity, to a severe sprain resulting in significant pain, deformity and disability.



Signs and Symptoms of an AC Joint Sprain.

At the time of the injury you would feel a sudden onset of pain on the top of the shoulder. The pain may increase with any activity that involves lying on the affected side; moving the arm across the body; any overhead activity or performing heavy lifting; pushing or pulling movements with the affected arm.

In minor cases of an AC joint sprain, patients may be able to continue the activity but are likely to experience an increase in pain, and a swelling and stiffness in the shoulder after the activity and when resting (particularly first thing in the morning)

In more severe cases, pain may prevent the patient from continuing the activity and cause them to cradle the affected arm.

Patients may also experience a rapid onset of swelling and may notice a 'step' deformity or bump in their shoulder with the tip of their collar bone sticking up.

This occurs due to tearing of the connective tissue holding the AC joint together and the accumulation of swelling and bleeding around the joint.

REHABILITATION OF SHOULDER INJURIES PROGRAMME.

NOTE: NOT ALL OF THE EXERCISES HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED AND THE INFORMATION IS ONLY AN EXERCISE GUIDE.

The Shoulder Rehabilitation Programme is an evidence-based and soft tissue healing dependent programme, which allows patients to progress to sports related activities as quickly and safely as possible. Individual variations will occur based on the patient’s tolerance and response to treatment. This protocol has been divided into 3 phases that each phase included some special training.

Phase 1 – the Primary Phase lasts for a maximum of 7 weeks.

Phase 2 – the Milestones Phase lasts for 12 weeks maximum and

Phase 3 – the Strengthen Phase lasts for 10 weeks maximum.

Each phase has 4 or 5 sessions per day or week, dependant on the injury and its severity. Each session lasts for between 15-45 minutes in Phase 1 and 60 minutes in Phases 2 & 3. Key: R = ROM. S = Strengthening. P = Proprioception . C = Core

PHASE ONE: 5 TO 7 WEEKS. Goals: 1. Protect the repair. 2. Ensure wound healing.

3. Prevent shoulder stiffness

Activities Isometric exercises for strengthening: External Rotation; Biceps brachii;

Shoulder Flexor, Extensor and Abductor at 20% intensity of effort as a maximum.

PHASE TWO: 10 TO 12 WEEKS. Goals: 1. Protect the shoulder, avoid overstressing

the repair. 2. Improve range of motion of the shoulder. 3. Begin strengthening exercises.

Activities: Advisable exercises for Phase 2 at 21-40% intensity are shown below

PHASE THREE: 8 TO 10 WEEKS. Goals:: 1. Protect the shoulder repair.

2. Regain full range of motion 3. Continue gentle strengthening.

Activities: Advisable exercises for Phase3 at 40% intensity are shown below

PHASE 3. EXERCISES S P C

Theraband isometric external rotation long lever X X

Diagonal pattern exercise with theraband X X

Diagonal pattern exercise with free weights and step X X X

Dynamic hug with theraband and ball X X X

Diagonal pattern abduction in elevation to adduction with exercise band X X

Diagonal pattern adduction in elevation to abduction with exercise band X X

Diagonal pattern adduction to abduction in elevation with exercise band X X

Diagonal pattern abduction to adduction in elevation with exercise band X X

PHASE 2. EXERCISES S P C

Isometric exercises in sitting external rotation

X

Isometric exercises in sitting abduction

X

Isometric exercises in sitting internal rotation

X

Isometric exercises in sitting external rotation through range

X

Unilateral shoulder flexion in 4 point kneeling

X X X

PHASE 1. EXERCISES R S P Pendulum Exercise X Flexion in side lying X X Flexion using the ball X X abduction using the physio ball X X Flexion on the table X X abduction on the table X X External rotation on the table X Flexion in standing X X abduction in standing X X Pulleys X Posterior capsular stretch X Forward flexion with exercise bar X Prayer Position X Balance point in lying flexion X X X Balance point in lying abduction X X X Rotation with bar lying X X Rotation with bar at 90 degrees flexion

X X

Diagonal with Bar X X External rotation in Standing X X Internal rotation in Standing X X External Rotation Lying X X 4 Point kneeling over X

The WADA 2013 List of Prohibited

Substances and Methods, which

takes effect from 1 Jan 13, is now

available from the WADA web-site

at:- www.wada-ama.org

Teams entering the 2013 WDBRC

will be subject to Out-of-Competition

tests prior to the event and In Comp

testing during Szeged 2013.



OUR TECHNIQUE, THEIR TECHNIQUE, OR SIMPLY MOTOR LEARNING?

For many years now, canoeists or for that matter, any team

comprising of a majority of athletes with a strong background in

canoeing and kayaking training, have had in some local

scenes, the ability to dominate dragon boat races.

This is especially puzzling for dragon boat coaches like me

and it has always been a hotly debated topic amongst my

colleagues and me. Initially, we attributed the cause to be

the technique specific to canoeing and kayaking that they

somehow adapted very well to paddling movements in

propelling a dragon boat.

However, teaching a canoeing or kayaking paddling technique

to dragon boat teams (with little or no experience in either) did

not bring the proficiency level above that of the strongest

canoe and kayak teams. It was at best miserably on par.

Experimentation with putting dragon boat teams through an off-

season training regime of canoeing and kayaking before

switching back to dragon boat paddling just prior to start of the

main season preparation for races, did not yield jaw-dropping

results either. The dragon boat teams got better but never as good.

What is fundamentally different between the training norms of

a dragon boat athlete and those of a canoeist or kayaker? In

a typical training session, the dragon boat athlete takes

instructions from the coach in all aspects of training, for example,

the amount of effort assertion (long strokes or short strokes) and

stroke rate, all the time that he or she is seated inside the

boat.

In comparison, the canoeist or kayaker is alone or with one

other training partner in the single or double canoe or kayak,

and the only instructions from their coach are, for example, to

line up with the other boats and sprint 10 sets of 500 metres

or paddle 10 kilometres by navigating from one landmark to

another within the training area in the shortest time possible.

We as dragon boat coaches give solutions and templates to our

athletes the whole time during training whereas canoe and

kayak coaches give training goals to their athletes and are left

with no choice but to accord their athletes with the freedom

and leeway to achieve these goals independently because they

cannot possibly paddle beside every of their athlete’s boat all the

time.

It is near impossible to acquire a comprehensive set of intrinsic

feedback of the consequences of one’s actions in a dragon

boat because how well the vessel moves is a summation of the

concerted effort of everyone paddling in the boat, and of course

that includes the efficiency of steering by the steersperson.

There is tremendous reliance on the dragon boat coach as well as

team-mates in one’s near proximity to provide extrinsic feedback

for one’s self- improvement.

On the contrary, the canoeist or kayaker can ‘feel’ the result of

his or her actions and this instant intrinsic feedback is

continuous and often augmented by comments from the coach

who happens to observe him or her when paddling by in the

next boat.

Most important of all, the canoeist or kayaker gets to exercise

a lot of variability in his problem-solving endeavour whereas

the dragon boat athlete does not have the full luxury (or

literally creative space) to try every movement (that he deems

necessary in his search of ever-better solutions) in a

constrained learning environment where he or she is required

to synchronize with everyone else paddling in the same dragon

boat.

This is the takeaway. Learners should not be looked upon as

passive receptors who are incapable of processing and

interpreting the information that is available to them in the

learning of a motor skill as Motor Skills describe actions that

result in a physical outcome.

The success of a motor skill is determined by the quality of the

end performance. Catching a ball, tying a shoe lace or the

‘pull phase’ of a dragon boat stroke, would be an example.

In fact, they are able to filter and transform informational inputs

and then perform selective retention at the conscious as well

as the non-conscious levels, all the while being driven by

what makes sense to them for meaningful goal attainment..

By encouraging the learner to be actively involved in being

sensitive to both intrinsic and extrinsic feedback as well as

self- critical reflection, the coach can further augment his or

her ability to effectively reach out and influence the learner’s

learning process in an impactful way.

When learners are engaged by the coach as active

participants in the learning process, they experience a sense

of ownership of the process and hence, are encouraged to act

responsibly as stake-holders entrusted to bring forth the

effectiveness of their own learning.

This inner motivation is a much more superior tool than the

stress exerted by external standards of performance

imposed by the coach.

A learner feels empowered when he or she has the faith and

trust of the coach, or any person of higher authority for that

matter, to seek out his or her own way of solving a problem.

This approach in learning, versus direct instruction or

memorization of the model solution, is better for motor skill

retention.

This is especially an important point to note for coaching

beginner learners or teaching a novel skill that is extremely

complex even for experienced athletes.

Coaches may run into the mistake of teaching the learners to

blindly copy the movement instead of learning the movement

or teaching the learners to mindlessly memorize the

information instead of transforming that information for useful

application.

It is time to try a new approach at your next coaching session ?

Lee-Kuen Chua. San Francisco. USA.

COACHING VIEW



“ Prior to the IDBF’s acceptance as a Member of SportAccord in 2007, the SportAccord Council carefully studied its

application and concluded that, based primarily on cultural and historical reasons, Dragon Boat could be considered as a distinct sport from Canoeing.

Of course, as for any matters relating to membership, the final decision was made by the General Assembly to accept the IDBF as a Member of SportAccord.

During the 2007 General Assembly and in response to a question from Members, I made it clear that accepting the IDBF would not preclude the ICF from continuing to organise their own Dragon Boat events.

I understand that these decisions have created a somewhat confusing situation when it comes to Dragon Boat, particularly for National Federations and their athletes as well as event organisers and I understand that this has led to some conflicting situations between your two Federations.

A decision has been made by the General Assembly in 2007, which cannot be reversed, as long as both the IDBF and ICF continue to comply with their obligations as Members under the SportAccord statutes.

Based on the CAS opinion relating to this matter, it was made clear that neither the IDBF nor the ICF has “legal exclusivity” to run a sport and that each Federation has the right to organise their own competitions. This opinion corresponds to the conclusions of the SportAccord Council and General Assembly in 2007. As such, SportAccord is calling once and for all on coexistence between the IDBF and the ICF.

This means that each Federation organises its own events, with its own National Federations, without any interference from the

other. I trust that both the IDBF and the ICF will be able to move on from here with no further conflicts, as equal Members of

SportAccord.

“For each sport the GAISF recognizes only one federation governing its sport on a world level. Even when the statutes provide in Article 7a that “provide, if any, the name of dissident organisations and explain how and which solutions were arranged”, thius only stressed the fact that the so recognized organization should be the leader in its respective sport. So by becoming a member of the GAISF the IDBF was recognized to be the only federation governing its sport on a world level.

‘Dragon Boat’ is the description of a sport discipline and it is first of all a description of a special type of boat. A dragon boat racing crew is usually composed of twenty paddlers, a drummer and a steerer, the boat has a length of around 12m. Since 1994 the standard for the boats used for racing follow specifications made by the IDBF. The boat and paddles specifications proposed by the IDBF are followed internationally and can be found on the IDBF’s home page. The ICF follows these definitions in its Dragon Boat Racing Competition Rules.”

The IDBF and ICF recently received a letter from Hein

Verbruggen, the President of Sportaccord, formerly, the

General Association of International Sports Federations

(GAISF) urging both Federsations to work together for the

benefit of the development of Dragon Boat Sport.

Sportaccord is effectively the world parliament for sport, as

its Members are all the Olympic Federations and International

Federations, such as the IDBF who are not yet an IOC

Federation or have no interest in becoming an Olympic Sport,

so a letter from Hein Verbruggen, carries some weight in the

world of sport.

In his letter, addressed to IDBF EP, Mike MacKeddie-Haslam and ICF Sec-Gen Simon Toulson, Hein Verbruggen says:-

In general the letter is fairly clear and positive about the decisions made by Sportaccord, concerning the governance of our Sport but in the last few paragraphs there is some abiguity when Hein Verbruggen talks about the CAS opinion and the IDBF and ICF being equal members of Sportaccord.

Does he mean that the IDBF and ICF are equal with regard to our Sport within Sportaccord and that Sportaccord recognises two World Bodies for Dragon Boating or does he mean that the IDBF and ICF are equal within Sportacord, in that, the IDBF is the Member for Dragon Boating and the ICF for Canoeing

Mr Verbruggen also fails to point out that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) covered this very point in response to an ICF

request for an opinion concerning the governance of Dragon Boating, when the CAS Arbitration specifically stated that:-

So the formal CAS opinion on who is the world governing body for Dragon Boating is quite clear and Mr Verbruggen’s letter

would have been more meaningful had he referred to the CAS opinion on the IDBF’s status, as well as pointing out that there is no

‘legal exclusivity’ in organising sport. However, putting this to one side, what were the responses’ from the IDBF and the ICF

SPORTACCORD PRESIDENT ASKS IDBF AND ICF TO WORK TOGETHER ON DRAGON BOATING

IDBF Newsletter, December 2012 – Issue Number 28 Winter Edition

Dragon Boating. “More than a Sport – A Tradition “ 42.

In his reply to the Sportaccord President, Hein Verbruggen, the IDBF EP said the following :-

The IDBF has no problem with the ICF or any other organization, organising closed Dragon Boat events for their own

Members – correctly titled, after all the ICF only entered Dragon Boat Sport in 2005 and holds just one event a year with entries

from a maximum of 15 of its 140 plus Member organizations. However, they have constantly opposed the IDBF and the status

and standing of the IDBF Members and this causes disruption for our athletes and negativity at all levels within Dragon Boating.

The fact is that the ICF refuses to acknowledge that the IDBF is the only recognised world governing body for Dragon Boating and

that whilst the ICF can organise dragon boating or any other Sport they choose (as can the IDBF or any other IF) the ICF is

not the Sport's ‘recognized world governing body’

The IDBF has always sought an accommodation with the ICF and continues to do so, on the basis of being equal SportAccord Members who are the world governing bodies for their respective Sports. In this vein I have already written to the ICF President and would hope for a positive response from him.

My concern is that unless the ICF honours the commitments made in the 2003 ICF Joint Agreement with the IDBF and the SportAccord decisions of 2007, the situation regarding our Sport, will continue. The IDBF’s application for IOC Recognition is being submitted for consideration in 2013. The best solution for all concerned is for the ICF not to oppose the IDBF application.

I would hope that you will reiterate to the ICF the Opinion of the CAS that the IDBF, as a SportAccord Member, is the “only federation governing its sport on a world level. That the ICF has an “obligation to comply at all times with the decisions of SportAccord (GAISF)” was also stated in the 2008 CAS Opinion to the ICF.

The EP’s letter to Hein Verbruggen clearly indicates the IDBF’s willingness to work with any Sports Federation that wishes to

become an IDBF Member, on the basis of accepting that the IDBF is the recognised world governing body for Dragon Boating.

This has always been the policy of the IDBF Council which was again endorsed by the IDBF Members Congress, in 2009 and indeed

was even accepted by the ICF in 2003, when they signed a Joint Agreement with the IDBF, in which the IDBF’s status was

acknowledged. (An Agreement that the ICF subsequently denied as having any validity, when they set up their Dragon Boat

Committee).

Despite this, the IDBF continues to hold out an ‘Olive Branch’ to the ICF and through this article is informing the IDBF Members and

paddlers around the world of the Sportaccord iniative and the IDBF response.

But what of the ICF’s response to the Verbgruggen letter. Well, the only thing sent out in general to the ICF Membership

was the following statement that appeared in the recent ICF Paddleaway 44 webbased newsletter, which stated:-

Dragon Boat Letter from SportAccord President

Each Federation has the right to organize their own Dragon Boat competitions

The ICF has received a letter from SportAccord President Hein Verbruggen clarifying that Canoeing Dragonboat co-exists equally

as per Sport accords statutes. The letter supports CAS’ legal opinion in 2010 and makes it clear that neither the IDBF nor the ICF

has “legal exclusivity” to run a sport and that each Federation has the right to organise their own competitions. Therefore ICF

continues to own and organize ICF Dragon Boat World Championships.

No comment from DBI other than to observe that there does not seem to be much change in the ICF view that they are an equal

world governing body to the IDBF for Dragon Boating, even though they have been advised by CAS, that Dragon Boat Sport has only

one world governing body and that is the IDBF. Normal sporting protocols dictate that only a Sport’s world governing body can

legitimately organise World Championships for their Sport. ICF Members Dragon Boat Championships – fine, but ICF Dragon Boat

World Championships ???

Post script: DBI understands that the ICF Continental Federation for Asia – the Asian Canoe Confederation, have not received

enough entries, to make the event viable, for its so called Asian Dragon Boat Championships, scheduled for India in February 2013.

This follows two failed attempts, in recent years, by the European Canoe Association to organise Dragon Boat Championships in

Europe.

IDBF SECRETARIAT

Secretary-Gen: Mr HU Jianguo

Administrator: Mr Rex XIN

Email: [email protected]

Tel: + 86 10 6712 8832

Fax: + 86 10 6713 3577

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11TH PADANG INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL 2013

The Organizing Committee of the 11th Padang International Dragon Boat Festival 2013 (PIDBF Organizing Committee) wish to invite Dragon Boat crews to participate in the Padang International Dragon Boat Festival 2013 from 6th to 9th June 2013 to be held at Banda Bakali River Padang City, The Land Of Minangkabau, West Sumatra Indonesia.

The event is organised by the Government City of Padang, Indonesia and supported technically

by Indonesian Canoe and Rowing Association (PODSI - the IDBF Member for Dragon Boating

in Indonesia. The festival is also to affiliated to the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF)

All international teams will be hosted a maximum of 3 days with free accommodation and breakfast, airport transfer and daily

transport to the venue and back to Hotel during the competition, with over USD 17,000.00 in prize money to be won.

Padang is the capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located on the western coast of Sumatra and the City has a population of about 1 million people. The Banda Bakali Rivers water park, is located right in the City Centre of Padang and in the area of the park there is a jogging track, soccer pitches, swimming area, children’s playground and other outdoor activity facilities.

For further information contact Syafri Marja. Tel +6281374440445 E-Mail : [email protected]

EUROPEAN COMPANY SPORTS GAMES 2013 – PRAGUE CZECH REP:

Dragon Boat Racing will be included for the first time in the European Company Sport Games being

held in Prague from 19-23 June 2013, with Dragon Boating on Thursday 20 June and Friday 21 June 2013.

The races organised by Peter Klima of the Czech DBA, will be for Mixed Crews (6 women paddlers)

over a 200m straight course and 1000m race with turns. In addition there will be a ’tug-a-dragon’ event

for mixed crews of 8 (2 women paddlers). Racing will take place on the Cisarska Louka, a 1.7 km long artificial lake close the River

Vltavais. The Games are a non-profit sporting event officially governed by the European Association for Company Sports. The

Games have been held since 1977 and offer 28 sports disciplines for its participants.

Thanks to the growing popularity of dragon boats the organizers of the 2013 Prague Games have decided to include dragon boats in

the 2013 Games and hope to start a new history of dragon boats for company teams as well as other non-professional teams that

enjoy training a few times a week and experiencing the excitement of dragon boats' races. Up to now more than 6000 athletes

have registered for the Games including a few dragon boats' crews from Germany. Interested in joining them then you can find all

the basic information at http://ecsg2013.eu/ or email Anna Outratova. [email protected],

RIO TINTO ALCAN DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL, VANCOUVER - 25th ANNIVERSARY RACES

A spirited summer tradition Creekside Community Centre, Creekside Olympic Village and the waters of False Creek will come alive

with the 25th Anniversary of the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, June 21, 22 & 23, 2013. Created 25 years ago as a showcase of

Vancouver’s growing cultural diversity, this first-of-its-kind event has grown to become a grand celebration of Canada’s unique

multicultural heritage with exciting programs and professional performances by well- known entertainers. Visual arts displays and

activities from local community groups, and of

course, the world-class dragon boat races makes

Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival Vancouver’s

most anticipated and prestigious summer event.

For further information visit the festival web-site at

www.dragonboatbc.ca

SPOT CHECK ON AFFILIATES EVENTS IN THE 2013 IDBF CALENDAR

WATCH A DRAGON BOAT VIDEO OR TWO ON YOUTUBE & FACEBOOK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1MOpcuB2q0&feature=related

Dragon Festivals Turkey 2013 Promo video

Kurumlararası Dragon Festival 2013 and from

Taiwan, the paddling pool technique - link above

IDBF News Magazine December 2012 – Issue Number 28 Winter Edition


IDBF AFFILIATES

(Dragon Boat Festivals and Event Organisers)

FESTIVALS: (27)

Vladivostok Governor of Primorye Int Cup Rus email: [email protected]

EVENT ORGANISERS: (16) Alcan Dragon Boat Festival Can website. www.dragonboatbc.ca

Auckland Dragon Boat Festival Nzl website. www.aucklanddragonboats.co.nz

Banyoles International Dragon Boat Festival Spn email: [email protected]

Celebes International Dragon Boat Festival Ina email: [email protected]

Dragon Boat Israel, Ohalo Boating Club. Isr email: [email protected]

Győr International Dragon Boat Festival Hun website: www.dragonboat.hu

Hong Kong International Races Hkg website: www.hkdba.com

Istanbul Dragon Festival Trk website: www.dragonfestivali.com

Labuan International Sea Challenge l Mal email: [email protected]

Limmasol International Dragon Boat Races Cyp email: [email protected]

Macau International Festival Races Mac website: [email protected]

Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Usa website: www.miamidragon.com

Nantes Atlantique Dragon Boat Festival Fra website: www.nack.nates.free.fr

New York Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Usa website: www.hkdbf-ny.org

Padang International Dragon Boat Festival Ina email:[email protected]

Penang International Dragon Boat Festival Mal website: www.penangdragonboat.gov.my

Prague International Dragon Boat Races Cze website: www.dragonboat.cz

Putrajaya Int Dragon Boat Festival Mal website: www.putrajayadragonboat.com

Rouen AFCDB Dragon Boat Festival Fra website: www. dragonboat.fr

Sabah International Dragon Boat Races Mal website: www.sabahtourism.com

Stanley International Festival Races Hkg website: www.dragonboat.org.hk

Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Festival Usa website: www.TampaBayDragonBoats.com

Thailand International Swan Boat Races Thl email: [email protected]

Tim Horton’s Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival Can www. dragonboat.net

Toronto International Festival Races Can website: www.dragonboats.com

Trinidad Dragon Boat Festival T&T website: www.chinesearrivaltt.org

AP Conclusion Ger email: [email protected]

China Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festivals Hkg email: [email protected]

Dragon Boat Events Suisse. Swi website: www.dragonboatevents.ch

Dragon Boats Barcelona Spn website: www.barcelona-dragonboats.com

Dragon Boats Turkey Tur email: [email protected]

Dragon Boats Thailand Thl email: [email protected]

Gable Events UK Gbr website: www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk

Groupe T3H Gud email:[email protected]

GWN Dragon Boat Can email:[email protected]

HSB Sport Turkey Tur website: www.dragonfestivali.com

Iberian Pro DBA Spn email: [email protected]

Made in Cote d’Azur Fra email: [email protected]

Nautiques Evenements Fra website: www.nautiquesevenements.com

SAVA Singapore Sng website: www.sava.com.sg

Sail in Asia, Thailand Thl website: www.sailinasia.com

USA Dragon Boating Usa website: www.usadragonboating.com



Traditional Asian Long Boats - India style – Maharajas Boat 1865 near Ram Munshi Bagh (Left)

Right - Maharaja & his Royal Barge 1883

THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO RACE THE DRAGON – ON LAND AND ICE, AS WELL AS WATER. WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY !!

For more sights and sounds of Dragon Boating on Ice !

go to:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQwRzquH5o

MYANMAR – BURMA and talking of different paddling techniques, have a look at this race on Lake Inle in Burma !!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLjXjkyP8I4

CULTURE CORNER - 2012 THE YEAR OF THE ‘WATER DRAGON’



LICENSED MANUFACTURERS - IDBF SPEC RACING DRAGON BOATS & PADDLES

as at 01 January 2013

BOAT BUILDERS (16) Model Country of Origin Email or Fax Contact

Bizzon Dragon Boats 1222 Czech Republic [email protected]

Boat & Home 1222 Canada [email protected]

BuK Boats 1222/ 912 Germany [email protected]

Champion Boats 1222/ 912 China [email protected]

Donoratico 1222 Italy Fax + 39 056 577 4290

Flying Eagle 1222/912 China [email protected]

Gemini 1222 Poland [email protected]

Get Together Services Ltd 912 New Zealand [email protected]

KTH Seagull Boats 1222 Singapore [email protected]

Olym Elite Boats 1222/912 China [email protected]

Pei Sheng Boats 1222 China [email protected]

Plastex Composite 1222/912 Poland [email protected]

Regata 2000 1222 Hungary [email protected]

Simon River Sports 1222 Canada [email protected]

Swift International 1222/912 China [email protected]

Tedi Sport 1222 Poland [email protected]

PADDLE MAKERS (36) Licence Number –Spec 202a

Apex Composites 3021/22/23 Canada [email protected]

Asia Explorer (Typhoon 8 etc) 3041/42 /43 Hong Kong [email protected]

Braca Sport 3061 Lithuania [email protected]

Burnwater 3011/12 Usa [email protected]

Champion Paddles 3191/92 China [email protected]

Chinook Paddles 3131/32 Canada [email protected]

Coosat Design Co 3381/82 China [email protected]

Dutch Composites 3231 Netherlands [email protected]

Dynamo Baltic Paddles 3341 Lithuania [email protected]

ES Dragon Paddles 3101 Germany [email protected]

Far East FRP Boat Co 3331 China [email protected]

Flying Eagle Hangzhou 3281 China [email protected]

Fuyang Golden Bridge Factory 3361/62 China [email protected]

Grey Owl Paddles 3081/82/83 Canada [email protected]

G’ Power 3121/22 Poland [email protected]

Kajner Sport 3301 Hungary [email protected]

Kanoe Sports 3291 Singapore [email protected]

Kialoa Paddles 3251/52 Usa [email protected]

Kober & Moll 3221 Germany [email protected]

Land & Ocean Comps 3111 China [email protected]

Ocky Oars 3071 Australia [email protected]

Olym Elite Paddles 3211/12 China [email protected]

Padla Panda 3351 Czech Rep [email protected]

Panenka Paddles 3391 Czech Rep [email protected]

Seatec Paddles 3241/42 Singapore [email protected]

RAAB Paddles 3141 Czech Rep [email protected]

RK Company 3311 Czech Rep [email protected]

Simon River Sports 3091/92/93 Canada [email protected]

Stanley Residents Assoc 3271 Hong Kong [email protected]

Swift International 3151/52 China [email protected]

Talon Technology 3201/02/03/04/05 Australia [email protected]

Trivium Paddles 3051 Lithuania [email protected]

Xpirits 3381 Hong Kong [email protected]

Yarn-Way Enterprise Co Ltd 3321 China [email protected]

Zijie Sports Oars 3261/62 China [email protected]

ZRE Racing 3031/32 Usa [email protected]



IDBF PLATINIUM PARTNERS

CHAMPION BOATS, Dalian, China..

GREY OWL PADDLES, Toronto, Canada.

IDBF BRONZE PARTNERS

IDBF Spec 202a Paddle Manufacturers

BURNWATER PADDLES, United States.

LAND & OCEAN PADDLES, China.

TALON TECHNOLOGY PADDLES, Australia.

TRIVIUM PADDLES, Lithuania

ZRE PADDLES, United States.



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DRAGON BOAT INTERNATIONAL · 2013. 1. 24. · WELCOME to DBI the IDBF in-house magazine. For me 2012, the Year of the Water Dragon started with great promise, with the Club Crew World