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DRAGONDRAGON SPORT NEWS SPORT – THE EMAGAZINE FOR ALL NEWSDRAGON BOATERS the Emagazine for Boaters world-wide Incorporating Dragon International Newsletter

“An Independent Voice for Sport”

September 2019 Isssue No.9. DRAGON BOAT SPORT – PEOPLE PACKED SUMMER OR WINTER !! AUTUMN EDITION

Views on the Sport, RESULTS from the 2019 IDBF & EDBF Championships . IDBF Elections & Congress News.

A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS – 2019 EDBF CHAMPS, SEVILLE 2000+ athletes in 64 clubs from 15 European Countries PEOPLE PACKED, TRULY A SPORT FOR ALL.

HEADLINE LOOK AT THE NEWS INSIDE DSN......

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EDITORIAL INTERNATIONAL RACES - UPDATES Biggest and Best Yet – on 2 levels. • 2019 IDBF World Nations Cham ps, Thailand • Page 5. 2019 EDBF Club Crew Champs, Seville, Spain • 2019 Euro Cup Series – Results & Points Special Features • 2020 EDBF European Nations Champs, Kiev Lego land Pages; 7, 17, 19, 27.

The Olympic Channel and Dragon Boating News & Events from Dragon Boat Sport IDBF Congress, Thailand IDBF Members – Ukraine, Korea, Ireland, , One Man’s Quest for GOLD ! USA, Germany, Great Britain Drum Beat – Open Letter to ICF President Pages 6, 14, 15, 24, 39. Pages; 36, 37, 38 45.

FEATURES Culture Corner Dragon Egypt – The Nile Basin From a , to a modern Sport. Euro News – EDBF Congress, Seville. Page; 41 - 42. Talking Point – Discussions with the ICF. Talking Point 2 – ’s Dragon Boat Policy Know How - Sports Science Corner by Leila Ataei Pink Paddlers News from the IBCPC Carbohydrate Loading Florida’s Best Kept Secret ? Pages; 25 -26

Pages; 4, 20, 21, 28, 30, 35.

CALENDAR OF DRAGON BOATING Picture Gallery Events and Festivals – September 2019 to May 2020 Picture Paints a1000 Words – EDBF Champs 14 th IDBF World Nations Champs Pages; 43, 44. International Races

Philadelphia Dragon Boat Association

Pages; 2, 8, 23, 46.

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 Is the pioneering body that took the initiative of introduci ng Dragon Boats to Egypt. We are a legally and officially registered company that aspires to promote tourism, culture, sports and friendship through holding Dragon Boat events. Our company was founded by Mary Lai, and is run under the presidency of Ehab Gouda. Since 2016, we hav e been organizing Dragon Boat festivals in Egypt during the Chinese holidays.  We focus on strengthening the friends hip relations between Egypt and China through establishing stronger cultural ties between the two nations and our activities and events are fully endorsed by the Chinese Embassy in Egypt and the Chinese Culture Center in Cairo.  We actively pursue recruiting more Egyptians to participate in the Dragon Boat Festivals. We also provide them with the equipment needed for training and we encourage the participants to professionally pursue Dragon Boating through forming teams that could compete internationally. Moreover, we promote the culture of Dragon Boat festivals through holding annual festivals to spread this sport in Egypt, and to attract tour ists from around the globe; thus supporting Egyptian tourism.

 Beside being the world’s longest river, the Nile river connects 11 vital countries in with a population surpassing 487.5 million, as est imated by nilebasin.org in 2015.  The Nile is associated with growth, prosperity and development among the countries of the Nile Basin. Most of the population in the Nile Basin countries resides near it. It is estimated by nilebasin.org that the total population living in the boundary of the Nile river exceeds 257 million.  As it is the case with all African countries, the Nile Basin have a promising demographic composing predominantly of youth. It is estimated by nilebasin.org, that the sum total of the populat ion of the Nile Basin accounts for about 40% of the total African population.  With an astounding length of 6,500 KM and a promising population density across its bank, the Nile River serves as great medium to promote the sport of Dragon Boat along.  Nile basin countries share the gi ft of the world’s longest river, the Nile River. Our goal is to use the Nile river as a medium to gather Nile Basin Countries around the Dragon Boats.

 As were are greatly inspired by the One Belt One Road Initiative, we believe that Dragon Boat could be an innovative tool into connecting the countries along the Belt and Road and establish a stronger bond among them.  Since Dragon Boat Egypt has proved to be efficient in promoting Dragon Boat in Egypt, we would like to take our activities a step forward and extend them throughout Nile Basin countries of Africa.  This step will help promoting and further growing the sport throughout the continent, as it will also help in establishing a stronger bond among the countries of the Nile Basin while encouraging people to people diplomacy.

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THE BIGGEST AND BEST CHAMPS YET - ON TWO LEVELS ! WELCOME to Dragon Sport News, the E -magazine with news and views on all aspects of Dragon Boating and what people think and feel about it ! What a great 2019 for the Sport with both the IDBF World Champs in Payatya, Thailand and the EDBF Club Crew Champs in Seville, Spain attracting record numbers of participants, for such Championships, with nearly 4000 from 30 Countries in Pattaya and over 2 000 from 64 Clubs (15 Nations) in Seville !! Meanwhile the ICF continues to try and persuade the IOC that the ICF is as big a player in the Dragon Boat World as the IDBF. To this end the ICF is planning a demonstration Dragon Boat Race , during the 2020 Tokyo and the ICF President has persuaded the Chinese Association to build an 8 paddler boat for the occasion. As a result, of these latest ICF actions and many others beforehand , the IDBF recently made a formal complaint to the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) about the continuing incursion o f the ICF into our Sport and in particular. The complaints will also be put before the IOC Ethics Committee, with a similar complaint , no doubt, going to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The truth of the ICF’s involvement in our Sport is that it is very small, with less than 1000 participants (all from IDBF Member Countries) at each of the ICF’s last three events, held in Atlanta, Moscow and Kiev, over the last 18 months and only a few events on the ICF Calendar , as opposed to over 150 IDBF Members & Festivals events. Practically the ICF is a ‘bit player’ in our Sport but politically the ICF has influence within the Olympic Family and that is a problem. Racing The Dragon ! It is almost 40 years since in 1980, I first became involved in Drago n and began to develop modern Sport Racing. F irst in the UK, with the formation of the British Dragon Boat Racing Association (the BDA) in 1987 and then the EDBF (1990) and finally the IDBF (1991), all organisation s’ in which I have been proud to serve our Sport, in various roles from Secretary -General to President. To share with you my journey of a life-time and to trace the development of Sport Racing from the 1980 Hong Kong Festival on the River Thames, in London, to the present day, I will be writing a book over the coming winter months, for publication in the Spring of 2020 and I would like to include your experiences of our great Sport, in the book. So please drop me a line or two or mor e, of how you came to Dragon Boating, when and where and I will endeavour to include every contributor in the book. Pictures too would be greatly appreciated . Over to you ! Congratulations go to Mike Thomas and Alan Van Caubergh on their re-election as IDBF President and Treasurer, respectively, at the IDBF Members Congress held in Pat taya on 26 Aug 2019. Congratulations too go to Ute Becker- Frenzel, Valery Morgun, Jorge Carracedo and Peter Jarosi on their election as EDBF Vice-Presidents’ at the EDBF Congress held in Seville on 29 July 2019 e See separate report s on the Congresses’.

Mike MacKeddie-Haslam The Editor.

Comment, articles and pictures for Dragon Sport News should be sent to the Editor: Tel: + 44 (0) 1243 862652 . Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Articles etc for the IDBF Newsletter, Long Zhou eNews, should be sent to the Editor, Email [email protected]

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MUCH MORE THAN A SPORT – DRAGON BOATING HAS LEGO DRAGONS TOO !

Review by Miganl. Lego 80103, the Dragon Boat Race The sets originally released for just the Asia Pacific audience became easily one of the hottest topics of discussion in the LEGO world earlier this year - or more specifically, the limited distribution of those sets! After that ensuing outcry, LEGO announced that starting with the third set targeted for the Asia Pacific region, the distribution for regional sets would be much broader, with 80103 sets scheduled to be available in Europe and in the U.S. around June 2019 Prior to LEGO's announcement, I made arrangements to get 80103 from Australia (thanks to helpful Brickset member). Read on to see if it's worth getting when it comes to a store near you. The box is decorated similarly to the Chinese New Year sets, with the gold seal on the top front right of the box indicating that this set is celebrating the dragon boat festival and part of the Chinese Festival Special Edition series. The box art shows the dragon boat race action - the front depicts the race underway while the back shows the red dragon team accepting the winner’s trophy as well as insets illustrating other features of the set. Inside the box there are five numbered bags, a perfect bound instruction book and a medium sized sticker sheet. MINIFIGS. There are an impressive fifteen minifigures in this set. Ten of them are the members of the two dragon boat teams. Both teams have new torsos and legs to this set. The red team is outfitted in white sleeveless shirts with red piping and black frog closures, tied with a bright red sash. Their legs are red and I particularly like the printing at the top of the legs showing the bottom of the shirt and the remainder of the tied sash in the team colour. The minifigs have a variety of expressions - some, but not all of them have two sided heads. In this picture they’re shown (left to right) from the back of the boat to the front. The minifig on the right is the drummer who sets the pace for the paddlers The printing continues on the back of the minifig and shows some nice detail. The green team has similarly gorgeous printing. Their shirts are orange, with green piping, frog closures, and sash. The legs for these minifigs are printed similar to the red team showing the sash in the team’s colour. Again, some, but not all of them have two sided heads. I was happy to see that there are ten different minifig heads, although there is a duplication or two in the hairstyles A very formal looking bespectacled gentleman in a black suit and tie looks like he must be the official for the race. He looks suitably distinguished with the grey piping on his suit, complete with a white kerchief. A vendor for the food stand wears a sand blue tunic with dark blue shirt underneath. The printing continues on the legs for the lower part of the tunic and sash. He wears dark brown pants, and I particularly like his sandals. His look is topped off with a conical hat. There are quite a few parts in new colours, The parts usage is terrific, and those pieces might just be my favourite new LEGO piece. The dragon boats move smoothly and allow for a lot of play. The set allow for a lot of storytelling from the race to the spectators to the food vendor. It’s a terrific display piece, too. I think it’s a worthy addition to the Chinese Festival Special Edition series. For the price (49.99 Euro, 44.99 GBP, assuming around $60 US, 643 pieces) it’s a pretty good deal and I feel the set’s good value

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14th IDBF WORLD NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS

PATTAYA -RAYONG, THAILAND, th th 20 -25 AUGUST 2019

Over 3200 athletes and 600 official team supporters, But it near ly didn’t happen ! With less than a month to th from 30 IDBF Member s, took part in the 14 IDBF World go before the event, water levels at The Royal Thai

Nations Championships, in Pattaya, Thailand ., Navy and Training Centre, the host Organised by the Thai Rowing & Canoing Asociation venue, had dropped dramatically to less that 2 metres in

(RCAT) teams from Australia; ; Canada; China; depth, due to the late arr ival of the monsoon rain !! China Hong Kong; China ; Chinese ; Czech Republic; France; Germany; Great Britain; ; India; Within 2 weeks the RCAT Organising Committee , Indonesia; Iran; Italy; Japan; South Korea; ; Myanmar; admirably supported by the Royal Thai Navy, had found New Zealand; The Philippines; Russia; ; Spain; an alternative location , created an Athletes Village, with Sweden; Switzerland; Thailand; Ukraine and the United giant TV screens for the athletes to watch ; built offices States of America, took part. for the Race Officials and Race Administration, created VIP , Media, Broadcasting and Commentary areas, Racing in I DBF Standard and Small Racing boats, supplied erected Grandstands and a Medals Presentation area by Pei Sheng, China . crews competed in the Premier, and created a village of food and merchandizing outlets Junior, U24s and Senior Racing Classes’ over distances of and even a banking area, where previously there was 200m, 500m, 1k and 2k , in the Open, Women’s and Mixed just a reservoir surr ounded b y trees but absolutely Divisions, in 363 races to claim the 151 Gold Medals on offer nothing else. An astounding achievement From the stunning Opening Ceremon y, through 5 days No other Country could have accomplished so much of great racing, with new world record times being set in the in such a short time . W ords are not enough to expres s Premier Open Standard Boat 200m and 500m Grand Finals, the Sport’s gratitude to the RCAT and its President to the party atmosphere of the Closing Ceremony and the Admiral Chaiyarong Chareonrak, for the magnificent award of the Nations Cup to Thailand, this was a World job done to ensure that not only did the Championships Championships, second to none ! take place but that it was the most successful so far.

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Admiral Chainarong Charoenruk, President of the Rowing & Canoeing Association of Thailand, and Mr. Mike Thomas , President of the International Dragon Boat Federation, signed the contract of agreement on 14th World Dragon Boat Racing Championships at the Royal Thai Navy Rowing and Canoeing Training Centre in Rayo ng province. From Longzhou News. July 2019.

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MEDALS TABLES - 14 th WORLD NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS

STANDARD BOAT TOTAL SMALL BOAT TOTAL OVERALL TOTAL

1. THAILAND 35 14 3 1. THAILAND 24 11 7 1. THAILAND 59 25 10 2. Canada 26 26 13 2. Australia 12 8 8 2. Canada 33 30 22 3. United States 17 17 18 3. Canada 7 4 9 3. United States 18 24 27 4. Australia 2 12 18 4. 5 4 - Germany 4. Australia 14 20 26 5. China 2 4 2 5. Myanmar 4 4 4 5. Germany 5 5 7 6. Indonesia 1 2 1 6. Philippines 4 2 4 6. China 4 9 3 7. Chinese Taipei 1 - 1 7. China 2 5 1 7. Myanmar 4 4 5 8. Germany - 1 7 8. United States 1 7 9 8. Philippines 4 2 4 9. Hong Kong - - 2 9. Russia 1 3 3 9. Indonesia 2 3 2

10. Myanmar - - 1 10. New Zealand 1 2 1 10. Chinese Taipei 2 - 2 11. Singapore 1 2 1 11. Russia 1 3 3 12. Indonesia 1 1 1 12. New Zealand 1 2 1

13. Ukraine 1 1 1 13. Singapore 1 2 1 14. Hong Kong 1 - 3 14. Ukraine 1 1 1 15. Italy 1 - 2 15. Hong Kong 1 - 5

16. Chinese Taipei 1 - 1 16. Italy 1 - 2 17. Spain - 3 2 17. Spain - 3 2 18. Hungary - 3 1 18. Hungary - 3 1

19. Great Britain - - 3 19. Great Britain - - 3

In the racing Thailand took the top honours in the medals tables, with a total of 59 Gold Medals (35 Standard Boat & 24 Small Boat) across all competition classes, as well as the Nations Cup for the Premier Division and the Junior Trophy. Canada retained the Senior and Women’s Divisions’ trophies . In the U24s, Canada topped the Standard Boat and Myanmar the Small Boat Medals Tables. Nineteen different countries won medals and China set new world records in both the Premier Open Standard Boat 200 and 500m Grand Finals – see below,

PR EMIER OPEN 200m Standard Boat NEW WORLD RECORDS FOR CHINA PR EMIER OPEN 500m Standard Boat 1. CHINA 0.39.251 gf in Prem Open 200m & 500m Standard Boat 1. CHINA 1:47.823 gf 2. Thailand 0.40.330 gf 2. Thailand 1:48.746 gf 3. Canada 0.41.253 gf 3. United States 1:51.109 gf 4. United States 0.42.141 gf 4. Canada 1:51.747 gf 5. Chinese Taipei 0.42.336 gf 5. Chinese Taipei 1:52.032 gf 6. Italy 0.43.656 gf 6. Italy 1:57.537 gf

7. Macau 0.43.827 mf 7. Czech Republic 1:58.560 mf 8. Czech Republic 0.44.474 mf 8. Macau 1:59.399 mf 9. Philippines 0.44.781 mf 9. Philippines 2:00.056 mf 10. Great Britain 0.46.115 mf 10. Great Britain 2:00.429 mf

Picture. Jonathan Rivera USA Snr C. Picture Konrad Doerrbecker

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PREMIER WOMEN 200m PREMIER OPEN 1000m PREMIER OPEN 2000m 1. CANADA 0.45.958 gf 1. CHINESE TAIPEI 3:43.897 gf 1. UNITED STATES 8:11.190 f

2. China 0.46.121 gf 2. United States 3:45.007 gf 2. China 8:12.405 f 3. Thailand 0.46.682 gf 3. Thailand 3:45.914 gf 3. 8:18.586 f Chinese Taipei 4. United States 0.48.123 gf 4. Canada 3:47.495 gf 4. Thailand 8:21.171 f 5. Philippines 0.49.650 gf 5. China 3:48.798 gf 5. Canada 8:24.445 f 6. New Zealand 0.50.599 gf 6. Italy 3:53.237 gf 6. Italy 8:27.445 f 7. Great Britain 0.51.947 mf 7. Czech Rep 4:02.198 mf 7. Czech Rep 8:28.426 f 8. Chinese Taipei 0.52.746 mf 8. Philippines 4:04.455 mf 8. Macau 8:41.804 f 9. Macau 0.52.767 mf 9. Great Britain 4:08.841 mf 9. Great Britain 8:45.926 f 10. Philippines 8:47.157 f

PREMIER WOMEN 500m STANDARD BOAT RESULTS 1. CANADA 2:00.693 gf PREMIER MIXED 200m 2. United States 2:01.106 gf 1. THAILAND 0.44.030 gf 3. China 2:03.165 gf 2. Indonesia 0.44.609 gf 4. Thailand 2:03.571 gf 3. China 0.44.731 gf 5. New Zealand 2:09.976 gf 4. Canada 0.45.297 gf 6. Great Britain 2:13.436 gf 5. United States 0.45.806 gf 7. Philippines 2:14.113 mf th 6. Germany 0.45.973 gf 8. Chinese Taipei 2:21.063 mf 14 WORLD NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS 7. Macau 0.47.517 mf 9. Macau 2:21.200 mf 8. Ukraine 0.47.578 mf PREMIER WOMEN 2000m 9. Australia 0.47.707 mf PREMIER WOMEN 1000m 10. Singapore 0.48.184 mf 1. CANADA 8:49.598 f 11. Philippines 0.49.225 mf 1. THAILAND 4:09.041 gf 2. Thailand 9:01.419 f 12. Switzerland 0.49.556 mf 2. China 4:09.221 gf 3. United States 9:01.645 f 13. New Zealand 0.48.841 pf 3. Canada 4:09.232 gf 4. China 9:05.953 f 14. Japan 0.49.098 pf 4. United States 4:09.818 gf 5. New Zealand 9:15.847 f 15. Great Britain 0.49.517 pf 5. New Zealand 4:28.296 gf 6. Great Britain 9:42.585 f 16. Hong Kong 0.50.681 pf 6. Great Britain 4:33.833 gf 7. Chinese Taipei 9:56.428 f 17. Russia 0.53.040 pf 7. Philippines 4:40.999 mf 8. Philippines 9:59.710 f 18. Spain 0.53.222 pf 8. Chinese Taipei 4:43.938 mf 9. Macau 10:05.765 f 19. Korea 0.54.643 tr

PREMIER MIXED 1000m PREMIER MIXED 2000m PREMIER MIXED 500m 1. 1. INDONESIA 3:55.485 gf UNITED STATES 8:26.000 f 1. THAILAND 1:51.380 gf 2. United States 3:56.704 gf 2. China 8:27.863 f 2. Indonesia 1:52.319 gf 3. Myanmar 3:57.608 gf 3. Indonesia 8:31.491 f 3. Canada 1:53.230 gf 4. China 3:57.833 gf 4. Canada 8:33.133 f 4. United States 1:53.252 gf 5. Canada 3:59.656 gf 5. Ukraine 8:34.968 f 5. China 1:53.300 gf 6. Thailand 4:05.434 gf 6. Thailand 8:37.956 f 6. Germany 1:57.651 gf 7. Ukraine 4:04.661 mf 7. Germany 8:40.078 f 7. Ukraine 1:57.449 mf 8. Germany 4:05.226 mf 8. Great Britain 8:54.451 f 8. Singapore 2:00.446 mf 9. Australia 4:13.538 mf 9. Australia 8:56.772 f 9. Australia 2:00.821 mf 10. Gt Britain 4:13.909 mf 10. Singapore 8:59.931 f 10. New Zealand 2:01.477 mf 11. Singapore 4:20.089 mf 11. Macau 9:02.261 f 11. Philippines 2:03.441 mf 12. Philippines 4:23.978 mf 12. Philippines 9:05.462 f 12. Great Britain 2:03.672 mf 13. New Zealand 4:18.557 pf 13. Russia 9:10.660 f 13. Japan 2:00.829 pf 14. Czech Rep 4:21.116 pf 14. Switzerland 9:20.953 f 14. Macau 2:02.509 pf 15. Macau 4:22.055 pf 15. Japan 9:26.362 f 15. Switzerland 2:04.865 pf 16. Japan 4:23.631 pf 16. New Zealand 9:29.861 f 16. Hong Kong 2:06.251 pf 17. Sweden 4:30.387 pf 17. Spain 9:54.722 f 17. Russia 2:08.395 pf 18. Switzerland 4:32.836 pf 18. India 10:20.459 f 18. Korea 2:18.229 pf 19. Russia 4:48.631 tr 19. Korea 10:48.718 f 19. Spain 2:15.092 tr 20. India 4:58.792 tr 20. India 2:17.798 tr 21. Korea 4:59.811 tr

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SENIOR OPEN 20 0m SENIOR OPEN 50 0m STANDARD BOAT RESULTS

SENIOR A. SENIOR A. 1. CANADA 0.42.221 gf 1. CANADA 1:52.945 gf 2. Thailand 0.42.728 gf 2. Thailand 1:54.871 gf 3. United States 0.42.995 gf 3. United States 1:55.019 gf 4. Hong Kong 0.44.366 gf 4. Germany 1:56.381 gf 5. Germany 1:25.266 gf 5. Philippines 2:01.410 gf 6. Philippines 0.46.868 mf 6. Hong Kong 2:01.411 mf STANDARD BOAT RESULTS 7. Japan 0.47.252 mf 7. Japan 2:04.232 mf Under IDBF Regulations Competition Classes with less than 6 competing IDBF Members, 8. Singapore 0.47.863 mf 8. Singapore 2:06.978 mf are classified as IDBF Championships and not SENIOR B. SENIOR B. World Championships. 1. THAILAND 0.46.325 gf 1. THAILAND 1:57.131 gf 2. Canada 0.46.982 gf For the full results of such competitions, for 2. United States 1:57.595 gf example the Senior C Racing Class, go to 3. United States 0.47.554 gf 3. Canada 1:58.265 gf 4. 0.48.437 gf Great Britain 4. Chinese Taipei 2:02.763 gf https://idbfchamps.org/results.php 5. 0.49.141 gf Hong Kong 5. Great Britain 2:05.670 mf 6. Chinese Taipei 0. 49.319 gf 6. Hong Kong 2:07.321 mf

SENIOR OPEN 100 0m SENIOR MIXED 200m SENIOR A. SENIOR OPEN 2000m SENIOR A. 1. CANADA 3:56.913 gf SENIOR A. 1. CANADA 0.46.134 gf 2. Thailand 3:57.541 gf 1. CANADA 8:28.370 f 2. United States 0.47.214 gf 3. Germany 4:03.782 gf 2. United States 8:40.900 f 3. Germany 0:47.764 gf 4. Australia 4:06.745 gf 3. Thailand 8:41.000 f 4. Australia 0.47.921 gf 5. United States 4:07.471 gf 4. Hong Kong 9:02.750 f 5. Ukraine 0.48.929 gf 6. 4:09.410 gf Philippines 5. Philippines 9:11.600 f 6. Hong Kong 0.51.456 mf 7. Hong Kong 4:19.589 mf 6. 9:19.350 f 7. Japan 0.51.611 mf Japan 8. Japan 4:24.269 mf 7. Singapore 10:08.780 f 8. Thailand 0.55.906 mf 9. Singapore 4:29.830 mf SENIOR B. SENIOR B. SENIOR B. 1. AUSTRALIA 0.48.337 gf 1. UNITED STATES 8:42.030 f 1. THAILAND 4:03.927 gf 2. Canada 0.49.004 gf 2. Thailand 8:42.420 f 2. United States 4:04.101 gf 3. United States 0.49.323 gf 3. Canada 8:44.820 f 3. Canada 4:05.462 gf 4. Germany 0.50.399 gf 4. Great Britain 9:04.220 f 4. Russia 4:06.726 gf 5. New Zealand 0.51.860 mf 5. Chinese Taipei 9:31.580 f 5. Germany 4:13.095 gf 6. Great Britain 0.52.008 mf 6. Hong Kong 9:56.370 f 6. Great Britain 4:25.357 gf 7. Singapore 0.53.466 mf 7. Chinese Taipei 4:30.538 mf

8. Hong Kong 4:37.200 mf

SENIOR MIXED 10 00m SENIOR MIXED 20 00m SENIOR MIXED 5 00m SENIOR A. SENIOR A. SENIOR A. 1. CANADA 4:07.374 gf 1. CANADA 8:45.012 f 1. CANADA 1:57.535 gf 2. Germany 4:11.117 gf 2. United States 8:48.857 f 2. United States 2:00.666 gf 3. United States 4:11.552 gf 3. Germany 8:52.930 f 3. Germany 2:01.606 gf 4. Australia 4:15.524 gf 4. Ukraine 8:55.580 f 4. Australia 2:01.739 gf 5. Ukraine 4:17.172 gf 5. Australia 9:00.636 f 5. Ukraine 2:01.865 gf 6. Italy 4:29.685 gf 6. Italy 9:15.563 f 6. Hong Kong 2:11.213 mf 7. Hong Kong 4:38.011 mf 7. Japan 10:07.012 f 7. Japan 2:11.576 mf 8. Japan 4:41.675 mf 8. Thailand 10:15.955 f 8. Thailand 2:19.067 mf 9. Thailand 4:55.571 m SENIOR B. SENIOR B. SENIOR B.

1. CANADA 8:43.059 f 1. CANADA 6:07.963 r3 1. CANADA 8:29.583 r2 2. United States 8:49.501 f 2. United States 6:08.088 r3 2. United States 8:30.011 r2 3. Australia 9:06.434 f 3. Australia 6:13.553 r3 3. Australia 8:45.709 r2 4. New Zealand 9:14.025 f 4. Germany 6:21.312 r3 4. New Zealand 8:56.931 r2 5. Germany 9:15.256 f 5. New Zealand 6:23.575 r3 5. Germany 9:02.559 r2 6. Singapore 10:42.426 f 6. Singapore 6:59.768 r3 6. Singapore 10:05.731 r2

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PREMIER OPEN 200m PREMIER WOMEN 200m SMALL BOAT RESULTS INDONESIA 0.45.281 gf gf 1. 1. THAILAND 0.52.105 2. China 0.45.307 gf 2. China 0.52.217 gf 3. Thailand 0.45.983 gf 3. Singapore 0.55.464 gf

4. Chinese Taipei 0.45.989 gf 4. Australia 0.56.049 gf 5. Ukraine 0.46.500 gf 5. Philippines 0.56.540 gf 6. Germany 0.48.776 gf 6. Germany 0.56.929 gf 7. Iran 0.48.360 mf 7. Ukraine 0.55.815 mf 8. Cambodia 0.48.736 mf 8. Iran 0.56.769 mf PREMIER OPEN 2000m 9. Japan 0.49.338 mf 9. Czech Republic 0.56.938 mf 1. CHINESE TAIPEI 9:09.926 f 10. Hungary 0.49.366 mf 10. Switzerland 0.57.583 mf 2. China 9:15.085 f 11. Great Britain 0.50.052 mf 11. Hong Kong 0.58.443 mf 3. Thailand 9:21.189 f 12. Philippines 0.52.503 mf 12. Chinese Taipei 0.59.033 mf 4. Hungary 9:24.140 f 13. Hong Kong 0.49.833 tr 13. Japan 0.57.155 tr 5. Germany 9:27.419 f 14. Singapore 0.50.628 tr 14. Russia 1:00.618 tr 15. Sweden 0.51.317 tr 6. Ukraine 9:29.168 f 15. Spain 1:02.925 tr 16. Switzerland 0.51.509 tr 7. Iran 9:31.584 f 16. India 1:11.321 tr 17. Australia 0.51.696 tr 8. Great Britain 9:38.450 f 9. Switzerland 9:46.983 f 18. Spain 0.53.424 tr 19. Korea 0. 55.093 tr PREMIER WOMEN 500m 10. Sweden 9:48.214 f 11. Singapore 9:50.136 f

1. CHINA 2:18.173 gf 12. 9:51.863 f PREMIER OPEN 500m Cambodia 2. Thailand 2:18.201 gf 13. Australia 9:51.873 f 1. CHINA 2:02.098 gf 3. Indonesia 2:20.403 gf 14. Hong Kong 10:12.480 f 2. Indonesia 2:02.613 gf 4. Ukraine 2:25.770 gf 15. Philippines 10:14.622 f 3. Chinese Taipei 2:02.770 gf 5. Germany 2:28.238 gf 16. Spain 10:18.671 f 4. Ukraine 2:06.411 gf 6. Singapore 2:28.855 gf 17. Japan 10:28.383 f 5. Thailand 2:06.586 gf 7. Australia 2:27.527 mf 18. Korea 10:45.088 f

6. Myanmar 2:07.183 gf 8. Iran 2:28.669 mf 19. India 11:42.025 f

7. Germany 2:07.760 mf 9. Philippines 2:29.226 mf 8. Hungary 2:10.748 mf 10. Czech Republic 2:30.293 mf PREMIER MIXED 500m 9. Iran 2:11.418 mf 11. Japan 2:32.880 mf 10. Great Britain 2:11.635 mf 12. Chinese Taipei 2:33.338 mf 1. THAILAND 2:09.664 gf 11. Singapore 2:12.376 mf 13. Hong Kong 2:35.283 tr 2. Myanmar 2:11.019 gf 12. Australia 2:12.975 mf 14. Switzerland 2:35.920 tr 3. Canada 2:13.342 gf 13. Hong Kong 2:12.927 pf 15. Russia 2:42.248 tr 4. France 2:16.582 gf

14. Cambodia 2:13.218 pf 16. Spain 2:51.181 tr 5. China 2:18.464 gf 15. Sweden 2:14.353 pf 17. India 3:12.229 tr 6. Philippines 2:20.176 gf 16. Philippines 2:17.539 pf 7. Italy 2:18.062 mf 17. Japan 2:19.142 pf 8. Great Britain 2:19.657 mf 18. Spain 2:23.368 pf PREMIER WOMEN 2000m 9. Sweden 2:19.996 mf 19. Switzerland 2:17.426 tr 10. Australia 2:27.003 mf 1. THAILAND 9:57.551 f 20. India 2:27.030 tr 11. Japan 2:35.670 mf 2. China 10:01.849 f 21. Korea 2:28.282 tr 12. India 2:55.280 mf 3. Myanmar 10:13.352 f PREMIER MIXED 200m 4. Ukraine 10:30.784 f 5. Philippines 10:32.140 f PREMIER MIXED 2000m 1. THAILAND 0.50.795 gf 6. Germany 10:34.195 f 2. 0.51.321 gf f Canada 7. Australia 10:41.529 f 1. ITALY 9:39.535 3. Myanmar 0.51.835 gf 8. Switzerland 10:59.423 f 2. Thailand 9:44.586 f 4. 0.52.422 gf China 9. Czech Republic 11:01.343 f 3. Canada 9:47.544 f 5. France 0.53.081 gf 10. Iran 11:04.420 f 4. Myanmar 9:49.385 f 6. 0.53.412 gf Italy 11. Singapore 11:24.388 f 5. France 9:53.148 f 7. Philippines 0.54.367 mf 12. Chinese Taipei 11:25.455 f 6. Sweden 10:05.690 f 8. 0.55.078 mf Australia 13. Japan 11:43.224 f 7. Australia 10:07.019 f 9. Great Britain 0.55.584 mf 14. Hong Kong 11:44.557 f 8. China 10:07.442 f 10. 0.56.503 mf Sweden 15. Russia 12:00.300 f 9. Great Britain 10:07.744 f 11. Japan 1:00.084 mf 16. Spain 13:06.171 f 10. Philippines 10:10.010 f 12. India 1:05.659 mf 17. India 14:52.816 f 11. Japan 11:35.625 f

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SENIOR OPEN 200m SENIOR A WOMEN 200m SMALL BOAT RESULTS SENIOR A. 1. AUSTRALIA 0.56.567 gf 1. THAILAND 0.48.624 gf SENIOR A MIXED 20 0m 2. New Zealand 0.56.769 gf 2. Philippines 0.48.651 gf 3. Thailand 0.59.264 gf 1. CANADA 0.52.716 gf 3. Ukraine 0.49.254 gf 4. Italy 0.59.941 gf 2. Philippines 0.54.791 gf 4. Australia 0.50.455 gf 5. United States 1:00.333 gf 3. Thailand 0.55.614 gf 5. Malaysia 0.52.126 gf 6. Singapore 1:03.516 gf 4. United States 0.55.822 gf 6. Czech Republic 0.53.032 gf 7. Philippines 1:02.276 mf 5. Italy 0.58.612 gf 7. Iran 0.51.792 mf 8. Hong Kong 1:03.334 mf 6. Hong Kong 0.58.733 gf 8. Great Britain 0.52.159 mf 9. Ukraine 1:08.423 mf 7. China 0.59.329 mf 9. Spain 0.56.173 mf SENIOR B. 8. Spain 1:01.017 mf SENIOR B. 1. AUSTRALIA 1:56.895 r2 SENIOR B. 1. AUSTRALIA 0.51.799 gf 2. Germany 2:01.180 r2 1. AUSTRALIA 0.54.852 gf 2. Russia 0.52.710 gf 3. United States 2:04.199 r2 2. United States 0.56.489 gf 3. Hong Kong 0.53.552 gf 4. Great Britain 2:04.838 r2 3. Canada 0.56.974 gf 4. New Zealand 0.53.682 gf 5. New Zealand 2:09.736 r2 4. Hungary 0.57.103 gf 5. Germany 0.53.720 gf 6. Singapore 2:16.734 r2 5. Singapore 0.57.359 gf 6. Italy 0.54.594 gf 6. Russia 1:00.309 mf 7. Hungary 0.55.659 mf SENIOR A WOMEN 5 00m 7. Sweden 1:00.845 mf 8. Sweden 0.56.431 mf 9. Singapore 0.57.394 mf 1. AUSTRALIA 2:24.774 gf SENIOR A MIXED 50 0m 10. Japan 0.59.057 mf 2. New Zealand 2:26.131 gf 3. Thailand 2:31.788 gf 1. CANADA 2:16.901 gf 4. Italy 2:33.091 gf SENIOR A OPEN 5 00m 2. Thailand 2:20.862 gf 5. United States 2:33.263 gf 3. Philippines 2:21.701 gf 1. THAILAND 2:09.542 gf 6. Philippines 2:43.224 gf 4. Italy 2:24.051 gf 2. Ukraine 2:09.712 gf 7. Hong Kong 2:40.629 mf 5. United States 2:27.394 gf 3. Philippines 2:11.636 gf 8. Singapore 2:41.519 mf 6. Hong Kong 2:30.466 gf 4. Australia 2:15.612 gf SENIOR B. 7. China 2:33.757 mf 5. Iran 2:16.725 gf 1. AUSTRALIA 5:03.561 r2 8. Spain 2:34.664 mf 6. Czech Republic 2:17.941 gf 2. Germany 5:14.066 r2 9. India 2:48.699 mf 7. Great Britain 2:19.361 mf 3. United States 5:18.282 r2 SENIOR B. 8. Malaysia 2:24.276 mf 4. Great Britain 5:28.860 r2 1. AUSTRALIA 2:24.316 gf 9. Spain 2:28.083 mf 5. New Zealand 5:43.059 r2 2. United States 2:26.230 gf SENIOR B. 6. Singapore 6:03.776 r2 3. Canada 2:26.278 gf 1. AUSTRALIA 2:15.536 gf 4. Hungary 2:27.399 gf 2. Russia 2:16.422 gf SENIOR A WOMEN 20 00m 5. Russia 2:30.889 gf 3. New Zealand 2:16.917 gf 1. NEW ZEALAND 10:20.710 f 6. Singapore 2:32.236 mf 4. Italy 2:17.396 gf 2. Australia 10:48.000 f 7. Sweden 2:38.306 mf 5. Germany 2:20.689 gf 3. Italy 11:05.290 f 6. Hong Kong 2:20.758 gf 3. Thailand 11:05.290 f SENIOR A MIXED 200 0m 7. Sweden 2:23.228 mf 5. United States 11:16.400 f 8. Hungary 2:23.761 mf 1. CANADA 9:38.670 f 6. Ukraine 11:48.990 f 9. Singapore 2:26.874 mf 2. United States 9:41.300 f 7. Philippines 11:50.970 f 10. Japan 2:42.635 mf 3. Philippines 10:19.560 f 8. Hong Kong 12:28.760 f 4. Spain 11:21.820 f 9. Singapore 12:47.000 SENIOR A OPEN 5 00m 5. China 11:31.560 f 6. India 11:57.490 f 1. UKRAINE 9:35.183 f SENIOR B OPEN 5 00m 7. Thailand 13:06.560 f 2. Thailand 9:37.093 f SENIOR B. 3. Philippines 9:40.815 f 1. UKRAINE 9:35.183 f 1. 10:03.265 f 4. Germany 9:45.590 f 2. Thailand 9:37.093 f AUSTRALIA 2. 10:28.803 f 5. Australia 9:58.232 f 3. Philippines 9:40.815 f Canada 3. 10:31.190 f 6. Czech Republic 10:05.764 f 4. Germany 9:45.590 f Hungary 4. 10:33.961 f 7. Iran 10:06.355 f 5. Australia 9:58.232 f United States 5. China 10:44.114 f 8. Great Britain 10:12.391 f 6. Czech Republic 10:05.764 f 6. 10:57.061 f 9. India 10:36.445 f 7. Iran 10:06.355 f Russia 7. 11:00.371 f 10. Spain 11:21.214 f 8. Great Britain 10:12.391 f Sweden 8. Singapore 11:31.181 f 9. India 10:36.445 f

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THE OLYMPIC CHANNEL WELCOMES IDBF DRAGON BOATING In an official media release from the Olympic Channel

MADRID – 16 July 2019 - The Olympic Channel ABOUT THE OLYMPIC CHANNEL . The Olympic announced that it h as reached agreements with the Channel is a multi-platform global media destination international governing bodies for Arm Wrestling, where fans can discover , engage and share in the Chess , Dragon Boat, Icestocksport , and power of sport and the excitement of the Olympic Sepaktakraw to collaborate on content . The six new Games all year round . cooperation agreements bring the number of the Offering original programming, news , live sports platform's federation partners to 91. events and highlights, the Olympic Channel The new agreements include partnerships with the provides additional exposure for sports and athletes International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognised 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in 11 languages. federations of International Ches s Federation The Olympic Channel was launched in August (FIDE), Intern ational Fed eration Icestocksport (IFI) 2016 in support of the IOC's goal, set out in Olympic and International Life Saving Federation (ILS). Agenda 2020, of providing a new way to engage In addition, the Allianc e of Independent recognised younger generations, fans and new audiences with Members of Sport (AIMS) F ederatio ns of the Olympic Movement . Inte rnational Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF), Founding Partners supporting the Olympic Channel International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) and are Worldwide TOP Partners Bridgestone , Toyota World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) join other and Alibaba. International Sports Federations who have The Olympic Channel is available worldwide at previously announced similar agreements with the olympicchannel.com , its mobile apps and on Olympic Channel. Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV and the "The Olympic Channel provides a platform for Roku platform. the promotion of all sports and athlete s within the Olympic Movement," said Mark Parkman, general manager of the IOC's Olympic Channel. "We look forward to working together to help expand the reach of thes e sports and athletes to fans and new audiences around the world." . Social Media. For more information, please follow the Olympic Channel on Facebook, Instagram, In addition to collaborating on live events, the Twitter and YouTube, or the olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel actively works with its federation partners to present event coverage, highlights, Catherine Philbin . Sr .Manager, Communications magazine shows, news coverage and original programming providing an additional platform to Olympic Channel. Tel: +34 609 219 674 or distribute content that are complementary to cu rrent [email protected] broadcast and distribution arrangements.

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17 TH IDBF MEMBERS CONGRESS, PATTAYA, THAILAND Thirty-six (36) IDBF Members were represented at the 17 th IDBF Congress, held in Pattaya, Thailand, on 26 th August 2019, following the extremely successful 14th DBF World Nations Championships’. President’s Report . In his Opening Address and report to the Congress, the IDBF President, Mike THOMAS , paid tribute to Admiral Chainarong and the Rowing and Canoeing Federation of Thailand, for their huge effort in creating, in just a few weeks, a race site from scratch to enable the World Championships’ to take place, due to an unexpected lack of water at the scheduled regatta location, which had led to an enforced change to the racing venue. The President informed Congress that both the 2018 Club Crew World’s in Szeged Hungary and the 2019 World Champs in Pattaya, had set new records with the highest number of competitors ever recorded, for such Championships’. Also in 2018, the live television broadcast of the 3rd World Cup held in Chongqing, in 2018 had significantly helped to promote our the Sport to the world and he thanked CCTV5 for their support. This year the IDBF had appointed a paid administrator who is helping to improve IDBF communication and administrative procedures.

The President said that the International Breast The ICF were also trying to take over Dragon Cancer Paddlers Commission had held their largest Boating i n the next Asian Games in China . IDBF ever event in 2018, in Florence, Italy and that the must support the Boat International Ice Dragon Boat Federation has Association and the ADBF to be the organisers of continued to grow this new version of dragon boat Dragon Boat Racing at these Games. racing with amazing Championships in China and In response to these and other ICF actions , the Canada. President informed the Congress that the IDBF The Continental Federations too had been busy . In Executive, with the support of the President of AIMS, Tobago the Pan American Federation had introduced had written a formal complaint to the Global a new ocean-going small boat for their Championship; Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF) The European Federation had recently held their with a copy to the IOC Ethics Committee. largest Club Crew Championships, in Seville, Spain All have agreed to meet with the IDBF. In such and Asian Dragon Boat Federation Countries had circumstances to continue to have any discussions taken part in the Asian Games in Indonesia. concerning co-operation with the ICF would not be in Oceania has continued to develop their Trans-Tasman the IDBF’s interest. (Note : Congress endorsed this policy). series and in Africa the recently formed Egyptian The President reported that the IDBF had signed a Federation was seeking to create development in the Memorandum of Understanding with the IOC Olympic Nile Basin. Channel which gives the IDBF Members an In May 2019, the International Olympic Committee opportunity to showcase the sport to the world. (IOC) announced that they would be introducing a The IDBF will need to ensure that all future new process for recognition in 2021 and that previous Championships produce film footage which can be applications will not be considered. Another hurdle has offered to the Olympic Channel and all members been set up and we will need to prepare to ensure we should consider what they can do in their own are ready in 2021 to submit a new application. Championships. The President said that further discussions had In concluding his report, the President said that a taken place between the IDBF the ICF (International new IDBF strategic plan is nearing completion and that Canoe Federation) but It had become clear that the the Executive Committee and Council were seeking ICF were now trying to take over the Sport in multi- ways to increase revenue; improving governance and sports games and are attempting to showcase dragon transparency; developing new policies and ensuring boat, as a demonstration, in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. that our Federation is ready for the challenges ahead.

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AIMS Presentation. Before getting down to the Turning to the situation concerning the ICF Mr Fox business of the day, the Congress Delegates received assured the Congress that AIMS and GAISF would a presentation from Stephan FOX , the President of totally support the IDBF, as the recognised World AIMS (Alliance of Independent Recognised Members Governing Body for the Sport, to ensure that the ICF of Sport), which presently had 18 Member Federations ceased its incursion into Dragon Boating and other Mr Fox outlined the objectives and plans of AIMS, as sports, with their own independent International an organisation and its role as an umbrella group for Federations and that, representation had been made all those independent International Federations, who to the IOC by AIMS/GAISF in this respect. were not, as yet, recognised as an IOC International In closing his presentation Stephan FOX, stressed Federation. how important it was for the IDBF to be fully committed Mr FOX stressed that as an AIMS Member, the to the AIMS and for IDBF Members’ to support the IDBF was now part of the ‘Olympic Family’ , in a AIMS ‘Youth in Sport’ Festival with Dragon Boat multi-sports organisation recognised by the IOC, and demonstrations, especially in 2020, when the festival that was very important ‘politically’ going forwards, as will be held in Beijing, in conjunction with the AIMS/ the IOC had stated that all AIMS Members would GAISF General Meetings and the Sport Accord annual eventually become recognised IOC Federations’. convention. AIMS was one of four partner organisations of the Before leaving the Congress Mr Fox paid tribute to GAISF (Global Association of International Sports the work done on behalf of the IDBF and Dragon Boat Federations) of which he was a Vice-President Sport by both Mike Thomas and Mike MacKeddie- Haslam (IDBF Founder & Hon President) over the The other partners were the IOC Summer Olympic years before and since, the founding of AIMS, in which Sports, the IOC Olympic Winter Sports and the IOC as an AIMS Council Member, Mike MacKeddie- Recognised International Federations and so AIMS Haslam had played a key role. He presented both with was an organisation happy to lose its members to an AIMS plaque of congratulations and appreciation another GAISF partner !. for their dedication to sport.

Financial Report . In his financial report the IDBF Treasurer, Alan van Caubergh , outlined changes to the classes and term of IDBF Membership, proposed by the IDBF Executive Committee, which had been agreed by the IDBF Council. After a lengthy discussion on the rationale for such changes, the Congress ratified the changes and agreed the new membership fees structure. IDBF Elections. In the election for the IDBF President , contested by the incumbent, Mike Thomas and Alan van Caubergh the voting was 26 to 10 in favour of Mike Thomas, who was duly re-elected for a further 4 year term of office. In the election for the IDBF Treasurer , which followed, Alan van Caubergh, who was opposed by Loretta Lewis (IDBF Deputy Treasurer), was re-elected for a further 4 year term. In further elections for Commission Chair-holders , Mel Cantwell was re-elected as the Chair of the Competition & Technical Commission (C&TC), Bridget Walter was elected as the Chair of the Medical & Sports Science Commission (M&SSC), Belinda Chung was elected as the Chair of the Marketing & Media Commission (M&MC) and Mr HE Yi was elected as the Chair of the Culture & Heritage Commission (C&HC). Commissions and Continental Reports . The Congress received written reports from the IDBF Commissions and the Continental Federations, as well as proposals from the IDBF Council concerning amendments to the IDBF Statutes, Bye-Laws , Competition Regulations and Rules of Racing. Most were passed by the Congress but the proposed changes to the Senior and Junior Racing Classes (cancel Senior C and Junior B) and restrictions on IDBF Members entering crews in the same Standard and Small Boat competition classes, at a World Championship, thus restricting the numbers of competitors, in a Championship, were rejected by the Congress Delegates. New Members. The IDBF Secretary-General, Peter Tang , notified the Congress that four new applications for IDBF Membership had been received from Cambodia, Mauritius, Bahrain and Pakistan. These were all approved by the Congress for IDBF Membership but for Pakistan, this was subject to confirmation of their status and authority IDBF World Champs 2022 and 2023 . Presentations were made by the USA, Hungary and Canada for the 2022 Club Crew Championships and by Hungary and Spain for the 2023 World Nations Championships. After discussions on the various merits of the proposed locations the Congress awarded the 2022 Club Crew World Champs to the USA, to be held in Sarasota, Florida and the 2023 World Nations Champs to Spain, to be held in Seville.

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th 18 EDBF EUROPEAN CLUB CREW CHAMPIONSHIPS th th 25 to 28 July 2019

Centro de Entrenamento y Alto Rendimie nto, La Cartuja, Seville, Spain

67 Clubs from 15 Countries , with around 1500 participants, competed in the 2019 European Club Crew Championships. The Clubs ca me from Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Ukraine. rac ing in Standard and Small Boats, over 200m, 500m and 2k race distances. Club Championships were held in the Premier, Senior and Junior Classes in the Open, Women and Mixed Divisions. The weather was very warm and sunny throughout the event and so was the atmosphere, with some great racing enjoyed by all !! 18 th EDBF European Club Crew Championships, 500m PREMIER FINALS RESULTS

Prem Open STA ND Boat 5 00m GRAND Final Pre m Open Small Boat 5 00m GRAND Final 1. 1:54.680 1. DC Burevisnyk Kyiv 1. 2:09.216 Salsa Zhytomyr

2. 1:54.930 2. Thunder Dragons Bad Säckingen 2. 2:09.811 Otaman Lviv

3. 1:55.180 3. WannSea Dragons Berlin 3. 2:10.421 Neckardrachen Heilbronn

4. 1:57.390 4. El Misil Sevilla 4. 2:11.038 ATOM Desnogorsk, Smolensk

5. 1:58.060 5. CN Santa Lucia Cartagena 5. 2:12.788 Beast Boat DeMachdeburjer

6. 1:58.650 6. ONV - BOX Ostrozska Nova Ves 6. 2:19.328 A.S.D. Canottieri Ticino Pavia

Prem Open STA ND Boat 200m Minor Final Premier Open Small Boat 5 00m Minor Final 1. 2:05.812 1. AS Mantes la Jolie Ck 1. 2:15.371 C.D P Sevidragon Sevilla 2. 2:05.947 2. C.D P Sevidragon Sevilla 2. 2:17.486 DBC Eglisau 3. 2:07.190 3. Kendra Warriors Athy 3. 2:17.809 AS Mantes la Jolie Ck 4. 2:14.860 4. Los Troncos -Phamton Almeria 4. 2:18.066 EP Mar Menor San Javier 5. 2:19.509 PG Smoki Północy Gda ńsk Prem Mxd STA ND Boat 5 00m GRAND Final 1. 1:55.425 BDC Mixed Berlin 2. 1:55.787 DC Burevisnyk Kyiv Pre m Wmn Small Boat 5 00m GRAND Final 3. 1:57.684 ATOM Desnogorsk, Smolensk 1. 2:26.089 RK Dragons Jablonec nad Nisou 4. 1:58.925 CN Santa Lucia Cartagena 2. 2:26.099 Neckardrachen Heilbronn 5. 1:59.831 RK Dragons Jablonec nad Nisou 3. 2:29.399 Muchachotas Sevilla 6. 2:02.595 Moravian Dragons Prerov 4. 2:29.426 DC Burevisnyk Kyiv 5. 2:33.431 Salsa Zhytomyr Prem Mxd STA ND Boat 500m Minor Final 6. 2:37.031 C.D P Sevidragon Sevilla 1. 2:03.125 ONV - BOX Ostrozska Nova Ves 2. 2:04.179 EP Mar Menor San Javier Pre m Mixed Small Boat 5 00m GRAND Final 3. 2:06.464 Amathus DBC Liverpool, UK 1. 2:09.347 Salsa Zhytomyr 4. 2:07.978 Notts Anaconda DBRC Nottingham 2. 2:10.141 Neckardrachen Heilbronn 5. 2:09.821 C.D P Sevidragon Sevilla 3. 2:10.601 Otaman Lviv 4. 2:12.824 ONV - BOX Ostrozska Nova Ves 6. 2:11.549 Los Troncos -Phamton Almeria 5. 2:12.856 Beast Boat DeMachdeburjer 6. 2:15.677 Canoa Club Sile Silea (TV) Premier Women Stand Boat 500m – Total Time from two r nds Rd.1 Rd 2 Total Time 1. 2:11.183 Spree Sisters Berlin 2.11.246 4.22.429 Premier Mixed Small Boat 5 00m Minor Final 2. 2:15.373 ONV - BOX Ostrozska Nova Ves 2.12.686 4.28.059 1. 2:15.503 Eaglemountain Drg s Stockholm 3. 2:15.667 CN Santa Lucia Cartagena 2.16.519 4.32.206 2. 2:15.614 Greifensee Dragons 4. 2:19.311 DB Tragedky Praha 2.16.676 4.35.987 3. 2:15.904 DBC Eglisau 6. 2:31.059 EP Mar Menor San Javier 2.30.406 4.61.465 4. 2:16.333 Pirindolo Sevilla 5. 2:30.797 Los Troncos -Phamton Almeria 2.32.329 4.63.126 5. 2:16.958 C.D P Sevidragon Sevilla

7. 2:33.151 Club Piragüismo Triana Sevilla 2.34.154 4.67.305 6. 2:18.257 AS Mantes la Jolie Ck

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18 th EDBF European Club Crew Championships 200m PREMIER FINALS RESULTS

Prem Open Small Boat 200m GRAND Final Prem Open STA ND Boat 200m GRAND Final 1. 0.43.595 WannSea Dragons Berlin 1. 0.49.682 Neckardrachen Heilbronn 2. 0.44.043 Thunder Dragons Bad Säckingen 2. 0.50.289 Otaman Lviv 3. 0.44.128 DC Burevisnyk Kyiv 3. 0.50.547 Salsa Zhytomyr 4. 0.45.035 El Misil Sevilla 4. 0.50.567 Beast Boat Magdeburg 5. 0.45.133 C.N Santa Lucia Cartagena 5. 0.51.144 ATOM Desnogorsk, Smolensk 6. 0.45.640 C.D Piragüismo Sevidragon Sevilla 6. 0.51.924 AS Mantes la Jolie Ck

Prem Open STAND Boat 200m Minor Final Premier Open Small Boat 200m Minor Final 1. 0.48.445 1. AS Mantes la Jolie Ck 1. 0.51.979 DBC Eglisau 2 0.49.847 2. CC Sile Silea (TV) 2. 0.52.842 A.S.D. Canottieri Ticino Pavia - dns Kendra Warriors Athy 3. 0.53.192 PG Smoki Północy Gda ńsk 4. 0.53.312 EP Mar Menor San Javier 5. 0.54.949 RK Dragons Jablonec nad Nisou Prem Mxd STAND Boat 200m GRAND Final

1. 0.46.128 BDC Mixed Berlin 2. 0.46.582 DC Burevisnyk Kyiv Pre m Wmn Small Boat 200m GRAND Final 3. 0.47.091 CN Santa Lucia Cartagena 1. 0.57.402 Neckardrachen Heilbronn 4. 0.47.480 El Avion Sevilla 2. 0.57.545 RK Dragons Jablonec nad Nisou 5. 0.47.606 ATOM Desnogorsk, Smolensk 3. 0.58.830 DC Burevisnyk Kyiv 6. 0.48.239 ONV - BOX Ostrozska Nova Ves 4. 0.59.845 ATOM Desnogorsk, Smolensk

5. 1:00.105 Salsa Zhytomyr 6. 1:00.192 DBC Eglisau Prem Mxd STAND Boat 200m Minor Final

1. 0.48.981 RK Dragons Jablonec nad Nisou 2. 0.49.218 Moravian Dragons Prerov Prem Mixed Small Boat 200m GRAND Final 3. 0.49.530 E.P Mar Menor San Javier 4. 0.49.851 C.D Piragüismo Sevidragon Sevilla 1. 0.51.862 Otaman Lviv 5. 0.51.468 Notts Anaconda DBRC Nottingham 2. 0.51.958 ONV - BOX Ostrozska Nova Ves

3. 0.52.094 Salsa Zhytomyr Premier Mixed Small Boat 200m Minor Final 4. 0.52.498 Beast Boat DeMachdeburjer 5. 0.52.961 Neckardrachen Heilbronn 1. 0.53.985 Greifensee Dragons 6. 0.53.124 Eaglemountain D gs Stockholm 2. 0.54.402 DBC Eglisau 3. 0.54.920 CD Piragüismo Sevidragon Sevilla

4. 0.55.482 The Dutch Dragons Zoetermeer 5. 0.55.646 River Dragons Gorinchem 6. 0.55.942 AS Mantes la Jolie Ck

Premier Women Stand Boat 200m – Total Time from two rounds Rd1 Rd 2 Total Time 1. 0.50.843 Spree Sisters Berlin 0.50.603 1.690

2. 0.51.705 DB Tragedky Praha 0.51.145 1.714

3. 0.51.748 ONV - BOX Ostrozska Nova Ves 0.51.303 1.717

4. 0.52.878 Club Náutico Santa Lucia Cartagena 0.51.738 1.743

5. 0.57.830 Los Troncos -Phamton Almeria 0.56.653 1.908

6. 0.58.955 Club Piragüismo Triana Sevilla 0.58.390 1.955

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https://idbfchamps.org/results.php A version for small screens (like smartphones) is available at https://idbfchamps.org/2019sev/mobile

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THE EURO CUP RACE SERIES 2019

EURO CUP RACE 2 - SEVILLE Held in conjuction with the 18 th EDBF European Club Crew Championships –25-28 July 2019 Seville also hosted the 2nd Euro Cup Race, as part of the 18 th EDBF European Club Crew Championships, organised by the Spanish Dragon Boat Federation . What is EDBF EURO CUP ? A series of primarily festival races held in European Cities, to which EDBF Members’ crews are invited to compete . The Euro Cup is designed to encourage Sport Racers to go to primarily to Dragon Boat Festivals and race for points and medals, whilst also scoring Euro Cup Points for their Country. The Format. The Euro Cup format is not restricted to the Standard Boat but racing the Standard Boat gains the most points, that is, Premier Standard Boat Races score 100 race place points and downwards, according to the number of crews in a competition class and a crews final position in that competition class – Prem Open, Women and Mixed 200m, 500m, whilst the Small Boat competitions score 50 points. The actual Euro Cup Points given, therefore, is a combination of place points and EDBF Member’s bonus points, which are allocated to the EDBF Members and not their competing crews. The number of EDBF Member crews, per competition class, that can score points is limited, as is the number of place points scoring ‘Home Crews’ so as not to advantage hosting Nations. Medals are awarded for each event In Seville, the race results from the EDBF Club Crew Premier Open, Mixed and Women’s Champs in both the Standard and Small Boat competitions, determined the Euro Cup Points for Race.2. EURO CUP POINTS – 2019 SERIES OVERALL (The Racing Points from the highest scoring crew from each Nation counted)

Overall Nation Std Bt Sml Bt Race 2 Std Bt Sml Bt Race 1 Grand Place Points Points Seville Points Points Barcelona Total 1 Germany 456 365 821 214 158 372 1193 2 Spain 507 181 688 88 129 217 905 3 Ukraine 428 338 766 - - - 766 4 Czech Republic 382 167 549 - - - 549 5 Russia 177 183 360 - - - 360 6 Great Britain 82 40 122 96 133 229 351 7 France 111 151 262 - 74 74 336 8 Switzerland - 239 239 - 18 18 257 9 Italy 45 105 150 - 35 35 185 10 Ireland 71 - 71 98 - 98 169 11 Sweden - 110 110 - 30 30 140 12 Poland - 121 121 - - - 121 13 Austria - - - - 96 96 96 14 The Netherlands - 76 76 - - - 76 15 Hungary - - - - 35 35 35

2019 EURO CUP Race. 3 Water Sports Centre, Nottingham, England 21 st - 22 nd September 2019 Race.4 Ada Ciganlija Lake, Belgrade, Serbia 28 th September 2019

st nd Race.5 Laghetto del l’ EUR, Rome, Italy 21 - 22 December 2019 EURO CUP RACE 2 - SEVILLE

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EURO NEWS - EDBF COUNCIL & CONGRESS MEETINGS, SEVILLE, 2019

The EDBF Council met in Seville , on 24th July 2019 and the Members Congress met on 29th July 2019, following the European Club Crews Championships’ . President’s Report f or 2019 . In his In November 2018, the EDBF Commissions were set reports to the Council and then up formally but there is a need to fund Commissions, in Congress, the EDBF President, order to fully activate them. Claudio Schermi, gave his summary On the development and protocol side of EDBF of the work of the EDBF during his work , the President advised that during the year he had second year as the EDBF President. been to Georgia for a development project and in The President reported that the new policy of Barcelona with Mike MacKeddie -Haslam for the first constant work and cooperation with the Executive Euro Cup Race. Committee and Council members is on-going and that He had also attended the GAISF Forum in Lausanne since the 2018 ED BF Congress there had been seven last November and with the IDBF Presid ent, Mike joint EDBF Executive and Council Meetings , whose job Thomas, he had been to a meeting in Paris between the was to continue to create more interest in our sport, FFCK and Dragon Boat France , regarding the World generate more money and put in place more activities. Championships.

The President informed both meetings that the The President was pleased to report that the 2020 EDBF website www.edbf.org had been updated; that CCWC has been confirmed for Aix -Les-Bains, France. the Facebook page had 4806 followers, the Instagram page 1851 followers, as had the EDBF Twitter account In concluding his reports , the President reminded the and that the EDBF would also be opening a Flickr page . meetings of the two main objectives ‘pillars’ of his first term in office as the EDBF President, namely - that the The President stated that the EDBF now had a new #d ragonboatcommunityofeurope should be the main Bank Account and that the Federation had tripled its EDBF hastag and that the rejuvenation of the sport income, over the past two years, with an expected should be the goal of all EDBF members, with Juniors € income for 2019 of 60,000. The EDBF main sponsor and Under 24 as the main focus for development. for 2018/19 had been Peisheng Boats, from China.

EDBF CONGRESS. At the EDBF Congress held on 29 th July 2019, the President paid tribute to the Spanish Federation for their organisation of the European Club Crews Championships and thanked Jorge Carracedo Cervantes , President of the Spa nish Dragon Boat Federation, for the good cooperation with the EDBF and f or staging a great event, which had see n the highest number ever, of nations, crews and paddlers, participating in a Euro Club Crews Champs .

The President said that for the first time in a European 2019 EDBF Forum. Delegates were advised that Champs, there had been a Paradragon Class and he there were four choices for the 2019 Forum, Gala thanked Nigel Bedford, for this. He was sure that the Dinner and Awards Ceremony, namely Kiev - Ukraine, Paradragons will grow at both EDBF and IDBF Level. Barcelona- Spain, Milan-Italy or Limassol, Cyprus.

The President said he looked forward to working with In debate no conclusive location was identified but Valerii Morgun , the President of the Ukraine Dragon subsequently, Milan has been confirmed for the Forum Boat Federation, in the same spirit of co -operation, over the weekend, 15 th -17 th November 2019. towards a great European Nations Championships in EDBF Elections. Elec tions were held for the Kiev in, 2020. Secretary General and four Vice Presidents . Julie In closing the President said that, arising from the Doyle was unanimously re-elected as the EDBF Seville Champs, there were two issues to discuss Secretary-General. There were seven candidates for the and clarify with the IDBF They were, one “to establish four Vice-President positions. an antidoping IDBF/EDBF protocol in order to officially After a secret vote, Ute Becker (Germany) Peter Jarosi support the IDBF in its WADA commitments” and two, (Hungary) were re-elected as EDBF Vice Presidents, “the use by the EDBF, of the IDBF registration and will new nominees’ Jorge Carracedo (Spain) and competition management platform” Valerii Morgun (Ukraine), also being elected. The EDBF Treasurer, Maura Dezi, presented the The unsuccessful candidates were Djordje Pavlovic audited Financial Report for 2018, which was (Cyprus) Zoran Vukobratovic (Serbia) and Peter Klima unanimous approved by the Congress. Following a (Czech Rep). recommendation from the EDBF Cou ncil, the Congress On behalf of the Congress , the EDBF President agreed that EDBF Membership Fees should remain at expressed a v ote of thanks to Petr Klima and Kim Euro 250.00 per Full Member and Euro 150.00 for Basic Beckwith for their past service as EDBF Vice Members, for 2020. Presidents. Currently, Twenty (20) Nations had paid their 2019 The Spanish Federation were awarded the hosting Membership Fee and four Armenia, Georgia, Israel and rights for the 2021 European Club Crews Poland, had not yet paid. Championships , to be held in Barcelona, Spain .

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TALKING POINT. – a Look At The Issues Of The Day “It would not be in the IDBF’s interest to have further discussions with the ICF”

“It would not be in the IDBF’s interest to have further discussions with the ICF” “In response to these and other ICF actions the IDBF Executive Committee had written a formal complaint to the Global Association of International Sport Federations “ so said the IDBF President, Mike Thomas, at the IDBF Congress held in Pattaya on 26 August 2019.. Important words for the future development of our Sport or just more ‘politics’ I hear you say. Well actually both and hopefully, on the political front; if the GAISF and IOC are true to the wording and meaning of their respective constitutions and the ‘Olympic Charter’, they will tell the ICF that Dragon Boating is NOT their paddle sport and to stop trying to subsume Chinese Dragon Boating but concentrate on their own ethnically different paddle disciplines, of Canoeing and , coming from North America and the Arctic Region.

From the email I recently received, copied below , it is ICF Jurisdiction. To try and answer your questions , the apparent that maybe how and why the ICF became first thing to correct is the ICF claim of having “a long involved in our Sport, is being lost or forgotten in the standing jurisdiction over ALL paddle sports”. This is just mists of time. So maybe a history re-cap for Kristof and not true. In 1996 (5 years after the formation of the others, will help in understanding what led to the IDBF IDBF) Article 1 of the ICF Constitution said:- Congress supporting Mike Thomas’s statement above . “The ICF is an international non-governmental non-profit world organisation for multidiscipline canoe- activity Kristof Erkiletian. Dragonboat Team DNA of unlimited duration . With a clarifying Bye-Law saying You may recall, I'm the person who's been collecting “The ICF as a multi-sport-organisation consists off all video from races all around the world to compile into a canoeing activities. particularly: Racing, Slalom, Wild- documentary on the sport. I now have over 20 countries but there is also something holding me back. water, Marathon, Canoe , ; Touring”.

In gallivanting around the globe to do races, i naively By Oct 2004 this clarifying Bye-Law had been jumped into extensively covering events run by both changed to - “The ICF as a multi-sport-organisation consists off all canoeing activities. Canoeing means every activity, which IDBF and ICF without acknowledging there has been an a paddler is facing the direction of travel with a single or double ongoing grudge between these organizations. bladed paddle ” It seems the root of dispute is that the latter By Nov 2006 this Bye-Law said “The ICF as a multi-sport organization claims to have longstanding jurisdiction organisation, which consists of all canoeing and over all paddle- sports , while the former organization activities . The ICF embraces every activity in which a paddler (yours) has really done all the work to bring Dragon Boat to is facing the direction of travel with a single or double bladed paddle” a world class level.

Do you foresee any sort of mutual unification of these As a result , ICF Bye-Law 2 was also changed, from the two odds for the greater purpose of furthering the sport , list of 7 canoe/kayak activities shown in 1996, to the or will it continue (at least for now) to be run by two addition of Dragon Boating in Oct 2004 (Touring was organizations? dropped) and in 2008 Ocean Racing and Canoe I had hoped to release a final edit at a time when there Freestyle. These changes, claiming governance over is full unity . Otherwise I risk unwittingly agitating both all paddle sports (whether the ICF was active in them or organizations simply by promoting evens held by either. not) were all made well after the IDBF was established. Even asking about this is something I am nervous about The IDBF’s status and standing, as the world Thanks again for your help and for your sincere and lifelong governing body for Dragon Boating , was recognised in dedication to the world's greatest sport, what a tremendous 2008, when the IDBF was finally admitted into GAISF honour it was to have you place a bronze medal around my Membership, on the basis that the IDBF was not in rivalry neck in the recent Worlds in Thailand Kristof with the ICF and that Dragon Boating and Canoeing were

Hi Kristof , First thank you for the kind personal words in two different Sports, with distinct and separate cultural your email . In your email, you say “there has been an backgrounds. ongoing grudge between the IDBF and ICF and that the This was also acknowledged by the IOC and the root of the dispute seems to be that the ICF claims it has Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) also confirmed a long-standing jurisdiction over all paddle sports”. the IDBF’s status to the ICF in 2008.. So the ICF cannot claim to have any longstanding jurisdiction over all You added “do I foresee any sort of mutual unification for paddle sports and especially not Dragon Boating . the purpose of furthering the Sport, or will it continue to In fact by doing so, the ICF is in breach of both the be run by two organisations” ? IOC and GAISFs constitutions.

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Mutual Unification ?. Words to conjure with. When the In addition, it was agreed that it does not make sense IDBF was constituted in 1991, the ICF were both aware to have two different World Championships for and supportive of the IDBF’s formation, as a fellow paddle Dragon Boat Racing. The ICF proposed and it was sport federation and indeed the then ICF President agreed that the best and most effective way to deliver (Sergio Orsi) was happy to help the IDBF to establish itself “Dragon Boat Racing Services” for the ICF members within the multi-sports world and the Olympic Movement. would be for them to be able to take part in IDBF World Championship Regattas . During 1998/1999, when the ICF elected a new President (Ulrich Feldhoff) I wrote to him (as the IDBF The IDBF side agreed that all National Federations Executive President) suggesting ways in which the ICF affiliated to ICF will be invited to take part in the IDBF and IDBF might work together, for the mutual benefit and World Championships from 2003 onwards and that development of both sports, but as ‘partner paddle sports’. Membership within IDBF was open to ICF Members.

My suggestions were rejected , as the ICF considered Following the signing of the 2003 JA, meetings were itself to represent all paddle sports within the IOC and held t o put flesh on the bones of the agreement but after didn’t want another paddle sport Federation becoming ‘IOC two meetings the ICF side walked out of the discussions Recognised’ and maybe in the future becoming a separate and later declared unilaterally declared that the Joint Olympic Games Sport, which in itself would mean having Agreement was invalid. to share the Olympic Games money with another paddle From 2005 until the present day the ICF has involved sport. Not what the ICF would want. Basically, the ICF itself in our Sport and claimed before the GAISF and the position and view of itself has not changed since IOC that the ICF was already the fully recognised world Despite this intransigence , the IDBF continued to try and authority for all paddle sports (as defined by the ICF). work with the ICF, even though by 2000 the ICF were In the past 12 months, the IDBF has again tried to preparing to set up their own Dragon Boat Commission, come to a partnership agreement with the ICF but which they did in 2002 and then to run their own Dragon unfortunately the ICF still maintains that all paddle sports Boat Championships, the first of which was in 2005.. must be subservient to the ICF and continues with its During this time IDBF tried mediation and then dragon boat programme. arbitration with the ICF , through the CAS, which was So can there ever be Mutual Unification . Given the unsuccessful but in 2002 the IDBF managed to get the ICF ICF’s past track record in negotiations, its view of its own to the discussion table, which resulted in the 2003 Joint standing and importance in the paddle sports world and Agreement signed by myself for the IDBF and Jose the fact that it has never actually been involved in the Perurena (ICF Sec-General) who is now the ICF President. development of the modern sport, it seems extremely The key points in the Joint Agreement were that the unlikely that any ‘unification’ can take place unless, ICF acknowledged the standing of the IDBF as the possibly, the ICF accepts again and stands by the 2003 established independent International Federation for Joint Agreement and fully accepts the IDBF as the only Dragon Boat Sport and t he IDBF acknowledged the ICF recognised world governing body for Dragon Boat Sport. as the established International Federation for Canoeing . Run by two organisations ? There are a few sports The ICF also confirmed that the decision to organise where there are two or even more ‘world governing Dragon Boat Racing, was taken for the purpose of bodies’, such as professional but as far as I am providing Dragon Boat services only for ICF affiliated aware, there is no Sport where the governing body of one Canoe Federations. Sport has tried to involve itself in and take over, a different

With regard to the IOC, it was proposed that the IDBF and Sport. (Dragon Boat and Canoeing are different Sports) ICF would jointly explore the question of the formal Within the ‘Olympic movement’ there is only one recognition by the IOC, of Dragon Boat Racing as a sport world governing body for each Sport, including boxing. and the IDBF as an IOC International Federation . So the answer to the question is that ‘legally’ any

organisation can run any and as many sports as it likes Concerning the GAISF, the ICF agreed that they would not oppose the IDBF application or claim to represent However, in the world of sport and especially the dragon boating, within the GAISF and where the IWGA: ‘Olympic Family’ the rule is, one Sport, one governing were concerned, the IDBF as a partner in delivering body and where Dragon Boating is concerned that Dragon Boat Racing for the 2005 IWGA in recognised and acknowledged body, is the IDBF, certainly Duisburg, agreed to the ICF representing IDBF interests NOT the ICF. I rest my case ! Mike MacKeddie-Haslam up to the end of the .

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THE POWER OF THE DRAGON – ONE MAN’S QUEST FOR GOLD ! Bob Mina . 21 August at 18:01 ·

I have been racing Dragon Boats for 15 years and have been fortunate to race at the International level for the last decade. I learned early on just how hard it was to make the podium, and how elusive the top step can be. I was fortunate to win my first Gold in 2013 (Senior A Mixed), and add a second one in 2017 (Premier Open). Through that time I've watched as friends have scored their first, or second, or added to an already incredible stash of medals. Tommy Leonardi has been a teammate of mine for the last 9 years , but he's been in the sport way longer than that. His DNA runs deep in Philadelphia Dragon Boat, he's been to many, many World Championships . He had a suitcase full of silver for his work BUT NO GOLD. So after Kunming when Senior B Mixed won Gold and ended team mate Christopher Marquart's 24-year long pursuit, Tommy was the last one of our crew missing a Star Spangled Banner.

He did the work. He bought a HR monitor. He weighed his food . We talked obsessively about HR zones, recovery, and focus. He raced OC1 sprints. He showed up and put in his seat time at practice. He raced all the time trials he needed to, and as the entire Senior B program elevated, he rose with it. His final TT was 14 SECONDS faster than he'd been in 2017. My biggest regret of not racing Worlds this cycle, was that I wouldn't be there in-person, I would have to watch and wait. I watched the streaming but had to go to bed at midnight...I would have to wait to see the results in the morning. I powered on my phone at 6:50AM. No messages.

I found the IDBF Results page . I scrolled like a squirrel on his 4th espresso until I found SENIOR B OPEN STANDARD... 1. USA 2.Thailand 3. Canada I blinked. I blinked again . I made DAMN SURE I had the right race. " Senior B Open, Standard Boat, 2km.. Senior B Open, Standard Boat, 2km !"

My hands stared shaking . I thought about all my mates in that crew -Jim Morris , Kevin McFadden, Dave Wald, Chris Marquart, "Did they do it?!" I texted Tommy- "Please tell me you were in that boat."In 12 seconds he replied with a photo...of a Gold Medal around his neck . I know I had a lot of friends racing over there; I know this was just one of SEVEN Gold medals won by Team USA on Day 1, but this one,.this one was the one I wanted as much as I've ever wanted one of my own . Making Team USA is hard. Making the podium is hard. Losing is the hardest. But winning, winning after a nearly 20-year pursuit, hearing your anthem for the first time, there Mike MacKeddie-Haslam, IDBF Founder & Honorary President are few moments in sport that will ever be so pure in their joy congratulates and presents Tommy with his first Gold Medal .

“The power of the Dragon to motivate people and change lives”

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SPORTS SCIENCE CORNER

by Dr.Leila Ataei

Dr.Leila Ataei is a lecturer and researcher in Sports MediMedicinecine & Physiology , specialising in Exercise, Diet and Nutrition.

E-mail: [email protected]

ALL ABOUT CARBOHYDRATE -LOADING DIET

DEFINITION: A carbohydrate-loading or carb -loading diet is a dietary practice and a strategy used by elite athlete’s to improve the physical performance for endurance events by increasing the amount of fuel stored in the muscles. Carbohydrate loading occurs by eating a high -carbohydrate "train ing diet" at the same time as scaling back the level of training activity, in the days immediately before an event. As the carbohydrates are a main fuel source for the body; supplying and loading up on carbohydrates is believed to help store large amounts of energy and is used to help replenish and load muscle glycogen content. Muscle glycogen is the main fuel muscles use in order to perform work on a day -to-day basis.

PURPOSE Simple Carbohydrate Loading Process Any physical activity requires enough fuel. For most Generally Carbohydrate loading should be done the recreational activity, the body uses its existing energy week before a high-endurance activity. One to three days stores for fuel. But when engaged in long, intense athletic before the event, increase the carbohydrate intake to events, the body needs extra energy to keep going. about 8 to 12 grams of carbohydrate per kilogram of body weight. Cut back on foods high in fat to compensate As the carbohydrates are a main fuel source for the body; for the extra carbohydrate-rich foods. supplying and loading up on carbohydrates is believed to help store large amounts of energy and is used to help At the same time the intensity of training should be replenish and load muscle glycogen content. scaled back for three to four days before the event. The combination of eating more carbohydrates and tapering Muscle glycogen is the main fuel muscles use in order to activity appeasr to boost muscle glyc ogen stores. perform work on a day-to-day basis. The necessary amount of carb depends on the total Therefore, the purpose of carbohydrate loading is to give calorie goal as well as the type of sport. the muscles enough energy to complete an endur ance event with less fatigue whilst improving athletic For most athletes, 5 to 7 grams of carbohydrate per performance. kilogram of body weight daily is right for general training. (Note that 1 kilogram equals 2.2 pounds.) Endurance athletes may need up to 12 grams per kilogram. [See table below)

CARBOHYDRATE LOADING GUIDELINES TABLE

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Carbohydrate Loading Risks and Disadvantages Eating Too Much Fat. Some people make the Despite the benefit from carbohydrate loading mistake of choosing foods that are high in both increasing endurance performance, this strategy isn't carbohydrates and fat, rather than just carbs (e.g. right for every endurance athlete. It's a good idea to many desserts such as chocolate, ice cream and consult your doctor or a registered dietician, before cookies as well as creamy pasta sauces and buttery starting carbohydrate loading, especially if you have breads). Increasing the carb intake should be done in diabetes. A carbohydrate-loading diet can cause tandem with reducing fat intake , to avoid eating too some discomfort or side effects, such as: many calories. Eating too much could cause weight gain or cause a sluggish feeling . Digestive discomfort. If you find you are having digestive discomfort, then the advise is to avoid or limit Eating Too Much Fibre. Eating high-fibre foods could some high-fibre foods for one or two days before a also be detrimental. Although fibre is part of a healthy competition. diet, too much fibre during carb loading can cause Beans, bran and broccoli can cause gassy cramps, stomach discomfort in some individuals bloating and loose stools. Eating New or Unusual Foods . It can be a mistake to Blood sugar changes . Carbohydrate loading can affect introduce new or unusual foods during carb loading, the body’s blood sugar levels. It is necessary those with as this can lead to an upset stomach due to unfamiliar diabetes to monitor their blood sugar during training to foods. see what works best for them. Eating the Wrong Amount of Carbs . Another possible Talk to a dietitian or doctor before changing any diet mistake is not knowing the right amount of plan. carbohydrate intake. To avoid eating too much or too little, it is recommended that you should record your Potential Weight Gain . To store every ounce of food intake and calculate how many carbs are eaten. carbohydrate, 3 ounces of water is also required. Carbohydrate loading usually results in a weight gain of Exercising Too Much . Last but not least, failing to 1 to 3 pounds. decrease or “taper” the amount of exercise during carb loading could limit the extent to which a body’s While this isn't an issue for many athletes, it could be as r.glycogen store increase during a high-carb diet. issue for some sports that have specific weight classes. The Energy Crash . As a result of carb loading, blood Play It Safe ! Before you start carb loading, sugar levels increase and as a consequent the level of consider whether you will benefit from it. You insulin into the blood also rises to help body cells store should also figure out how many carbs you normally the sugar, which then decreases blood sugar levels eat so you know by how much you should change again. This can lead to feeling lethargic and tired. your regular diet. Deciding the right duration for carb loading is also important. So to avoid this, it is important to not miss any meals and have access to carb-based foods and drinks during The best way to approach carb loading is to a competition.. experiment a few weeks before a big competition. Set up a mock event in which you practice a loading The Most Common Mistakes protocol. Unnecessary carb loading . A major mistake is to use This will enable you to find the right amount and types carb loading when there is no need to. Research has of carbohydrate that works best for you. Never try a found carb loading can be beneficial for exercise lasting new approach, or new foods, before a key more than 60-90 minutes. If you are a recreationally competition. With regard to carb loading, always try to paddler but don’t compete regularly or perform long work with a sports nutritionist or dietician, to discuss training sessions, then carb loading is probably not the precise needs of your sport and competition with necessary for you . regard to carb loading.

References; • Brian Mac: Carbohydrate Loading • Hal Higdon: Nancy Clark on Carbohydrate-Loading • Coaching Association of Canada: "Carbohydrate Loading" -- Is It for You? • The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy; Dr. Jonny Bowden • Jeukendrup AE, Nutrition for endurance sports: marathon, , and road cycling. J Sports Sci. 2011;29 Suppl 1:S91-9 • Heather Hedrick Fink; Alan E Mikesky;Practical applications in sports nutrition;Burlington, Massachuset, 2018

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2020 EDBF EUROPEAN NATIONS DRAGON BOAT CHAMPIONSHIPS’ KIEV

KIEV is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, l ocated in the north central part of the country on the Dnipro River with a population of about 2,9 million people, making Kiev has a humid continental climate . Average temperature in September is 20 °C. Boryspil International Airport is an international airport that is 29 km (18 miles) east of Kiev. It is the country's largest airport, serving 65% of its passenger air traffic, including all its intercontinental flights and a majority of international flights. It is one of two passenger airports that serve K iev along with the smaller Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany} which is about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) southwest of the city centre . Rail and Road . Kiev Rail Terminal is a complex co nsisting of railways, terminals and passenger services. There are good international connections with central Europe. K ie v represents the focal point of Ukraine's "national roads" system. European routes E40, E95 and E373 intersect in K iev. Accommodation . There are more than 100 hotels and around 75 hostels and 300 apartments in Kyiv. Hostels – price per night starts from 10 € for one person Apartments - price per night starts from 20 € per room. It is also planned to organize a camping area for all comers on Truhanov Island. 5* Hotels – price per night starts from 250 € per room . 4* Hotels - price per night starts from 80 € per room. 3* Hotels - price per night starts from 40 € per room. 2 * Hotels - price per night starts from 25 € per room Distances to competition venue: Central railway station – 12km. Airport Boryspil – 40km . A irport Zhuliany – 15km, City center – 7km . Public transportation : trams, trolleybuses, buses, metro – average fare is €0.20, taxi – from €3. Parking for cars and buses 5 m inutes from the venue . A free shuttle for all participants will be organized to the venue. Obolonska Naberezhna is the main sport arena in Ukraine, all main water sport competitions are hosted here. The length of the canal is 2.8km, Depth is about 10m, Width – 105m (6 rowing lanes), over 1000m, with completely renovated: lanes, a starting system, starting pontoons. For participants and guests: Spacious area for the teams, each team will have a tent 3 х6m. - Equipped start zone and marshal area. Rescue boats and escort boats Finish tower and time-system Loud speaker. S creen for results, commentators position and an athletes and spectators Grandstand.

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TALKING POINT 2 – a Look At The Issues Of The Day 1

China’s Dragon Boat Policy – One Sport, Two Systems ?

Returning to the big ‘Talking Point’ of the day, in fact the most important talking point in the history of the IDBF, that is, the continuing attempts by the ICF to take over and control Dragon Boating but surely the big question, in all of this is, where does China stand on this issue ? As we all know, China is where Dragon Boating started, Where Dragon Boating is concerned China was a going back well over 3000 years of recorded history, Founding Member of the IDBF (1991) and the ADBF even before China’s traditional Dragon Boat Festival, to (1992) and the first World Championships were held in commemorate the death of Yuan, began over 2000 China in 1995 ( yang). years ago and which is still celebrated today, with the China was also instrumental, through its influence Dragon Boat Festival now a public holiday in China. within sport , in assisting the IDBF to gain membership is run and controlled by government of GAISF and recognition for Dragon Boating as a officials and the President and Vice-Presidents of the distinctly separate Sport from Canoeing, with its own Chinese Olympic Committee and the Minister and Vice- independent governing bodies. Ministers of Sport, are one and the same people, China has always backed the IDBFs quest for IOC appointed by the Chinese government, as was in the recognition and eventual inclusion in the Olympic Games early years, the IDBF President – now the IDBF and also supported the IDBF in complaining to the IOC President of Honour.. and GAISF over the actions of the ICF, as the extracts When it comes to international sport and Chinese below, from a letter from the Chinese sports authorities, Teams , nothing happens without government approval, in November 2002, shows : - especially when it comes to policy matters..

To : Executive Board Members of the International Olympic Committee 30 November 2002 Members of the Council of the GAISF President of the International World Games Association We write to you concerning the unilateral claim by the Federation (ICF), that the Dragon Boat Racing is a discipline of canoeing. This claim was made without reference to the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF), which is the original and established world governing body for dragon boating. The ICF made its claim without having ever organized an international dragon boat competition anywhere in the world and in the knowledge that the IDBF was seeking recognition from the IOC, for the sport, and for membership of GAISF.

We would like to clarify our viewpoint and position on these matters, which in consideration of the positions we hold in sport, both nationally and internationally, represents not only the voice of the international dragon boat communities but also that of Asia and most importantly China, the country where dragon boating originated from over 2000 years ago .

It is quite inappropriate for the ICF to claim dragon boating as a discipline of canoeing and we find the notion unacceptable for the reasons of carrying forward the Olympic spirit, and the culture, history and technology of dragon boating.

In summarising our views , we would reiterate that having some similar techniques does not mean that dragon boating and canoeing are the same thing. The dragon boat and the canoe are technically, historically and geographically, quite different paddled water craft and therefore it is quite illogical, inappropriate and irresponsible to simply categorize them as being the same; for to do so ignores the historical and geographical facts and insults the cultural origins of the dragon boat from China, and the canoe which derives from North America or the kayak which comes from the Inuit peoples of the Arctic. Mr ZHANG Faqiang, Mr WANG Xiaolin,

Vice Minister of State Sport General Administration of China, Director-General of the Sport For All, General Administrative Vice President of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Centre of the State Sport of China President of the International Dragon Boat Federation President of the Chinese Dragon Boat Association

This unreserved support for the IDBF meant that the Only Dragon Boat events organised by the IDBF, Chinese Canoe Association (CCA) was not involved in ADBF or CDBA , such as Asian Championships and the Dragon Boating and even wrote to the ICF, that Dragon IDBF World Cup were held in China and even the Boating was not Canoeing. Internationally, Chinese Guangzhou Asian Games Dragon Boat Races were Teams only attended IDBF and ADBF events and never organised by the Chinese Dragon Boat Association, an ICF or ACC (Asian Canoe Confederation) event. under the ADBF and following IDBF Rules and Regulations.

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But in the last 2 or 3 years, things have changed When it comes to ‘elite international competition’ dramatically, with the CCA and ACC jointly organising an however, which, as they see it , are “competitions that Asian Dragon Boat Champs in China and this year the 1 st come under IOC Olympic Sports Federations ”, such as ICF World Cup, also held in China. the ICF, then in terms of Dragon Boating in the Olymp ics The ACC were the lead federation in the recent Asian and the Asian Games; China now think s that supporting Games in Indonesia and the ICF is pushing to include the ICF and ACC is the quickest way to achieve their Dragon Boating under the ICF banner in the next Asian prime goal of getting our Sport in to the Olympic Games.. Games and also the World Games, to be held in Beijing. Are they right ? Well that really depends on the IOC. Meanwhile the CCA, at the direct request of the ICF The longer the IOC delays in recognising the IDBF or President, has developed, with financial help from the fails to tell the ICF that Dragon Boating is not their sport COC, a new 8 paddler ICF Dragon Boat, which was and that the IOC do NOT recognise the ICF as the world exhi bited over the weekend 14/15 September 2019, at the authority f or Dragon Boating, then the more the ICF will ICF Flat Water World Champs, held in Tokyo. try to persuade the COC to stick with the ICF .. The object of this is to use the 8 paddler boat in a As the appearance of the 8 paddler boat shows , the demonstration of ICF Dragon Boating during the 2020 ICF are now in a position to ask the IOC to include Olympic Games in Tokyo and then to race it in a serie s of Dragon Boat Racing in a future Olympic Games, under Dragon Boat Festivals around the world, supposedly to the ICF, as Canoe Federations can easily make up a show the CCA’s support for the IDBF. (Work that one out !) Mixed Dragon Boat crew of 8 paddlers from, for example, the two K4 (Kayak F our) crews (Men and So what has brought about this change in China’s Women ) already in an Olympic Canoe Team. Dragon Boat policy. From the Chinese perspective the answer is simple - “Olympic Dragon Boat Racing’. No need for the ICF to ask for any more athletes , no need to ask for any more time or a venue, as the Dragon Having Dragon Boating as an Olympic Sport has Boat Races can be held after the Olympic Canoeing always been the prime aim of the Chinese Government Races and on t he same course. So all the ICF would (Olympic Committee) and since the foundation of the need from the IOC is 30 Medals. IDBF, China has seen the ID BF as the best way to achieve this, as their GAISF and IOC sup port shows. This is, potentially, an easy solution to the problem for the IOC and COC but one that would leave the IDBF However, with the as cendancy of the ICF and ACC in out in the Olympic cold and probably lead t o a complete our Sport, over the past few years; the continuing split in the Sport and a fragmentation of IDBF Members. opposition by the ICF to the IDBF becoming an IOC recognised federation and the reluctance of the IOC to But if the present IDBF complaint to the GAISF and give such recognition until – as the IOC Sports Dept puts IOC Ethics Committee , about the ICF’s incursion into it, “you have resolved your problem with the ICF”, has our Sport is upheld or the IOC Executive Committee led, it would seem, to a shift in thinking within the Chinese itself takes action against the ICF, then the Sport can sports authorities. and will develop into a major sport around the World and inclusion in the Olympic Games, under the IDBF , with This appears to be along the lines of supporting both the full and exclusive support of the Chinese Olympic the IDBF and the ICF but in different sphere s of influence. Committee, will become a reality. This has clearly been exploited to a high degree by STAND UP CHINA, for your Culture and Heritage and both the ICF and ACC. On the one hand China will support Dragon B oating in one way only - the right continue to support the IDBF World Championships , way, as was clearly shown in the ZHANG Faqiang ADBF and IDBF Members events and the general and WANG Xiaolin , letter of 30 November 2002. development of the Sport, through the CDBA, ADBF and the IDBF.

The 2020 IDBF Club Crew World Championships in France is anticipated to be the biggest dragon boat event ever. Located in an Alpine valley near the Swiss border, the 2020 CCWCs is expected to see in excess of 6000 athletes from over 30 IDBF Mem ber countries, competing over 4 days of competition .

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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 cancer. The IBCPC is an Affiliated Commission of the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF)

IBCPC President Meri Gibson . Articles courtesy of the IBCPC Newsletter “Keep Abreast with IBCPC ”. IBCPC is expanding globally at a fast pace ; we have added 12 more teams in the last few months and two more countries. I am so excited to see the growth across these countries. Development must be team based as we grow the countries around the globe. Ther e are further reports in this newsletter of new teams joining the IBCPC family. While we consider ourselves first and foremost to be paddlers , there are many who are now thinking of themselves as athletes . Many paddlers migrated to competitive teams in th eir various countries, paddling and competing alongside their peers but w e need to ensure that we are always acknowledge the fact that many of our paddlers are not in this athletic frame of mind and are a part of a BC dragon boat team for many different r easons. I think of Don McKenzie’s speech at the IBCPC Congress in Florence last year , when he said that “we have been on this paddling journey that started with a diagnosis of breast cancer ”. In time t his le ad many of us to become competitive and to no longer be happy with finishing first in our lane , with many paddlers wanting to finish first overall. The constant talk of where a team placed overall in Florence on the world stage is certainly testament to that. But is it true that we now have come back to, as Don put it, take on the “caring” mantle. We need to make sure that everyone has the opportunit y to be in a boat, whether a social or competitive paddler . No one should be left behind on the dock . I know in my own team that caring stretches to everyone but especially who are currently navigating the path of a Stage 4 diagnosis. Interestingly don’t want to be molly -coddled, they want to be in the boat, be at every event, they want to attend regattas, to compete, to win. It doesn’t matter what that in clusiveness looks like, or how you do it in your team, just so long as it is there and these paddlers know that. I asked our youngest team member Lou to tell us a little about her adventures and what being in a dragon boat team means to her. LOU’S STORY I first tried dragon boating after moving to a new city in my twenties. I had been playing competitive basketball until then but as the summer came along and I wanted to meet more people I joined the dragon boat team at work . As my career progressed, dragon boating took a back seat. I charged ahead through life, had three kids, separated from my partner, moved home and then as I was preparing to go out for dinner one night, to my surprise I noticed a lump . This was not par t of my plan and not something I had ever seriously thought about at 39 years of age.

After a diagnosis of breast canc er and a mastectomy ( included a reconstruction) and just as I was nearing the end of my course of chemo, a friend who was a BC survivor had a chat with me about going with dragon boating as a sport. I was relatively fit but unable to put my body on the li ne aggressively as I was very protective of my new body pieces.

My friend suggested coming along and giving dragon boating a go with her club’s social team, Amazon Hearts . At practice I was quickly id entified as a BC survivor and never set foot in the social boat. I was whisked into the competitive BC boat - the Abreast of Life team. That was the best thing to happen to me for quite some time .

After the first practice, I was exhausted. I blamed the lack of energy through the chemo treatment, but I suspect that my team was just testing me.

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As I became more paddle fit and learned the names of my teammates, I felt a connection that I had not experienced when I had previously participated in the sport . My team has a saying “We are not big on sympathy, but we are huge on empathy”. At my first national regatta, our goal was to win at least one gold medal . My team managed a clean sweep of every division they entered and won all five of their final races ! I have personally yet to meet BC dragon boat teams that are not competitive…do they even exist? At this first Nationals I also experienced my first rose ceremony …oh my! I was totally unprepared for how emotional this would be. I had been warned not to look at a certain member of my team as they always cried. Have no fear, I didn’t look at her, but I suspect I was just as emotional. Three years down the track, I have been diagnosed Stage 4 and the beast has invaded my liver. This diagnosis hit me hard. As a solo mum, whose parents have already passed, I wondered what would happen to my babies? I have an amazing extended family by blood, but I now also have a fantastic extended family by paddling. My kids have gained so many aunties through my sister dragon boaters that I have no fear that they will be well taken care of when I am not here. The competitiveness that we have in our dragon boat team has helped me fight this disease aggressively.

Dragon boating has allowed me to become an international sportsperson after a diagnosis of breast cancer, who has won a host of medals, including a silver at the Club Crew World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, and I have very proudly carried the New Zealand flag across the Ponte Vecchio, Florence into an amazing opening ceremony at the IBCPC festival. BC dragon boating has given me a second family that I love and who I know, very much love me back in bucket loads. Now, I cannot for one minute imagine life without dragon boating, and my teammates .

PINK LIONESS - from Francis Halperin. Pink Sensations, Pickering, Canada. I paddled with and drummed for Israel's only BCS dragon boat team during the Dragon Boat Israel festivals An article about them appeared recently in Yedioth Ahronot weekend edition (Israel's largest daily newspaper). Several members of the team attended the Dragon Boat festival in Barcelona in May of this year. Courage On The Water - Translation of an article in Yedioth Ahronot, 15 th March 2019 They have their team song, energy, pink shirts and a unique bond that only women can understand without words: the pain and the fear of death. THE “PINK LIONESSES” a group of Breast Cancer Survivors from Israel, have recently participated in the yearly Marathon of Aquatic disciplines on the Kinneret. The Kinneret now has a brilliant pink stream of female paddlers, shining in their boats and leaving an impact on the water but their real triumph happens after every training session on Dragon Boats. So what brings together a group of, Muslim women, Kibbutz women, Jewish Orthodox women, and retired women to stressful training on the Kinneret ? Orit Ziv, is a mother of three and grandmother of two. Her younger sister Tali passed away three years ago from BC. Shortly after, Orit felt a lump and understood she was now also a part of the statistics. When she was undergoing painful chemo and radiation therapy, Orit decided to dedicate herself to women who were struck by breast cancer, ovarian cancer and womb cancer. She started a team in memory of her sister. The existence of this team quickly spread all over in various languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic, Russian and above all, the language of the heart, which knows no boundaries or ethnic background. Today Orit, Rubik and Noa have recruited a startling number of 110 paddlers, between ages 28 to 70. (Enough to form 5 Dragon Boat teams). They come to the Kinneret twice or three times a week all year round from all over the country. They attend after radiation treatments, travel by train, bus and car, to meet on the Kinneret shores, where the magic begins…

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PINK PADDLERS NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CANADA ON ICE: Dragon Boats are a familiar sight in the summer in Canada but in February of this year the Wonder- Broads of Windsor-Essex, Ontario spent a chilly weekend in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, for a different kind of boat race…on ice! The WonderBroads decided to start their season by giving ice dragon boat racing a try at Ottawa’s annual Winterlude festival. It draws athletes from as far as California and Florida. This was the third year of North American ice dragon boat racing. The boat only seats 12, so some WonderBroads joined a different team so that all could get the experience. are equipped with spikes to drag the boats along the ice and the most difficult part is to try and get the boat off the line. After only a 20 minute practice on the ice the WonderBroads gave this ice version their best shot and made the women’s semi finals in the C division! We were also proud to be part of the first ever Inaugural Breast Cancer Survivor Ceremonial Race on Ice. We joined seven survivor teams in this race as we celebrated the determination and spirit that Breast Cancer Survivor teams bring to every race. We were happy to welcome and reunite with members of teams from Ireland and other parts of Canada and the USA.

European up-date From Svenja Franke-Bruhn. AUSTRIA: Vienna Pink Dragons formed in 2015, the first and only pink paddling team in Austria, are members of the IBCPC. Patience and perseverance has seen the group slowly growing and particularly this year with an influx of newbies and potential members as we are now quite well known and accepted in the country. As a young team we have already had our fair share of challenges, the biggest being the loss of our co-founding member Nina Kerres in May 2018. She left us a great present in order to thank the young team for all the help during her illness: a beautiful small dragon boat – in pink of course. She would have been so happy to see our participation in the IBCPC festival in Florence last year. It was a great experience on various levels and for us as a composite team even more so as we were the only team to come first in each heat. Of course it is a participatory festival yet it is such a nice feeling when you cross that line first. SWITZERLAND: Officially there is no pink paddling team yet, at least not enrolled with the IBCPC. There are several plans to start a team and smaller groups are already practising with established dragon- boat teams, but not always under a pink banner. One lady who is a very successful paddler told me she will think about this in more detail once she is not capable anymore to paddle with the national team ! There is a lot of potential there. I am confident Switzerland will see its first pink paddling team in the near future.

GERMANY: The development of pink paddling teams has been very good in recent years. Currently there are 16 established teams and two who are trying to set up a team. This can be challenging in some cities/areas whereas in others it seems relatively easy to acquire new paddlers. Only three teams of the German teams are currently enrolled with the IBCPC: Pin k Paddler Wiesbaden, Ladybugs and Pink Patrol. I am in contact with almost every established team now. They are all well informed about IBCPC and its work. There is also very good news are coming from Pink Dragonistas Hannover, a relatively young, all inclusive team, who have drawn a lot of younger women to their team thanks to other pink activities. They took part together with the Pink ladies from Dresden at the Nationals in Schwerin, Germany last year, where a BCS category was introduced for the first time. Both teams took part in the small boat BCS competition in Sevilla, Spain in July. More teams are now taking part in BCS events abroad, like the Ladybugs who went to Barcelona this year and Pink Patrol to Vienna. One reason behind it is certainly the participation in Florence, so it was really beneficial to have the IBCPC festival in Europe for the first time.

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CHILE - Fortale Senos Team

The team Fortale Senos Chile was created in Santiago on the shores of the Carén Lagoon in April 2017. We started our project looking for all kinds of support by visiting clinics, foundations and interviewing with outstanding doctors. in September 2018 we officially became members of the International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission (IBCPC). Our first Paddle for Life meeting, was such a great success, with an attendance of more than 70 people in all modalities of boating. After a year of hard work spreading the activity continuously the Fortale Senos Chile Team, strengthened and women arrived from all the neighbourhoods of Santiago and the surrounding areas, organized themselves, supported each other, hurriedly searched for their medical certificate authorizing them to paddle and ones that had no authorization arrived to observe.. The project took flight and teams were also formed in other cities , such as Chiloé, Temuco (Temuco already has their Dragon Boat waiting for the survivors), Talca and Viña del Mar. Finally, we just want to tell that these Chilean women are having a really good time, we have big dreams, one of them is to get our dragon boat, to be able to train together, organize the second event of Paddle for Life in October and we want to achieve greater involvement of Chilean women in the International Meeting Latinoamérica en Rosa to be held in Neuquén Argentina in next November. CHINA: Beijing and Shanghai - new BCS teams form. Beijing BCS Dragon Sister Team launched their dragon boat and practiced on the water for the first time at Beijing Yu Yuan Tan Dragon Boat Club, on the 19th May 2019. All of the teams in China will be named “Dragon Sisters” followed by the city or place that they come from so the first team is Dragon Sisters, Beijing. The second , Dragon Sisters, Shanghai, follows in the footsteps of their Beijing Dragon Sisters. This article tells of the Shanghai teams formation. Huddled amidst the bustling Saturday crowd in Shanghai’s Jing An park, 20 women clap as each in turn stands to share their story. One has lived with breast cancer for 23 years, more than one person is now in treatment. Some hug as old friends while others put faces to names they recognize from their shared BCS Wechat group. Together, they represent the first breast cancer survivor (BCS) dragon boat team to emerge in this city of 26 million since 2006. They’ve come to kick the tires on the dragon boat lifestyle they’ve heard so much about. If they like what they see, they could very well make BCS dragon boat history. Twenty-three-year-survivor, Shi Ge tells the group about her experience coaching an earlier BCS dragon boat team in 2004 at the request of a local cancer foundation. In 2006 the team welcomed survivors of other cancers. Ge says she can now see the value of organizing a BCS- only team, and doing so from the bottom up. She is ready to bring her 15+ years of dragon boat coaching to this new Shanghai team. Sport medicine specialist and former Beijing track coach Guang Li shares his views on the benefits of sport and exercise to improve the health of people living with breast cancer, diabetes and other conditions. “Dragon boat lifestyle benefits our emotional as well as our physical health and wellbeing,” says Guoning Liu, whose company has a project helping people with high blood pressure and diabetes to improve their health through sport and exercise. He and Li joined the sport-medicine committee to help organize and support BCS dragon boat teams in Mainland China as part of the Society’s new Awaken the Dragon Sister project.

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DENMARK ; Danish Dragon Boat team, from team member Helen. Presenting a project. It is 2017 in early spring in Copenhagen, . A group of women are gathered at a meeting arranged by physiotherapist, PhD Kira Bloomquist. All have had a diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer. Kira started with I would like to present you with a new project to establish the first Danish dragon boat team for breast cancer survivors. The goal is to represent Denmark at IBCPC’s Dragon Boat Event to be held in Florence next summer!” “Would you like to join?” I attended the meeting and there was no doubt, nor hesitation in my mind. YES, I am in ! A few of the women were experienced canoe or kayak paddlers, but we were all new to dragon boating. So, with just a little over a year to prepare the team for Florence, we had to act fast. A breast cancer dragon boat society, Danish Dragon Abreast was founded, and we named our team, Copenhagen Dragon Boat Team. Under the supervision of our team trainers , Kira,Marianne Sonnichsen (a highly skilled physiotherapist) and Flemming Simonsen (our coach on the water) we trained and developed dragon boat skills. Despite the fact that Danes are known for their Viking ships, dragon boating is not common in Denmark and there was no obvious place to go and find a dragon boat ! However, Copenhagen is situated on the water and luckily for us the Copenhagen Rowing Club had some old dragon boats that they generously agreed to let us use.

May 2017 . Finally, the day had arrived for our very first meeting with the dragon boat . I recall my emotions. I was so excited to be part of this project. I took a first glance at the old Dragon Boat. My zodiac sign is Aquarius! Water is my element, but I am not keen on depths or darkness. Honestly, I was terrified and hesitated when told to take a seat. My dear friend looked straight into my eyes, grabbed my hands and ensured me that everything would be fine. I got into the boat. Paddles Up! Ready! The Dragon boat began gliding through the calm water. It was awesome! With my very first stroke, all of my fear disappeared in a split second. In that moment, I knew dragon boating was for me. I was now a Paddler. It would change my life forever

Throughout 2017 we became confident not only with the dragon boat, terms and commands but also with each other. .At the season’s end our training moved back indoors. As a side note, our neighbours from Malmo, Sweden also formed a team shortly after we did. We share a close relationship and enjoy working together in workshops and training sessions.

Spring/summer 2018 . With only a little over two months before the regatta in Florence, our training intensified . The final bits and pieces of organizing our trip fell into place. Sunshine, blue sky and unusually high temperatures up to 30 plus degrees hit Denmark. It was hard to resist a swim after each session in the Dragon boat.

Besides the “The Little Mermaid” we became quite a tourist attraction when paddling through the harbour and the canals of the city. We were also invited to present the team and talk about our participation in Florence on national television. Florence . Words are insufficient to describe the amazing experience of partaking in the IBCPC’s regatta in Florence . The emotions and feelings, well everything, in connection to our participation was unforgettable and will always remain in our hearts. To be part of this unique international community of thousands of women and men is difficult to describe in a few words. We were overwhelmed by the size of this event and so proud to be a part of it. The pinkness is a reminder of the shared experience of breast cancer, but the sensation of being part of it makes you forget the reason that you are there in the first place.

The future. When we started, our main goal was to participate at the event in Florence . However, on the flight back to Copenhagen we knew that we needed to continue with the project. Today there are now 40 members in the team, and the Copenhagen Rowing Club continues to be our base, with the promise of new boats for the coming season. We are looking into the many regattas and events to participate in. We are also trying to build a financial foundation for the team and organization.

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Article by Bobby McCue

Florida’s Best Kept Secret?

Lake Hernando Dragon Boat Festival, where have you been hiding??? Nestled in charming Citrus County, Florida, the Lake Hernando Dragon Boat Festival has been building up steam over the last 6 years. To say that the sport of dragon boat racing is fast growing is an understatement compared with the growth this festival has seen in the past few years. The Citrus County Education Foundation (CCEF) proudly presents the 7 th Annual Lake Hernando Dra gon Boat Festival on Sat 9 th November 2019, Lake Hernando Park, 3699 E. Orange Drive, Hernando. Small t own, big production. You’ll be impressed! With its inaugural event of 30 teams it has more than doubled in size. Now the largest and most competitive dragon boat race in the southeast, this regional event hosts teams from across Florida and the US. In 2018 over 1,000 athle tes (75 plus teams) competed in all race classes: Premier, Senior, BCS, and community teams, offering both standard and small boats. Veterans Village, craft and food vendors, and kids play area round out this lovely lakeside venue. This 5+ lane course spo rts both 10 person and 20 person boats. Citrus County local community teams (businesses, schools, neighbourhoods , healthcare organizations, civic groups, etc.) as well as highly competitive club teams from the southeast region and across the US will compe te for medals and trophies . Location, location, location …… “Stay and Play Another Day.” Hernando and Citrus County offer many activities appealing to every age and interest. Discover airboat and river tours, river , canoeing, manatee tours, golf, , biking (46 miles of non-motorized trails wind around the county), relaxing waterfront dining, and historic downtowns. If Citrus County doesn’t have what you’re looking for, the Lake Hernando Dragon Boat Festival is just over an hour’s drive from D isney World, Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure, Busch Gardens, Sea World, The Florida Aquarium, Ybor City and countless other attractions and vacation spots ! Fly into Tampa or Orlando international airports. More information at www.LakeHernandoDragonBoatFestival.com

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DRAGON BOAT INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER “NEWS FROM DRAGON BOAT SPORT ”

UKRAINE. UKRAINE NATIONAL DRAGON BOAT CHAMPIONSHIPS . T The Ukrainian Dragon Boat Championships were held on 6 -7 July 2019 in Kiev . Preceding the Championships were numerous regional competitions with ten plus of the strongest crews, from each of the areas , represented in the National Championship. The teams raced 200m, 500m and 2000m , in the IDBF Small Boat class (D12). The event was a great success with many athletes, supporters and journalists at the Championships, further influencing the great development of dragon boating in the Ukraine. For the first time in the Ukraine there was live broadcasting of the Championship by MostVideo TV and the event was also covered by sport websites and national TV channels. Article republished from Long Zhou News

KOREA. KOREAN NATIONAL DRAGON BOAT TEAM COMPETES IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The Boat Association sent their first ever National Dragon Boat Team to the 14 th IDBF World Championships, held in Tahiland from 22 -25 th July 2019. Being able to compete against t he best teams in the world meant a lot to the Team, who came from all parts of Korea, including Seoul, Busan and Daegeon. The Team undertook rigorous and disciplined training, leading up to the World Championships , as well as competing in regattas, such as the Chanwon International Dragon Boat Festival; the Busan Mayor’s Cup Races; the Incheon Ara Waterway International Festival and the Seoul Han -River National Regatta. At the World Championships the Team acquitted themselves well, competing in the Premier Women’s and Premier Mixed Standard Boat competitions, as well as the Open Small Boat competitions. Their best result was in the Premier Mixed 500m Championship, to finish in 18 th place, with a 2.18.229, in front of both Spain and India. Team Korea competing at the IDBF ‘Worlds’ should serve to remind us that the ‘taking part is just as important as winning medals !

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IRELAND. BOAT REPAIRS WITH DONEGAL DRAGONS

Our older boat Khalessi is starting to show her age so we’ve had to learn a bit about repairs over the past couple of years. The gel coat can become chipped and cracked and this can allow water to seep into the core of the boat, especially if she’s kept on the water over the summer months as ours are. The outer layer of the boat is the gel coat and this sits on top of a layer of fibreglass matting and then an inner core of foam. If water seeps in over a prolonged period this can lead to osmosis and the gel coat starts to form blisters and peel away from the fibreglass beneath. Small chips and cracks can be fixed using gel coat filler, here’s how ! 1. First sand down the area and open up any blisters . If it’s a big area you may need some expert advice. Check the area underneath is dry. If you have long hair, make sure you tie your hair back – gel coat doesn’t brush out as we discovered last year!!- and wear gloves.

2. You’ll need a screwdriver to get the lid off the tin then take a golf ball sized amount of filler and mix with a 2cm squeeze of hardener - the plastic lid is handy as a mixing surface.

3. Mix well for 2 minutes then use the plastic tool to fill the hole . The mixture hardens within a few minutes so don’t mix too much at a time - its also handy to have a second person with you to spot the areas that need filling ahead of you and check you’ve not missed any bits. (Attaching small sticky labels next to these areas helps too).

4. Once set the repaired area can be sanded back until smooth using 180 grade and then 400 grade wet and dry sandpaper. The area can be buffed to a shine if needed.

Before Repair - Visible Hole After Repair – As Good As New

Do share your tips on boat care too!. Bev Huss – Donegal Dragons

€ DRAGONS AT THE DOCKS RAISES OVER 250,000 FOR DUBLIN SIMON COMMUNITY Over 800 participants took part in this year’s Dragons At the Docks property industry fundraising event held at Grand € Canal Dock, Dublin. The dragon boat racing saw 70 teams compete and in the process, raise 250,000 for charity. The overall winner was the team from Cairn Homes , with Collen coming second and Investec coming third . Nine of Ireland’s biggest property companies were the cornerstone sponsors of the second year of the event, with Dalata Hotel Group, Glenveagh Property and Hines joining the original six companies who launched the event last year: Cairn Homes, Green Reit, Hammerson, Hibernia REIT, Ires Reit and Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate

75% of the funds raised go to the Dublin Simon Community , with the balance distributed to local charities in the Grand Canal Dock area. Sam McGuinness CEO of the Dublin Simon Community said: “We are honoured to be the charity partner at the Dragons at the Docks. Funds raised at the 2017 event allowed us to acquire a 2-bedroom town-house in Dublin and two apartments”. “This year with the funds raised at Dragons at the Docks , we plan to acquire five more apartments, providing more people who have been through the trauma and abuse of homelessness

with a home to call their own.”

Pat Gunne, CEO of Green Reit, speaking on behalf of the nine cornerstone sponsors of the event, said:

“It’s great to be part of the second year of the Dragons at the Docks for what is an even bigger and better event than last year. It is fantastic that there has been so much support to help us raise money for important causes like the Dublin Simon Community. Articles courtesy of the Irish Dragon Boat Association Newsletter

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TAMPA, USA SPRING TRAINING NEWS CLIP - USA This podcast is well worth a watch and & RACE CAMP listen as it is about a dragon boat team comprised primarily of blind and visually th th 19 -25 APRIL 2020 impaired paddlers, called the Out of Sight

includes Dragons. Rocky Point Dragon Boat Festival First Practice of 2019 : Spring has arrived.

Small boat racing The cherry blossoms are in full bloom and Welcome Party ! the Out of Sight Dragons are back paddling th on the water for their first practice of the Saturday, 18 April year. Plus Listen in as the blind and visually impaired Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Festival teammates on this unique team reconnect SATURDAY, 25 th APRIL 2020 after the winter and paddle on the water in Washington, D.C.

Click here to stream the Out of Sight

Dragons Podcast online at SoundCloud.com

NEWS CLIP - TAIWAN The 2019 Kaohsiung City Cup International Dragon Boat Races are rescheduled to 8-10 November 2019 . The competition includes three (3) categories: 22-paddler dragon boats, 12- paddler dragon boats and traditional 14 paddler dragon boats. Formal registration for dragon boat and SUP (stand-up paddle) takes with completed forms and fees are due It’s that time of year again ... time to start thinking about securing your spot at September 30. Please register as soon as the Tampa Spring Train & Race dragon boat training programme . possible as there are a limited number of The Pan Am Camp programme is proven to benefit a variety of skill team spots available levels. Campers who are new to dragon boating but have an athletic base, 2019 年城市盃國際龍舟錦標賽最新公告：原訂舉辦日期為 11 月1 will accelerate their individual skills development. Advanced individual athletes 3日，目前將順延至 11 月8-10日舉行 ,競賽項目包含 IDBF also continue to benefit from the comprehensive and innovative technical 22 人級龍舟 . 12 人級龍舟 傳統型 22 人、 programme, as well as the daily spirited, competitive workouts 14 人級龍舟以及站立式 划板，第一階段報名將於 8月131 日展開 ，初 步只需登記組別及聯絡資訊， 9月130 日須完成所有的報名 Camp registration for individuals is now open . Cost $419 per paddler 內容。為顧及競賽的時間及品質，本次賽會將會採取隊數限制， (includes commemorative video & jersey!) Discounted for early bookers. Group 希望各界龍舟好友，再次蒞臨台灣高雄城市盃國際龍舟錦標賽 rates are also available for 10 or more , email:[email protected]

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demand! Introductory Steering Clinic

29 th October 2019 9am to 4pm The Villages, Florida, USA Registration: $119

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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ICF PRESIDENT JOSE PERURENA-LOPEZ from Mike MacKeddie-Haslam, IDBF Founder & Honorary President . Dear Jose, We have known each other since the early 1970s , when we were the managers of our respective National Canoeing Teams (Great Britain and Spain). We became good friends and remain so today. In those days we discussed ways of making the ICF more attractive, dynamic and more relevant for the paddlers and how to develop ‘canoeing’ in the future.

In the early 1980s , when I started to develop Dragon Boat At this constructive meeting, you advised that the Sport alongside the traditional Dragon Boat Festivals, you ICF’s priority was the development of its Olympic accepted the view of the then ICF President, Sergio ORSI, disciplines and to sustain those disciplines within the that Dragon Boating, although part of the broad family of Summer Olympic Games. The ICF was not looking to traditional paddled water craft, it could not be classed as a involve itself in new paddle sports and that the ICF was discipline of ICF Canoeing and would not be. Sergio felt it keen to resolve the present situation over Dragon should be allowed to develop as a separate paddle sport, Boating with the IDBF and to work on partnerships with with the help and support of the ICF. all paddle sport federations. You also stated that the ICF This was the situation from the formation of the IDBF had no objections to other paddle sport federations, such in 1991 until 2000 when Ulrich Feldhoff became the ICF as the IRF and IVF, becoming GAISF Members. President and unilaterally declared that “dragon boat was The Meeting agreed that it was important to continue now a canoeing discipline of the ICF”, which started the with joint meetings and that a further meeting should ICF incursion into Dragon Boat Sport and its opposition to take place. You agreed to make the necessary the IDBF. arrangements for such a meeting in November 2009 and

In 2007/2008 before you became the ICF President , you said that you would arrange for the federations’ to meet wrote and asked me to meet with you in Spain to discuss with the IOC Sports directorate people and the GAISF. Unfortunately, no such meetings were ever held. how you might help the development of Dragon Boating, as an independent sport from Spanish Canoeing. You also advised us that the ICF Board had We met in Madrid and as a result the Spanish Dragon Boat nominated each of the newly elected ICF Vice Presidents Federation was established and today is a dynamic and a portfolio for the paddle sports of Dragon Boat, effective member of the EDBF and IDBF, with a good and Va’a, with a brief to open discussions with the working relationship with the Spanish Canoe Federation. federations concerned . You also assured me that you personally, had no interest It is now 10 years since that worthwhile and friendly in subsuming Dragon Boating at ICF level and would seek Madrid meeting took place but instead of resolving the to ensure that any problems that existed between the ICF issues between the ICF and the IDBF, they have become and IDBF would be resolved during your Presidency. more intransigent and now include other sports. In January 2009, when you were the ICF President , we For example the Rafting Federation’s (IRF), application again met in Madrid, along with other paddle sport to GAISF has not been supported by the ICF, rather the representatives from Rafting (IRF) and Va’a () to opposite and the ICF is also embroiled in a dispute with discuss informally, general matters of common interest the International Surf Federation, over the governance of between the paddle sports concerned; their future Stand Up Paddling (SUP) which is now before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for a resolution. development, potential bi-lateral agreements between the federations and ways of resolving any actual or What went wrong with your policy of resolving any potential governance issues. issues between International Federations, amicably, especially the IDBF, without legal recourse.

Jose, as a friend and paddle sport colleague , I ask you as you near the end of your term as the ICF President, to leave office with the legacy as the man who brought paddle sports together, as partners, respecting each other’s status and right of self determination, A MAN OF RECONCILIATION , not a man of adversity and confrontation .

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Dragon Boat Festival: How an ancient CULTURE CORNER Chinese tradition became a global sport Lau Ka-kuen and Alberto Lucas López SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. First Published: 29 Apr, 2019

The festival has its roots in ancient China, when a poet committed suicide . Now a , dragon boat racing benefits from athletes with different skills

The crew of a dragon boat is assigned different places in a boat based on their individual strengths and aptitudes.

Every year, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, crews of paddlers re-enact the legend of . They power boats mounted with ferocious dragon heads through the water to the frenzied beating of drums.

THE LEGEND In 278BC, in the ancient kingdom during the , poet and government minister Qu Yuan committed suicide by himself in the in protest of prevalent corruption among officials.

THE “DRAGONS” Like any team sport, dragon boat racing benefits from athletes with different skills. Crew members are assigned places in the boat according to their individual strengths and aptitudes.

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THE BOAT In Hong Kong races, the hull is usually made from teak, with a dragon’s head and tail made of camphor wood. The development of dragon boat- making is marked by the type of wood used for the main body of the boat: Phase 1 (before 1911): Ge wood imported from Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam Phase 2 (from 1911-the end of 1990s): pine wood imported from the United States Phase 3 (since 2000): cedar wood from China’s Guizhou province

THE POSITIONS

Paddlers in the front are good at keeping time. Out-of-sync blades hit the water a fraction of a second behind each other, creating lag. The back paddlers focus more on power strokes to maintain speed in the faster water.

1. ‘A’ position Turn your back to the water. Reach forward, stretching your arm and back. Place the paddle at the thigh of the paddler in front of you. Lean your body outside the boat, top arm straight, top shoulder over the water. 2. ‘Catch’ and drive Enter the blade fully into the water at an approximate 60-degree angle. Pull and counter rotate with your lower arm, shoulder and back. Drive down aggressively with your top arm.

3. Pull and exit The paddler uses their back muscles to pull the blade parallel with the boat. The exit occurs when the paddle arrives at their hip by lifting their top arm. 4. Recovery The paddle exits the water at the hip, returning to the ‘A’ position by rotating and stretching the bottom arm, shoulder and back. Additionally, paddlers should attempt to transfer their weight onto the blade.

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ASIAN FOCUS PRESENTS THE 6TH ANNUAL

GREATER TRIANGLE AREA DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL RALEIGH, NC - SEPTEMBER 28. 2019 Benefiting Asian Focus, a non-profit, promoting, sponsoring and supporting programs to help Asian Americans and immigrants, of all generations.

ASIA FEST

Each year approximately 10,000 visitors come to the Asia Fest (aka the Greater Triangle Area Dragon Boat Festival to experience nearly 100 exhibits and activities such as dragon boat races, cultural displays, games, health screenings, and stage performances.

The festival also features a wide collection of ethnic foods and delicacies, where the brave and adventurous can sample unique street food by local chefs. Asia Fest celebrates Asian culture , diversity, ethnicity, roots a d history. Asia Fest is held annually at the beautiful Koka Booth Amphitheatre and Symphony Lake in Cary, NC.

Asian Focus is a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the underserved. Asian Focus hopes to achieve its goals by helping families overcome cul tural and language barriers to better acclimate into US society.

The organization is working to bridge the gaps of disparity for the community by focusing on service projects that yield immediate results, while also planting seeds of good will for future generations.

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DSN CALENDAR OF DRAGON BOAT SPORT & FESTIVAL RACING 2019 Issue 4: SEPTEMBER 2019 - MAY 2020

Championships - International & National All Races shown use IDBF Racing Rules or rules adapted from them. Championships are held under IDBF Competition Local Races & Events Regs. Festival Races (P) = Provisional Date or Venue International Regattas & Races

Multi Sports Games & Boating Events

All events and dates shown as at 1st September 2019 . (P) = Provisional. TBN = To Be Notified SEPT 2019 Event Details Venue Country Contact Details 01 Sept 2019 Tees Dragon Boat Festival, River Tees WSC Stockton England www.teesdragonboatfestival .co. uk 06-08 Sept 2019 Dragon Boat Cup Dortmund Germany www.drachenboot-liga.de 07 Sept 2019 Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival, River Cam Cambridge England www .dragonboatfestivals .co.uk 07-08 Sept 2019 GWN Dragon Boat Challenge, Western Beach Toronto, Ontario Canada www.gwndragonboat.com 08 Sept 2019 British National League – Race.8 Wath upon Dearne England www dragonboat.org.uk 14 Sept 2019 Stratford Rotary DB Festival Stratford, Ontario Canada www.gwndragonboat.com 14 Sept 2019 Mercer County DB Festival West Windsor, NJ USA www.gwndragonboat.com 14-15 Sept 2019 Dublin Hong Kong Int Dragon Boat Regatta Ringsend, Dublin Ireland www.dragonboat.ie 14-15 Sept 2019 Quebec Cup DB Races Quebec Canada www.dragonboat.ca 21-22 Sept 2019 British National Championships. NWSC Nottingham England www.dragonboat.org.uk www.nzdba.co.nz 21 – 22 Sept 2019 BDA Euro Cup Races Euro Cup Races NWSC Nottingham England www.dragonboat.org.uk 21-22 Sept 2019 Istanbul Dragon Boat Races Istanbul Turkey www.dragonfestivali.com 28 Sept 2019 Madison County Chamber Dragon Boat Regatta Madison County USA www.gwndragonboat.com 28 Sept 2019 5th Serbian Int DB Regatta & Euro Cup Race Belgrade Serbia Em. [email protected] 28 Sept 2019 SDBA-AustCham DB Challenge 5km & 10km Marina Reservoir Singapore www.sdba.org.sg Oct 2019 Event Details Venue Country Contact Details 05 Oct 2019 Dragon Boat Cup, Strandbad, Berlin-Weissensee Berlin Germany www.drachenboot-liga.de 05 Oct 2019 Philadelphia Int Dragon Boat Races Philadelphia USA www.panamdragonboat.com 06 Oct 2019 Regatta Series, Round 3, Nagambie Regatta Nagambie. Vic Australia www.dragonboatvictoria.com.au 06 Oct 2019 Cyprus National Championships Limassol Cyrprus www.facebook.com/CYDBA 13 Oct 2019 DBNSW Race Series – Race 2, Int Regatta Ctre Sydney NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au 19 Oct 2019 Cyprus International Dragon Boat Races Limassol Cyrprus www.facebook.com/CYDBA 21 Oct 2019 Centrum Charity Found, HK Int DB Champs Hong Kong China www.hkcdba.org 26 Oct 2019 Suncoast DB Festival Saratosa, Florida USA www.panamdragonboat.com 26-27 Oct 2019 Jacaranda DB Races, Memorial Park Foreshore Grafton NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au

Nov 2019 Event Details Venue Country Contact Details 02 Nov 2019 Regatta Series, Round 4, Warmanbool Warmambool.Vic Australia www.dragonboatvictoria.com.au 03 Nov 2019 Western Region DB Regatta, Windamere Dam Mudgee NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au 09 Nov 2019 LS Regatta, Hamelin Hamelin Germany www.drachenboot-liga.de 09 Nov 2019 Lake Hernando Dragon Boat Festival Lake Hernando, Fl USA www.panamdragonboat.com 10 Nov 2019 DBWA Regatta 1 – Champion Lakes Centre Armadale, WA Australia www.dragonboatingwa.asn.au 16 Nov 2019 Indoor Dragon Boat Cup Osnabruck Germany www.drachenboot-liga.de 16 – 17 Nov 2019 EDBF Forum, Gala Dinner & 2019 Awards Milan Italy www.edbf.org 16-17 Nov 2019 Great Lakes, Pearl Drgs Regatta, Elizabeth Resv Forster. NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au 23 Nov 2019 PanAm Sport Regatta, PASS Series Champs Tampa Florida USA www.panamdragonboat.com 30 Nov 2019 Nikolaus Dragon Boat Cup Rostock Germany www.drachenboot-liga.de

Dragon Boating. - the Mass Participation Water Sport for All Ages and Abilities” 43. Dragon Sport News - Emagazine “An Independent Voice for Dragon Boat Sport” September 2019 Autumn Edition Dec 2019 Event Details Venue Country Contact Details 01 Dec 2019 10 th Hong Kong Half Marathon DB Champs Hong Kong China www.hkcdba.org 02 Dec 2019 Regatta Series, Round 5, Carrum Regatta Carrum WSC..Vic Australia www.dragonboatvictoria.com.au 08 Dec 2019 DBWA Regatta 2 – Champion Lakes Centre Armadale, WA Australia www.dragonboatingwa.asn.au 08 Dec 2019 Ice Breaker Event, Lake Pegasus Akaroa Harbour New Zealand www.aoraki-dragons.co.nz 15 Dec 2019 DBNSW Race Series – Race 3, Int Regatta Ctre Sydney NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au 21 – 22 Dec 2019 FIDB Euro Cup Races Euro Cup Races Rome Italy EM: [email protected] JANUARY 2020 Event Details Venue Country Contact Details 12 Jan 2020 NSW State Championships, Int Regatta Ctre Sydney NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au 12 Jan 2020 DBWA Regatta 3 – Champion Lakes Centre Armadale, WA Australia www.dragonboatingwa.asn.auwww. 25-27 Jan 2020 Mile High Regatta, Rd 6. Rocky Valley Lake, Falls Creek, Vic Australia www.dragonboatvictoria.com.au 26 Jan 2020 Aoraki Open Regatta, Lake Pegasus Pegasus, Akaroa New Zealand www.aoraki-dragons.co.nz

Feb 2020 Event Details Venue Country Contact Details 01 Feb 2020 Mindarie Dragon Boat Event, Mindarie Marina Mindarie WA Australia www.dragonboatingwa.asn.au 01-02 Feb 2020 Sydney New Year Races, Cockle Bay, Dar Harb Sydney NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au 08 Feb 2020 Forza Dash for Cash, Forza Boat Storage Shed Bunbury WA Australia www.dragonboatingwa.asn.au 16 Feb 2020 Akaroa 10s Event, Childrens Bay Akaroa Harbour New Zealand www.aoraki-dragons.co.nz 08 Feb 2020 Regatta Series, Rd 7, Chinese New Year Races Victoria Harbour. Vic Australia www.dragonboatvictoria.com.au 23 Feb 2020 DBWA Regatta 4 – Champion Lakes Centre Armadale, WA Australia www.dragonboatingwa.asn.au 29 Feb 2020 Bei Loon 8k Challenge Race, Bayview Sydney NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au

Mar 2020 Event Details Venue Country Contact Details 07 – 08 Mar 2020 Victorian State Championships, Gateway Lake Albury, Wodonga Vic Australia www.dragonboatvictoria.com.au 14 Mar 2020 South Island DB Championships Lake Hood New Zealand www.aoraki-dragons.co.nz 22 Mar 2020 DBWA State Championships, Champion Lakes Armadale, WA Australia www.dragonboatingwa.asn.au 27-28 Mar 2020 New Zealand Championships, Lake Karapiro Nr Hamilton New Zealand www.aoraki-dragons.co.nz 28-29 Mar 2020 DBNSW Race Series – Race 4, Wolstoncroft Wolstoncroft Pt, NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au

Apr 2020 Event Details Venue Country Contact Details 08-13 Apr 2020 Australian Championships, Int Regatta Ctre Sydney NSW Australia www.dbnsw.org.au 18 Apr 2020 Miami Dragon Boat Festival Miami, Florida USA www.gwndragonboat.com 19-25 Apr 2020 PanAm Spring Trg Camps, Little Harbour, Ruskin Tampa, Florida USA www.panamdragonboat.com May 2020 Event Details Venue Country Contact Details O3 May 2020 Fishing Boat Harbour DB Festival, FB Harbour Freemantle, WA Australia www.dragonboatingwa.asn.au 16 May 2020 Saratosa Dragon Boat Festival Miami, Florida USA www.gwndragonboat.com

2019 EDBF FORUM, MILAN, ITALY, TH TH

16 – 17 NOVEMBER

Friday 15th November EDBF Executive and Council Meeting

Saturday 16th November - Forum, Gala Dinner & EDBF Awards Sunday 17th November – Delegates Tourist Day - side events offered for free to all participants including transport and lunch with a visit to one of the most important Italian outlet shopping Malls. In the afternoon back to airport Milano Linate and/0r back to hotel. It’s recommended to book return flights on Sunday after 6.00 pm

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DSN CROSS-OVER CORNER - THE OTHER PERSONS PADDLE. TEAM GERMANY AT THE WORLD CHAMPS

Last Year in Tahiti there were only 4 of us....this year in Mooloolaba, on the Sunshine Coast, in Australia, 13 paddlers from Germany will compete in the 2nd IVF (International Va’a Federation) Long Distance World Champs !!

What is so unique about it ? We do not know each other or have ever even paddled together !!! Living in 7 different countries over 4 different continents, we will come together for our first training session, just f our days before the Masters 50+ men's race and 6 days before the Elite Women's race.!!!

Follow us and see how we go! We may even recruit some more paddlers for next years Sprints in Hilo

Picture: At the Outrigger World Champs , last Year during the opening Ceremony in Tahiti. Birgit Plank, Volker Briel, Laura Birse and Ingrid Juchem

24 HOUR RELAY RECORD DRAGON BOAT CHALLENGE

28 / 29 SEPTEMBER 2019 - CALDECOTTE LAKE , Milton Keynes, England (just off the M1 motorway)

SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT !

WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT - FOR THREE CREWS ONLY.

Interested in the challenge? Please read on…..

I AM RAISING A TEAM TO TAKE THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE MAX DISTANCE TRAVELLED BY A DRAGON BOAT IN 24 HOURS. I need SIXTY EXCELLENT PADDLERS and THREE EXCELLENT HELMS.

I was in the World relay record crew in 2017. We achieved 266 Km . THAT WAS GOOD BUT NOT REALLY HARD ENOUGH.

• This time we need to average 12 K mph paddling 90 mins on & 180 mins off. • This will not be for everybody so we are not inviting everybody - just the finest and most resilient, team focused paddlers around.

 Money raised will go to Action 4 Youth & the Rubinstein Taybi Support (RTS) Group .

• There is a good deal of organising, permissions, licenses etc. I am dealing with that. I need to identify the crew (& reserves) So have a think (as fast as you paddle, in fact!) IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE !

This will be a BIG deal and you may end up with a World Record.. It is worth metioning  that we are going for THE RECORD. We are not planning a record attempt :-)

 PLEASE CONTACT. Tim (+44) (0)7811 449133

[email protected]

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2011 World Championships - Tampa,Florida. Gold Medal 500 Premier Mixed. — with StephSinkus , Katie Godfrey and Bill Heffernan

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