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AusDBF’s Championships incorporating Trans-Tasman Championships & Oceania Championships 15th to 20th April, 2014 Lake Kawana, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | P a g e 68 | P a g e 1 No wonder it’ s called the Sunshine Coast, with an MARKETS: average of seven hours of sunshine daily (one of the highest amounts in the world). Cotton Tree Street Market, King Street, Cotton Tree, every Sunday, 8am to noon. Summer (December to February) days are always popular with visitors with an average temperature Eumundi Courtyard Village Market, between I7°C to 32°C and an ocean temperature of 24°C. 76 Memorial Drive, Eumundi, every Saturday 8am to Temperatures in the hinterland can be several degrees 2pm, Wednesday 8.30am to 1pm. cooler. Caloundra Markets, Bulcock Street, Caloundra, every ATTRACTIONS: Sunday, 8am to 1pm. Aussie World Amusement Park and the Ettamogah Pub Caloundra Country Markets, I 7 Buderim Street, 5494 5444 9 -5 daily Currimundi, every Sunday. Kawana Waters Farmers' Market, Stern Street Australia Zoo – Home of the Crocodile Hunter (Sportsman Parade end), every Saturday, 7am to noon. 5436 2000 9 – 5 daily SURF SAFETY PATROLS Ginger Factory Yandina 1800 067 686 (Times vary between 7arn - 8pm) Noosa National Park Koalas Black Cockatoos, Walking Tracks Year round 7 days/week Noosa Heads. Sunshine Beach, Peregian Beach, Coolum Beach, Twin Waters Resort, Spirit House, (A Taste of Thailand) Yandina 5446 8994 Maroochydore, Alexandra Headland. Mooloolaba, Dicky Lunch Daily, Dinner Wed – Sat Beach, Kings Beach. Underwater World Sea Life, Mooloolaba TO STAY SAFE AT THE BEACH REMEMBER: 5458 6280 9 – 5 daily Too much exposure to the sun can cause serious damage WhaleOne Mooloolaba to your skin. Make sure whenever you are going in the (Not Whale Season) sun that you take adequate precautions. Dolphin Discovery Cruise Sunset Cruise SLIP, SLOP, SLAP, SEEK AND SLIDE 20m Catamaran 120 passengers Slip on a shirt Closed Good Friday (Preferably a long-sleeved shirt). 1300 942 531 Slop on the sunscreen View our extensive range of dragon boat accessories DISTANCES (30+ - and reapply as needed). Slap on a hat www.typhoon8.com.au online or visit our tent during the Championships. Brisbane to Caloundra 100 km Seek some shade. Brisbane to Mooloolaba 108 km Brisbane to Nambour 110 km Slide on wrap around UV protective sunglasses. 0411 116 441 Brisbane to Noosa 148 km It’s also a good idea to avoid direct exposure to the sun Noosa to Montville 56 km during the hottest part of the day between the hours of Mooloolaba to Maleny 41 km 10:00am and 3:00pm - and try to take advantage of Caloundra to Kenilworth 7 7 km shade when possible EMERGENCY SERVICES Ambulance, Fire Brigade, Police, Coastguard, Rescue 000 Poisons Information Centre 131 126 Ambulance Transport 13I 233 | P a g e 2 | P a g e 67 The After Party is being held at the Event Thomas from Wales. A delegation of officials and Centre, 20 Minchinton Street Caloundra, coaches from Ghana, led by Secretary and IDBF Race Official Olaf Morrison, are also being hosted by AusDBF kicking off at 7.00pm on 20 April. as we play a valuable development role with emerging dragon boat nations. The After Party Celebration theme has been Thank you to my fellow AusDBF Board members for their decided! work in making this year’s event a success. And a very deep thank you, of course, to the Queensland Board and It's time to get bright and show as much the Organising Committee members who have spent colour as possible. many months overseeing the coordination of our flagship event. Literally thousands of hours and hundreds of So if your suggestion and preference was thousands of dollars are invested into this event in order 'rainbow', 'rubik's cube' or 'glitter' and 'glow' to provide you with a race day that is an appropriate return for your long season of training. While the you will be excited to know you can ...break massive volunteer effort is done for the love of the sport, out the neon. please ensure you thank and congratulate the organisers, Welcome to all competitors, coaches and supporters. officials and volunteers who will be making these The 2014 Championships have arrived! Maybe even grab some glow sticks or dust off the bedazzler. Championships memorable. Dragon Boat Queensland will be the gracious hosts of While nothing can quite capture the excitement we feel Entry to the After Party is included in your Multi Day Pass, and is just $50 for all others. around 3000 paddlers from Australia and New Zealand as as crews battle it out during the races, a number of off- the descend on the beautiful Sunshine Coast to contest Price includes a live band and DJ, cocktail food served until 11pm, and a photo booth. water events are worth singling out this year. In addition the Australian, Trans-Tasman and Oceania to the presentation of the Peter Bristow Trophy to the Championships. Entry is open to all paddlers and invited guests. Australian State Champions, the Trevor Huggard Trophy, In just its second years of competition, the Trans-Tasman the Alexandlou Trophy and the Gamble-Lewis Trophy for You simply need to register for a ticket online, or purchase one if you don’t have a multi and Oceania Championships are already seeing fierce on- Club Champions will also be presented through the week -day pass, by Friday 11 April 2014. water rivalries emerge. This year the New Zealand to the best Open Age, Junior and Masters Clubs. presence is growing on and off the water, demonstrating Following the Oceania and 2000m club races, the 2014 the investment made by AusDBF into the region’s Australian Auroras will be presented with their jerseys development is paying dividends. In addition to the Kiwi and introduced to the national paddling community. That club and representative crews taking on the Aussies, you presentation will capture a little bit of paddling history as will also hear a number of officials and VIPs with distinct the Auroras Squad to contest the inaugural World Cup in New Zealand accents. There’s no truth to the rumour China, along with the Asian Championships Squad, will that we’re making them all marshals and wranglers for be named. The World Cup will only be held every four lane six, just to keep some cheap laughs, though… years and will only be open to the top ten countries in It is also a privilege to be joined by a number of other the World, as determined at the World Championships, international visitors. In addition to NZDBA President held every two years and open to all countries. The event Noel Anderton, we will also be joined by IDBF Executive will be televised to a live international audience and our President Mike Haslam. Mike is visiting us from England Auroras will be seen by tens of millions of spectators for the week to see how Australians run a major event as around the globe. we commence the countdown to our hosting of the 2016 This set of twin events, held just ten days apart, will also Club Crew World Championships in Adelaide. Please see two of our country’s elder statesmen and/or women make them both feel very welcome. And obviously, the named as Australian flag bearers. While the Ashes should a major talking point, but not so much the announcement of this honour is always looked forward Bledisloe Cup. to eagerly by the crowd, it is with great pleasure that We also welcome NZDBA Board Member Shane Petley, AusDBF announces this year we will also be introducing who is leading his beloved Hamilton crew during the the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags into our week; IDBF Secretary General from Macau; and Head of formalities for the Opening Ceremonies of IDBF events. the IDBF’s Technical & Competition Commission, Mike The formal carrying of these three national flags during | P a g e 66 | P a g e 3 the team procession is a first for any sport and is another wonderful example of dragon boat providing leadership within the sporting and general communities. A couple of other important statements are being made this week as well. Our After Party Theme of Life Members 2010 Asian Championships, Wujin, China ‘Rainbow & Glow’ will deliver huge fun, but is also Geoff Eldridge (NSW) Trevor Huggard (Victoria, 2008) designed to offer great support to the GLBTI 2011 World Championships, Tampa Bay, USA community – especially after the discrimination shown Raymond Leung (NSW, 2008) Diana Dent (NSW) by the Russian Government during the recent Winter Les Williams (ACT, 2008) 2012 Asian Championships, Busan, South Korea Olympics. And I will also use our event to demonstrate Karen Hall (NSW) Jon Taylor (NSW, 2009 posthumously) to the IDBF Executive that a rules change to 10:10 2013 World Championships, Szeged, Hungary Michelle Hanton (NT, 2010) mixed racing, instead of 12:8, is an important Welcome to the Australian Dragon Boat Championships Jo Petersen (NSW) recognition of equality, as well as easy to run. If humble for 2014, here in QLD at Lake Kawana on the Sunshine No Life Members were inducted in 2011 2012 2013 2014 Asian Championships, Macau, SAR China Australian club racing can handle it without fuss, I’m Coast. The Queensland Dragon Boat Federation Board are honoured to host this event and look forward in to be announced at Aus Champs sure the World Championships can also see men and seeing many friends, colleagues, competitors, officials, women competing as equals. Jon Taylor Award 2014 Inaugural World Cup, Fuzhou, China volunteers, spectators, event sponsors and partners.