DRAGON SPORT NEWS @aol.com the Emagazine for Dragon Boaters world-wide “The Independent Voice of Dragon Boat Sport” December 2017 – Isssue No.6 WINTER EDITION Team China celebrate winning the Premier Division Nations Cup News and views from the paddlers, medals and results from the 2017 World Nations Premier & Senior Championships The IDBF Race Officials – the Team that makes things happen. Photo; Farooq Ahmad Bhat USA CREW SWAMPED; RACE OFFICIALS & PADDLERS AT THE IDBF WORLD NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS. “Dragon Boating - the Mass Participation Water Sport for All Abilities and Ages “ 2. HEADLINE LOOK AT THE NEWS INSIDE DSN....... EDITORIAL NEWS & INFORMATION • Two Wishes for the New Year 2017 IDBF Members Congress • 2018 World Club Crew Championships The Four Presidents • 2018 European Nations Championships EDBF Board Gender Balance • EDBF President Elect Address to Members Page 5. Pages; 6,13, 14, 15, Special Features News from Dragon Boat Sport The ICE Dragons Are Coming ! IDBF Members – Spain, Canada, Gt Britain, Austria, Synchro Paddling Tank Qatar, Cyprus, Senegal, USA, Azerbaijan. Pages 4, 23. Pages; 20,21,22,24,25,26,27,28. FEATURES Culture Corner 2017 World Nations Results & Medals Tables. Origins and History of Dragon Boating. Pink Paddlers News & IBCPC Festival Page; 31. Talking Point – Selecting Overseas Athletes ? Talking Point – IDBF Congress Points ? Know How - Sports Science Corner by Leila Ataei Pages; 7-12,16,29,30 Foods to avoid together. Picture Gallery Food to avoid before exercise Officials & Paddlers at the Worlds Pages; 17, 18. Qatar Dragon Boat Sport League CALENDAR OF DRAGON BOATING Sennegal Dragon Boating Events and Festivals from January to Best of Christmas Instagrams November 2018. Pages; 33 and 34. Pages; 2,19,28,32 GAISF enters an exciting new era with a striking new logo and brand-style designed to reflect the globality and dynamism of the organisation. The new logo was commissioned following the unanimous decision of members at the General Assembly in Aarhus to change the name of the organisation from Sportaccord to the Global Association of International Sports Federations. The brief was awarded to Jose Miguel Tortajada Aguilar, the highly creative Barcelona based designer. His simple but highly effective logo and brand-style makes a powerful impact and instantly identifies,,, the organisation – the prime purpose of any logo. ,, “ Dragon Boating - the Mass Participation Water Sport for All Abilities and Ages “ 3. Dragon Sport News - Emagazine “The Independent Voice of Dragon Boat Sport” December 2017 Winter Edition BRRR - THE ICE DRAGONS ARE COMING !! Registrations for the 1ST IIDBF Ice Dragon Boat Championships are open now for the event in Inner Mongolia, China. You are welcome to participate in this new and exciting world class championships. 9th to 14th JANUARY 2018. (Arrive Beijing International Airport on 8th and 9th before 1800) transport provided. Training on 10th Jan and Racing on 11th and 12th Jan 18. Closing and Awarding ceremony on 12th, Farewell party in evening, Site seeing on 13th Jan., leave after 2pm on14th. Location: FENGQI LAKE, DUO LUN CITY, INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA. No registration fees; free board and lodging and all local transport, for up to 16 people, including 2 spare paddlers (1 in the 5 crew boat), a coach and crew manager. Races for: 12 crew boat (4 women minimum) Ice Dragon Boat Racing over 100m & 200m. 5 crew boat (2 women minimum) Ice Dragon Boat Racing over 100m & 200m. CCTV (China Central Television) will be live broadcasting the races. For more information about the 1st Ice Dragon Boat Championships, go to the official Website: http://iidbf.org/ and Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/International-Ice-Dragon-Boat-Federation-IIDBF-557733541060853/ OTTAWA ICE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL. www.icedragonboat.ca The Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival will be held February 10th on the Rideau Canal Skateway at Dow’s Lake, Ottawa, Canada. 100 teams have registered in record time for the second edition of the Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival! Teams continue to sign up to the waiting list in hopes of gaining a spot to the worlds largest ice dragon boat festival. Athletes have registered from California, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Ontario, Quebec and more. The Festival is partnering with the International Ice Dragon Boat Federation Series, Canadian Heritage and NCC to present non-stop action in the Nation’s Capital. Athletes and spectators are once again expected to make history when they converge in Ottawa setting a new participation and attendance record for this exciting new event. The festival expects to see cold weather and fast races creating a memorable experience for all involved. Friday 9th February 2018 - Practices: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Saturday 10th February 2018 - Opening Ceremony: 9:00 am: Races: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm: Awards Ceremony: 4:30 pm. (Sunday, February 11 - Alternate Date *Subject to Ice/Weather Conditions) Dragon Boating. " More than a Sport – a Tradition " 4. Dragon Sport News - Emagazine “The Independent Voice of Dragon Boat Sport” December 2017 Winter Edition A NEW YEAR’S WISH OR TWO. by Mike MacKeddie-Haslam. WELCOME again 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 ! Looking back at the 2017 World Nations Champs and the IDBF Congress in Kunming, led me to thinking about a New Year’s wish or two. The first concerns our dedicated Race Officials or rather their leaders. At the Team Mangers Meeting for the Worlds’ it was stated that there would be no ‘false starts’ during the Championships and that any crew that did make a false start would be disqualified. Why, because the Chief Official did not want to have to delay a race when CCTV 5 were covering the races live ! Well great to have TV coverage etc but that cannot over-ride the IDBF Racing Rules, which allow for one false start without immediate disqualification. Only the IDBF Members can change the Racing Rules and then only in an Olympic Year. In Hong Kong, in 2012 crews were told that if they were late in the Boat Marshalling area they would be given Time Penalties. Again no such rule exists. So, my first wish is for Race Officials to remember that they are there to help crews to race and not to stop them. My second concern is that things were a bit rushed at the Members Congress. All the supporting papers for the Agenda were only given to the Delegates when they arrived at the Congress. Among them were changes to the Statutes and Bye-Laws which the IDBF President asked the Congress to vote for ‘on block’, with hardly any time to consider the changes or discuss them. The reason was that there were lots of presentations on future World Champs to listen to and elections to be held. Fair enough, nice to hear presentations but discussing changes to the IDBF Statutes is surely more important and changes need thinking time before voting on. So, my second wish is more discussion time at Congress please, for issues affecting our Sport. For more ‘Talking Points’ from the IDBF Congress, see page 30.. Having set up my New Year’s wishes, may I also say a heartfelt thankyou to the IDBF Council and Members Congress for recognising my role in creating the IDBF and modern Sport Racing, by acknowledging me as the IDBF Founder. A title to go with that of Honorary President, accorded to me by the 2015 IDBF Members Congress. ‘Honours’ from peers are honours indeed and very much appreciated. EDBF BOARD GENDER BALANCE Belgrade Meeting, 23 November 2017 PRESIDENTS FOUR at the IDBF World Junior Champs. Divonne Le Bains, France, July 2017 Left to Right: Mike MacKeddie-Haslam, IDBF Founder, Honorary President Mike Thomas, IDBF President Left to Right. Natalia Kravtsova, Julie Doyle, Mike Haslam, Jane Frost IBCPC President Alan Van Caubergh, Kimberly Beckwith, Claudio Schermi, Alan Van Caubergh, EDBF President (retiring), IDBF Treasurer Péter Járosi, Marura Dezi and Ute Becker, Claudio Schermi, EDBF President Elect (IDBF VP retiring) 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] Today, 23 international sport federations showed their Articles etc for the IDBF Newsletter, Long Zhou eNews, should be sent to the Editor, Email [email protected] Dragon Sport News (DSN) is a privately published, emagazine, covering all aspects of Dragon Boating. The articles published in DBN are not the views of the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) Council or Elected Officers’ and do not represent the policies of the IDBF . DSN Emagazine may be reproduced in full or in part provided always that the source is acknowledged as the DSN emagazine. Dragon Boating. " More than a Sport – a Tradition " 5. Dragon Sport News - Emagazine “The Independent Voice of Dragon Boat Sport” December 2017 Winter Edition THE 16TH IDBF MEMBERS CONGRESS 23rd OCTOBER 2017 – KUNMING, CHINA Delegates from 32 IDBF Member Countries & Territories, During the Congress the delegates received presentations were represented at the 16th IDBF Congress held, in on the Club Crews World Championships scheduled for 2018 Kunming, China on 23rd October 2017. In his first report to the in Szeged, Hungary and the 2019 World Nations in Congress, IDBF President, Mike Thomas, spoke of the very Pattaya,Thailand. successful World Nations Championships’ held in Kunming for The Congress approved the 2020 Club Crew World Premier and Senior Teams, over the past few days and the Championships for Aix Le Bains, in France and provisionally Junior & U24s World Nations Championships held earlier in the agreed Hong Kong for the 2021 World Nations Championship, year, in Divonne, France.