From lauren at execalibre.co.uk  Thu Feb  2 12:14:36 2023
From: lauren at execalibre.co.uk (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 12:14:36 +0000
Subject: [Team] Games night at the clubhouse
Message-ID: <AM8PR10MB43055E6DBB8B763E46E30F7A81D69@AM8PR10MB4305.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all

A games night at the clubhouse is proposed on Saturday 11th from 7pm.

We will open the bar and suggest you bring some nibbles to share as we have a Mexican Train championship. Bring along your favourite game and we can have a few different tables going if the games we have available.

Cheers Lauren

Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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From lauren at execalibre.co.uk  Tue Feb  7 16:56:23 2023
From: lauren at execalibre.co.uk (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 16:56:23 +0000
Subject: [Team] Training cancelled
Message-ID: <AM8PR10MB430516CD59D0077D96B216A181DB9@AM8PR10MB4305.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all

Due to low numbers training tonight is cancelled.
Remember that Thursday training is starting up again this week, so you can still have a mid-week paddling fix. And on Saturday night we will have a games evening in the club house.

Lauren

Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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From lauren.donohue at outlook.com  Thu Feb  9 12:35:15 2023
From: lauren.donohue at outlook.com (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 12:35:15 +0000
Subject: [Team] Thursday training cancelled
Message-ID: <AM8PR10MB43050F0CDE7B8B72EC41A0C381D99@AM8PR10MB4305.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all
With number being so low for tonight's training it is cancelled. I may go to Cuckoo instead if any one wants to come along?

Sunday training is still planned to go ahead.

On Saturday night I had suggested a games evening. At the club house from 7:30. If you are planning to come to that please reply to this email so I know there will be more than just me there.

Cheers Lauren

Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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From lauren.donohue at outlook.com  Sat Feb 11 15:56:10 2023
From: lauren.donohue at outlook.com (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 15:56:10 +0000
Subject: [Team] Sunday training cancelled
Message-ID: <AM8PR10MB4305DCC144588F03F1F6364A81DF9@AM8PR10MB4305.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all

With only 6 down for training on Sunday the session is cancelled as we really need 8 to make a session go ahead.

Also since I have very few direct responses about attendance at games night the location has moved to The Pig and Pickle on Heavitree High St.

Cheers Lauren

Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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From sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk  Mon Feb 13 19:54:14 2023
From: sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk (Sue Bath)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:54:14 +0000
Subject: [Team] Newsletter 13th February 2023
Message-ID: <AM9P195MB112203E697BFF94A8C9173D8C0DD9@AM9P195MB1122.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all,

Valentine's quiz night
The Canoe Club are holding a Valentine's quiz night in the Clubhouse after training. Unsurprisingly this is on Tuesday 14th February.Please come along and support the event.

Racing
Wraysbury Dragons are holding a long distance race (7km) 26th February on the Thames at Runnymede. If you want to race please sign up on the race spreadsheet.

Training
Please sign up for training, there have been several sessions cancelled due to lack of sign ups recently. Remember Thursday training sessions have resumed. Sign up on the training spreadsheet.

Club Social Media
The club are looking for a small group of volunteers to keep active on the club social media platforms. If social media is your thing please volunteer to help. More detail is available from Jason.

Exeter Pride
Exeter Pride takes place on Saturday 13th May at 11.30. If we can get enough volunteers to support, we would like join the parade with the the Dragon Boat. Please let a meber of the exec know if you are interested in supporting the event.

BDA congress
This years Congress takes place on Saturday 4th March at a venue to be confirmed near Worcester. If you are interested in influencing the direction and development of out sport please consider attending. The club supports the travel costs of 1 car.

Cancelling your sign up to a session
If you need to cancel/ join a session at short notice (only
for cancellation after 16.30 weekdays and after 08.00 for the Sunday session) please message the relevant coach using the numbers below. The coach leading the session is listed at the top on the spreadsheet
Bob 07976035558
Jason 07738320214
Lauren 07980207607
Pete 07855658874

Sign up for  training here  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SyWs_ql0ksTvj1Hpr9kyyDRRYM8OhvrVYTx2z2y4pOo/edit
Sign up to forthcoming races here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VgsxZmArP6Zeo9YcvMtJJcFDCKmUsNXEZqQoWxMeax4/edit
Volunteer Register:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SyWs_ql0ksTvj1Hpr9kyyDRRYM8OhvrVYTx2z2y4pOo/edit
Social Events:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bEAslJOLOCL4kJPtBR3C3SUcYA_evPBZEBeux4H2PY0/edit
Coaches Contact details:
NOTE - Coach/Session Leader contact numbers, to be used if you need to cancel/ join a session at short notice (only for cancellation after 16.30 weekdays and after 08.00 for the Sunday session):
Bob 07976035558
Jason 07738320214
Lauren 07980207607
Pete 07855658874

See you on the water soon
Sue

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From sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk  Sat Feb 18 15:40:41 2023
From: sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk (Sue Bath)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:40:41 +0000
Subject: [Team] Fwd: BDA AGM and Congress
References: <Wv1ZMI0vTKWytMBXLVFNfQ@geopod-ismtpd-5-2>
Message-ID: <AM9P195MB1122921CF3BD622D79FE68D7C0A69@AM9P195MB1122.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi All
I?m forwarding this message regarding BDA AGM &Congress in case you missed it. If you are interested in attending please let a member of the Executive know (Pete, Carrie, Jason, Lauren and me) as the club will fund the travel of one car.
Many thanks.
Sue.

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: BDA <info at dragonboat.org.uk>
Date: 10 February 2023 at 09:33:13 GMT
To: sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk
Subject: BDA AGM and Congress
Reply-To: info at dragonboat.org.uk

?

Dear Members

We will be running the BDA 023 AGM together with a National Congress on Saturday 04 March 2023.  The location is Sixways stadium, Warriors Way, Worcester.  Please register your attendance using the link below.

https://bda.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=BC2233E6422B5739C38DF01E32E4AC5CF9C3348C<https://u1099264.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/gPLI1Fk_8XA4aTlTZlCMilXxKOcrc6vc4MZiD65NjYXUeAgvX4SfIvR4s_BFdC1XXs_nrLr9ehIbgoB48raXw67nGsIxZnsMsTo9Blpjm_eA_3Ou4AvPu3QR_JaHWLLK-J9OJEAvgRfuI7AYZLnYsA/3tl/KWNJSVAaSnqCnE2iv-b9tg/h0/tXAu4icjky6T0ot2bBoCoNOuyAvKo-oXEBTnmKSzpDQ>

BDA AGM

The AGM is your opportunity to join the Executive Committee and help us run our sport.  If you have great ideas, general skills such as marketing, social media, event organisation or strategy or have ambitions to help us grow the sport then please consider joining the Executive Committee.  We meet once a month by Zoom and four times a year in person.  The current committee has fantastic ambition, but is short of people to implement the ideas.  The nomination paper is attached and voting will take place once nominations are received.

CONGRESS

The main topic for the day will be the new competition format that we will be rolling out in 2023.  This is an exciting development aimed developing

Send Correspondencethe sport at grass roots level whilst retaining the highest level of competition amongst existing clubs.  It will allow a series of club run events to be included in an overall competition reducing travel distances and supporting the formation of new clubs.

Agenda for the Day

1.  Introduction to the Day and Review of the 2022 Season by the Chair of the BDA Neil Pickles

2.   2022 National Ranking Competition Results (previously the National League)

We will be reviewing the 2022 season and explaining how the results will form the basis of the new National Ranking Competition that will replace the National League.

3.   2023 Competition Format

A detailed explanation into the new club run events and how they will be incorporated into the National Ranking Competition

4.  AGM

The formal part of the proceedings to elect new Executive Committee members. We are always looking for new talent so please consider if you could help your sport to grow and improve.

LUNCH BREAK

Lunch will be provided and there will be time to mingle.

After lunch we will be running four half hour workshops based around the new club events.

  *   ideas for race formats that could be suitable for club run events
  *   officials for your club events and what you might want to think about
  *   marketing and promoting your club events
  *   administration - licenses and entry of your event into the National Ranking Competition

Each workshop will be run three times so people can attend the ones they are interested in.

There will also be an opportunity to talk to and ask questions of Exec members representing the following areas

  *   Safeguarding (Barbara Keenan)
  *   GB Teams (Christine Cosgrove)

Please register your attendance  and we look forward to seeing you on 04 March 2023.

We also now have race dates for BDA organised events in 2023

Race dates for BDA Exec organised events for 2023

Sun 30th April - Stockton
Sun 21st May - London LRC
Sat 3rd June - Milton Keynes
Sat 17thJune - Salford Quays (New venue)
Sun 2nd July - Manvers
Sun 23rd July - Nottingham
Sun 27th Aug - Exeter (tbc)
23/24th Sept - National Championships NWSC Nottingham

All these dates have been confirmed with the organisers except for Exeter which will be confirmed as soon as possible. Thank you to all the clubs who responded and volunteered to hold an event.



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From lauren at execalibre.co.uk  Thu Feb 23 20:43:32 2023
From: lauren at execalibre.co.uk (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:43:32 +0000
Subject: [Team] All think racing in 2023
Message-ID: <AM8PR10MB43056F3881AD161A4FCC3CB181AB9@AM8PR10MB4305.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

This is a note about all things racing!


The BDA has released most of their race dates for 2023, these can be found on the racing spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VgsxZmArP6Zeo9YcvMtJJcFDCKmUsNXEZqQoWxMeax4/edit?usp=sharing>. Regattas usually consists of a few 200m, 500m races and some type of longer distance race.  We aim to share travel to reduce costs and the events are a great way to experience the reason we train as well as being a great way to meet other paddlers and socialise.

On the racing spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VgsxZmArP6Zeo9YcvMtJJcFDCKmUsNXEZqQoWxMeax4/edit?usp=sharing> please add your name, your preferred side to paddle and a one or zero on the dates available during the year. The intent is two or three weeks before the race event we will be able to make a call on whether we will attend or not. Generally speaking we would like to take 18 paddlers plus our own helm and drummer to events.


In order to race you need to have a British Dragonboat Association<https://www.dragonboat.org.uk/the-bda/bda-membership/bda-membership-platform/> (BDA) membership. This membership covers your insurance for racing as well as for club activities we doing courage you to sign up.


The last Henley date has been published, and is Saturday 22nd of April. This is a longer 7.5km race on the River Thames usually followed by a group lunch.


Exe-Calibre has been asked to host a regatta on Saturday 26th August (Bank holiday). Before we can confirm that this is possible we must have a set of volunteers who can undertake all the preparation prior to the event (e.g. booking first aid, safety boats, rubbish collection, arranging with Quay stakeholders site management etc). If this is something you can commit to doing please let me know by Sunday 26th. We do have information on what has been done and arrange in the past which can be used as a reference point.


Cheers Lauren


Lauren Donohue
Exe-Calibre Dragon Boat Club
Exe Water Sports Association Secretary
0798 0207 607
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From lauren at execalibre.co.uk  Thu Feb  2 12:14:36 2023
From: lauren at execalibre.co.uk (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 12:14:36 +0000
Subject: [Team] Games night at the clubhouse
Message-ID: <AM8PR10MB43055E6DBB8B763E46E30F7A81D69@AM8PR10MB4305.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all

A games night at the clubhouse is proposed on Saturday 11th from 7pm.

We will open the bar and suggest you bring some nibbles to share as we have a Mexican Train championship. Bring along your favourite game and we can have a few different tables going if the games we have available.

Cheers Lauren

Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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From lauren at execalibre.co.uk  Tue Feb  7 16:56:23 2023
From: lauren at execalibre.co.uk (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 16:56:23 +0000
Subject: [Team] Training cancelled
Message-ID: <AM8PR10MB430516CD59D0077D96B216A181DB9@AM8PR10MB4305.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all

Due to low numbers training tonight is cancelled.
Remember that Thursday training is starting up again this week, so you can still have a mid-week paddling fix. And on Saturday night we will have a games evening in the club house.

Lauren

Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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From lauren.donohue at outlook.com  Thu Feb  9 12:35:15 2023
From: lauren.donohue at outlook.com (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 12:35:15 +0000
Subject: [Team] Thursday training cancelled
Message-ID: <AM8PR10MB43050F0CDE7B8B72EC41A0C381D99@AM8PR10MB4305.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all
With number being so low for tonight's training it is cancelled. I may go to Cuckoo instead if any one wants to come along?

Sunday training is still planned to go ahead.

On Saturday night I had suggested a games evening. At the club house from 7:30. If you are planning to come to that please reply to this email so I know there will be more than just me there.

Cheers Lauren

Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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From lauren.donohue at outlook.com  Sat Feb 11 15:56:10 2023
From: lauren.donohue at outlook.com (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 15:56:10 +0000
Subject: [Team] Sunday training cancelled
Message-ID: <AM8PR10MB4305DCC144588F03F1F6364A81DF9@AM8PR10MB4305.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all

With only 6 down for training on Sunday the session is cancelled as we really need 8 to make a session go ahead.

Also since I have very few direct responses about attendance at games night the location has moved to The Pig and Pickle on Heavitree High St.

Cheers Lauren

Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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From sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk  Mon Feb 13 19:54:14 2023
From: sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk (Sue Bath)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:54:14 +0000
Subject: [Team] Newsletter 13th February 2023
Message-ID: <AM9P195MB112203E697BFF94A8C9173D8C0DD9@AM9P195MB1122.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi all,

Valentine's quiz night
The Canoe Club are holding a Valentine's quiz night in the Clubhouse after training. Unsurprisingly this is on Tuesday 14th February.Please come along and support the event.

Racing
Wraysbury Dragons are holding a long distance race (7km) 26th February on the Thames at Runnymede. If you want to race please sign up on the race spreadsheet.

Training
Please sign up for training, there have been several sessions cancelled due to lack of sign ups recently. Remember Thursday training sessions have resumed. Sign up on the training spreadsheet.

Club Social Media
The club are looking for a small group of volunteers to keep active on the club social media platforms. If social media is your thing please volunteer to help. More detail is available from Jason.

Exeter Pride
Exeter Pride takes place on Saturday 13th May at 11.30. If we can get enough volunteers to support, we would like join the parade with the the Dragon Boat. Please let a meber of the exec know if you are interested in supporting the event.

BDA congress
This years Congress takes place on Saturday 4th March at a venue to be confirmed near Worcester. If you are interested in influencing the direction and development of out sport please consider attending. The club supports the travel costs of 1 car.

Cancelling your sign up to a session
If you need to cancel/ join a session at short notice (only
for cancellation after 16.30 weekdays and after 08.00 for the Sunday session) please message the relevant coach using the numbers below. The coach leading the session is listed at the top on the spreadsheet
Bob 07976035558
Jason 07738320214
Lauren 07980207607
Pete 07855658874

Sign up for  training here  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SyWs_ql0ksTvj1Hpr9kyyDRRYM8OhvrVYTx2z2y4pOo/edit
Sign up to forthcoming races here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VgsxZmArP6Zeo9YcvMtJJcFDCKmUsNXEZqQoWxMeax4/edit
Volunteer Register:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SyWs_ql0ksTvj1Hpr9kyyDRRYM8OhvrVYTx2z2y4pOo/edit
Social Events:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bEAslJOLOCL4kJPtBR3C3SUcYA_evPBZEBeux4H2PY0/edit
Coaches Contact details:
NOTE - Coach/Session Leader contact numbers, to be used if you need to cancel/ join a session at short notice (only for cancellation after 16.30 weekdays and after 08.00 for the Sunday session):
Bob 07976035558
Jason 07738320214
Lauren 07980207607
Pete 07855658874

See you on the water soon
Sue

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From sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk  Sat Feb 18 15:40:41 2023
From: sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk (Sue Bath)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:40:41 +0000
Subject: [Team] Fwd: BDA AGM and Congress
References: <Wv1ZMI0vTKWytMBXLVFNfQ@geopod-ismtpd-5-2>
Message-ID: <AM9P195MB1122921CF3BD622D79FE68D7C0A69@AM9P195MB1122.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hi All
I’m forwarding this message regarding BDA AGM &Congress in case you missed it. If you are interested in attending please let a member of the Executive know (Pete, Carrie, Jason, Lauren and me) as the club will fund the travel of one car.
Many thanks.
Sue.

Sent from my iPhone

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From: BDA <info at dragonboat.org.uk>
Date: 10 February 2023 at 09:33:13 GMT
To: sue.bath at hotmail.co.uk
Subject: BDA AGM and Congress
Reply-To: info at dragonboat.org.uk

﻿

Dear Members

We will be running the BDA 023 AGM together with a National Congress on Saturday 04 March 2023.  The location is Sixways stadium, Warriors Way, Worcester.  Please register your attendance using the link below.

https://bda.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=BC2233E6422B5739C38DF01E32E4AC5CF9C3348C<https://u1099264.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/gPLI1Fk_8XA4aTlTZlCMilXxKOcrc6vc4MZiD65NjYXUeAgvX4SfIvR4s_BFdC1XXs_nrLr9ehIbgoB48raXw67nGsIxZnsMsTo9Blpjm_eA_3Ou4AvPu3QR_JaHWLLK-J9OJEAvgRfuI7AYZLnYsA/3tl/KWNJSVAaSnqCnE2iv-b9tg/h0/tXAu4icjky6T0ot2bBoCoNOuyAvKo-oXEBTnmKSzpDQ>

BDA AGM

The AGM is your opportunity to join the Executive Committee and help us run our sport.  If you have great ideas, general skills such as marketing, social media, event organisation or strategy or have ambitions to help us grow the sport then please consider joining the Executive Committee.  We meet once a month by Zoom and four times a year in person.  The current committee has fantastic ambition, but is short of people to implement the ideas.  The nomination paper is attached and voting will take place once nominations are received.

CONGRESS

The main topic for the day will be the new competition format that we will be rolling out in 2023.  This is an exciting development aimed developing

Send Correspondencethe sport at grass roots level whilst retaining the highest level of competition amongst existing clubs.  It will allow a series of club run events to be included in an overall competition reducing travel distances and supporting the formation of new clubs.

Agenda for the Day

1.  Introduction to the Day and Review of the 2022 Season by the Chair of the BDA Neil Pickles

2.   2022 National Ranking Competition Results (previously the National League)

We will be reviewing the 2022 season and explaining how the results will form the basis of the new National Ranking Competition that will replace the National League.

3.   2023 Competition Format

A detailed explanation into the new club run events and how they will be incorporated into the National Ranking Competition

4.  AGM

The formal part of the proceedings to elect new Executive Committee members. We are always looking for new talent so please consider if you could help your sport to grow and improve.

LUNCH BREAK

Lunch will be provided and there will be time to mingle.

After lunch we will be running four half hour workshops based around the new club events.

  *   ideas for race formats that could be suitable for club run events
  *   officials for your club events and what you might want to think about
  *   marketing and promoting your club events
  *   administration - licenses and entry of your event into the National Ranking Competition

Each workshop will be run three times so people can attend the ones they are interested in.

There will also be an opportunity to talk to and ask questions of Exec members representing the following areas

  *   Safeguarding (Barbara Keenan)
  *   GB Teams (Christine Cosgrove)

Please register your attendance  and we look forward to seeing you on 04 March 2023.

We also now have race dates for BDA organised events in 2023

Race dates for BDA Exec organised events for 2023

Sun 30th April - Stockton
Sun 21st May - London LRC
Sat 3rd June - Milton Keynes
Sat 17thJune - Salford Quays (New venue)
Sun 2nd July - Manvers
Sun 23rd July - Nottingham
Sun 27th Aug - Exeter (tbc)
23/24th Sept - National Championships NWSC Nottingham

All these dates have been confirmed with the organisers except for Exeter which will be confirmed as soon as possible. Thank you to all the clubs who responded and volunteered to hold an event.



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From lauren at execalibre.co.uk  Thu Feb 23 20:43:32 2023
From: lauren at execalibre.co.uk (Lauren Donohue)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:43:32 +0000
Subject: [Team] All think racing in 2023
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This is a note about all things racing!


The BDA has released most of their race dates for 2023, these can be found on the racing spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VgsxZmArP6Zeo9YcvMtJJcFDCKmUsNXEZqQoWxMeax4/edit?usp=sharing>. Regattas usually consists of a few 200m, 500m races and some type of longer distance race.  We aim to share travel to reduce costs and the events are a great way to experience the reason we train as well as being a great way to meet other paddlers and socialise.

On the racing spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VgsxZmArP6Zeo9YcvMtJJcFDCKmUsNXEZqQoWxMeax4/edit?usp=sharing> please add your name, your preferred side to paddle and a one or zero on the dates available during the year. The intent is two or three weeks before the race event we will be able to make a call on whether we will attend or not. Generally speaking we would like to take 18 paddlers plus our own helm and drummer to events.


In order to race you need to have a British Dragonboat Association<https://www.dragonboat.org.uk/the-bda/bda-membership/bda-membership-platform/> (BDA) membership. This membership covers your insurance for racing as well as for club activities we doing courage you to sign up.


The last Henley date has been published, and is Saturday 22nd of April. This is a longer 7.5km race on the River Thames usually followed by a group lunch.


Exe-Calibre has been asked to host a regatta on Saturday 26th August (Bank holiday). Before we can confirm that this is possible we must have a set of volunteers who can undertake all the preparation prior to the event (e.g. booking first aid, safety boats, rubbish collection, arranging with Quay stakeholders site management etc). If this is something you can commit to doing please let me know by Sunday 26th. We do have information on what has been done and arrange in the past which can be used as a reference point.


Cheers Lauren


Lauren Donohue
Exe-Calibre Dragon Boat Club
Exe Water Sports Association Secretary
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