Aoraki Dragon Boat Association

Aoraki Dragon Boat
Association (Inc)
Christchurch, NZ

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A special thanks to our supporters at...

Our national body:

The following Aoraki DBA board members are on NZDBA Exec (so Aoraki are strongly represented):

Noel Anderton
(Boats/Eqpt Dir)
Meri Gibson
(PR and Communication)

NZDBA provides a national voice to represent us all to other sports organisations (such as SPARC), internationally (IDBF, Oceanic DBF and AusDBF etc). More tangibly, they are the organisers for next March's National Champs. More...

Aoraki Dragons wish all our paddlers a happy and joyous festive season, and we look forward to seeing you all back on the water in the new year.

Early Bird Regatta: Sunday 21-Feb-10

This calendar year starts off with the Early Bird. Aoraki are thrilled to announce that it will be held at Pegasus Lake, for the very first time! More details out soon...

Ice Breaker: Sunday 6-Dec-09

Teams had their first 'regatta' on Sunday 6-Dec-09 at Kerr's Reach. First race was scheduled to start at 9 but as can be the case, things were a little delayed. Round One consisted of five 300m heats, with 3 boats per heat. Round Two (300 m) started a little after 10am, followed by "The New Sweeps race", giving six trainees the chance to show what they can do in race conditions.

Teams had the choice of skipping races in Round Three (again, 300m) but they were all keen to get in maximum paddling.

Then Round Three stretched them out to five hundred meter races, which were again thoroughly enjoyed. Some teams called it quits whan it came to the 2km races, so we dropped back to ten teams, with five in each 'flight', in 30-second staggered starts. Prizegiving was in the Riverside Bar around 4pm. Results will be posted shortly.

The day before (Saturday 5-Dec) Aoraki will put on a demo race at the Kaiapoi River Festival.

Dates for this season:
Sunday 6-Dec-09	Aoraki Ice Breaker at Kerr's Reach
early Feb-10.	Chinese New Year Regatta, in Dunedin
21-Feb-10.	"Early Bird" Regatta at Lake Pegasus!.
6-March-10	South Island Champs at Lake Hood
27, 28-March-10	Nationals

South Island Champs: 6-March-2010

Lake Hood will again be the venue Saturday 6 March for the biggest local event for the Southern Calender, this year combining the adult races with school event. Out-of-town teams have indicated they would be keen to compete at the event.

National Championships: 27 and 28-March-10

The NZDBA National Champs will be in the South Island this year, and Aoraki will provide most of the planning and running of the event. Venue is Lake Hood just out of Ashburton.

Don't forget to fill in your team's Safety waiver.

Teams can download a team list here - you will need it for the Early Bird.

Official (supervised) training is under way for 2009-10 season. Note, when there are just one or two boats out, we may not have a supervisor at Owles.

Click here for Chch Regattas

Latest updates:
Latest confirmed entrants to Ice Breaker include ABOL, Sampan, Beca, Avonside Girls, Shirley Boys, Chch GHS, Fei Long and MARIAN. But not SMC, St Bedes or Simply the Breast (Blenheim BCS).
Junior teams starting strong. School teams are showing a great interest, leading into the 2009-10 season. Christchurch Girls High are back, as are their arch rivals St Margarets College (fielding two teams this season). Meanwhile Hillmorton are putting up a mixed team, with Terry Coyle or Evan Roper as Sweep. Riccarton High are another team keen to return, as are Avonside Girls (in fact with a year 12 and year 13 team!)
Thanks to those that came along to our "Launch Meeting" on 14th October. For those that couldn't make it, click here for the Season Info Pack
Aoraki ran Sweep training sessions on three Wednesday (7, 21 and 28-Oct-09). Thanks to our specialist sweeps (Scott, Rick and Janice), and those paddlers who came along to power the boats. It was a very successful exercise!
Dunedin Dragons breath fire again. Waitangi Day 6-Feb-09 saw the awakening of our sport in the south again. More...
The first shipment of New Champion Dragon Boats arrived in November-08... Then Four more arrived in March-09. More...
Boats are now under cover: Thanks to those people who helped move the Dragon boats under shelter at Owles Terrace on 13 July - the boats are now in the large building (with the chain-link gates) at the rear of the compound. The code to the comination lock has been sent to each team manager. And now, of course our six new Champion boats are in the same shed.
Aoraki invites School and Development paddlers to meet online...
at the Bebo blog,

... or Facebook...

Auckland hosts Nationals at Lake Pupuke
Active Women's Festival gives local women a taste for the sport.
Click here for race results the Corp/Open teams ...
... or here for the Schools results.

To contact us, email Aoraki Dragons

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