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New Members Info
Congratulation on joining Broadwater Dragons. Broadwater dragons are known as a friendly and family orientated club and we are very excited about dragonboating and introducing the sport to you. We hope you enjoy training, competing and socialising with us.
Our Mission Statement Broadwater Dragons promote dragon boating in the community for health and recreational benefits while creating a multi-cultural, age-diverse team that strives for unity and excellence. We encouraging our members to reach for and attain their personal best as individuals and athletes as we foster the development of world class dragon boat racing on the Gold Coast. Our Values
History
Broadwater Dragons Paddling Club (BDPC) was formed in September, 2001, by a committed and enthusiastic team of experienced paddlers. Its main objective was to establish a competitive dragon boat club in order to develop the sport locally and to compete at local, state, national and international regattas (races). Our Achievements In recent years BDPC has gained Qld state and Australian recognition in the international Dragon Boating community and ranks as one of the top clubs within Australia. It has represented Australia as a club crew in Penang Malaysia (2008), Macau China (2010) , Hong Kong (2012), Italy (2014). We have also represented the Gold Coast in Taipei (2014,2015) Please click here to view our achievements Our Committee - Who's Who? Our committee are dedicated members who help steer the club. Feel free to contact them at any time, they are happy to help you in anyway possible. Please click here to view present Committee Members Coaching Team Our coaching team is made up of our head coach and coaching staff. Our head coach is picked by the Committee, and the head coach has handpicked his team. The coaching team are all experienced paddlers with many with State, National and International experience. Our coaches will teach you the rules and basics of dragonboating and you have the choice of just social paddling for fitness and fun or competitive paddling to compete at sports regattas, State, National and World level. As a competitive paddler to effectively participate in regattas our coaches recommend that all paddlers continue fitness and strength work out side the scheduled coaching sessions. Technique is critical and you will be provided the necessary ongoing coaching to develop your skills in the Broadwater Dragons style. Please view our coaching team here 
Training
As a club we have a on season and off season training schedule. Our off season is from May to July during the winter months with usually one or two trainings a week, and mostly social and novelty regattas are run at this time. Our on season runs from August to April, with many sports regattas occurring at this time. If there is any change to our training routine, we normally contact you by email, sms and place the changes on our online club calendar. Please view our training times and locations here What to wear and bring? • A set of dry clothes and a towel. • Water or sports dring (Sports drink bottle) • Cap, sunscreen and sunglasses (on sunny days) • Recommended Clothing-Tight fitting T-shirts and non-slip shorts • Recommended foot wear-sport shoes, sandals or aqua socks. Please note if due to weather or other circumstances that may require training to be cancelled, head coach or club secretary will normally contact members before 4 pm for weekday trainings and 6 am for Sunday trainings Our training program and events and regattas we will participate in can be found in our document section: http://www.broadwaterdragons.com/documents.html Dress Code At Club Regattas Arrive - Dark blue or black shorts and Club Shirt Race - Black Shorts & Race Shirt Merchandise that can be purchased: Race Shirt Club Shirt Training Singlet Club Jacket Caps Sports Bags Paddle Club Stickers To purchase any of the above please click here Season Focus Our Season commences in August and concludes in April. Regattas are tend to be held monthly from August to February.
Please view our online club calendar here. The coaching team selects paddlers after expression of interest and testing to represent the club at State, National and World level. We encourage you to become a member of the Broadwater Dragons and experience the fun, excitement, friendship and ultimately the challenge of competing against some of the top paddling clubs within Australia and the world. The possible racing divisions at sports regattas are: •Juniors (12-18 years) •Premiers (Open Age) •Masters (40+) •Grand Masters (50+) •Great Grand Masters (60+) Social & Fund Raising Activities Bunnings Sausage Sizzles Corporate Regattas Trivia Nights Xmas Party Bowling Night Polynesian Night Communication Communication is via: Bulk email sent to all members and supporters - club information and updates Club Facebook page - club information, updates and training cancellations or changes https://www.facebook.com/BroadwaterDragons Facebook group (please contact club secretary with your Facebook profile so we can add you to the club's private Facebook group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/broadwaterdragons Club Calendar - cancellations or changes in training SMS - cancellations or changes in training Viber - communication by members, especially when travelling, and for club information, updates and training cancellations or changes. http://www.viber.com/en/ 
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