Another Brilliant Video by Bob Mina capturing Time Trials for the US Dragon Boat team, 2013. Trials are held on the infamous Manayunk Canal (Philadelphia). Bob's choice of music is perfect. Tension, excitement - like seeds planted long ago just starting to grow. If you have been through it, you will understand. For those of you still time-trialing - May You Bring Your Very Best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-AhCnEn61I
Team USA Dragon Boat: OC1 Time Trial Time Lapse - May 4, 2013
I setup my trusty GoPro Hero HD3 by the finish line for last week's time trial for Team USA prospects, and had it take a picture every five seconds for 3+ ho...
Please find Information Bulletin No.2 on our website link below, concerning the 11th WDBRC, to be held in Szeged, Hungary, from 23-28 July 2013. Please note in particular the Anti-Doping page concerning Out of Competition Testing of athletes, prior to the World Championships.
Confirmed Entries from IDBF Members are required by 30 April 2013. If you did not send in a Provisional Entry in February, then you also need to read Info Bulletin No.1, which is available from the IDBF website at
www.idbf.org.
The delay is sending out Info Bul 2 is regretted but please try to comply with the date of 30 April 13 for submitting your Confirmed Entry.
If you are not yet in a position to confirm an entry, then you have until 12 June 2013 to submit your Final Named Entry, details of which will be published in Info Bulletin No.3 in May 2013.
http://usdbf.org/info/world_nations
Apologies to anyone in the past week or so trying to submit new dragon boat events, or event corrections. We were getting a lot of spam bots attacking, and a change was made to block them. Evidently, it was too strong of a block and was blocking everyone's submission but wasn't clearly telling them that it was a problem.
If you would like assistance entering your Event into our database, please email
webmaster@usdbf.org
2013 USDBF Club Crew National Championships
West Windsor, New Jersey
September 14th and 15th, 2013
Invitation and Informational Bulletin 1
The United States Dragon Boat Federation and GWN Dragon Boat, invite you to attend the 9th USDBF Club Crew National Championships. In addition to the opportunity to win the National
Championship, National Champions will also win a berth to the IDBF World Club Crew Championship to be held in Ravenna, Italy in 2014. The Championships will be conducted within the highly respected Mercer County Dragon Boat Festival. The event is for all club teams to compete in a National Championship. We will be hosting all divisions and urge all teams to participate. The Championships will take place at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, New Jersey on September 14th and 15th, 2013. Teams for the National Championship are expected to arrive in New Jersey by Friday, September 13, 2013. Teams should plan on two full days of racing (this includes all day Sunday) and make plans accordingly for departure. Friday is available as a practice day. If registrations go beyond 40 teams, racing may be added on Friday but teams will be given adequate notice if this is needed. The Organizing Committee Contacts are:
USDBF
Dr. Paula Humphries
USDBF Registrar
Phumph4500@aol.comGWN Dragon Boat
Carolyn Lee
Director, Sales & Marketing, GWN
Carolyn@gwndragonboat.comAdditional information can be found:
http://www.usdbf.org/about_us/club_crew_nationals
If you have an announcement you would like the USDBF to make on your behalf, please contact
