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ucladboat Summer Update #2 - Subscribe
Hey guys,

First of all, please update your response on the evite with what time you can leave on the Friday before the Sprint Races, if you haven't already.

Final roster for Sprints (those who are racing):

Alex Yu
Virginia Lauren
Julie Derrick
Kyle Chris
Sean Yoshi
Justin Brian
Davin Simone
Kevin C. Angela Z.
Patrick Julia
Chex Adeline
Angela N.
David

Important dates for this week:

Thursday: Land practice at Drake, 6pm.
Saturday and Sunday: LAST two boat practices before Sprints Races. Everyone who is racing needs to be there.
Saturday after practice: 4th of July social/BBQ (tentatively) at Kyle's place. Time TBD.

Also, last weekend, a couple of us went to a captain's meeting for the Long Beach race. One of the adult coaches announced that there will be the first international college dragon boat competition in China in October. She also mentioned that Dr. Chen (who owns all the boats at Long Beach) might be willing to subsidize the winning college team at Long Beach to attend the competition. Although this is not finalized, we wanted to let everyone know of the possibility and perhaps provide a little extra incentive for the upcoming races. Think of it...CHINA....

See everyone on Thursday!
-UCLA Dboat
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ucladboat July 4th BBQ & Prague World Race Jul 2nd, 2009 8:04:27 pm - Subscribe
Hey Team,

The BBQ this Saturday will be directly following practice at Huntington Beach. Please bring $8 dollars if you plan on eating, unless you already told Julie you're bringing something. Please also bring lots of quarters to chip in for street parking or else parking structures will be more expensive! If you have any questions/concerns, contact Julie ASAP.

Drivers for Saturday practice/social are:
Yoshi
Chex
Chris
Davin (leaving BBQ early with Angela Zhao/Simone)


Things to bring for Saturday:
1. Swimsuit
2. Beach towels/chairs
3. $8 +quarters
4. Change of clothes
5. Football/frisbee/etc.
6. Fireworks..... j/k happy.gif


See you at Midvale- 9:30am or Long Beach- 10:30am.
For everyone else, Happy 4th of July!

-Dboat Officers

Hey Team,

The USA "Under 23" team is competing in the Prague Race in late August and is looking for more paddlers. Here is the website: http://wc2009.dragonboat.cz/EN/with more information on the acutal race. It will cost about $2,000 for everything. It looks like an amazing experience with TONS of teams from around the world. It is a once in a life-time experience not only in terms of dragon boat experience but also in life in general. When will you ever be able to say that you competed in a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!? If you're interested, email us back, and we'll get more information about it to you!

[heart] dboat officers
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ucladboat About Today.. Jul 4th, 2009 8:03:42 pm - Subscribe
Hey Summer Crew,

Thanks for coming out to the boat practice and social today. It definitely was a frustrating practice for most of us, but don't worry, because we have another one tomorrow to redeem ourselves. Hopefully, you are all relaxed and satisfied enough from the BBQ to make Sunday practice a good one.

For those who couldn't make it to the BBQ today (Sorry for the horrible parking!), we decided that we missed you guys too much at the beach...... so we're having ANOTHER BBQ! Right after practice, in the grassy area... so everyone can join in on the fun. If you couldn't attend today and would like to eat tomorrow, please bring $3 dollars. If you attended the beach today, please bring your $7 dollars tomorrow and continue to feast!

Remember guys, the BBQ is a reward for working hard at practice. Let's feel like we earned it. Rotation, timing, aggression. We have one practice to bring it all together, so make it count!


Happy 4th of July!
-Dboat <3
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ucladboat US Dragonboat Team- U23 division Jul 8th, 2009 3:18:27 pm - Subscribe
Here is some more encouragement for anyone on the fence about it from Will Lin, a LARD paddler and UCLA alum. I strongly recommend anyone who can go to go. Some of my friends and UCLA Dboat alumni were on the US team several years ago and they have said it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Some of you have traveled abroad to race as well so maybe you can share your experiences. It would be a shame if they have to cancel this team b/c of not enough commitment. Contact willlin82@gmail.com if you're interested.
:

"I'm not sure how well the word was spread, but this year the IDBF is introducing a new category of racing along with Junior (under 1cool.gif, Premier (all ages), Senior (40+), Grandmaster (60+). The category will be called U23 (18-23), for paddlers coming out of Junior, but not quite strong enough to contend for a Premier spot. The US is trying to send a team. Right now there are roughly 15 confirmed paddlers.

Here's my take on all this: I've been paddling long enough to realize it gets boring beating up and getting beaten on by the same teams year after year. We all live in a very small paddling world. Only a handful of you and the people you know get the opportunity to paddle beyond the borders of California, fewer out of the US and even fewer to world championship level competitions. But there's a whole world of dragonboat out there and it's a shame that people who want to experience it cant. So this U23 team, it might not be the fastest team, but it is a legit opportunity to see competition at it's finest, meet and mesh with paddlers from different backgrounds, and paddle in the last place you thought you ever thought you'd find yourself. I never took dboat seriously until i went to one of these world races. I'd kill to get on the premier boat just to be part of the race. You guys are the future of dragonboat and this is a golden chance to see it in all it's glory.

If any of you or anyone you know are interested. Please let me know. You can email me (willlin82@gmail.com) or just facebook msg me. we'll probably need 5 more to go. have capacity for maybe 9. I'm having Les, one of the team USA coaches, check to make sure it's not too late. We'll probably need to know full commitment in a week. We're going to need a few stars to align, but it's worth a shot.

Costs:
flight ~ $1000
Jerseys Fees ~ $300
Stay ~ $50/nt ~ $300
food/entertainment ~ $400?

roughly 2K total
...checking to see if we can get a little bit of sponsorship for this. wont be much, but I'm sure anything would help.

Dates:
Practice Aug 23rd - 25th
Race Aug 26th - 30th
Jersey trading and Partying when you're done"

Derrick W. Chan
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ucladboat Land Practice Jul 13th, 2009 7:59:03 pm - Subscribe
Hey guys,

Just wanted to remind you all that there will be land practice on both Tuesday and Thursday at 6:00PM at Drake Stadium.

- db officers <3
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