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9 May 2008
Remember, the next intro course is coming up, sign up now!
This course is for beginners to learn dragonboat paddling techniques. It will also cover safety on the water, simple drills and fun exercises to practice your newly learnt skills over 3 sessions.
Details:
- When: On Sundays - May 18th, 25th and June 6th
- Time: 10am to 12noon
- Where: 1 Bank Street, Pyrmont
- Course Fee: A deductible fee of $30* for 3 sessions (deductible from the annual membership fee)
- Includes use of paddle, life jackets and personal insurance
- Prerequisites: anyone can do it!
- Download Flyer
*The course fee will be deducted from your CYL Dragon Boat membership fee if you choose to become a member at the conclusion of the course. Membership details will be available from your coordinator
Bookings and Enquiries:
Updated 5 May 2008
That's right folks, the season has officially ended, but don't despair, there's still plenty of activities to keep us busy and fix those withdrawal symptoms.
| Date | Time | Event |
| Sun 18 May | 10am | Intro Course and Off Season Training |
| Sun 18 May | 12pm | End Of Season Team Debrief @ Hennessy's |
| Sun 25 May | 1pm | CYLDB AGM |
| Sat 31 May | 6pm | CYLDB Presentation Night |
| Mon 9 June | | Port Macquarie 25km Marathon Paddle |
23 Apr 2008
Sylvia Wong was awarded a Dragon Boats NSW Honorary Life Membership in recognition of her contribution to dragon boating at all levels. Her prestigous roles throughout dragon boat include: NSW State Coach; Australian National Coach; DBNSW Executive Committee; IDBF World Dragon Boat Championships Organising Committee, NSW Chief Race Official and IDBF Race Official.
Not to mention being our own Head Coach for 2 years, a CYLDB paddler since the early 90's and a CYLDB Committee Member since 2004.
If anyone could be called Superwoman it would be Sylvia - we are sure that 'V' should be sponsoring her. We don't know how you do it!!
Sylvia will very soon be leaving to work in Hong Kong, and will be missed by everyone at CYL and in the dragon boat community.
Simon Wong was awarded the DBNSW Member Of The Year for his contributions to youth dragon boating in NSW and Australia. A few years ago he initiated a drive to create the first NSW Junior Crew, whose women's team became an Australian Junior Womens Crew at the IDBF World Championships in Sydney 2007. Since then he has helped kick off juniors teams such as the Blackwattle Bay Blues and Snowy Mountains Grammar School. He has driven thousands of kilometers and organised numerous boot camps.
As well as contributing at the state and national level, Simon has been a CYLDB Coach, including Head Coach, for numerous years throughout CYLDB history. He has been an integral part of CYL since the 80's, not only in dragon boat but in Lion Dance, Chinese Dance and other youth group activities. Simon has also been a Vice President of the CYL parent organisation.
Congratulations to both of you, we couldn't think of anyone more deserving! We are proud of you both.
Photos by Howard Poon.
23 Apr 2008
Congratulations to everyone who competed at the NSW State Titles, especially to all those for whom it was their first State Titles! Although the Mixed and Women's crews didn't make the A finals, the Mixed achieved a great first heat (placing first) and the Womens gave a lot of new girls (more than half a boat, in fact) their first State Titles experience.
The Opens crew consistently pushed the limits all day, biting at VADB's heels in the first heat and thoroughly smashing a certain naysayer team in the second heat. Even with 2nd placings in the heats we still made the A final, and proved that we earned our spot by putting in a perfect race - the best race of the season in fact. Despite a 4th place we were genuinely in the premier league, placing ahead of teams such as PD's. Quite simply we were beaten on power and strength alone, as every single person truly did their best.
We can definitely be proud of the effort put in at the state titles. If we keep at it and increase our strength and power we will see some placings at next year's!
25 Feb 2008
Now that the hectic Chinese New Year period is over we can stop, take a breath, and pat ourselves on the back for a great effort and a job well done.
The festivities kicked off with traditional dragon dances at Market City and continued with a giant rat parading down George St (bowing irreverently to local establishments such as KFC).
All celebrations were put aside when it came down to business-end of the NSW dragon boat season - the Darling Harbour Chinese New Year Dragon Boat races, the biggest and most public race on the Australian dragon Boat calendar.
Once again CYL has shown its mettle and fighting spirit, placing either first or second in every heat, in all premier categories - and qualifying for the A finals in each category entered.
An impressive performance from the Women's team saw an improvement upon last year's placing, and the Opens and Mixed held out last year's positions despite fierce competition.
CYL's performance was consistent all day, and despite placing at the lower end of each A-final we have put our best in against some 36 teams. Well done, and see you at training for the last two races - Canberra (15th March) and the NSW State Titles (5th-6th April).
9 Jan 2008
A reminder that dragon performances will take place at public venues throughout February to celebrate Chinese New Year. New performers are always welcome.
Performance Dates:
- Sat 2nd Feb - Belmore Park, Darling Harbour
- Sat 9th Feb - Market City
- Sun 10th Feb - George St (Chinese New Year Parade)
Training is held every Monday at the CYL Clubhouse after land training.
Contact Howie Poon or email dragonboat@cyl.org.au for more information.
18 Dec 2007
- Land Training Mon 24-Dec-2007
- Land Training Wed 26-Dec-2007
- Land Training Mon 31-Dec-2007
For all those paddling addicts out there worried about withdrawal symptoms, fear not! Various training sessions will be run throughout the holiday "break"!
Those who responded are expected to turn up as other paddlers are relying on you!
For anyone headed away during the holiday period, have a safe & happy holiday and we will see you in the New Year!
11 Dec 2007
On Saturday evening Santa made an early visit to CYL, stopping by to sample some of the finely prepared foods and hand out presents. Judging by the number of people that received gifts, he must have mixed up his naughty/nice list!
The first session of the Introductory and Intermediate paddling courses were underway on Sunday and proved a hit! Followed by the awesome free lunch to undo all that good work.
And lastly but not least, the CYLDB raffle has been drawn and the winners notified. The winning tickets are displayed below.
Thanks go out to all the organisers for the events, especially to Tan Chan who put in endless hours of work organising food and raffle tickets.
The winners of the CYLDB raffle are:
- 1st Prize: Kea Campervan/Motorhome 7 day hire
Ed (Red F15)
- 2nd Prize: Bodycare Warehouse Massage Voucher
Belle Tran (Yellow A02)
- 3rd Prize: 2x Hoyts Movie Tickets
Ivan Lee (Yellow A25)
Congratuations to all winners!!
3 Dec 2007
CYLDB has shown fighting spirit at this weekend's 200m sprint regatta at Penrith!
After steadily improving all day the Opens crew powered home in a perfectly executed race, moving up from being ranked 5th in the heats to take out 3rd place.
The Womens crew also performed remarkably well, taking out 4th place after a strong consistent effort all day. Well done girls!
Meanwhile the Kirin and Gryphon mixed crews gave all paddlers (new and old) a chance to gel and share the paddling experience amongst all members.
We've had a taste of a finals fever. Now is the time to put the extra work in to shave off those last few seconds - which will make us a serious contender for 1st place at Chinese New Year!
21 Nov 2007
The new training times are up! Be sure to update your personal calendars. Saturday training is currently ON. Below is the current weekly schedule:
21 Nov 2007
Take off your santa hats and put on your Phantom masks, the CYLDB christmas party is here and the theme is Masquerade! This year's christmas party will be held at the CYL Clubhouse on Saturday 8 December 2007.
Requirements of entry are a plate of food, a $10 Kris Kringle present and a face mask or masquerade. Non-members will be asked for a cover charge of $5.
26 Aug 2007
It was a fantastic sunny day for the first race of the season and it turned out to be a great day of racing for the CYL crews! We entered 3 mixed crews, and the Wong boat backed up their trash talking from the past week to win the Mixed B final with the Gryphon team in a close second right behind them.
The Kirin mixed crew paddled well, but were unlucky to not make a final. The womens crew paddled well all day and came home with 3rd in the womens final. Last but not least, the opens crew stormed home to win the Opens final with a fantastic effort in the last race of the day! Well done everyone, hope you all enjoyed our first race of the new season!
19 June 2007
 Yes! That's right people - we won at the Stanley International Dragon Boat races in Hong Kong! Woohoo! What a huge surprise for us all! Well done everyone! It was a very hot day in Hong Kong, far from the cold temperatures we had been training in back in Sydney's winter, but we kept our heads together and put in some awesome racing to finish number 1 out of 110 mixed crews! We had to fight for it in the final with the other crews right up there with us, but we kicked it home early and pulled out a lead on them all! Well done everyone!
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