9 January 2010
The team will be participating in a number of
activities during the Chinese New Year Celebrations:
Dragon Performances:
Saturday 13 February
12pm - 5pm
Market City and Belmore Park
Twilight Parade:
Sunday 21 February
8pm - 9.45pm
Park Street to Darling Harbour
Dragon Boat Races:
Dragon Boat Races
Saturday 27 February
8am - 5pm
Darling Harbour
Click here for more information. Otherwise, contact CYL Dragonboat via email.
9 January 2010
Congratulations to all those that paddled on Sat 9 Jan 2010 for the Tacoma regatta. CYL Dragonboat pitched two mixed teams, one opens team and one womens team with very promising and successful results.
For the first time in a while, two mixed teams were able to race at the regatta: CYL Yellow and CYL Blue. Both teams came within the first three placings of most heats, with the CYL Yellow team reaching the minor finals, and also winning them! Congrats.
The womens and opens crews were also very successful in all their heats, for both crews to reach the major final in both categories! In a tight final, the women's crew came within a second of all other finalists, coming in 5th overall, however only 1 second apart from 1st placing. The opens crew came 6th in their final, showing much promise and potential for the next few races leading up to Nationals.
Only 6 more weeks to go to Chinese New Year, let's make the most of it! If you are interested in trying out dragonboating or participating in any races, please contact our team manager. Otherwise, see you all at the next regatta!
21 December 2009
Happy holidays everyone! CYLDB celebrated the fextive season with their annual christmas dinner at the clubhouse, Dixon St, Haymarket. This year's theme was crazy hats, and there were plenty of these, as well as those who didn't tried at all. Thanks to all those that did, it made for an amusing event!
Full of season cheer, the event was a great success, with numerous activities including a treasure hunt, pass the parcel, and a visit from a special guest. A big thank you to Ling, Vicky, Meggy, Wongy, Lou and Michy for helping out with xmas celebrations and a visit from Santa.
Photos will be uploaded soon as the new website is developed, otherwise, if you are after some photos please check a near by social networking site.
13 December 2009
Congratulations to everyone that paddled in December's Penrith 500m regatta. This time round, CYL entered one Mixed, Opens and Womens crew, with great results throughout the day.
The women's crew (CYL JAWs) placed 2nd in both heats, then placing 3rd in the Women's final! A great result for Sylvia, Leida and the team! Great to see the crew build up from race to race, having missed narrowly missing out getting a placing in the 200m finals back in November.
The mixed crew placed 4th and 2nd in their respective heats, enough to reach the minor finals. In the minor finals, the mixed CYL crew achieved a 4th placing. An unlucky result, however the races provided vital development and race training for the newer members of the club.
The return of the open's crew provided good resuts overall on the day. They open's crew upset competitors by placing 1st and 2nd in their heats to reach the open's final. The final, the crew didn't manage to get a top 3 placing, however it provided a good base to build upon in the upcoming 2010 races.
The next race is at Wyong, Tacoma, 9th Jan 2010. The club looks forward to a strong representation of all crews. Keep up the good work paddlers, and have a safe holiday in between!
11 November 2009
The next race is a 500m race being held at Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith!
Event: Penrith 500m
Date: Sunday, 13 Dec 2009
Location: SIRC, Penrith
Distance: 500m
Details:
It's coming to the middle of the season, so let's ramp up and take out the finals for this race! If you would like to register your interest in this race (both existing paddlers, and new paddlers), please email Mark, our CYL DB Team Manager.
11 November 2009
Congratulations to everyone that paddled in November's Penrith 200m regatta. CYL entered one Womens and one Mixed Crew. CYL fielded great results with their crews, even though the teams were not at full capacity!
The women's crew (a.k.a the JAWS team - Just Awesome Women) placed 3rd and 1st in their respective heats, then narrowly missing out in the final, coming in 4th place. However this is a great achievement with only 18 paddlers, and is a good indication of future successes with a full strength crew!
The mixed crew placed 2nd in both heats, reaching the minor finals. In the finals, the crew came 1st with a time of 51.74 seconds beating beat Mav's Blue by 9/1000th of second! A very close yet rewarding result!
The next race is at SIRC Penrith once again, however it will be a 500m race. The club looks forward to a strong representation of opens, mixed and women's crews - and with the recent positive results, it looks like CYL will be a serious contender for the rest of the season. Keep up the good work paddlers!
14 October 2009
Congratulations to everyone that paddled in the Roseville races! CYL entered one Womens and one Mixed crew. A surprise joint submission was made, and CYL also entered an Opens crew with DSA Dragon boat club. A big thank you to the DSA club for joining forces to race an opens team on the day!
The day was mostly overcast, with gentle showers now and then, providing a relatively calm yet cold day out on the water.
Our Women's crew paddled well throughout the whole day, coming 3rd and 1st in their heats, and making the major final, taking out 3rd place! Well done Women's crew!
Our Mixed crew also paddled well, with our newer paddlers able to experience a moderate race distance of 400m. The mixed crew made the minor final, however missing out on a placing coming 4th.
The joint CYL-DSA Opens crew also paddled well in their heats against tough competition. Unfortunately, the opens crew did not make the finals, however the club is looking forward to a stronger representation within the opens crew moving forward in the upcoming regattas!
Hope everyone had a great day of dragon boat racing! Let's train hard for the next race, the November 200m sprint race in Darling Harbour!
3 October 2009
It's bonding camp time! It’s that time again for when we pack our bags and go away for a weekend of fun and games minus the races.
This year, it’s going to be held at Wisemans Ferry so get ready for some bushwalking, abseiling, kayaking and a flying fox to finish off the day.
CYL DB Members and Non-Members are all welcome!
When: 14 - 15 November 2009
Where: Wisemans Ferry
Cost: $155 (CYL members), $165 Non Members. Payments are due 09 Oct 2009!
If you have any questions or would like to register, email Ming our social coordinator. See you at camp!
24 September 2009
The next race is a 500m race being held at Garigal National Park, Roseville!
Event: Roseville
Date: Race 1 Sunday, 11 Oct 2009
Location: Garigal National Park, Killarney Heights
Distance: 500m
Details:
If you would like to register your interest in this race (both existing paddlers, and new paddlers), please email the CYL DB Team Manager.
20 July 2009
The last intro course was run on 26 July 2009.
If you would like to find out when the next intro session is being run, please contact us for future sessions.
The 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.
Bookings and Enquiries:
7 February 2009
Congratulations to everyone that paddled in the CNY races! CYL fielded one of our largest teams ever with 60 paddlers competing on the day! The CNY period is always busy with all members called upon to help out with CYL & dragon boat activities around the city, but we were finally able to do what we train for and that was race!
We entered one Womens, one Opens and two mixed crews. It was a very long day as usual, with an early morning start for everyone! Our crews performed well throughout the day. The Womens crew paddled hard but unfortunately were unable to make the final. They had a very difficult draw which made an already tough day of racing even tougher.
Our mixed crews also paddled well, with our newer paddlers in one crew and our more experienced paddlers in the other. The day started out well with the Mixed A winning their first heat, but unfortunately they finished third in their second heat, just pushing them out of the A-final. They went on to win a closely contested B-Final, which was one of the closest races of the day!
The opens crew also paddled well in their heats against tough competition and managed to qualify for the Opens Final in lane 6 once again! Thanks to words of inspiration from Coach, Captain & sweep, the crew stepped up to put in a fantastic race, finishing in 5th place. This may not sound that great, but with the level of competition these days, it was quite a big result for such a new crew.
Hope everyone had a great day of dragon boat racing! Let's train hard for the 500m races coming up!
27 October 2008
Thankyou to all who attended the CYL Dragon Boat season launch! What a great way to start the season!
The evening saw members both old and new welcoming the new season. It was great to see some of the original old-timers from CYLDB history who are still proactive in CYL and the local community. Also a big thankyou to everyone who donated to the Exodus Foundation.
Thanks to all sponsors: Medibank Private, Miracle and Maxim supermarkets, Rebel Sport, Ferrero and Typhoon 8; to venue Platform Cafe and Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre, CYL Lion and Dragon dancers, special guests Cindy Pan, Rev. Bill Crews and the Exodus Foundation, CYL Management and all CYLDB members, without whom the night could not have been the fantastic success that it was.
With thanks to prizes donated from:
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).
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