December 2012 Drumbeater

THE DRUMBEATER  DECEMBER 2012

                                   Manning River Dragon Boat Club Newsletter

HO, HO, HO to all our club members.  The man in the big Red suit  has been and gone, and we now know who is naughty and who is nice. Hope it was a fun filled day with family and friends.

Christmas Paddle.

We had a lovely Christmas paddle on Sat 15th Dec. With 13 brave and hearty paddlers paddling from the Cage to Crocki in all weather conditions.  Heat, wind, surf, It was the longest 2km ever(thanks Wazza).  I think it was 13km not 2km. We were met by our fellow paddlers that drove out with the food , drink, and champers, much appreciated.  Secret Santa was a big hit, Thanks Trish for your version of Secret Swapping Gift Santa.  Who did take those lollies from a kid?? Thanks Cath S for the Sorbet Champers,  We needed more of that.  Was a great day.
The Raffles were won by  $120 cash   Trish Paff
Basket of Goodies Narelle Minnett
Painting Sue Hunter
We had about 13 gifts all up all donated by our fellow paddlers.  Thank you all.
We made $135.60 profit.
Christmas Breakfast

We had 21 paddlers , Ann(Cath S Mum) and Jaquie(Johns Wife) have a lovely breaky at Raw Sugar Cafe on Sat 22nd Dec.  Rhonda at Raw Sugar could not organise her drinks/Christmas get together this year, so she kindly donated a $50.00 voucher and 5 free coffee cards.br

The winner was.........  Picked out by Anne(Cath S Mum)

And won by ...............Cath S   (rigged, rigged, rigged)

Coffee cards won by Marg Kurtz, AnneWilliams, Catherine C, and Deb Ashwell. Any one else I forgot??

New Members.
We have 5 new members in our club.  Welcome to
Junior:   Josh Barry (first regatta at Kempsey and came home with a trophy)
Jan Sage(not a junior)
Sue Cross transferred from Pearl Dragons(Sue is a regular paddler with us and has decided to join our friendly crew)
Mark and Merlene Russell, known as Mick and Merle just to confuse us. They have transferred from Wallis Spirit Club.  And Mick did his Sweep Accreditation with us at both Foster and Kempsey regattas. Welcome to our friendly club.

Maintenance of the Sweep Oar.
Ted has put a resin o the oar of the Dragonfly and will apply the same resin on the oar of the Phoenix as well.

Lanyards.
Alison Byram is looking into getting some fancy lanyards for us with our little dragon on it(and with plastic tabs) to prevent the rust going onto our shirts.

Captains Report.
We had a very successful regatta at Kempsey, receiving a trophy in each event we entered. We were very consistent on the day with 3  3rd place trophies.
Well done Jennifer  with the crew listing for your first regatta as Captain.  You Loved the Stress!!

Next Regatta  Chinese New Year , Darling Harbour, Sydney.  23rd Feb.
Start your intensive training after the New Year everyone that has their name down.

MRDBC  Regatta.
Rainbow Dragons have changed the date of their Regatta to the same date as ours(in August 2013).
The Committee will be following this up with Melanie at DBNSW.

Exercise/Sport Recommended by DBNSW
This is some information DBNSW sent to us to read RE:  fitness assessment for paddling.
It will be put on our website under the Information Section.  Please read.

Meetings.

Next General Meeting will be held on Thursday 7th Feb 2013
At McDonalds Meeting Room(chatham)
6.45pm. There will be a notice sent out calling for agenda items after the new year.

Committee Meeting.  There is no Committee Meeting in Jan .
The Next Committee Meeting will be the 3rd Tuesday in Feb 2013  19th Feb.
Please speak to your Member representative-Trish, John or Anne
Or any Committee member-Deb, Rhonda, Gaye, Cath S.

Birthday Celebrations
Tara Manahan       
Catherine Calvin      
Arthur Salmon          

 John Roetman

 India Bos                     

Happy Birthday to you all.

 If any new paddlers have their birthday in Dec.  Happy Birthday(have not got your birthday dates yet)

Cheers for now, See you after the New Year.  Happy New Year.

Happy Paddling  with the Manning River Dragons.