Good luck to the Cooloola Dragons

Placement of paddlers in the dragon boat to achieve good balance is crucial overseen by sweep Norma Sanderson.

Placement of paddlers in the dragon boat to achieve good balance is crucial overseen by sweep Norma Sanderson.

The pressure is on now as we prepare for the State Titles at Lake Kawana on March 7 and 8.

An extra training day has been added to the week, so the Dragons can now be seen training on the creek on Thursday afternoon, Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning until those dates.

During our training session on Thursday February 6 we were able to carry out a rescue mission on one of our own wild life, namely a young wallaby which had decided to get to the other side of Snapper Creek, across the water!

He was somewhat exhausted when the Dragons spotted him, so with one paddler holding his tail and another supporting his head, he was delivered safely back to the far side of the Creek where he “gratefully” hopped away.

The Brisbane River District (BRD) Club Regatta which was to be held at Lake Kawana last month was cancelled at the last moment due to the tragic loss of their Club President, who collapsed while training on Saturday morning and could not be revived.

He will be greatly missed firstly by his family and also by the Dragon Boat family. He was well known at local, State and National levels …RIP Peter.

It was a timely coincidence that only two weeks prior to BRD Club’s tragic incident, the Cooloola Dragons had decided to run a mock emergency event while training on the water. including the Coast Guard in the exercise.

The outcome was a great learning exercise for all involved regarding improving our communication to our services and what/how immediate action we can initiate out on the water in our dragon boat should such a situation arise.

Our Valentine Music Trivia night to raise funds for our assistant coach,Shane Berkhout, to attend the World’s Dragon Boat Championships in France in August was a great success.

Approximately 70 people entered into the fun and games at the TCB Yacht Club. Watch this space, more money-raising events will follow!!

On March 14, Connecting with the Community will be again held in the pavilion at the Gympie Show Grounds. The Cooloola Dragon Boat Club will again have a display stand at this event promoting our sport. Come along, drop in and see us at the pavilion in Gympie.

Don’t forget to come for your hot breakfast or just coffee and homemade cake at our Dragons Lair cafe in the RSL hall on TCB market day, third Saturday each month.

For more info on the sport of Dragon Boating and how you can come and try with us, please phone Sandy our head coach 0402 352756.

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