DRAGON BOATS NSW

SEASON PREVIEW 2018/19

CHAIR FOREWORDMyself and the board of DBNSW wish everyone inour community a very warm welcome to the2018/2019 season.

The coming season will be Year One of the 2018-2020 strategic plan and we have some greattargets set out in the roadmap for all ourcommunity to strive for.

The roadshows in May and June 2018 were a greatopportunity for all to learn about the excitingthings in store for the sport, meet with the staffand board of DBNSW and share their feedback onhow we can continue to improve this great sportof ours.

Here’s to our wonderful community of paddlers,volunteers, officials, sweeps, coaches anddrummers continuing to do great things for thefantastic sport of dragon boating – have a greatyear of paddling!

Tamsyn Glen with paddlers from Different Strokes Dragon Boat Club at the 2018 State Championships

DBNSW REGATTA SCHEDULEREGATTA DATE VENUE FORMAT

Regatta Series – Race 1 2 September 2018 Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith

Standard Boat (20s)200m

Regatta Series – Race 2 7 October 2018 Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith

Standard Boat (20s)500m

DAA Festival 20 October 2018 Darling Harbour, Sydney Standard Boat (20s)200m

10s & 2k Challenge 25 November 2018 Rodd Point, Dobroyd 200m (10s), 2000m turn races (20s)

Summer Challenge 9 December 2018 Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith

Novelty events

Regatta Series – Race 3 27 January 2019 Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith

Standard Boat (20s)500m

Chinese New Year Races (Sport) 9 February 2019 (TBC) Darling Harbour, Sydney Standard Boat (20s)200m

Chinese New Year Races (Corp) 10 February 2019 (TBC) Darling Harbour, Sydney Standard Boat (20s)200m

State Championships 17 March 2019 Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith

Standard Boat (20s)500m

COMMUNITY REGATTA SCHEDULEREGATTA DATE VENUE

Rainbow Region Regatta 18 & 19 August 2018 Shaws Bay, East Ballina

Nowra Community Regatta 15 & 16 September 2018 Greys Beach Reserve, North Nowra

Coffs Coast Mylestom Regatta 15 & 16 September 2018 Bellinger River, Mylestom

Grafton Jacaranda Regatta 27 & 28 October 2018 Memorial Park, Grafton

Western Region Regatta 4 November 2018 Chifley Dam, Bathurst

Forster Dragon Boat Regatta 17 & 19 November 2018 Elizabeth Reserve, Forster

Manning River Challenge January 2019 Queen Elizabeth Park, Taree

Lake Jindabyne Festival February 2019 Foreshore Park, Jindabyne

Shellharbour Festival of Sport March 2019 Skiway Park, Oak Flats

Central Coast Regatta March/April 2019 Masons Parade, Gosford

2019 Australian Championships April 2019 Australian Capital Territory

Titivators Urunga Regatta May 2019 Bellinger River Sailing Club, Urunga

Port Macquarie Regatta June 2019 McInherney Park, Port Macquarie

Bei Loon 8k TBA Bayview, Sydney

RACING CATEGORIESSPORT REGIONAL COMMUNITY

Senior A Mixed Sports Mixed Corporate

Senior A Women Sports Women Social/Community

Senior A Open Men’s 10s Cancer Survivor

Senior B Mixed Registered Charity

Premier Mixed School

Premier Women Hospital

Premier Open Dragons Abreast (DA)

Junior Mixed

Junior Women

CATEGORY DEFINITIONAGE DIVISION CLASS

Senior B 50 years and over Women Female only

Senior A 40 years and over Mixed Min 5 to Max 10 Males

Premier 18 years and over Open Any gender

Junior 12 – 17 years

The latest version of the DBNSW bylaws will be published late June.

Version 5 of the Sweep Accreditation and Safety Regulations will be published in July.

COURSE SCHEDULECOURSE DATE VENUE

LEVEL 1 COACHING COURSE - SYDNEY Mid-August 2018 Pyrmont, Sydney

LEVEL 1 COACHING COURSE – BATHURST 25 & 26 August 2018 Charles Sturt University, Bathurst

FIRST AID COURSE Early September 2018 DBNSW Office, Sydney Olympic Park

LEVEL 1 COACHING COURSE – COFFS HARBOUR 22 & 23 September 2018 Bellinger River, Mylestom

LEVEL 1 COACHING COURSE – ILLAWARRA November 2018 Lake Illawarra, Warrawong

LEVEL 2 COACHING COURSE TBA TBA

Registration available early July.

Additional courses may be added later in the season.

Follow us online at dbnsw.org.au and on facebook for upcoming dates and registration.

MEMBERSHIP & INSURANCEMembershipA common question DBNSW gets is what is included in my state membership and where does our money go?

Individual membership benefits includes:• Insurance incl. personal accident, professional indemnity and public liability cover• Access to local, state, national and international sanctioned regattas• Access to coaching & officiating courses• Access to Sweep Accreditation Scheme• Pathway to state and national representative level dragon boating• State & national body e-communication

Where do my registration fees go?• National (AusDBF) and international (IDBF) levy• Insurance • Membership (database, ID tags, lanyards, postage)• Club communication, support & advice• State campaign (nationals entry, coach/manager expenses)• Committee expenses (Competition & Technical, Sweep Group, Board)• Other (staff, governance & safety policies, advocacy/lobbying, office costs, strategic development)

MEMBERSHIP & INSURANCEInsuranceInsurance cover is provided to affiliated clubs and individual members of Dragon Boats NSW. Insured parties may include paddlers, coaches, sweeps, volunteers and committee members.

Cover includes personal accident, public liability and professional indemnity during activities sanctioned by AusDBF & state bodies such as training, regattas, meetings, travel to and from activities (domestic), fundraising, sweeping, coaching, etc.

Further details on coverage including claims, benefits, excess, scope of cover, etc can be found at…

www.vinsurancegroup.com/DragonBoat

Grace Period

A registered individual member has access to insurance coverage once payment for DBNSW state registration fees have been received either by DBNSW or the member’s club. Members are able to register/renew from July 1st 2018.

A two-week grace period will be provided to all 2017/18 members headed into the new season (18/19). This will allow them to continue to have coverage up until Sunday 15th July 2018. After this date the member must renew to continue to be provided with insurance cover for the remainder of the 2018/19 season. This does not apply to brand new members, only those renewing.

SCHEDULE OF FEESValid from 1st July 2018 to 30th June 2019

All fees include GST

FEE TYPE RATE DESCRIPTION/FURTHER INFORMATION

Individual Fees

Adult Membership (over 18 years) $120.00 pp Individual association fee with the state body for those over the age of 18 years.

Includes:Individual paddler injury insurance coverLocal, DBNSW, AusDBF & IDBF regatta admissionAccess to sweep development, coaching & officiating courses

Junior Membership (12 – 17 years) $60.00 pp Individual association fee with the state body for those under the age of 18 years.

Includes:Individual paddler injury insurance coverLocal, DBNSW, AusDBF & IDBF regatta admissionAccess to sweep development, coaching & officiating courses

Adult Regatta Entry Regular Fee$40.00 pp

Late Fee$75.00 pp

Entry fee into a DBNSW operated regatta for an adult.

All fees are payable to DBNSW via the paddler’s club by the advertised entry payment deadline. Entry fees paid after the deadline will be charged at the late fee rate.

No refunds after deadline date.

Junior Regatta Entry Regular Fee$17.00 pp

Late Fee$35.00 pp

Entry fee into a DBNSW operated regatta for a junior.

All fees are payable to DBNSW via the paddler’s club by the advertised entry payment deadline. Entry fees paid after the deadline will be charged at the late fee rate.

No refunds after deadline date.

FEE TYPE RATE DESCRIPTION/FURTHER INFORMATION

Club Fees

Club Affiliation $820.00 per club Club affiliation fee with the state body.

Includes:Directors & Officers InsuranceLocal, DBNSW, AusDBF & IDBF regatta admissionAccess to Revolutionise online management system

Boat Hire (Full Season) $1,260.00 per boat Boat Hire for affiliated clubs (valid 1 July – 30 June).

Includes:Weekly boat hire, max 3 sessions per weekMarine hull insurance and maintenanceEquipment and accessoriesBank St parking access

Boat Hire (Club – One Off) $175.00 per boat Hire of a DBNSW boat for a one off-session. Only available to DBNSW affiliated clubs.

Bank St Levy $590.00 per boat hired/stored All affiliated clubs that hire a boat that is stored and/or used at Bank St will be levied for each boat rented.

Corporate Training Session $250.00 per session One-off training session for businesses, organisations and social groups.

Non-Member Temporary Personal Accident Cover $6.80 pp Temporary one-off insurance cover for non-members participating in a regatta.

Regatta Application Fee $50.00 Fee to be paid alongside each club submitted accredited regatta application form.

Accredited Regatta Fee $550.00 Fee payable by Affiliated clubs who operate their own regatta as a DBNSW accredited event.

Includes:Access to $20mil regatta PLISweep & Official accreditationWebsite advertisement

Northern Region Trailer Levy $180.00 Fee Payable by all Northern Region Clubs.

SCHEDULE OF FEESValid from 1st July 2018 to 30th June 2019

All fees include GST

2019 STATE TEAM CAMPAIGNCampaign Timeline 2018 - 2019

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August September Nov-Dec Jan - Feb April• Call for coaches &

Managers EOI• State Selection

Criteria Released

• Coaches & Managers applications close

• Call for applications for state team

• State team applications close

• Fitness testing/Water trials

• State team announced

• Team training starts

• Nationals – State v State Day

VOLUNTEERINGVolunteering

Dragon Boats NSW relies heavily on the support of itscommunity in running regattas. We are now calling onthe assistance of volunteers for the upcoming 2018 -2019 season.

Volunteering is a great way to support your club and theDBNSW community.

Those interested in volunteering at our regattas cancomplete an online nomination form here.

In the weeks leading up to a regatta selected volunteerswill be sent an email requesting confirmation of theirattendance. A final email will be sent to volunteers theweek prior to the regatta containing a job allocationroster and further information.

Transport & accommodation is arranged for volunteersand officials at regattas that are of significant distancefrom Sydney (i.e. Wagga Wagga, Orange).

GET IN TOUCHIf you have any questions or feedback regarding the 2018—2019 season feel free to contact us via….

MAILING ADDRESS Dragon Boats NSW Inc.

PO BOX 3162, North Strathfield 2137

EMAIL office@dbnsw.org.au

PHONE02 8736 1283

Keep up to date with the latest DBNSW news at…

WEBSITEwww.dbnsw.org.au

FACEBOOK facebook.com/DBNSW/

TWITTER twitter.com/dbnsw