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The British Dragon Boat Racing Association is the governing body of dragon boat racing in Great Britain. Dragon boat racing is one of the fastest growing and most exciting water sports you can take part in. The BDA is responsible for all aspects of the sport from community development up to managing British teams racing abroad. It runs a National League calendar for racing crews all round the country together with the National Championships held annually at the National Water Sports Centre.

Membership for 2010
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
The revised membership fees from January 2010 have been released, full details are on the membership pages. The fees reflect the recent increases in public liability and personal accident premiums. All those taking part in BNTS activities should be renewing with full membership before participation, clubs as soon as possible in the new year and all other individual members before their first event. The table on the membership page shows which membership category applies to your role in the BDA whether a coach, helm, official or racing member.
 
New Senior Open Coach
Thursday, 29 October 2009

Following the submission of applications for all the BNTS coaching positions Alan Parfrey has been confirmed as the new Senior Open squad coach in partnership with Stephen Lewis for the campaign through to Tampa in 2011. Both Alan and Stephen are qualified level 3 coaches paddling for Kingston Royals as there home club. The previous senior squad coaching team go forward with the Grand Dragons but both teams will work together initially to grow the squad into competitive units in each class, building on the camaraderie that has been established over the past few years. Contact Alan on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to join the quest for medals in Amsterdam and Tampa. The first training session will take place at Wraysbury on 13th December. 

 
From Eek to Sleak!
Wednesday, 21 October 2009

An original traditional Teak Chinese Dragon Boat will get a new lease of life with disadvantaged young people in Germany. A non commercial, government funded organisation, Zaug Gmbh. based in Giessen, Germany, who specialise in educating young people, will be passing on the centuries old secret of wooden boat making, usually passed from Father to Son, throughout China.

Paddling out of the mud at Hurleyford Farm

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Severn Challenge
Sunday, 18 October 2009
The prospective 2010 / 2011 Senior Mixed coaches have laid down a 70 mile challenge on the River Severn at the end of October early November weekend. The event is a fund raiser for Amsterdam in 2010 and Tampa in 2011 but the challenge is open to all with seats available in a dragon boat or you can join them in an O1 and other craft. Plenty of opportunity to work on that technique! The provisional training dates and initial training day have been set as shown in the flyer below. The information in low res is available from the other links. Contact Richard Parrot for more information at info This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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GB Coach Appointments
Thursday, 15 October 2009

Information for prospective Great Britain team coaches for Amsterdam through to Tampa in 2011. 

The appointment of GB coaches takes place every two years on completion of the World Championships.

Applications are invited for coaching roles for the next two years starting with BNTS training from now through to the European Championships in 2010 and the World Championships in 2011. 

If you are interested in coaching one of the GB crews please apply (or re-apply) to the BDA and submit your coaching CV to Dave Bangs (if this has not previously been submitted), along with an outline of any provisional coaching plans, by Thursday 22nd October.

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Kingston Crowned
Thursday, 15 October 2009

After a small administrative error at the National Finals the efforts of the Kingston Royals' crews in nearly all the divisions has been acknowledged with the award of the Colenorton Trophy. The final points tally has been revised to 73 against 70 for Amathus who briefly revelled in the glory.

The trophy will be formally awarded at the Awards Dinner to be held in the New Year.

 
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