DRAGON BOATS NSW SEASON PREVIEW 2018/19

DRAGON BOATS NSW SEASON PREVIEW 2018/19

CHAIR FOREWORD Myself and the board of DBNSW wish everyone in our community a very warm welcome to the 2018/2019 season. The coming season will be Year One of the 2018-2020 strategic plan and we have some great targets set out in the roadmap for all our community to strive for. The roadshows in May and June 2018 were a great opportunity for all to learn about the exciting things in store for the sport, meet with the staff and board of DBNSW and share their feedback on how we can continue to improve this great sport of ours. Here s to our wonderful community of paddlers, volunteers, officials, sweeps, coaches and drummers continuing to do great things for the fantastic sport of dragon boating have a great year of paddling! Tamsyn Glen with paddlers from Different Strokes Dragon Boat Club at the 2018 State Championships

DBNSW REGATTA SCHEDULE REGATTA DATE VENUE FORMAT Regatta Series Race 1 2 September 2018 Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith Regatta Series Race 2 7 October 2018 Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith Standard Boat (20s) 200m 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 Regatta Series Race 3 27 January 2019 Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith Novelty events 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 SCHEDULE REGATTA 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 CATEGORIES SPORT 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 DEFINITION AGE 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 SCHEDULE COURSE 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 & INSURANCE Membership A 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 & INSURANCE Insurance Insurance 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 Grace Period www.vinsurancegroup.com/dragonboat 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 1 st 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 15 th 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 FEES Valid from 1 st July 2018 to 30 th 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 cover Local, DBNSW, AusDBF & IDBF regatta admission Access 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 cover Local, DBNSW, AusDBF & IDBF regatta admission Access to sweep development, coaching & officiating courses Adult Regatta Entry Junior Regatta Entry Regular Fee $40.00 pp Late Fee $75.00 pp Regular Fee $17.00 pp Late Fee $35.00 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. 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.

SCHEDULE OF FEES Valid from 1 st July 2018 to 30 th June 2019 All fees include GST FEE TYPE RATE DESCRIPTION/FURTHER INFORMATION Club Fees Club Affiliation $820.00 per club Club affiliation fee with the state body. Includes: Directors & Officers Insurance Local, DBNSW, AusDBF & IDBF regatta admission Access 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 week Marine hull insurance and maintenance Equipment and accessories Bank 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 PLI Sweep & Official accreditation Website advertisement Northern Region Trailer Levy $180.00 Fee Payable by all Northern Region Clubs.

2019 STATE TEAM CAMPAIGN Campaign Timeline 2018-2019 August September Nov-Dec Jan - Feb April Call for coaches & Managers EOI State Selection Criteria Released f 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

Volunteering VOLUNTEERING Dragon Boats NSW relies heavily on the support of its community in running regattas. We are now calling on the assistance of volunteers for the upcoming 2018-2019 season. Volunteering is a great way to support your club and the DBNSW community. Those interested in volunteering at our regattas can complete an online nomination form here. In the weeks leading up to a regatta selected volunteers will be sent an email requesting confirmation of their attendance. A final email will be sent to volunteers the week prior to the regatta containing a job allocation roster and further information. Transport & accommodation is arranged for volunteers and officials at regattas that are of significant distance from Sydney (i.e. Wagga Wagga, Orange).

GET IN TOUCH If 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 PHONE 02 8736 1283 Keep up to date with the latest DBNSW news at WEBSITE www.dbnsw.org.au FACEBOOK facebook.com/dbnsw/ TWITTER twitter.com/dbnsw