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• Important News - Dragon Flyers Safety Policy
• Results from the CDBA Regatta 15 Nov
• Call for Interest in the 2009 Nationals
• Voting Now Closed - on your choice for the new Flyers Racing Tops

Dragon Flyers Safety Policy.

The Dragon Flyers remain very concerned with boat safety, particularly given some of the winds we have seen recently. To this end we have:

1. Appointed Kevin as Safety Officer – an experience sailor, Kevin can overrule all of us and declare training or racing unsafe. He will maintain a hazard/risk register.
2. Reaffirmed the duty of the sweeps and coaches to make sure that they are confident in the conditions and not to take risks – this includes staying close to shore, numbering off, encouraging life jackets, avoiding lightening, asking paddlers for any relevant medical information.
3. Recognised that new coaches and sweeps still need to learn the peculiarities of the lake and introduced a system of mentors. (No new coach will be considered good looking until at least 1 year after their anointing.)
4. Reaffirmed that any paddler who feels uncomfortable with the conditions can opt out and not be penalised for it.
5. Restated that, in the end, each paddler is responsible for his or her safety and must act accordingly.
6. We will review cold water safety as winter draws on.

A Safety Guideline has been created, (click here to download a copy) and all members are asked to read this guideline and advise the Safety Officer when they have done so.

Results from the CDBA Regatta 15 Nov

The Flyers put in a good effort during the first points scoring regatta of the season. The Womens team finished second overall on the day, with the Mixed and Open crews coming in a very close 4th. In one race the gap from 3rd to 4th was only 0.01 second.

In the Points Score, the Flyers are sitting third, behind Grammar and Ice Dragons.

Check out the CDBA website for more details at http://www.cdba.com.au/events/regattas.php

Call for Interest in the 2009 Nationals

This is a first call for paddlers interested in competing for the club days at AusDBF Nationals to be held in Caloundra from 22 to 26 April 2009.

The State vs State competition happens on 22 April. The Clubs from around Australia then battle it out on the 23, 24 and 25 April.

To start the planning the Dragon Flyers expedition to the Nationals, anyone who is interested in going please let Cheryl David (cheryl.david@fahcsia.gov.au) know as soon as possible.