Oshkosh Dragonboat Club

ODBC Practices:
- Monday, July 5th
- Monday, July 12th

Updated 7-1-2010

FYI. We are planning to have our first club meeting of the season on Thursday April 29th @ 6PM at Players in Oshkosh.

Additional Dates:

• Sunday, May 2nd – Looking to get the boat out and clean it (TBD UWO Aquatic Center)
• Thursday, May 20th – First Club Paddle (Tentative) TBD

Become a member of the Oshkosh Dragonboat Club for FREE!!!!  From Feb. 1st, 2010 through April 1st, 2010, whoever sells the most candy bars will receive a free annual membership for the 2010 season.  Contact us for details on how to obtain your candy bars.

Beginning in May 2010 ODBC will practice:

- Team practices Thursday @ 5:30 PM

- Competitive Practices Sunday @ 5:30 PM

Congrats to everyone for attending, participating or volunteering at the 2009 Oshkosh Dragonboat Race & Festival this weekend.

Some great coverage at the Oshkosh Northwestern.

We had another a great practice on Tuesday and we welcomed a few new members to the club. We were able to run a mock race on the festival site and have begun working on our timing for starts. The club had a fun time paddling to the Boat Yard. Our next practice will be Tuesday July 14th at 5:30pm we will launch from the UWO Aquatic Center behind the Kolf Sports Center on the Fox River.

A big thanks to Don A, Melissa S, Mary P, Brian T, Kim G, Julie D, Greg H, Rod, George P, Matt S, and our new members Jamie L, Georgine L, Ryan K, and Nicole G.

NOTE: On Tuesday July 21st we will be having a cookout after our practice

The club is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the community. It is an opportunity to meet weekly and enjoy the sport of Dragonboat racing on the Fox River. Bring a friend or feel free to stop by and try it out.

**Please bring paddling clothes as we will either be paddling in the Dragonboat or canoes**

To learn more about the club please check out our website at: http://www.oshkoshdbc.com/

Oshkosh Dragonboat Club

We had another successfull practice on Tuesday and we welcomed a few new members to the club. The club had a fun time paddling to Fratello’s for a short meeting. Our next practice will be Tuesday June 30th at 5:30pm we will launch from the UWO Aquatic Center behind the Kolf Sports Center on the Fox River.

A big thanks to George P, Rod H, George W, Melissa S, Mary P, Don A, Julie D, and our new members Kim G, Bring T, and Cindy P.

The club is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the community. It is an opportunity to meet weekly and enjoy the sport of Dragonboat racing on the Fox River. Bring a friend or feel free to stop by and try it out.

**Please bring paddling clothes as we will either be paddling in the Dragonboat or canoes**

To learn more about the club please check out our website at: http://www.oshkoshdbc.com/

Oshkosh Dragonboat Club

We are planning to have our next meeting on Tues June 9th @ 5:30 PM at UWO Aquatic Center (behind the Kolf Sports Center on the river).

Please complete the survey to let us know if your coming. We hope we have good weather Cancellations will be send on Monday.

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Our next meeting/practice and cookout will be Tue June 2nd 5:30 PM at our normal location (UWO Aquatic Center behind Kolf Center on Waterfront).

Because of summer commitment on the weekends were are going to try meeting on Tuesday’s and one Saturday in June and July and then in the fall move back to Saturday practices.

The Oshkosh Dragonboat Club.

Hey all,
It’s time to start planning to be part of the Oshkosh Dragonboat Club.  Spring is here!  We’ve been working and are getting the boat out of storage this week, so you know it’s time for “Paddles up!”.  It’s also time to pass the work to your friends that they too can become a member, or a steersperson, and have fun with people who like to paddle!

Check out the new Oshkosh Dragonboat Club site:

http://www.oshkoshdbc.com/

We now have an official site, thanks to Matt Suwalski.  It is a start, and we have a lot of work to do yet to get it really fully functioning.

We are planning on our first club meeting on Saturday, May 9 at 9 a.m.  We hope you can join us this year, so mark your calendar now.  More information will be coming as the date is closer.

Several people from the club have been meeting recently (all happen to be steers for the club).  We’ve been dealing with constitution, steeers training, and all the logistics required to start this organization.  Thank yous go to Jim Chitwood, George Paul, Matt Suwalski, and Rod Halbleib for their work this past couple of months.

With the planning that has taken place, it is our intention to:

1.  Have regular dragonboat club meetings once a week from May through October.
2.  Approve a working constitution, and elect officers for the new club for UW Oshkosh as well as community members.
3.  Recruit and train steers people this year that will steer for all outings at club meetings, steer for Racine’s Race in July, and Oshkosh’s race in September.  If anyone is interested in becoming a steersperson, please contact me!  We hope to train with Racine in May and June.
4.  Set up our registration for the club, as well as our treasury, and register as many club members as possible.
5.  Eventually, we hope to have competitive teams form from the club membership and race in our event as well as travel to compete.
6.  Support the Oshkosh Dragon Boat Race and Festival with our club (steers people, volunteers, practice, etc.).

There is much more to come, but this is on the horizon.  We’ll be sending out more promotion and information soon about club dues and joining this year.  We hope to get even more people interested in joining, and paddling on the Fox with our fantastic club.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  As I said, I’ll be in touch again soon with more details.  Just wanted you to know we are alive after a long winter, and looking forward to our first meeting on May 9th.

Randy Hedge