Penang Dragon Boat Web Site

Date: 22nd July to 25th July 2010
Location: Teluk Bahang Dam, Penang, Malaysia

We cordially invite CDBF Member Associations to participate in the 1st Club Crew Championship for Commonwealth Countries to be held at the Teluk Bahang Dam, Penang, Malaysia from Thursday 22nd July to Sunday 25th July 2010.

Entry to the 1st Club Crew Championships for Commonwealth Countries is open to all CDBF Member Associations and their sanctioned club crews. Club crews in countries where there is no CDBF Member Associations may apply to the CDBF Executive Committee for permission to compete, through the Championships Director.

The 1st Club Crew Championships for Commonwealth Countries is being organized on behalf of the CDBF by the Organizing Committee of the PIDBF to whom all entries are to be submitted. At the recent meeting of Commonwealth countries it was agreed to send out an invitation asking countries to indicate the number of crews likely to participate. A reply to indicate the number of crews who wish to participate is therefore requested by Tuesday 1st December 2009. Championship would be organized under the IDBF Competition Regulations.

The Competition Class held would be Premier and Senior division only. CDBF Member Associations may enter up to five club crews in each Competition Class. Each club crew is to consist of a maximum of 26 competitors including drummer and steersperson (Helm). You are reminded that a competitor can only represent one club during the competition and, while the nationality rule does not apply, competitors must be bona fide members of the club crew they represent. That is, competitors must have been in paid membership of the Club Crew that they represent and trained with that Club, for at least six (6) months before the Championships start.

The watercourse is located on a fresh water reservoir and complies with the IDBF Competition Regulations for a Club Crew Championship and Continental Championship. The race course will be fully buoyed and there will be platforms for held starts at 200, 500 & 2,000 metres.

The 1st Club Crew Championships for Commonwealth Countries will consist of the following Competition Classes:

Open (Premier, Senior 040, Grand Dragons 050)
200m, 500m and 2,000m

Women (Premier)
200m, 500m and 2,000m

Women (Senior 040, Grand Dragons 050)
200m and 500m

Mixed (Premier, Senior 040, Grand Dragons 050)
- 200m, 500m and 2,000m

Please note that it may be necessary to limit the number of crew participating in the 2,000m races - entries will be taken on a first-come-first-served basis.

The outline programmes for the 1st Club Crew Championships for Commonwealth Countries will be update soon.