The Fraser Valley Dragon Boat Club held it's annual AGM December 6th in the Sleese Room at Evergreen Hall. President Scott Farrell began the evening by reading the traditional Year in Review speech. The speech itemized the numerous projects and plans that were tackled and completed throughout the year. Equipment maintenance, Recruitment Drive, Community Challange, Optimist Club Sponsorship for Youth and the Harrison Dragonfest were some of the items talked about. Scott then talked about the new purchases the club had made for the coming year. New items for the club incude:

The evening continued with all the Executive Members commenting on how they saw the year unfold. The Treasurer spent a few minutes going over club financials which also included Harrison Dragonfest. Recruitment Director spent a few minutes talking about the recruitment drive which lead to the forming of the Seraphins, the Ladies Only Dragon Boat Team. Youth Director talked about the Youth Team and the Optimist Sponsorship. 

The coaches then talked about their year and what they are planning for the 2012 season. It was also annouced that a new rec team is being formed and will be ready to make their way onto the water in 2012. Norm Torp spent a few minutes talking about the new team which they are calling the Wrecking Crew.

The forum was then opened to the club members for a question and answer period followed by a vote of the upcoming budget. This was followed by an overview reading of the executive positions. The current executive was disolved and voting began for the new executive. 

Your new Executive for the 2012 year is:

• Dale Kjemhus - President

• Manfred Preuss - Vice President

• Juantia Brosseau - Secretarty

• Morgan Krenz - Treasurer

• Allan Gilbert - Equipment Manager

• Ellie Krahn - Scheduler

• Trisha Kjemhus - Recruitment Director

• Kathy Preuss - Media Representative

• Ron Denman - Master's Director

• Steve Clarke - Youth Program Director

• Scott Farrell - Technology Director

• Scott Farrell - Past President

Ashala, on behalf of the executive presented Scott Farrell with a Thank You plaque and laptop tote bag in recognition of his hard work and dedication as President of the FVDBC for the past 4 years. This was followed by a standing ovation from the members. 

ATTENTION - AGM LOCATION HAS CHANGED

Sleese Room at Evergreen Hall
9291 Corbould Street
Chilliwack, B.C.

The 2011 Annual General Meeting for the Fraser Valley Dragon Boat Club will be held 7:00pm, December 6th in the Sleese Room at Evergreen Hall in Chilliwack (click for directions). The AGM Agenda will include:

• Opening Address - Year in Review
• Executive Member Statements
• Financials
• Team Reports
• Question and Answer Period
• 2012 Budget
• Reading of Election Positions
• Executive Position Elections

All Executive positions are up for election (click here for an outline of positions). The following positions will be vacant for the coming year and need to be filled: President, Vice President, Secretary, Equipment Director, Schedule Director. If you would like to volunteer for these or any position on the Executive please attend the AGM. The AGM is a great venue for club members to ask questions or raise concerns about on going project, direction of the club, etc. Please make a point to come out and have your voice heard. See you all in December.

Thank You from FVDBC and Waters Edge Sport

On behalf of the FVDBC and Waters Edge, I would like to thank everyone for attending the 7th annual Harrison Dragonfest. With over 60 teams participating, this was our largest event to date. The Dragon Boat Gods blessed us with some incredible weather. Sunshine, blue skies and oh so gentle winds made for some great racing. A huge Thank You goes out to all our sponsors and volunteers. Without their continued support we would not have the ability to offer this great regatta to our paddling guests.

Sudden Impact Black took home top honors as Divison A champions, with Riptide coming in second place followed by RGL United. The final race of the day turned out to be one of the closest. The difference between first and third place was 0.53 of a second. Click here for complete race results. 

We hope you all had a great time on the beaches of Harrison Hot Springs. See you all next year.

Scott Farrell
President
Fraser Valley Dragon Boat Club 

Paddler Pool

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Harrison Dragonfest sold out.
We are excited to be able to bring 61 teams and over 1500 paddlers to the beaches of Harrison Hot Springs. This should a very fun and exciting regatta. We thank all the teams in advance for their continued support of our regatta.

The Fraser Valley Dragon Boat Club in partnership with Water's Edge Sport Performance Inc. are pleased to announce the seventh annual Harrison DragonFest, to take place on July 23th, 2011 in beautiful Harrison Hot Springs, BC.

With registration selling out in 2010 this event has quickly become one of the paramount one-day dragon boat events within the Pacific Northwest. This year we hope to capture that same spirit and bring you even more exciting races, community-sponsored attractions and festivities - all with the beautiful backdrop of stunning Harrison Lake. This spectacular venue is easily accessible to teams from all over the Pacific Northwest and only a ninety minute drive from downtown Vancouver. Click here for maps

The central Fraser Valley location combined with the stunning surroundings makes this a welcome one-day getaway or a weekend retreat.

The Fraser Valley Dragon Boat Club’s annual Community Challenge is taking place this Sunday (June 5^th2011) from 11:00 to around 2:00pm on Harrison Lake. This is a small regatta built around local businesses in the Fraser Valley. We create dragon boat teams from the local business employees (and family members), give them a few practices so they can get the general idea of dragon boating and then race them against each other. The winner of the regatta gets their name on the Community Challenge Cup and bragging rights for the year.

This year we have Buxton Consulting and Soprema from Chilliwack with Cascade Aerospace from Abbotsford.  We are also trying to get our newly formed Ladies Only Team (recently created) to round out the field. We also plan to have an obstacle course as another fun event for the teams and an Open Paddle for anyone from the general public that might want to try their hand at paddling.

If you are in the Harrison Hot Springs area this Sunday morning, please drop by and watch these newly formed teams race their hearts out.