2009 Team Calendar

January 6 - March 24   Tuesdays (11 weeks), Pre-Season Training Class, 6:30pm-7:30pm
(No class on Jan 27th because we are having our Membership Meeting that night.)
   BCRC offers a free pre-season training class to all Machestic Dragons team members
(current and prospective). YWCA Princeton Light Exercise Room. Registration is required (call BCRC at 609-497-2100 ext. 349). Spaces still available. Lead by qualified instructor who is also a breast cancer survivor.

January 27  Tuesday, 6:00pm-6:30pm refreshments, 6:30pm-9:00pm meeting
Membership & Informational Meeting. Newbies welcome.
Bramwell House Dining & Living Room

February 20, March 13 & 27  Team/PFP Meetings (Fridays) 6:30pm-9:00pm
Bramwell House Dining & Living Room
Anyone interested in volunteering on a committee for Paddle For Pink should attend.

March 21  9th Indoor Paddling Regatta (Saturday)
Public School 1 @ 8 Henry Street, NYC 10038 off Catherine Slip
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Registration 9:00 AM)
Sponsored by Eastern Regional Dragon Boat Association

March 27   Move boat out of storage and start refurbishing

April 21   Practice Begins (see practice Information)

April 27 - May 2  2009 GWN Florida Training Camp & Festival – Tampa Bay, Florida
Julie – Terry – Annie

April 29  Membership Meeting – Wednesday, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Princeton YWCA Library

TO ATTEND AS A TEAM 
May 16-17 DC Dragon Boat Festival (Rain date: June 30-31)
Machestic's Race Coordinator is: Terry Coleman

May 26   Move our boat to Lake Mercer

TO ATTEND AS A TEAM 
June 7  "Paddle For Pink" Third Annual Community Dragon Boat Festival (Sunday)

July 11   Finger Lakes International Dragon Boat Festival – Ithaca, New York
Last year Annie, Janice, Carol W., Arietta, Terry and Renee raced with "Team SOS" against the 7-year veteran "Hope Chest" from Buffalo, NY and took home a gold medal.
Race Coordinator is: Ellen Law

July 17  Post PFP Membership Meeting – Friday, 6:00pm-6:30pm refreshments, 6:30pm-9:00pm meeting – Bramwell House Dining & Living Room

July 21  Check Presentation to BCRC for $7,500 – Tuesday, 5:45pm – at the lake just before practice

July 26-27   14th Montreal International Dragon Boat Race – Montreal, Canada
MUST HAVE A VALID PASSPORT – Race Coordinator is: Ellen Law

August 1-2  Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival – Long Beach, CA

TO ATTEND AS A TEAM 
August 1-2  Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival – Burlington, VT
Machestic's Race Coordinator is: Carol Watchler

August 15-16  Riverfront Dragon Boat & Asian Festival – Hartford, CT
Machestic's Race Coordinator is: Annie Carricato

September 12  Atlanta Festival – Atlanta, Georgia (Saturday)
Race Coordinator is: Ellen Law

ATTEND AS A TEAM  
September 19  Great White North's Third Annual Mercer County Dragon Boat Festival (Saturday) – Machestic's Race Coordinator is: Arietta Wismer

September 26   Team Rummage / Bake Sale (Saturday)

October 2  BCRC 5th Annual "In the Pink" Fashion Show (Friday)

October 10  Rose Regatta – MonteLago Village, Lake Las Vegas, NV (Saturday)
Race Coordinator is: Ellen Law

October 11  Picnic on Machestic's beach, clean boat and store away (Sunday)

TO BE DETERMINED: End of Year TEAM PICNIC, TEAM DINNER or HOLIDAY PARTY  
If a party: December 5  Machestic's 8th Annual Holiday Party and White Elephant (Sat.) 6pm

December 6  10,000 Villages Community Day FUN-draiser (Sunday)