Get ready to RACE- July 5, 2014

photo courtesy Doug Nobiletti, ©2013

It's official! the first Annual

DUTCHESS DRAGON BOAT RACE is coming!

Saturday July 5, 2014

we hope to see a lot of spectators, sponsors, dignitaries, and, most of all, YOU as a participant. This is your chance to be part of a team of 20 or so paddlers, or as a drummer, in a Dragon Boat on the Hudson River.

NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE? No Problem! Each team will get a practice session on the water with an experienced coach, during the week leading up to the race itself; and all equipment is provided- the boat, the paddles, the life preservers, and each boat will have a professional Steerer to safely guide your boat down the 200 meter course, and each boat will be followed by a safety motor launch. Ages 14 and up, men and women, your regular hangout, your bowling team, your charity, your workplace, your fitness gym, your church- YOUR TEAM CAN PARTICIPATE!

Lining up for the race will take place at the Hudson River Rowing Association's Community Boathouse, next to the Marist College boathouse, and a little bit north of Waryas Park at the foot of Main Street in the City of Poughkeepsie.

http://www.hudsonriverrowing.org/directions.html

In the next few weeks, the website for team registration, with entry details and more information on the starting time and practice sign up procedure, will be available. MEANWHILE- show your interest! send an email-

pokdragonboat@gmail.com

and we will make sure you get fully informed about what to do.

Here is comes, everybody-   Awaken the Dragon!