Practice this Saturday and Sunday (5/18, 5/19), Irving Dues, Denver Booked!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by admin

Good evening, Delites,

What a busy schedule we have coming up! Irving is in two weeks (can you believe it), and we are filling two boats for that race!  I’m very excited to have our cancer awareness counter-parts coming from Pink Phurree to paddle with us, and looking forward to showing a good time with an after-party to our Texan counterparts.
This is the schedule:
1. Practice this Saturday and Sunday from 8:30-10:30 am @ DUC Dock
2. Pay your Irving dues!  It’s $40 for the registration and food for the day!  The race is on May 26th.  Pay them at the link on our “Get Involved” page:
3. Book your tickets for Denver, we are officially registered and going!  Once again, it’s on July 27th and 28th.  We have about 6-7 as a confirmed, so DON”T MISS OUT!  LET ME KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS ASAP!
I’ll be publishing our seating chart within this next week, so keep your eyes open for it!
Looking forward to seeing all your beautiful faces this weekend!
Thanks,
Coach Jovin
972-821-9194
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Practice this Saturday and Sunday (w/ filming) from 8:30-10:30 am @ White Rock Lake

Posted on May 9, 2013 by admin

Good evening, Delites,

We have practice this Saturday and Sunday (5/11 & 5/12) from 8:30-10:30am at White Rock Lake, and we will be filming the team for critique on Sunday! We only have 4 more practices until our dragon boat race in Irving on May 26th, and the only way to get better is to paddle more as a team!

On that note, we are also gauging interest level for our team to go to Denver, so please reply to this email whether you are interested or not interested, so I know you’ve read this email.

From now on, registration will be handled via the Regatta Central system, and if you’ve paid your dues but haven’t registered on it, please do so soon! I’ve only had 9 registrations.

The link is: http://www.dallasunitedcrew.org/index.php/camp-registration

Looking forward to seeing all your beautiful faces this weekend!

Thanks,

Coach Jovin
972-821-9194

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Practice this Saturday @ 5/4 from 8:30-10:30, Irving (5/26), Denver (7/27-7/28)

Posted on May 2, 2013 by admin

Good evening, Delites,

We’ve got our flagship dragon boat race coming up on May 26th, Memorial Day weekend.  You know the other teams are gunning for our trophy now, so it’s time to step up!  Rumors started spreading that we were taking a break.
THAT IS NOT TRUE, WE HAVE PRACTICE THIS SATURDAY FROM 8:30-10:30 @ WHITE ROCK LAKE.
We’re going to start 2-a-week practices next week, with a filming and a critique soon after.
Unless you say otherwise, I’m going to assume that if you are a Delite, that you are racing in Irving.  We’ve also got some breast cancer survivors from Team Phurree joining us, and I’m thinking of forming a cancer awareness team if we do have enough.
The Irving race should cost around $40 per person for registration, and you get a t-shirt, lunch, and a chance to hang out with us during competition!
Denver is another item on our calendar this year (July 27th-28th), but I must gauge interest level so we can decide as soon as possible to get the best airfare possible.  If you’re interested, reply me right now or tell me at practice!
Austin is also looking for some paddlers for the Bayou competition in downtown Houston, so if you’re going down there and looking for a good paddle, let me know!
Phew, last note, if you got a t-shirt and haven’t paid your $20, please do so online or pay it to me @ practice.  And yes, I know who you are.
See all your beautiful faces this sunny weekend!
Thanks,
Coach Jovin
9721-821-9194
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2013 Austin Dragon Boat Festival

Posted on April 29, 2013 by admin

Our third and final heat at the 2013 Austin Dragon Boat Festival, racing for Championship.

This is DUC Delite’s first time to be competing in the Competitive Category at the Austin race and wow, what a field to be competing against: Houston Heat, Samsung Fire, Austin Coolers, and Team TORA. We pulled hard, with the Coolers on our left, and Tora on our right, and the clear sound of Archi’s voice and drumming cutting through the noise.

Every stroke felt right, every pull felt strong, and the moments I did glance into our boat, I thought, “Wow, we look like the pistons on an engine block”.  The competition was so neck to neck, that we weren’t  able to tell how we placed until the awards ceremony.

The final outcome: DUC Delite snatched the overall Third Place, TORA won Second Place, and Houston Heat took home the Championship.  Enjoy the video, it’s certainly an exhilarating one!  Props to Shirley for providing this.

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