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It's quite sad news to here about our own paddlers and their tragedies in Malaysia. But what irks me more is the the recent drowning of spectators. Nine Chinese villagers died and two were missing after they fell into a river in east China while watching a traditional Dragon Boat race from a rain-soaked embankment, state media said on Tuesday.
Hey everyone,
The past while we've been working on continually updating the team pages for added functionality. Each team now contains a guestbook, contact section, revamped season details section, roster, as well as an team blog area to shout out to the rest of the community.
You can view the new features in action right here Waterhawks Dragon Boat Club
I've got a couple of other things coming in the hopper to help teams promote themselves on this site, then we're on to getting galleries for each team!
I know it's been nearly a month since our last post - but really, we've been busy! Hopefully sometime by the end of the month we can show you some of the new features on it's way for ready-ready.org.
Having said that I'm pleased to announce our first team from the UK, the Kingston Royals. We spoke with Simon Blackburn to get to know them a little better.
We are one of the oldest dragon boat clubs in Britain, and have raced since 1987. We regularly compete in the BDA national league and have entered longer events such as the Henley Winter Series and the 23 mile Great River Race. We train on the last non-tidal reach of the River Thames in SW London. We regularly take beginners but also have several international paddlers - with many of the former becomming the latter! And if anyone is visiting London and wants a paddle during their vacation/business trip then please get in touch.
Our club colours, royal blue and electric pink, come from our founders (who took the royal blue of the Royal Canoe Club) and a claim that they were so good "that they could even win in pink"!
We are a sociable club, holding BBQs in the summer and a few parties to keep the spirits up during the long winter months. We are co-located with other sports clubs so we also join in at their functions as well.
I know it's been a while since I've last posted here. I've been wrapping up some loose threads with some of the code, so with that in mind, I'd like to thank you all for your patience.
Bug Fixes coming soon:
I know that there are some image upload issues. I'm currently working through them slowly, if for some reason your image isn't uploading could you please email them to support@ready-ready.org
Things completed over the last while:
*Profile Pictures linked to wall posts
*Profile Pictures now shown in the forums
*Whenever a headline or coach note is posted within your team, the team is notified via email
*Terms of Use Page completed
Upcoming changes:
*Teams looking for paddlers will be shown on the main page
*Better visibility of all your teams activities
*A method to delete wall posts
*Hitting the enter key to login
*Minor aesthetic updates to profile and team profile pages to make it friendlier
*<--- nicely blank left column, expect to see it fill up slowly ;)
Site Statistics:
Completing our first month of activity here at ready-ready.org, we have 81 members, 21 teams, and just under 100 forum posts.
Exciting news we've just received from GWN Dragon Boat that Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival (OIDBF) will be held at Walt Disney World Resort October 18, 2008. Wouldn't that be quite a show if all the Disney characters, Goofy, Mickey Mouse, and Cinderella were to paddle together? That would be something I would consider flying down to see.
hit the jump to read more....
We'd like to welcome, Cowichan Valley Dragon Divas. They are a five year team of breast cancer survivors from Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
A little bit about them:
We range in age from late 40's to mid 70's but we all believe in having fun!
We're inclusive, hardworking, and committed to raising awareness while focusing on fitness and health.
Good evening! I'd like to welcome BraveHearts, a co-ed team where ALL of the members are cancer survivors (all types of cancer).
This team was started by Breast Cancer survivors who had felt that anyone going through the rigours of any type of cancer could benefit from the sport of dragon boat racing, through an improved healthier lifestyle in a supportive environment.Being the first of our kind in Canada, we hope to encourage other communities to start a similar team and enrich the lives of all cancer survivors.
It would appear that we had multiple issues last night with our location finder. We use the location finder to keep the data in our database consistent so that teams will be categorized properly.
If you are finding that it is not working, please ensure that you are inputting the correct postal code, and if there is a problem please contact us directly at support@ready-ready.org
with
a) your team name
b) your postal code
c) your country
d) Anything you want to say about your team
and we'll try to resolve it right away
Argh Matey! Tis a pleas're to announce anoth'r Florida based team, Blazing Paddles.
Some interesting information about this team:
Our team has a pirate theme.
We strive to be the best we can be, but we are open to anyone with a good attitude. We uphold high standards of sportsmanship and fair play.
Hi everyone,
It's been about 10 days since my last site update, so I'd like to let you all know what we've been the latest with ready-ready.org.
New Features:
As promised, we've been pushing on allowing members to upload pictures. This was a struggle for me initially because I needed to find a way to conserve space on the server if individuals were going to upload their own pics. I've eventually resolved the issue, so please look forward to seeing some faces on the forums.
Currently right now profile pictures and club photos can be see within your team.
Fixed Features:
There were a couple of bugged items that we've been working on ready-ready.org noticeably the forums. We're still working on these as we speak!
Site Statistics:
Since our last update we've had over 11 new teams and 43 members sign up! We're really happy with this direction and we're hoping to get more teams to signup over the next few months.
I'm pleased to announce tour 4th [I think] Survivor Breast Cancer team known as SurviveOars! They are a California based team representing a cause that I run for annually.
Here are some interesting fun facts about SurviveOars:
We are a breast cancer survivor team. We provide a way to identify as a breast cancer survivor in a non-medical setting to move forward together, literally and figuratively.
They are beginner mixed team and practice First and third Saturdays and second and fourth Sundays at 8:30 A.M.
You can visit their club page here: http://www.surviveoars.org
We're pleased to announce our 2nd dragon boat team from Florida, USA.
They are part of the Florida Keys Dragon Boat Club that was organized two years ago after the first annual Battle in the Bay Dragon Boat Festival in Key West, Florida.
A little something about them:
We have a good time
We seriously paddle every Sunday
Water is our surroundings
