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Dragon Sport News - Emagazine “The Independent Voice of Dragon Boat Sport” December 2017 Winter Edition<br />
HERE’S HOW TO QUALIFY<br />
WELCOME TO THE 2018 PAN AM 10-PADDLER SPRINT RACING SERIES<br />
1. Participate in at least 3 of 9 Pan Am 10-Paddler Sprint Series events.<br />
2. Accumulate points for your team/club based on participation and<br />
placings at PASS events<br />
3. Redeem those points to collect ballots to win valuable prizes<br />
including a brand new 10-paddler dragon boat!<br />
4. Watch for special promotions to gain ballot multipliers which<br />
increases your team’s odds of winning prizes.<br />
5. At the end of the season, attend or tune-in to the PASS Award<br />
Ceremony to apply your ballots to the available prizes<br />
The popularity of 10-paddler racing internationally and here in Florida is<br />
undeniable. At the recent IDBF World Championships held in Kunming, China,<br />
small boat entries significantly outnumbered standard boat entries. Talk of<br />
eventual Olympic Dragon Boat inclusion centers around the 10-paddler boat.<br />
Many of our festival customers in the Southeast Region are requesting 10-paddler<br />
boats for their events as an exclusive race class or as an add-on to their current<br />
standard 20-paddler boat offering. Sales of 10-paddler boats in the USA are<br />
trending to soon surpass standard boats sales.<br />
With this evidence in hand the question for us became, how to make the Pan Am<br />
Sprint Series (PASS) relevant? After tossing around several ideas we decided that<br />
we would go big or go home.<br />
One lucky team who participates in the Pan Am 10-paddler Sprint Series will<br />
be awarded a brand new 10-paddler boat. Of course, the devil is in the<br />
details. How do we win the boat?<br />
6. Hold your collective breath as we spin the drum and draw the Grand Prize #1 - Kahlua 10-Paddler boat<br />
winning ballots<br />
As you’ve deciphered by now, we are not simply awarding prizes to the teams who accumulate the most points. Rather, we are<br />
awarding points to all participating teams with the better performing teams, in the most highly contested racing classes deservedly<br />
receiving more points.<br />
Grand Prize #2 - dragon boat cover<br />
This will allow teams to redeem those points for more prize ballots. A consistently<br />
higher performing team who competes at more PASS events will have better odds of<br />
winning prizes, but every team will be in the game.<br />
Bottom line is, the more ballots a team or club has in the ballot box for a<br />
particular prize, the better odds of winning the prize offered by that drawing.<br />
We are very fortunate here in Florida that there are many growth catalysts for our sport<br />
and so many convenient options to compete with your athletic peers. We are excited<br />
to introduce our 10-paddler boat series to you in 2018.<br />
Thank you for your participation and dedication as we continue to grow dragon boat<br />
racing in the Sunshine State and beyond.<br />
Mike Kerkmann,<br />
President<br />
Pan American Dragon Boat Association<br />
For full information on the Rules and Paddler Eligibility etc, email<br />
info@panamdragonboat.com<br />
www.panamdragonboat.com<br />
Grand Prize #3 - aluminum dolly<br />
STAY TUNED... will be adding more fabulous prizes<br />
Dragon Boating. " More than a Sport – a Tradition " 27.
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