It was a great weekend for the team at the 2010 Singapore Dragon Boat Festival on July 10-11th.  SILVER MEDAL

Way to take home the Bronze in the Expat Challenge at the Gallop of the Dragons race yesterday.  This confirms we are one of the top three expat teams in the country.  We continue to demonstrate our competitiveness, organization, and effectiveness, and the reasons for us to be proud of our accomplishments continue to roll in! (see "More" to read the entire article and see the videos!)

The American Association of Singapore (AAS) needs your support for its annual 4^th of July fireworks show – a spectacular display of American tradition that touches the heart of our community and unites us under a common bond.   For a $100 donation become a fireworks sponsor which includes having your name listed in the Singapore American Newspaper as a firework contributor.  The 4^th of July Celebration is a free event because of the generosity of sponsors and donations from companies and individuals.

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The 300m People's Association Paddle Championship was held on Sunday, April 25 at Bedok Reservoir.  This race is not normally on our annual race schedule, but since they added an International Business Community (aka "Expat") category we decided to make an appearance and support our league.  You have to be in it to win it!

The good news: We cleanly took first place and brought home the gold trophy and some hardware!

The American Dragons took some time out to engage in another one of their favorite activities:  trying to recognize each other in street clothes and without the fine patina of sweat and Kallang that tends to accumulate during practice.

The first race of 2010, the SAVA MR500 at Bedok Reservoir on March 27/28, was planned as a foundation event for the season and we are glad to be off to such a good start.  With our many new team members spread across all of our boat crews, they earned a lot of valuable race experience.  You can check out the whole story and see more photos in our "Events & Results" section, here.

Our three boat fleet, cleaned, oiled, and ready for action.  2010 is going to be a good season.

Thanks to all who attended the AGM on the 17th of January.  We had over 30 people there.

1.  Election Results for 2010 LC

Captain - Tharin Walker
Vice Captain - Elektra Mararian
Coach - Jamey Weingaertner
Treasurer - Andrea Sorani
Membership - Jarrett Spiro
Social - Faby Morales

Thanks to all who stood for election, we need people willing to step up and it's good to see we have plenty.  Remember, it isn't only the LC that has responsibility for the team's success!  I would also like to once again express me appreciation to the 2009 LC and appointees (Mark K and Darrin for OC, Chip for Technology, and especially Jim for Engineering) for their solid work.

2.  Official Start of 2010 Season

Saturday, February 6th will be the first offical practice of 2010.  Weekday practice announcement will follow after the poll (team discussion action item) to determine the team's preference for what day of the week to hold it...