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| 11th Annual YMCA Dragon Boat Team Challenge 2009 |
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The South Montgomery County YMCA announces the registration dates for the 2009 YMCA Dragon Boat Team Challenge “Presented by Hewitt”. The 3 day event will be held at Northshore Park and Lake Woodlands, September 25 – 27. Registration is now available for all alumni teams through July 5th. Registration will open up to NEW teams beginning July 6th.
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•Are you looking for a unique, fun and easy team building outing? YMCA Dragon Boat is for you. The YMCA does all the planning and facilitating . . . all you have to do is recruit your team and show up ready to play.
This exciting team building event is designed to build community spirit among corporations, civic groups and community organizations. The activities are designed to bring individuals together to achieve a single goal – To Have FUN! They achieve this by becoming a team and working together as a synchronized unit. It’s much more than “beating the other team.” It is the camaraderie, visiting and playing with old friends, meeting new friends, hard work and feeling good about it. At the YMCA, Everybody Plays and Everybody Wins.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available. This is a great event for sponsors to wrap their arms around, be associated with an extremely popular community event and receive additional recognition and visibility in the community. For more information on sponsor levels, please contact Roxanne Davis or Gary Louie, 281-367-9622.
Who can enter? Teams from corporations, service organizations, civic and community groups, churches, schools, neighborhoods are invited to participate. A team is composed of a minimum of 20 members but no more than 30. Each team roster must have a minimum of 5 females and participants must be at least 18 years of age. High School teams, 9th – 12th grade, are eligible to participate in the Sunday morning bracket: 8:00am – Noon.
The Dragon Boat Races are the main event. Dragon boats are forty foot long, extremely, colorful dragon headed canoes and weigh over 1800 pounds. The sport of dragon boating is over 2000 years old with its origins steeped in tradition. In addition to the dragon boat races, each team will have the opportunity to participate in five other fun team-building activities. These activities will vary and will include problem-solving, non-athletic as well as physically challenging. There will be Something for Everyone regardless of their fitness level or athletic abilities! By popular demand, the returning events include the popular YMCA giant inflatables: Human Foosball and Bounce Volleyball along with Dodgeball. Two new events will be added to the mix to create a variety of activities including mind teasers and less physical activities so that everyone can participate.
The YMCA makes it so EASY to participate. The Y organizes and facilitates all team activities, provides all the equipment, rules and instructions as well as a team tent, water & ice and event t-shirt. The Y also provides professional staff, volunteers and safety/security agencies to create a positive, safe and fun environment. The team entry is $575. All you have to do is send in the team registration form, recruit your team, show up and have FUN!
Get ready to Row . . . Row . . . Row . . . your Dragon Boat! To register stop by the YMCA located at 6145 Shadowbend Place in The Woodlands. Team registration forms available at www.ymcadragonboat.org.
Limited space available - so register early. For more information please call Roxanne Davis at 281-367-9622 ext 223 or visit www.ymcadragonboat.org.
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Posted on Jun 15, 2009 17:45pm by admin
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