- ZOOM with ADBA
ZOOM with ADBA
WHEN: Monday, September 15, 2025 7:30-8:30 pm CDT
TOPIC: Blending as a Paddler/Paddling with other Teams
WHO: OPEN TO ALL –– Please share with your paddlers and teammates!!
Have you ever joined another team to help fill out a roster? Are you a “promiscuous paddler?” Join us for an informal roundtable discussion with the members of the American Dragon Boat Association on the benefits and pitfalls of joining other teams besides your regular paddling group.
Questions to get us started:
- What are some tips for connecting with other teams you might want to paddle with?
- What is your club/team culture around paddling with other teams/clubs?
- How can you be a good addition to any team?
- What are the best ways a team or club can welcome new or guest paddlers?
What questions do you want to ask? Bring them to this conversation!
Your facilitator:
Ginny Moran, Minnesota Dragon Boat Club
ADBA 2nd Vice President - ADBA President Inducted into IDBF Hall of Fame
Congratulations go out to our ADBA President, Barbara Michaels! It is with great pride that we announce that our ADBA President, Barb Michaels has been inducted into the International Dragon Boat Federation’s Hall of Fame! Barb’s recognition came as a result of her years of work as a “Sport Developer” at many levels. She has worked hard at the local festival level, along with giving her leadership time with the United States Dragon Boat Federation and of course her years with the American Dragon Boat Association.
Pictured above is Sue Holloway (left – IDBF Hall of Fame Committee Chair) and Barb Michaels (right)
The IDBF Hall of Fame Awards Night took place July 18th during the 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Brandenburg, Germany. This exciting event honored the inductees and their incredible accomplishments, shining a spotlight on their lasting legacy in the dragon boating community.
Congratulations to Barb on her 2025 Hall of Fame induction!
For more information about the IDBF Hall of Fame and past inductees, please visit https://www.dragonboat.sport/about-us/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-inductees/.
- ADBA Newsletter issued
The Summer 2025 issue of the ADBA newsletter has been issued.
Check the main menu under “Newsletters” to keep up to date with ADBA activities.
- Link to 13th IDBF CCWC event videos, 2022
The IDBF Club Crew World Championships were held beginning on Tuesday, July 19th, 2022. This is the 13th year that the International Dragon Boat Federation has held the Club Crew World Championships and in 2022 they were held in Sarasota, Florida.
You can view a YouTube archive of each day’s racing by going to this link:
https://www.youtube.com/nathanbendersonparkconservancy - IBCPC Founding President passes
It is with sadness we must report that Jane Frost, International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission (IBCPC) Founding President died in hospital in Vancouver BC Canada on June 12, 2022.
Jane was a visionary and activist for the past twenty seven years as an original member of Abreast In A Boat the world’s first breast cancer survivor dragon boat team. She lead the way with love, courage and perseverance to grow breast cancer paddling worldwide.
She was an inspiration for so many with the important work she did in enhancing the quality of life of those diagnosed with breast cancer through the camaraderie , exercise and mutual support we all experienced paddling together in a dragon boat.
She will be missed . We offer our condolences to her family and to her many friends around the world. - IDBF moves to new website
The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) has announced that it has moved it’s website to a new domain name. See the Media Release below:
IDBF-media-release-2019-01-change-to-domain-name
