{"id":1050,"date":"2020-02-17T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2021-02-21T07:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T07:30:39","slug":"longzhou-newsletter-february-2020-issue-1-vol-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/news\/longzhou-newsletter-february-2020-issue-1-vol-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Longzhou Newsletter February 2020 (Issue 1 Vol 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/81bcd4_fa5412c3308e481aa25a59fdf11019a1_mv2-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1344\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-3tueo\"><strong>In this Edition&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-5kobv\">Vale Dave Cogswell. 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Find out what it means for our dreams of dragon boating in the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-d7v00\">Sydney&#8217;s Lunar New Year Festival, the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-3k7rj\">CCWC 2020 Clubs profiled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-ejdrv\">&#8211; Firetruck Dragon Boat Team (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-6qif7\">&#8211; Dragon Sports Association (AUS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-aa35a\">&#8211; True North Paddling Club (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-3h3lh\">Need to Know &#8211; latest changes to IDBF&#8217;s Competition Rules and Regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-9ndhc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/81bcd4_229c9b41d704481c85ef18003040b25d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read the Feb 20 issue >><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-5dncs\"><strong>Got news and updates you want to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-5sbd\">Send your contributions to <a href=\"mailto:idbfnews@dragonboat.sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">idbfnews@dragonboat.sport<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-7jpma\"><strong>Subscribe to Longzhou<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-tium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mailchi.mp\/11efbe00d827\/idbf-news-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe<\/a> to receive Longzhou and other official news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Edition&#8230; Vale Dave Cogswell. 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