{"id":3197,"date":"2023-12-29T03:25:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T03:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2023-12-29T03:25:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T03:25:38","slug":"updated-idbf-statutes-and-bye-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/news\/updated-idbf-statutes-and-bye-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated IDBF Statutes and Bye Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/documents\/statutes-bye-laws\/\">IDBF Statutes and Bye-Laws<\/a> have undergone a big transformation and refresh. Originally written 32 years ago, the Statutes and Bye-Laws have evolved over time with incremental adjustments which meant there were a number of contradictory statements. 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