{"id":992,"date":"2020-08-25T02:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/?p=992"},"modified":"2021-02-24T05:11:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T05:11:23","slug":"longzhou-newsletter-august-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/news\/longzhou-newsletter-august-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Longzhou Newsletter August 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/81bcd4_c81948847c2242ad8e2106235235c544~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_285,h_404,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/81bcd4_c81948847c2242ad8e2106235235c544~mv2.webp\" alt=\"Longzhou newsletter front cover June 2020 edition\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-5a2b1\"><strong>In this edition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-capb\">Message from our President Mike Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-92dip\">The Macau International Dragon Boat Race was live streamed on IDBF&#8217;s Facebook page, bringing the spirit of dragon boat racing to paddlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-61o75\">The IDBF Youth Commission recently reconvened under the new leadership of IDBF Vice President Matt Smith as interim acting Chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-5q0eb\">The Court of Arbitration for Sport recently awarded the governance of stand-up paddling to the International Surfing Association at an Olympic Level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-eil6\">IDBF Race Officials tell us how they got into dragon boating and what motivated them to became officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-7lqfj\"><a href=\"http:\/\/0471ca54-276c-4c11-8f24-79273f2e52aa.filesusr.com\/ugd\/81bcd4_0b97437612a946ecbe08b845488bdbe0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read the August 20 issue &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-73plt\"><strong>Got news and updates you want to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-c2iuu\">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-837ed\"><strong>Subscribe to Longzhou<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-9fq9l\"><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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition Message from our President Mike Thomas. 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