About the Belleville Dragon Boat Club...

The Belleville Dragon Boat Club (formerly the Belleville Paddling Club) is one of Belleville's most active sports and recreation clubs. The BDBC is dedicated to fun, fitness and team-building, both on the water and off, offering programs for all ages from 17 years old to seniors. We offer instruction and training in all areas of Dragon Boating for all levels of expertise: from novice to competitive status.

Since it's inception, the Belleville Dragon Boat Club has been proud to be a community based and completely volunteer run, non-profit organization. We strive to be good citizens of Belleville and the Quinte region. To that end we run several annual events to help raise money for our community.

In addition to supporting the Belleville community we have strong ties to several of our neighbouring dragon boating teams and events. Most recently we have worked with the Wellington Lions Club and the Cobourg Dragon Boat Club with their dragon boat festivals.

BDBC practices and events commence from Victoria Park on the Bay of Quinte, in the City of Belleville Ontario. Each year we offer paddling programs for all ages and all fitness levels. Our professional and experienced coaches ensure your safety, fitness and goals are obtained.

It is hard to believe the 2011 paddling season is just around the corner. I hope that everyone is as excited as I am to get back in our boats. We have had many paddlers working out together at the YMCA over the off season, and we have had some new faces join us.

The Executive has worked hard over the off season to come up with some exciting events for this year that we are all excited to share. We ended the season with our clubhouse being renovated, and I am hoping this will give us more space to accommodate returning members and new members.

We will be asking for help when the time comes to clean the boats in preparation for their return to the Bay, so if anyone can assist with this please let me know. We will also be looking for paddlers to help launch the boats, and I am hoping this year the weather will co-operate with us, as last year it seemed every time we moved the boats it poured rain.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the Open House, and if you have any ideas of things that you would like to see this year, please let me know. Almost PADDLES UP!!!!!!!!!

Cheryll Drumm
Commodore
Belleville Dragon Boat Club