NJ BCS Race Series

CONCEPT

2010 represent the inaugural season of an idea to provide local racing opportunities for the NJ-based Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat teams. Each NJ-based BCS Dragon Boat team will take a turn to host a dragon boat event. At this time we don't have any particular format. We do have a commitment from each crew to participant and to take a turn at hosting an event. Breast Cancer Survivor dragon boaters and their Supporters may participate.

There are now 5 NJ-based Women's Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat teams. Each team provides unique support to their members and we hope that this race series will expand the support to each of our state-wide sisters and their supporters!

• • Lake Parsippany - Pathways Team SOS NJ (Pathways, The Connections in Summit)

  • Atlantic City, Intercoastal - Vikings Dragon Boat Club (Gilda Club, Atlantic City)

  • Camden, Cooper River - River Sisters (Cooper Hospital, Camden)

  • Princeton, Mercer Lake - Machestic Dragons (Breast Cancer Resource Center, YWCA, Princeton)

1st EVENT - hosted by PATHWAYS TEAM SOS NJ

JULY 17, 2010 @ Lake Parsippany

• • Tentative schedule:

    • 10AM-10:30AM - waivers, registrations, intros

    • 10:30AM - 1PM = races

    • 1PM = lunch (provided by host team)

    • 1PM-2PM = land activities

  • Participants will be representing these teams:

    • Pathways, Team SOS NJ

    • Machestic Dragons

    • Vikings Dragon Boat Club (w/Gilda's Gladiators)

    • Hope Afloat - Philly

    • Against the Wind - Philly

    • NY Wall Street Dragons - NYC

  • Activities

    • dragon boat races - with own team and maybe mixed with others

    • pink elephant exchange - copied from GoPink!DC's 2010 event, we will give everyone a turn to pick from a bag of wrapped pink elephants from participants. Much like your holiday grab bag.

    • lunch - will include veggie and meatball sandwiches

    • "special" team activities - think: "college bowl".

OTHER STUFF

• • WHAT TO BRING

    • Beach Chair, towel, extra set of dry clothes

    • Sun block

    • bug spray

    • "pink elephant" (approx value $10) - wrapped in bag (like a holiday grab bag)

    • optional: your paddle, pfd, butt pad

    • stuff to sell to other BCS crews

  • WHAT WE WILL PROVIDE

    • 2 dragon boats

    • paddles

    • pfds

    • butt pads

    • waivers

    • lunch and drinks

  • MISC INFO

    • Directions: http://www.njdragonboat.org/njdb-directions

    • Location: Johnson Beach, Lake Parsippany

    • GPS address = 900 Lake Shore Drive, Parsippany, 07054

    • Event contact = Info @ njdragonboat.org

    • NO PARKING along Lake Shore Drive, parking available on side streets