DRAGONS ABREAST NT – PADDLERS ON A MISSION
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Dragons Abreast NT – Paddlers on a Mission is based at Cullen Bay near Buzz Café, just by the Slipway – it is the first car park on your left as you come down the hill at Cullen Bay.
FIRST COME & TRY FOR 2006
Six of us collected the boats from their berths to paddle the 500 plus metre trip to the beach for our first Come & Try for 2006. As we rounded the bend to bring the boats into the beach I was absolutely floored when I looked towards the shore and saw a crowd of people. My first thought was that there was another function being held on the beach at Cullen Bay, but once the boats were beached and the crowd started wandering down, I thought, my goodness, (not really) how on earth are we going to fit all these people into two boats.
Our Come and Try’s are held on the last Thursday of each month, they are followed by a sausage sizzle and we normally get about 12 people at these sessions. So you can understand my panic when I saw at least 50 people standing on the bank. There’s a lot to be said for all that eating and drinking over Christmas. Obviously now is the time to exercise and lose the excess weight.
Once all the waivers were signed, introductions and safety talks given we loaded the boats, and took to the water to introduce them to the fun of paddling. As the boats moved away from the shore our members who could not fit into the boats rushed around organising the barbeque and someone headed for the shops to buy more sausages and drinks.
Fifty minutes later the weary, wet paddlers arrived back, and despite being hot and puffed got out of the boats with smiles on their faces saying that they had thoroughly enjoyed the paddling. Many asked when they could return for another training session.
The Dragon Boating of the NT combined Australia Day and Chinese New Year Regatta is being held on January 29 so it was very opportune to invite them all back to enter into this fun filled day and hopefully become regular paddlers with us.
Pauline Deslandes, Coordinator
Flyer for Mandorah event - Saturday 6 May 2006
"Simply the Breast" 7 May 2006 - A fabulous new event for the Territory yachting calendar. The 'Simply the Breast' Inaugural Yacht Race will be held on Darwin Harbour on Sunday 7 May 2006 more..
Newsletter DANT GOSS - January/February 2006
Media release - Rotary Club of Darwin donates Surgical Gamma Probe to the Royal Darwin Hospital & the Darwin Private Hospital (September 2005)
Golf Day photographs (May 2005)
Turban Making (May 2005)
Positively Pink Parties (May 2005)
Newsletter April 2004 
Farewell – Dr Sid Selva – Darwin’s first oncologist - click for more
Global Illuminations
As part of the Estee Lauder Global Illuminations – Parliament House in Darwin NT turned PIINK – the fabulous event was well attended by members of Dragons Abreast with Pat Hancock acting as MC and Michelle Hanton speaking as a survivor on the impact of research into breast cancer.
Media release September 2005 - Rotary Club of Darwin donates Surgical Gamma Probe to the Royal Darwin Hospital & the Darwin Private Hospital.
August 2004
Photos taken at the recent Come & Try dragon boating day held at
Cullen bay Marina and followed by a sausage sizzle. We were very pleased
to enjoy the company of Edith Cooper (DA Qld) and Jan Ross (DA Port Lincoln)
as well as Claire Threadgold, National Manager of the Encore program.
(please go to photo page)
Dragons Abreast NT recently acted as the ‘bridal boat’ to
deliver a Darwin bride to her wedding on the Sandbar in Darwin Harbour!
See attached media
clipping
July 2004
The Administrators Pleasure Concert was held on the 10th July. Dragons
Abreast was there in force as all proceeds were to be donated to the NT
Breast Cancer Voice with which we are affiliated. (click on photographs
below to enlarge)
Judy Smith & Lynette Nabholtz were also there! |
Michelle and Sasha Hanton – Mum and daughter dressed to promote
the cause! |
June 2004
Dragons Abreast NT held a private function and presentations on the lawns
of Parliament House to thank our key supporters over the past 5 years.
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| Penny La Sette, Michelle Hanton, Judy Smith and Alan
Culbertson at Parliament House Darwin – May 2004 (click on image
to enlarge) |
Group – Alan Culbertson, The Hon Syd Stirling
- Treasurer, The Hon John Ah Kit – Minister for Sport &
Recreation, Michelle Hanton, Sue Carter – Patron DA NT, Terry
Mills – Leader of the Opposition, Judy Smith (click on image
to enlarge) |
read about our new boat "Moontime"
The NT Sports Awards were held on 26 May at the MGM Grand Casino in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and I am absolutely delighted to announce that Alan Culbertson, who DAA nominated for Coach of the Year at the NT Sports Awards, held last night in Darwin, has been named NT Ambassador of the Year.
Alan did not win Coach of the year – he was in excellent company with outstanding nominees. However, we are absolutely blown away to hear Alan was the recipient of the Ambassador of the Year Award which is an award that is presented by the Minister for Sport & Recreation and the recipient is selected from the nominees across the various categories.
All Dragons Abreast, not just in the NT but across Australia are thrilled with the announcement and absolutely delighted the Minister has recognized Alan’s contribution to the development of dragon boat in the NT and Beyond!
Michelle
read about our new boat "Moontime"
NT News - Dragons Abreast 
delighted to report that our application for a grant for a Community Benefit Fund grant was successful!!! Work will now commence on building our own BBQ trailer and obtaining a shade structure - we are thrilled.
We also had a very successful Australia Day weekend. Our women's team came 4th in the Australia Day corporate races whilst the mixed team that paddles under the name Arafura Abreast in the club category came equal 1st with the Arafura Dragons! We were delighted with our win and the trophy is just beautiful and doing the rounds of the various team members offices!
Pat had just finished her last chemo treatment on the Thursday before the 2003 Australia Day races. She was determined to be part of the team and we were delighted to have her as our drummer. Australia Day marked 1 year since Pat joined us!
December 2002 Newsletter
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January 6, 2008
