Get Your Waivers In!

As you all may know the Treasure Island Race is in two weeks. This means that you all need to turn in your waivers ASAP! If you need the waivers, they are found here. Once you complete it, please turn it into your respective presidents. Also, two weeks left of Dragonboat before the race means two more practices and like I said before in the previous post, everyone needs to be attending these last two practices if you really want to go out and compete. The reason is simple, we have tweaked and optimized our stroke and race pieces and we have added new vocabulary to signify our strokes. So it is your job to learn all of these before the 25th or else you will not be competing with the rest of us.

Three Weeks Left!

There are only a mere three weeks left until the big Treasure Island Race on September 25th and 26th. It is very important for everyone to make every single practice and at least 2 adult practices if you are a new member. This is to ensure every and all paddler on the Alameda Fishtix are prepared for this race. If you come to the race, but have not been to any of the past practices, there is no way to let you onto the boat and race with us. This is because we have altered our race paddling drastically and requires weeks of practice to actually perfect. So please RSVP on the Facebook event, and be sure to attend every and all practice available.

New Season

Hello fellow paddlers.

New members, please register and get your waiver stuff done ASAP. There is a new race coming up.
Please read the directions below.

Please make sure you register online at cdba.org.
How to register (for people who have not done it before):
1. Go to www.cdba.org
2. Go to Membership
3. Go to Login (even if you do not have an account. There is a sign up for membership thing at the bottom of the site.)
4. Our Team Login is aLaFistix (yes, a typo). Our team code is t6JlfbP.
5. Electronically sign (type your name) into the box after you finish all your other registry stuff.
6. After completing the registration, sign on.
***Make sure you put youth team...team=Fishtix

If you have registered online before, sign back in at www.cdba.org using the email and password you set up before. Once you have signed in, update your profile and agree to the terms of the new waiver. Remember we are a youth team and the team name is Fishtix.

Also, the big Treasure Island Race is in 2 weeks. So please try to make every single practice, whether you're in the competitive or recreational team. It is important to be thoroughly prepared for the race.

More people skipping practice?! Oh NO!!

Not to keep pestering everyone, but...consistent attendance to practices is vital in maintaining a functioning and competitive dragon boat team. So to everyone who keeps flaking on practice and to everyone who has second thoughts about attending practices, attending them do help. By attending each and every practice, you are setting examples of dedicated and hardworking senior members to the junior and younger members. Also, coach David is doing some fine tuning to our stroke and if you miss any of the days when he is giving tips in stroke optimization and physics, you are letting the rest of the team down.

New Additions to the Fishtix Family

We recently received a plethora of new recruits from Encinal High School. For everyone, please welcome them as our own and show them a warm Fishtix welcome. It is important for all members, experienced or new, to teach our new members the correct stroke and correct code of conduct. Everyone at Fishtix would also recommend every member to continue attending practices regularly because we are introducing new techniques to everyone and we don't want to waste everyone's time going over trite lessons.

In other news, for Fishtix members interested in pursuing executive positions at Alameda High School, please contact Simon Liu for more information on positions and the application process.

Closing out the year with a dose of ELECTIONS!

The Alameda High branch of Fishtix will be holding their own leadership elections for dragonboat. Positions will include: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. If you are an Alameda High member of Fishtix and would like to run for anyone of these positions, please contact Simon Liu. The election date is to be announced when all the candidates have been determined. Good luck to you all. The ASTI Fishtix branch is helping to organize a team barbecue. The date is to be announced and dependent on the availability of the members. The event will be held on a Saturday, so please notify your respective dragonboat president which Saturday is the best time for you.

Let's Keep It Short and Sweet

We're going to be having a "recess" from practices on Fridays, considering lately people haven't been coming. So, we will ONLY HAVE SUNDAY PRACTICES at 4 pm - 5.15 pm, as usual. We hope that after this break you guys will come more often.
We're also going to start coordinating some FUN events (BBQ/Pool party, bowling, movies) If you have other FUN ideas let your respective President know!