Pam Newby - started paddling in 1995

Dragon boat involvement 1995 to 2000 inaugural member & first secretary of Paddlesnappers Club 1996 - International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) accredited coach and helm 1996 to 2000 committee member of SADBA 1996 to 2004 - corporate teams for Cape Town Internationals & Leagues 1996-2009 SADBA Sweep and Safety Officer 1997 to present - coached SA team for 2nd IDBF World Championships in Hong Kong 1998 coached the corporate team of Safmarine into the club Safdragons (now called Mujaji). 1999 coached the corporate team of I&J into the club I&J Dragon's Pursuit. 1999 Passed IDBF Race Official's Exam 2000 joined Safdragons 2003 DSK founder and coach, entered as SA junior team for Poznan Worlds. 2004 Technical Director for the Club Crew World Championship in Cape Town 2005 Race Official at the 5th World Championship, Berlin 2005 South African represenative at the IDBF Council meeting in Berlin 2005 DSK and Dragon's Pursuit coach 2005-6 Mujaji coach 2005-9 SADBA Vice President 2005-6 WCDBA Chair 2006-9 IDBF representative for Southern Africa 2006 V&A Dragon Flyers founder coach 2006-8 Amabele Belles founder and coach 2006 competed as a paddler at the Taipei (Taiwan) and Miluo (China) Internationals 2006 attended as coach of the SA team at the 1st BDS World Championship in Singapore 2007 competed as a paddler in a multinational team in China 4-city Dragon Boat Festivals           Zhaoqing, Zhanjiang, Shauguan, Guangzhou 2008 paddled the Venetian Vongalonga with the Typhoon Tigers of London 2009 Cape Grace founder coach South African helm at World Championships 1997 Hong Kong 1999 Nottingham 2002 Rome 2003 Poznan, Poland 2004 Cape Town 2006 1st BCS World Championship in Singapore (80/20% division) International Race helm 1997 Macau Dragon Boat International 1996-2003 Cape Town Dragon Boat Internationals 2000 Dabao Yan Huang Cup, China ( Beijing, HuangZhou and Xiamen) 2006 Milou and Nanning Internationals (China) 2007 Shauguan Dragon Boat Festival Also helmed for Australian Premier Open at Hong Kong International 1997 for the winning NYFD-Queensland crew at the World Firefighters Games in Durban 1998 Australian Dragons Abreast at the Club Crew World Champs in Rome 2002 Poland Girls team at Berlin World Champs 2005 (won silver) USA and Singapore at the Nanning International 2006 and for Italy, Germany and Sweden at various Cape Town internationals SA Team Coach for 2003 World Championships, Poznan, Poland 2006 BCS World Championships, Singapore have also participated in several Chinese Festival Regattas in Gauteng; as stroke paddler for I&J Dragons Pursuit and corporates' sweep at Florida Lake in 2002; as sweep (helm) for DSK and Safdragons at the Emerald Casino Regatta in 2003; for Paddlesnappers at Wemmer Pan in 2004; and for DSK at Florida Lake in 2005. webmaster and sponsor of www.dragonboat.org.za since 1997

With the SA Juniors in Poland

Born: British Somaliland (Northern Somalia) 18th November - never mind which year Grew up: England, Tanganyika, England, Malawi, England, New Zealand, South Africa (Natal) Current occupation: web master and computer literacy teacher Previous occupation: 5 years lecturing Zoology at university 9 years teaching matric Biology & Head of Department Academic qualifications B.Sc., Hons., M.Sc. (Zoology)   (Natal) My Masters thesis was on cavernicolous microchiropteran behaviour & reproduction.