It's this time of the year again.....

...where we have no other subject than Dragon Boating to discuss ;-) AWA Globe Paddlers finished 3d in our Warm-Up Race and the team spirit is very high. We're really a fabulous group of women, close knit in the meantime and committed up to our hair tips to reach the cup final on main race day which is on june 8th. I would like to share a poem with you that my paddle pal Parul composed after our last practice, it caught the spirit of the moment short and to the point - Cordie is our drummer/coach by the way and she was heading the last practice session, read on:

Cordie's Song

And a ONE!

and a two and a

Sea water stings the eye

And a three

And a one!

and a two

And another sleepless night

And a three! and a one!

And a tumor in my spine

And a two and a three

And a one!

And a move to Bangkok

And a two

And a three

And a difficult daughter

And a shoulder sprain

And a stressed husband

And a one

Wild, wide willful sea

Churning

Muscles burning

We REACH as ONE

For the love of speed

And we REACH as ONE

For the love of life

For the love of me and we

For love

And we REACH

to dredge the sea,

to dig

and chew

and consume the sea

So thick like trouble stew

Like marriage, like parenthood, like health, like life

And yet so worth every grueling, lactic, moment

In this one sea, take it or leave it

Breathless, but then there is this

One stroke

in this one moment, use it or lose it

Eighteen hearts drum as one,

beating the sea, loving the sea,

moving the very sea

in which we sit

And we REACH for more

Deeper

Harder

Faster!

Up one

Up one!

Breathe the sky

Breathe the sun

Breathe as one

And we REACH,

we REACH,

REACH

reach

The Finish

...and to see why we're all hyped up, just click on the link below and watch the official video the Dragon Boat Association sent to the teamleaders recently--->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4OaK2L5I-A