GEe are we going to have a team?

As many of you have heard GE has been in a time of transition and a question that was on people's minds was....Are we still going to Dragon Boat? I am pleased to announce that we absolutely will. I am proud that we have built a team of people that is filled with GE employees, friends, and family. We spend a lot of time with the people we work with. Sometimes (especially quarter end) we spend more time with each other then we do with our own families. At the end of the day we have formed bonds and friendships that are more then just co-workers we are a team that was formed by more then just a common place of employment. I am proud to call each one of you my team mate.

WOW ....a new season ...a great team....some veterans....and rookies...
Now that i have a year under my paddle, I'm chomping at the bit to GET PADDLING!
I look in the eyes of the newbies and see that same look of "omg what did i do?"
Paddles Up!

Paddles UP!!!! Its Paddle Season Again

It was great to see everyone today at GEs first Dragon Boat Meeting. Can't wait to see how this years race will shape up. Given everyone's enthusiasm I know it will be great time.


LET IT RIDE!!!!

Wow .....What a day!....as one of 20 paddler's on our TEAM, i feel humbled by the whole thing. As we paddled out to the staging area on that first race, my heart was pounding with excitement....( old age) ....our steersman was the Best!
I hope i can do this again....it was the best team building exercise i have ever been involved in!

Paddles up!

on the water practice...whoo hoo!!

Sat Sept 6 was a great and exciting day!

most of the paddlers were in attendance, and the seating arrangements were made....(i think we need a bigger boat). Seeing how i had another commitment, i could not be there to enjoy the fun.

paddles up!

First Practice

Well it came at last.... the big day of first paddle practice! the 16 or so of my team-mates show up at the appointed time, like trout at a fish farm. confusion would not be a good word to describe the feeling in the room...more like, AHHHHHHHGGGGGG! we soon lined up our twenty chairs and started to place paddlers. Naturally cause I'm one of the oldest members I got stuck in the back...(coach says it where the best paddlers go) yea...right.....did I mention our paddle coach?he's a veteran of the dragon boat wars...his calm persona and tactful way of encouraging us paddlers is inspiring! why we even nicknamed him "The Drake" because on the surface ...calm, cool, determined..but underneath, holy cow he must be going 60!...look I have a picture of our fearless paddle coach...(we are so gonna win)OK so The Drake was telling us "you only have to paddle for 90 seconds" yea right I don't even walk for 90 seconds, and if I have to go 1oo feet I take the car.

The Drake says that by the time of the race, we'll be able to paddle for 200 seconds....we'll see.Some of the team members are pretty pumped up ...to get out and "paddle like they mean it"Paddles Up!

Oh my God, what have I done?

Anchor here ... first report....
As i clicked the "accept" button on the email to volunteer as a paddler on a DRAGON BOAT, i wondered to my self, " what the heck am i doing?"....as the shock wore off a few days later, we had ....the meeting ... i got to meet my team mates ( man how is an old duffer like me, gonna keep up to these young whippersnappers) i thought. Well, no matter we've got our practice times set., although its going to be interesting at practice.....maybe someone will splash water on us to make it "more realistic".....we'll see.
PADDLES IN THE WATER!!