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31st May 2011
Congratulations to the
Exe-Calibre paddlers who were recently selected for the Senior Women
and Under-23 GB crews, bringing the total selected for GB
to 15.
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18th May 2011
Pictures of the U16 and U18
Exe-Calibre crews who
came 8th and 6th respectively at the Henley Junior
Regatta are now available here.
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16th May 2011
Congratulations to all 10 Exe-Calibre paddlers
who have earned a place in the GB Premier Crews.
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31st May
2011
Congratulations to the Exe-Calibre paddlers
who were recently selected for the Senior Women and Under-23
GB crews, bringing the total selected for GB to 15.
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18th May 2011
Pictures of the U16 and U18 Exe-Calibre
crews who came 8th and 6th respectively at the Henley Junior
Regatta are now available here.
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16th May 2011
Congratulations to all 10 Exe-Calibre
paddlers who have earned a place in the GB Premier Crews.
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10th May 2011
Exe-Calibre's two crews battled the wind and
waves at the recent race in London - pictures here.
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29th April 2011
The marathon paddle on the Tiverton canal to
raise money for the club's GB paddlers took place last weekend
- pictures here
and press report here.
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23rd April 2011
Exe-Calibre made a strong start to the new race
season in Teesside, finishing 4th in the 200m and 3rd in the
500m. Photos here,
report here. |
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22nd March 2011
Exe-Calibre won yet another trophy for most
improved crew at the final Henley event with a time of 31:59,
finishing as second fastest club crew. Pictures here
and press report here.
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17th February 2011
Exe-Calibre returned from the weekend's Henley event with another
trophy for most improved crew, after going 2 minutes faster
and finishing as third fastest club crew. |
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22nd January 2011
Come and see our boat in Bedford Square, Exeter,
all day Saturday 29th January as we recruit for the new racing
year. |
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4th January 2011
The Get Dragon Boat Racing
session planned for Sunday 9 January has been postponed to late
January due to ice on the canal. |
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2nd January 2011
Pictures from the skittles
night, Christmas
party and Christmas
paddle are now available. |
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21st November 2010
Pictures from the recent 7.5km race at Henley
(where we won the trophy for most improved crew) are now available
here.
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17th November 2010
The next Get Dragon Boating session will be
on Sunday 9 January - more details here.
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1st November 2010
Photos from the recent O'Hanlons
dragon ale launch and
Halloween paddle are now available. |
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26th October 2010
The GB national crews' training schedule for
the coming months is available here
or sorted by squad here
(updated 26 Oct). |
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29th September 2010
ExeCalibre rounded off the season with a successful
showing at the Nationals, and were awarded the trophy for most
improved team by previous winners Secklow. Photos here,
report here. |
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29th September 2010
ExeCalibre completed the league season in London
with maximum points - photos here,
report coming soon. |
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30th August 2010
ExeCalibre put in another strong performance
in the races at Worcester - read the report here and see the photos here.
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15th August 2010
Our GB team members had a successful European
championships in Amsterdam - congratulations to Lisa and Lauren,
who won three golds, and to Chrissie, Anne and Sharon, who won
silver and bronze. Results here.
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30th July 2010
ExeCalibre's dominance of the Standard League
continued in Milton Keynes - race report now available here with photos here.
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19th July 2010
ExeCalibre hosted the latest round of BDA racing
and entered three successful crews - race report now available
here with photos here.
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22nd June 2010
ExeCalibre had another successful race outing
in Preston - the race report is here.
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14th June 2010
Congratulations to Anne, Chrissie and Sharon
who have made the GB
Senior Ladies crew for the European
Championships. ExeCalibre women rock! |
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11th June 2010
Would like to welcome and say thank you to O'Hanlon's
Brewery for sponsoring our new race shirts. Look out for
them at our next race event on the Quay! |
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7th June 2010
Congratulations to Lauren and Lisa who have made
the GB
Premier Ladies crew for the European
Championships. |
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24th May 2010
Well done to the first few Execalibites who
have successfully joined GB teams for this year's European
Championships. Grahame in Senior
Mixed and Katrina, Scott and Alex to the Under
18 crew. |
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18th May 2010
ExeCalibre once again brought home maximum points
from the weekend's race in Nottingham - the race report is here.
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11th May 2010
Following another successful day's racing in
Liverpool on May 2, the race report is now available here.
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10th May 2010
ExeCalibre won the coveted golden paddle after
an eventful dragon boat race at the EWSA open day, beating the
canoeists and rowers. |
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20th April 2010
ExeCalibre made a successful start to the race
season in London at the weekend - report here and pictures here.
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20th April 2010
We have a number of upcoming events including
skittles night and displaying the boat at Princesshay this weekend,
as well as a BBQ and chance to try out other watersports on
May 9 - more info here.
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11th April 2010
Well done to everyone who participated in the
Time Trials in the Trapper Canoes and the 01's. Some impressive
new times were set - bring on the race season!!
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7th April 2010
Come and see ExeCalibre showing off their boat
and promoting the club at Princesshay Shopping Centre on Saturday
24th April. |
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7th April 2010
We invite all members and their friends to join
the ExeCalibre 100 Club.
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21st March 2010
Thank you to all those who attended our training
day today. Our work today will result in an excellent racing
season! |
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8th March 2010
The next 'Get Dragon Boating!' session will
take place on Sunday 9th May. More details here.
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25th February 2010
The next 'Get Dragon Boating!' session will
take place on Sunday 7th March. More details here.
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25th February 2010
Club membership fees for 2010-2011 have been
announced - for more information see the membership
page. |
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25th February 2010
Exe Water Sports Association (EWSA) have voted
unanimously for Execalibre to become the fourth member of the
EWSA. This means we are fully accepted as a club in our own
right and will have our own designated storage space. Brilliant
news for the development of the club! |
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3rd February 2010
The January 100 Club draw has taken place -
details here. Don't forget to renew
your entry when it expires to stay in with a chance of winning.
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31st January 2010
Following today's successful 'Get Dragon Boating!'
session, the next session will take place on Sunday 21st February.
More details here. Pictures from today available here. |
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16th January 2010
The Exeter BDA event has been confirmed for Sunday
11th July, and will combine with the Dream-A-Way dragon boat
charity event. More details
here. |
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16th
January 2010
The Henley race event on 17th January has been
cancelled due to flood risk and poor conditions at the site.
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10th
January 2010
The Exe has frozen in the recent cold weather
- pictures available
here. |
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6th January 2010
The next 'Get Dragon Boating' has been postponed to Sunday
31st January. Book your place now! |
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29th December 2009
The next 'Get Dragon
Boating' session will now be held on Sunday 31st January.
Please express your interest now - it's never too late to start
paddling. |
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30th October 2009
The Christmas dinner and awards night will be
held on Saturday 12th December at Odd Fellows. See the Socials
page for more details |
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30th October 2009
Congratulations to Becky and Will on the birth
of the latest Execalibaby Benjamin Thomas |
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14th October 2009
The training plan for winter can now be found
here.
Don't forget Steve gave us some good information on training
here. |
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14th
October 2009
Some upcoming dates:
ExeCalibre AGM - Wednesday 25th Nov at 7pm
Christmas Paddle - Sunday 20th
Dec
Christmas Holiday - Tuesday 22 Dec to Thursday 31 Dec inclusive
Sunday 17th January - Henley
Winter Series III |
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7th October 2009
Congratulations to all those who came and raced
at the National Cup in Nottingham. The Blades won some bling,
the Maidens were warriors and ExeCalibre achieved 2.14 in
the 500 metres, powering them in to the Minor Final!
Full details here |
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28th September 2009
As part of our end of season partying ExeCalibre
will be holding a Halloween party at the Exe Watersports Centre.
Go Green Monkey will be playing and prizes for best costume.
See the social page for full details |
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27th September 2009
Another great day of racing for ExeCalibre at the last League
event of the season in Albert Dock! See our race
report for full details. |
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4th September 2009
The dates for the Henley
Winter Series have been released. ExeCalibre hopes to go
to some of these this winter season. |
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4th September 2009
Well done to all of team GB and our paddlers who
have come back form an exciting week in Prague. Especially to
Scott who won the bronze medal in the Junior 200m. |
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21st August 2009
BBC
Devon came down to our training session last night to meet
out GB paddlers and see how hard we all work. |
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18th August 2009
Good luck to Steve, Chrissie, Lisa, Lauren and
Scott in their quest for glory at the World
Championships in Prague 26-30th August. |
22nd July 2009
ExeCalibre has a new forum
for all members to be able to contribute to news and information
relating to ExeCalibre. Check it out here
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21st July 2009
ExeCalibre's new boat has been named, Guinevere.
We hope to have a naming ceremony soon |
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12th July 2009
Thanks to Deb and Sue for organising the Quiz.
ExeCalibre made just over £180 in fundraising. |
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14th June 2009
ExeCalibre has won the
Healthy Hearts grant. The proceeds will go towards getting
the people of Exeter into shape through dragon boating! |
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8th June 2009
Congratulations to those that have been selected to race for
GB teams! Lauren and Lisa for GB Premier Ladies, Chrissie for
GB Senior Mixed and Scott for GB Juniors. Hopefully Steve will
be joining them as part of GB Premier Open team. |
5th June 2009
Best wishes to all those in ExeCalibre who
have and will be trialling for GB Dragon Boat teams in the
coming weeks. The world event is will be in Prague
later this year. |
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21st May 2009
ExeCalibre have a new
boat! Thanks to Paul and Graham for fetching it. The new
boat's name will be announced soon. |
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21st May 2009
Winners of the 3 dragons
have been announced. £108 was raised for charity
and also for ExeCalibre. Thanks to everyone that helped to
raise the money. |
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18th May 2009
ExeCalibre had its best day racing ever yesterday
at Exeter. For the first
time we were able to enter two teams, and the A team came
4th over all, with 1st in the Cup Minor Final!!!
The Express and Echo article
gives the full
story. |
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5th May 2009
ExeCalibre did really well in Liverpool
coming 4th in the 500m standard league gaining 13 points! With
2 teams entering the Exeter BDA event hopefully we'll get an
even better result. |
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13th April 2009
A BBQ is being
held by ExeCalibre on the evening of 16th May, the eve of
the Exeter BDA event on Exeter Quay. With funds going toward
new equipment. See our socials page for more
information. |
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24th February 2009
Extra training dates announced:
Helming Training
on Sunday 29th March 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Pre-Season Race Training Day on Sunday 5th April 10.00am -
4.00pm |
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23rd February 2009
Our next 'Get Dragon
Boat Racing' open day will
be held on Sunday 29th March, between 12.30pm to 2pm for more
information see the web page. |
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20th February 2009
Congratulations to Lisa Hayes for winning the 2008 Paddlers
paddler award and Chrissie Hunt for most improved paddler in
2008 at the ExeCalibre awards. |
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11th January 2009
Our first 'Get Dragon Boat Racing'
open day was a great success with 20 new comers experiencing
dragon boating for the first time.
A second course will be held on Sunday
22nd February, between 1.00pm to 2.30pm. for more information
see the web page. |
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7th January 2009
Beware if you plan to do individual trining
on the canal. An ice sheet has formed.
Training on the river will begin Thursday and
Sunday regardless, dress for the cold! |
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15th December 2008
Congratulations to Jo and Paul on the birth
of Matthew Rhys, every one at ExeCalibre sends their best
and we can't wait to meet him! |
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2nd December 2008
Last Sunday water training is 14th December.
Thursday sessions resume 8th January, Sunday
sessions resume 11th Jan, Wednesday sessions resume 11th Feb.
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28th November 2008
An opportunity to attend circuits class during
winter on Wednesdays 5.30-6.30 is now available, speak to
Lauren for more
details. |
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24th October 2008
The ExeCalibre AGM will be held on 19th November,
please be at the club house by 6.45 for a 7pm start. Contact
Sparky if you have any agenda items |
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7th October 2008
ExeCalibre has returned from an exciting Nationals
in Nottingham. Reaching the 200m Cup competition for the first
time, and improving their 500m by 6 seconds.
Congratulations everyone for
your hard work! |
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4th May 2008
ExeCalibre recived second place in the 400m
Plate Major final at the Exeter BDA event, and now has its
first 16points to win the standard league
Article
in Exeter Express & Echo |
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22nd April 07
ExeCalibre are off to take part in the Vogalonga
in Venice on May 27th. If you would like to join us contact
Claire asap. |
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29th March 07
Article
in Exeter Express & Echo |
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17th March 2008
ExeCalibre padded a mile to raise £122
for Sport Relief. See article
in Exeter Express & Echo. |
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19th October 07
AGM to be held at the club house on 12th December.
Arrive at 6.45 for a 7pm start. |
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8th October 07
ExeCalibre return from the Nationals at Nottingham
with a haul of 3 trophies and gold medals for the plate competition.
Race report |
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26th September 07
Well done Steve on becoming a triple world medalist!! |
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17th September 07
Good luck to Steve and all the other GB teams
competing in the Dragon Boating World Championships in Australia.
To keep in touch see Steve's
Facebook group. |
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22nd April 07
ExeCalibre are off to take part in the Vogalonga
in Venice on May 27th. If you would like to join us contact
Claire asap. |
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29th March 07
Article
in Exeter Express & Echo |
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5th January 07
Jo and Paul are organising a charity
auction to raise money for FSID
and RD&E hospital in memory of their baby Amy. |
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8th October 06
ExeCalibre won the trophy
for most improved team at the National finals in Nottingham! |
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18th September 06
Well done to all that took part in the London
Great River Race. ExeCalibre managed to complete the
22 mile course in just 2 hours 38 minutes! |
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6th September 06
Congratulations to Team GB for the 13 medals
achieved at the European Championships in Prague. Special congrats
to Nikki and Claire from ExeCalibre that got 2 gold medals as
pert of GB Senior Ladies team. |
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28th September 05
We won 3 trophies at the National Championships
in Nottingham!! See photos |
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15th September 05
We're taking part in the South
West Canoe show with a display stand and letting people
have a go at Dragon Boating. See Kate for more details. |
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17th August 05
Article
in Exeter Express & Echo - Lorraine Fires up Dragon
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30th July 2005
Stuart, Deb and Jo took part in a charity dragon
boat race with the Met Office team to raise money for Hospiscare.
The team raised over £1100! |
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19th July 2005
Article
in Exeter Express & Echo - Policewoman Qualifies for Boat
Races |
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10th July 2005
We won a trophy!!
3rd place in a very close 400m plate final at the Exeter event.
See race report. |
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28th June 2005
Congratulations to Clare, Nikki and Lorraine
for getting into the GB Senior Ladies team! |
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28th May 2005
Well done to Stephen
who made it back into GB Juniors with the fastest time in the
time trials! |
