Join ERDBA as a Club or Festival Member

12/6/22 REMINDER
All ERDBA Clubs and Festivals need to pay their 2023 Membership due by January 1, 2023 to maintain your ERDBA membership in good standing
4/3/21 UPDATE!
ERDBA Directors approved temporary 1 year amendments to our by-laws.
  • 4/3/21 AGM: waiving 2022 ERDBA membership dues for all 2021 Festival members in good standing. 
4/18/20 UPDATE!
In light of Covid-19's impact on the start of water activities, the Directors approved the following amendments to our current by-laws relating to the 2020 and 2021 membership dues:
1. 2021 ERDBA Club membership dues waived to all clubs IF they paid their 2020 club membership dues.
2. 2021 ERDBA Festival membership dues waived for the festivals who paid their 2020 membership dues AND
  • cancelled their 2020 event OR
  • posted a greater than 50% drop in total 2020 team registrations from 2019.

CLUBs and TEAMs

Annual Membership
​$300
Membership Forms & Fees due January 31, 2023

2023 Club Registration Form: PDF or ONLINE
  • Address $300 membership fee check to (After January 31, 2023, add $30 late fee for renewals):
    • Eastern Regional Dragon Boat Association, Attn: ERDBA Treasurer, P.O. Box 446, New Hope, PA  18938-0446
  • Or pay Online HERE,  which includes a $10 processing fee.

ERDBA expects teams to register their paddlers no later than two weeks  before their first qualifying ERDBA event of the season.  ERDBA crews attempting to complete a "qualifying event" should expect to have a roster check onsite at marshaling prior to each heat during the "qualifying event".

ERDBA rules allow paddlers to be members of two different teams/clubs provided that they are actively training with both. In attempting to qualify a team, ERDBA requires a paddler to be within a reasonable driving distance of the team’s training site. Exceptions may be considered on an individual basis.

IDBF WCCC require racers compete on only ONE club crew at that event.

FESTIVALs

Annual Membership
​$300
Membership Forms & Fees due January 31, 2023 

2023 Festival Registration Form:  PDF or ONLINE
  • ​Address $300 membership fee check to:
    • Eastern Regional Dragon Boat Association, Attn: ERDBA Treasurer, P.O. Box 446, New Hope, PA  18938-0446
  • Or pay Online HERE, which includes a $10 processing fee

Sanctioned ERDBA festivals, events are evaluated according to meeting 8 of the following 14 criteria;
  • ​Standard IDBF race distances (200m, 500m, 1k, or 2k)
  • Finish line camera(s)
  • Electronic race timing technology
  • Clearly marked lanes (buoys every 100m suggested)
  • Lanes of even water depth
  • Minimum lane width of 9m
  • Lanes that do not create an unreasonable competitive advantage or disadvantage
  • Utilization of USDBF/IDBF/DBC qualified race officials
  • Utilization of like quality dragon boats (same manufacturer/model) so that there is no competitive disadvantage
  • Emergency First Responder team readily available
  • Safety boats in the water/effective paddler rescue plan in place
  • Evacuation plan in the event of weather emergency
  • Advance filing of rosters for sport crews
  • Employ roster checks for all sport crews

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