Everything Gaelic you need to know this week!

‘Tis The Season To Be Jolly!

Race season in Singapore is officially over and ’tis the season for the Gaelics to be jolly and celebrate all the achievements we have made this year! And speaking of celebrations, we have a line up of events coming the whole month that you should look forward to. That includes the Gaelic Christmas Paddle and the Annual Awards Night, which is also our Christmas Party.

And every year, we are nominating for the Best Male and Female Paddler, the Most Improved Paddler, and the “Fun Awards”. Do send in your nominations to the Gaelic President at nominations@gaelicdragons.org.

We are all looking forward to receiving your nominations and seeing you at the coming events!

NO TRAINING THIS WEEKEND!

Due to the number of Gaelics coming to Penang this weekend, including coach, we are giving you another weekend of break!

Do keep an eye on posts for training times for the next few weeks ,especially for the Christmas paddle.

Some additional info you need to know:

Again, please email your award nominations to Nuala before the Awards Night/Christmas Party.

Auslics(AustCham + Gaelics) On Tour
December 2-3

This year, it’s not only the Gaelics who’s going on a tour for the Penang International Dragon Boat Festival this coming December 2 – 3. We will be joined by the Aussies, which we later called the team “Auslics”.

And not only that, we have a recent addition to the team. Some of the Filipino Dragons – Singapore will be coming to join our team.

Since not everyone will be there to support the team on the races, you can show your support by liking our team photo on the Penang Facebook page here. The crew with the most likes will receive a special gift from the organisers.

Wish those coming to Penang well before they fly tomorrow, if you see them around!

Quiz is back!

30 November, from 8pm

The Penny Black

Aaaand….. our Thursday quiz is back! Join us this Thursday night for a fun trivia and quiz at The Penny Black starting at 8pm. Bring in your team and win the bucket, or a bottle of wine! It will be grand!

Please find updates on this Facebook event by our Quiz Master!

#itsgrandwithMasterSid

Gaelic Dragons Annual Awards Night & Christmas Party 2017
16 DecemberTime to save the date and rummage through your closet to find that nice party dress or tie you’ve been saving the whole year for this event! Where else would it be?! The Penny Black starting at 7 p.m.!Please do not forgot to send in your nominations to the Gaelic Dragons President at nominations@gaelicdagons.org by Friday, December 8. There will be 3 main awards up for grabs and the “fun awards” you will have to name when you send in your nominations. Please check the email sent (only to Gaelic Dragons paid members) by Aoife for the details of the nominations. Message Aoife if you have missed the email. The 3 main awards are the following:– Best Male Paddler– Best Female Paddler– Most Improved AwardWe are looking forward to receiving your nominations!

Gaelic of the Month for November

Gaelic of the Month is something the captains decided to start this year but we realised we’ve never really explained much about it!

Gaelic of the Month is decided at the end of each month by the captain and vice captains. It’s a nice way for us to acknowledge someone who we think has put in that extra bit of effort at training, volunteered to help with out with something or done something that really shows the Gaelic spirit over the previous month.

We very specifically chose to do Gaelic of the Month (and not paddler of the month), because a lot of what we do happens off the water and we wanted to be able to include that.

If you think a fellow Gaelic deserves to be considered for the accolade in future months you can let the captains know and we’ll keep your suggestions on mind.

With all of that – this month the award goes to…..

Andy Pickering

For his encouraging words and for organising all the seniors on the last Singapore River Regatta. Well done Andy!

Save the dates!

Race Dates

We have updated race dates, and do plan ahead.

December 2-3

Penang International Dragon Boat Festival

Fun Races & Upcoming Social Events

December 16

Gaelic Dragons Christmas Party

December 23

Gaelic Dragons Christmas Paddle

Gaelics, we need your help!

For the past newsletter issues, we have been calling the Gaelics to submit stories or articles to be featured and published on our Gaelic Dragons website. We are still encouraging you guys to write for our newsletter and we would be very delighted to receive it.

To submit, please email it to info@gaelicdragons.org.

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