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Appointment of Nigel Bedford and Li Haigang as IDBF Vice Presidents
NEWS RELEASE (#2024-01) Appointment of Nigel Bedford and Li Haigang as IDBF Vice Presidents We are pleased to announce the appointment of Nigel Bedford as the 4th Vice President and Li Haigang as the 5th Vice President of IDBF. Nigel...
Competition Regulation – IDBF interpretation of article CR4.3 Club Crews
On the 3rd February, the IDBF Executive Committee approved the new interpretation of the Competition Regulation 4.3 as a guideline for club crews and national federations to follow leading into the next CCWC in Ravenna, Italy this year. The purpose...
Inaugural Speech by Claudio Schermi – President of the IDBF
Claudio Schermi, IDBF President welcomes in the new year and shares his vision and mission for the next four years.
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The IDBF is an international non-governmental, non-profit world organization for dragon boating and other paddle sport activities.
With the objects of encouraging the development of the sport of Dragon Boat Racing and of maintaining its Asian cultural, historical and religious traditions and of strengthening the bonds of friendship that unite those who practice it, the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) was founded on June 24th, 1991 in Hong Kong by the Governing Associations of Australia, the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, the Republic of Phillippines, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.