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“BEING SO INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS THAT HAVE SUCH A RICH HISTORY NOT ONLY AT THE OUTRIGGER CANOE CLUB, BUT IN HAWAI’I, GIVES ME GREAT PRIDE AND I’M GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED.” —Brendan Bradley
as we’re all too familiar, nothing looked the same. All activities required special safety and sanitation protocols. However, following CDC guidelines, Bradley man- aged to create and organize the inaugural 4th of JulyMacfarlane Club Jam (in lieu of theMacfarlane Regatta), where members could participate in a virtual one-mile swim, a Junior Coed four-man volleyball tournament, a four-man surf canoe race in front of the Club, and a surf canoe contest. He also spearheaded the creation and launch of an “athletic swag” program, that included athletic logos, and promoted the subcommittees to design and create swag that is specific to each sport, in design and style. With that, came a new fundraising policy that later became a Board policy where athletic subcommit- tees are encouraged to fundraise through
makes being anOutriggermember someaningful—whether you’re an athlete or not, and regardless of if your sport of choice is paddling, surfing, volleyball, etc. “Being so intimately involved in the athletic programs that have such a richhistory not only at theOutrigger CanoeClub, but inHawai’i, givesme great pride and I’mgrateful to have had that opportunity to be involved.” Bradley was honored to followEversole’s tenure, and though stepping downmay have been a hard decision, after his three years of service, he’s excited to have a successor
swag sales and now have a process for approval, for logo designs and funds allocation. A new process was also created that allows subcommittees to carry over funds at the end of the year and use them at a later date. With all his successes and accomplishments, Bradley is still as humble as they come, giving much deserved credit to Pelkey and the subcommittees who took the new plans and procedures in stride and welcomed the changes that were happening within the Club, and throughout the world. “I felt somuch of what we accomplished over the past few years was already set inmotion by previous boards and captains–I just stirred things to the surface.” He continued: “There are so many hands working to ensure the Club continues to foster these quality memories we all share, and the simple acknowl- edgment of the time and effort that goes into it canmake all the difference for those behind the scenes.” Of all the challenges Bradley faced as Club Captain, he says the decision to resign was the hardest part, as he believes athletics are truly the lifeblood of the Club. After all, the community that forms around all the sports is what
like Pratt. “With the new shape this role has taken on, I can’t imagine anyone better,” Bradley said. Pratt has competed with—and against—some of the world’s best athletes, and is thrilled to share the waterman culture and ethos he’s developed over his 30 years at OCC. He’s recently served on five athletic subcommittees including
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