Junior Dragon Boating
Wokingham Dragons are a group of juniors who got together in 2007 with a view to entering the Henley Junior Dragon Boat Regatta. That year we entered one team ‘the Wyrmlins’ who were runners up in the U18 category. The following year we were back with a girls team, ‘The Dragonflies’ joining ‘The Wyrmlins’. The Dragonflies won the U18’s and the Wyrmlins the U14’s. In 2009 we added a third team, The Warriors and came home from the event with three trophies!
Interested?
Our training sessions are held on Wednesday evenings, at 18:30 during the summer months and at 14:00 on Saturdays between October and April.
Beginners are very welcome. You are invited for three trial sessions before making any commitment to join the club. For more information contact Rod Hart on 07771 685834.
September 27th, 2009 (Shirley)
Hot off the press ~ Wokingham Dragons in awesome form at the Longridge Dragon Boat Regatta and proudly showing off their medals and the magnificent trophy. Watch this space for a full report and more pictures.
September 7th, 2009 (Shirley)
A big well done to Aaron Thompson who competed in the World Dragon Boat Champio
nships in Prague.
Aaron has been training with the GB junior team since being selected in April.
During the four days of competition the team took part in junior ‘open’ and ‘mixed’ events over 1000m, 500m and 200m. They won through to the major final in the ‘mixed 200m’ event and paddled brilliantly to win the bronze medal.
It is the first time in six years that the team has won a medal at the world championships and the juniors were the only GB team to win a medal at the event! So it really is a fantastic achievement.
If you look carefully you can just see the top of Aaron’s head, third from the back.
May 17th, 2009 (Shirley)
Junior training will continue on Wednesday evenings at 18:30 until further notice. New paddlers are welcome to come and give Dragon Boating a try.
April 26th, 2009 (Shirley)
Junior dragon boat teams from Wokingham Canoe Club have once again put in impressive performances at The Henley Dragon’s Annual Junior Regatta, winning three of the four main trophies. The club entered three teams; ‘Dragonflies’ U14 girls, ‘Wrymlyns’ U14 boys and ‘Warriors’ U16 boys. (more…)
March 30th, 2009 (Shirley)
Training will be on Saturday at 14:30 and Wednesday at 18:00.
The Henley Junior Regatta will take place on 25th April – make a note in your diary, please!
We have 18 Juniors so far and have 6 more that have shown an interest. We would like to put in an all Girls team so if there are any girls aged between 11 – 18, please come on down. We also have room for more boys- no experience required just enthusiasm and a little determination.
Those Juniors that have raced over the past couple of years and are now experienced paddlers may need to help with some of the new paddlers from time to time. Remember it’s the team that wins not individuals and your help will be very much appreciated.
April 28th, 2008 (Shirley)
On the 26th April 2008 members of Wokingham Canoe Club took part in the Junior Regatta held by Henley Dragon Boat Club.
We took two teams; a girls team called the ‘Dragonflies’ and the boys team called ‘Wyrmlyns’. In preparation the teams had trained hard, every Wednesday and Saturday, for about four weeks. In the competition the Wyrmlyns were in the under 14’s category and the Dragonflies were in the under 18’s category. (more…)
