Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon boat Racing is still a fairly new activity at the club.  It started just over 2 years ago, when one of our members, Rod Hart, offered to coach the juniors with a view to entering the Henley Junior Dragon Regatta. Rod is a member of the GB Dragon Boat Squad and his enthusiasm for the sport inspired the juniors to great success in 2007 and even greater success in 2008.

The acquisition of two dragon boats, by the Waterside Centre, has meant we can now train in those instead of using bell boats. We are currently trying to get adults involved in the sport and ladies team now trains regularly on sunday mornings.  Rod has recently secured grant funding for the dragon boats with a viewto be able to offering the sport to the wider community. Contact us if you are interested in having a go.

The third event in this season’s Paddlesport Challenge is our home event.  This is the first time we have hosted an event. The Wokingham team is in first place after two events so let’s hope we can pull off a win on our home stretch of water.  dragon-boat-poster

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…)