3 River Serpents

Teeside BDA Event - The Serpents Are Back!!

Sunday 14th June saw our local BDA event at the Watersports Centre on the River Tees.  With a determined crew of 16 serpents we entered our first race event of 2009. 

Cheers Simon for the victory fingers!        Keni and Kerry missed this photo opportunity.

We had two 'virgin' Serpents competing for the first time, well done Paul and Maria, green suits you!

 
The sun was shining all day and Billy made the most of it ...........

....... Debs led the warm ups with Simon ever enthusiastic!

 
........ but we won our first 200m heat by half a boat,

....... going on to finish second overall in the 200m event. 

We only had one warning for being late but we did have to find a pool helm!

We had a little accident with the dragon's head and can't blame Sir Clive this time......

Despite a 'gaffer taped' head the 500m races after lunch were rewarding and we finished a strong 4th overall.

Everyone had a great day and thanks to Glen, Tristan and Ian for travelling from afar. 

The Serpents are back and have their sights set on Preston on 26th July!

 

New College, Durham

Sixty keen students competed in dragonboat races as a team build exercise for their college course on Public Services.  Despite the persistent rain all enjoyed the event!

 

 

Events - Calling all Serpents!

We have a whole bunch of events coming up over the Summer.  Not only do they help to raise funds for the Club but are also an excellent opportunity to show others how much fun dragon boat racing is.  You never know, there may even be some future Serpees in there.

We do need the help of all members if possible so please put these in your diary and let Jane know at training which ones you are able to help out at.

Friday 5th June 2009 9.30am to 3.00pm for NEW COLLEGE DURHAM
Dragonboat racing challenge for 60 students held at DARC

Friday 19th June 2009 1.00pm for DURHAM PRIMARY CARE TRUST
A team building paddle for 12 health trainers on the Wear

Saturday 27th June 2009 12.00pm to 2.00pm ACTIVE DURHAM
Taster session for the public to experience dragonboating

Saturday 12th September 2009 11.00am to 4.00pm BUTTERWICK FUNDRAISER
Six teams competing for a trophy to raise funds for Butterwick Hospice

Want to Paddle at the Tyne Event

The Tyne Event is coming up fast on Sunday 9 May.  If you have friends or colleagues that are going to fill a seat for us they'll need to get down to training at least once before hand.  Trying to recruit a bunch from Crossfit NorthEast England to come down this Sunday. 

Testing 1, 2, 3

We are going to try and bring some life to the Serpee's online experience