Our first hit out for the season, and we did extremely well! A great deal of fun on the beach and in the water.
Four Dragon Boat Clubs, one from the township of 1770, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Cooloola (our team) gathered at Torquay Beach in Hervey for the first regatta of the Greater Wide Bay Regional Dragon Boat series.
Races between clubs, crews of 20 and also 10's were paddled over 250 metres, and the race places and race times all go towards points for an overall winner after 4 regattas.
The first regatta for the year was hosted by the Hervey Bay club, June we compete in Bundaberg, July the comp is in Tin Can Bay and the final one in the series is held in 1770.
This weekend the weather was perfect and ocean was pretty calm so there were no excuses!
Setting up marquees at the start of the day
The ceremony called 'Dotting of the Eye' or 'Awakening the Dragon' is practiced at many Dragon Boat Events. It traditionally involves a Taoist priest or sometimes a dignitary dotting the protruding eyes of the dragon head carved on the boats, thus ending its slumber.
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| Our club boat |
Paddling buddies - Judes, Elaine and Meg
The Cooloola 20's (22 crew with the sweep and the drummer)
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We had a very successful day, coming 2nd in the 20's crew and we won the 10's crew race so it was a great start to the series.
Yay we finally have a trophy for the cabinet. GO COOLOOLA!
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