As per our Coach's report to the newspaper - Day 2 Standard Boat Racing
(500 metres)…. And how we all looked forward to paddling together
as one big happy crew! …..20 paddlers; a drummer and a sweep - That
is the essence of Dragon Boat Racing!
Well, we didn’t quite have 20
paddlers but we were good to go with 19 and were once again entered
in the Senior B age division. Still only 4 paddlers under 60, but we
were up for the challenge. We paddled a personal best in our
Heat, bettering our previous record by 3 seconds and so were already
feeling fairly pleased with ourselves, for that was what we had hoped
to achieve. In reality, first and second places in
this one were a foregone conclusion, for two of our opposition crews
(Manly Dragons & Brisbane River Dragons) are currently ranked
numbers 1 & 2 Nationally… a good 10 seconds ahead of the rest,
but third place was there to be taken… we were only beaten to third
place by 2 tenths of a second in the heat, so we had to be in with a
big chance! No repercharge or semis needed, so we were nice and fresh
for the Grand Final an hour later…. Once again, another very
exciting race, firstly for the gold & silver medals… BRD only
pipping Manly by 1.21secs…. But who cares about them???
…. We were slogging it out for third place and once again we had to
await announcement of the official times before we could celebrate….
WAHOO! We did it… by just 0.71 of a second…. BRONZE! BRONZE!
BRONZE! FOR COOLOOLA!...and then we got very loud!!!
…..(Note-we slashed another 6 seconds off our time in the heats,
giving further cause for celebration….aaaaawesome!!)
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| Our hard won Bronze! |
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| Winners are grinners!! |
On Day 1 our Senior B Womens 10's crew made the semi finals for the 250 metre course race and below shows the close photo finish!
It was a great weekend away. Lovely weather, great paddling and amongst fabulous folks.
GO COOLOOLA DRAGONS!
Good job guys niceš
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