Well done to the 44 Pacific Dragons who raced at the DBNSW State Titles on Sunday 3 March. While we didn’t come away with any medals this year, the results themselves are very encouraging, especially for our relatively new women crew who had made big strides on the dominant teams in their division this season. The times recorded in the women and mixed divisions were the fastest in recent years so other clubs have certainly been working hard.
We now look forward to these regattas on the busy PDs calendar:
- OC – Port Stephens 30 (OC6) and 31 (OC1) March
- DB – AusDBF Australian Dragon Boat Championships, 21-22 April
There’s still plenty to work for and enough time to make improvements. Let’s try to be at training as much as we can for the next several weeks (and preferably the time slots designated by your coaches, or other sessions if you can’t attend those ones). Training may not always be as exciting as thumping out races, but training is where races are won. Hope this quote will inspire everyone as it does for me:
“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” ~ Muhammad Ali
See you on the water!
DBNSW State Titles 2019 Racers:
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Ballebye, Cassandra Barham, Denise Cooke, Laura Davenport, Kerry Davis, Claire Dunbar, Jodie Foo, Euphemia Frowen, Nicola Giang, Rachel Gibson, Maya Holmes, Kirsty Lit, Cheryl Mikkonen, Hannaleena Montemayor, Angelica Murphy-Silver, Jade Ostovar, Firoozeh Petterson, Joanne Piddington, Karina Rowcliff, Vicki Sebastian, Sunita Simpkin, Leigh Tam, Yvette Wang, jiaojiao Wheeler, Esther |
Au, Albert Austin, Kaizer Bacon, Graeme Basty, Ardish Bridges, Paul Chai, Dino Chen, Yu Chezzi, Steve Douglas, Simon Dovey, Steve Eldridge, Geoffrey Hall, Mark Jones, Billy Jones, Ryan Mc Hugh Dolan, John McAlister, Peter McKenzie, Ian Ohara, Travis Smith, Paul Thurecht, Christian
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