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2008 Australian Dragon Boat Racing Championships, State V State Perth Results
On 9th April. seven Newcastle Dragon Hunters club paddlers competed,
Pictured
Masters "Grand Masters" A clean sweep for New South Wales in the Masters and Grand Masters categories (six GOLD medals) was a tremendous effort, not to forget the BRONZE medal to the Grand Masters Mixed B crew.
Ian, Rosemary, Helen, Petra, (Joe- Central Coast Sea Dragons), Richard, (William CCSD)Inset
Ross Chard - Premier Open Gold. Madeline Hanks - Premier Women-Bronze, Mixed A - Silver.
Another way of Fitness and Fun
Social to Competitive. Give it a go
Sunday mornings once a month there will be an introduction to dragon boating, dates to come.
Also the club has a 6 person Outrigger for cross training and the overflow from Dragon boat training.
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WINTER Training:
- Tuesdays DB and Thursdays BOOT CAMP at 5.40 PM,
- Saturdays at 7.10 AM
- Sundays at 8.10 AM
from Throsby Creek , Carrington
2008 NSW Dragon Boat Championships
The Dragonhunters Club has grown rapidly since it's beginnings in 2000. Whilst our current membership is largely Masters age, we are now focussing on recruiting and building our Premier division (under 40s). We also have a strong Dragons Abreast contingent: these women have been an active part of the club from the beginning.
We are also very competitive in the Masters events in the National competitions. In 2007 Our Open (men) team secured third place in the 1km Nationals race. Training is on Throsby Creek (see google map) lasting around one-and-a-half hours. Wear casual clothes that you don't mind getting wet and definitely some kind of footwear (thongs, old sneakers, boat shoes).
Anyone interested (who is 18 or over, and can swim 50m fully clothed) can just turn up and we will fit you into a boat. The first two sessions are free.
We also put on a very popular corporate event for the locals each year as well as three charity events.
Dragon boating is alive and well in The Hunter Region. 
Dragons Abreast link
