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It’s a bit like this:
Big long boats. Lots of rowers, maybe 20 per vessel, plunging their oars into the briny and churning through the water in synchronicity to the beat of a big bongo drum.
There’s history – the racing began in China 2000 years ago.
It’s social – you do it with mates. It’s fun.
It keeps you fit.
And with the first warm tendrils of spring, it’s a very fine way to kick off a Sunday morning in Manly.
And this Sunday morning in Manly – from 10am to midday at the Manly Yacht Club just next to the Skiff Club on the far eastern edge of East Esplanade – the Northern Beaches Dragon Boat Club is holding an Open Day for anyone who’d come along and give it a go.
The club has members from 20-somethings to 70-somethings.
They train twice a week in winter, three times a week in summer.
They race competitively in regattas across Australia.
Their Over-50s crew is just back from Sarasota in Florida where they contested the International Dragon Boat Federation Club Crew World Championships.
And if you’re up for a new challenge and would see Middle Harbour from the belly of a 2000-year-old Chinese war-boat (of sorts) the club is actively recruiting for new members for the upcoming regatta season.
Open Day is this Sunday 11 September from 10am to midday. It is free.
And you can click here or on the poster below to register.
