Singapore Dragonboat Festival – 30th June / 1st July – Bedok 800 metre race
Austcham Paddle Club have trained solidly for 8 weeks in the lead up to the 800 metre race at Bedok, 2012. The team are quite fit and paddling well together considering the DBS Regatta was only a few weeks ago in May. Over the last 8 weeks there’s been beefcake, milkshake, time trials, Hellweek and of […]
Dragon Boating – Singapore River Regatta 2010
On the 30th & 31st October, 2010 was the 28th Singapore Dragon Boat River Regatta at Boat Quay. The 300 metre course runs from the Boat Quay Bridge down towards the fullerton. There was the usual singapore downpours of rain followed by hot and humid sunshine, paddling action in the water, a few crashes to […]
10km Dragon Boat Race
Most Health Guru fans will know that I’m obsessed with paddling! I paddle in Singapore with Austcham Paddle Club (a.k.a The Aussies). Last weekend we took part in the Austcham 10km race hosted at Kallang River. The course was a sprint start from Kallang up to the Marina Barrage, a right turn up past …Read […]
Singapore Dragon Boat Festival – 800m
The Aussies win GOLD! Last weekend was spent paddling at the Singapore Dragon Boat Festival at Bedok Reservoir. The Aussies had an outstanding weekend beating personal best times and retaining the prestigious winning cup in the Expat Final. Here is our score card: GOLD!! in the “Expat Race” by a whopping 11 cheap Acomplia seconds. […]
Gold!!!
Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi !!! – Austcham Paddle Club Another awesome weekend of paddling cheap drugs completed! It was the first ‘Gallops’ Dragon Boat race held to coincide with the Singapore Airlines International Cup horse race. The race was 200 metres held at Boat Quay and was action packed! They set the lanes […]
Dragon Boating: American Thanksgiving Challenge
I took part in my 1st Thanksgiving Challenge over the weekend. A ‘fun’ race was organised in Kallang River where we had to paddle through a set course with stations to complete succesfully in order to collect letters to spell our T.U.R.K.E.Y (now I say ‘fun’ as I’m sure it’s supposed to mean we’re less […]
Bronze Medal!!
Just to keep you updated – I was lucky enough to come home with a Bronze medal in the Expat Race at the November Boat Quay Dragon Boat race. Germans 1st, Aussie A 2nd & Aussie B 3rd. Go Aussies !! – 2nd & 3rd – and so unlucky not to win considering we beat […]
Dragon Boating in Singapore
Austcham Paddle Club in Singapore – Paddle with the aussies! Establishing a fitness routine as an individual takes alot of self motivation and discipline. It’s a very lonely world running & gymming daily without a training parter – which is why I’m a big fan of team / group sport. When you commit to a […]