Singapore Dragon Boat Festival – 2011
On the 9th & 10th of July 2011, Dragon Boaters from across Singapore and Hong Kong took part in the Singapore Dragon Boat Festival at Bedok Reservoir. All races were 800 meters. The Aussie’s hard work and effort with training both in and out of the water in the lead up to this race really […]
Hamilton Island Cup 2011
The Austcham Paddle Club recently competed in the Hamilton Island Outrigger Cup 2011 in Australia. It was a four day event with every combination of OC paddling and distances including OC1, OC2, OC6, Stand up paddle, 8km, 16km and 42km marathon change race. Our paddlers produced an outstanding effort to bring home 3 international race […]
Stand Up Paddling @ Sentosa
I have been talk, talk, talking about trying Stand Up Paddling for ages now. I love Dragon boating and outrigging so I knew it was going to be love – and when I finally got the opportunity to “SUP” last weekend I was like a little kid on Christmas Day. Some Hong Kong guys from […]
I completed the 43km Outrigger race!
What an amazing experience paddling in the Gold Coast Cup Outrigger race. I just can’t wait to do it all again. As a team we all would have liked to do a little better but there were so many positives to take home from it all. We finished the race hard & strong We completed […]
Outrigger Racing at Sentosa
Took part in my 1st outrigger race at Sentosa. The first race was a 12 km race the length of the island, up and around a few buoys. We got off to a bad start as we got sandwiched inbetween the other Aussie boat and the rookies. The rookies should have moved over to give us some more room – but with currents & waves & rookie drivers – it ended up in a little bit of a crash. Later in the afternoon we then did Mixed team race. I guess the best way to describe it was like a relay.