MR 500: Dragon Boat Regatta
Aussie Aussie Aussie – oi oi oi! My paddling team Austcham Paddle Club competed in the 1st dragon boat regatta of 2011 at Marina Bay set over a 500 metre course running from the barrage up towards the flyer. Overall from the weekend, we didn’t return with our usual haul of medals – but we did […]
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 […]
Gold Coast Cup Outrigger Race, 2010.
This weekend I’ll be heading down to Queensland, Australia to take part in the Gold Coast Cup. It’s a 43km paddling race in outrigger canoes. The event begins down on the New South Wales border at Coolangatta and we paddle north up the coast finishing at Surfers Paradise. Our team has put […]
Paddling at Sentosa
Another great weekend of paddling at Sentosa for me! I arrived to my Outrigger training on Sunday hoping for an easier session as I was feeling a little…. well let’s just say ‘fragile’ – but that hope was soon squashed when I found out we’d be taking the OC1′s out. I was a little […]
Post-Paddle Soreness…. Ouch!
I went a little crazy on the weekend… … after relaxing for 6 weeks over xmas / NY I decided to begin my paddling training with 4 sessions in one weekend. I knew I was going to be in a world of pain after the 3rd session on Saturday when I was aching just standing […]