Australian National Dragon Boat Championships - Adelaide 2010

Welcome to City Dragons

Welcome to your single point of reference for everything concerned with this fun and innovative club. City Dragons is all about having fun, making good friends & serious hard racing. Race Hard, Party Hard! We train under the Anzac Bridge so come down and try us on for size!! For more information visit the Contact Us page. Paddles Up!

City Dragons has it's most successful Nationals

The hard work has paid off, with the club achieving great success at the recent National Championships in Melbourne (April 2012) and an amazing number of firsts for the club.

The Medal Count

2 GOLD

500m Open’s (defending champions, back to back gold)

200m Open’s (first time for City Dragons)

1 SILVER

2000m (2km) Open’s

2 BRONZE

500m Mixed Red

200m Mixed Red

Not to mention position number 8 . . . . . .

2000m (2km) Mixed Red 8^th

2000m (2km) Women’s 8^th

500m Women’s 8^th

200m Women’s 8^th

200m Mixed White 8^th

500m Mixed White 8^th

Congratulations to all who competed, whether it be the heats, semi’s or finals an amazing effort, well done!!!!

The Opens crew had qualified for Wold Club Crew Championships at the 2011 Nationals. Our main aim was to qualify the mixed and women’s – at this stage, we are now taking the mixed team to Worlds. Another first for the club, two crews qualified for World Club Championships CONGRATULATIONS City Dragons!!!!!!!!

Special thanks must be given to the coaching staff, in particular head coach Ryan Chan and his assistant Steve DC. It is also the work of a dedicated committee who work hard behind the scenes, thank you to ALL committee members and a huge thanks from everyone in the club. To Roger, Daly and Christian who help out at training with sweeping the boats as we paddle around Blackwattle Bay, thanks guys, I know you weren’t at Nationals, but without you guys we cannot do the training we do.

Finally, to our major sponsor Livescore, thank you, thank you, thank you – shirts and paddles look fantastic!!!!!!

An amazing Nationals campaign that everyone in the club should be proud of – well done to everyone involved.

2011/12 Committee & Focus

City Dragons committee for 2011/12 will continue the work started in the previous season with a view to building and strengthening the club even more. The committee is committed to being proactive, looking to build a strong base and future for the club and a committee that wants to hear from paddlers - ideas, feedback, etc. We need and want input from club members, without our members our club does not exist, so please don't hesitate to contact a committee member at any time. If you do not know who the committee members are, ask a fellow paddler. The committee is:

President:	Jenny O'Hearn
Vice President:	Steve Da Costa
Treasurer:	Michelle Ackerman
Head Coach	Ryan Chan
Members	Benie Rojas
	Ryan Chan
	Ingrid Van Uden
Marketing:	Petr Balcarek

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