Wraysbury Dragons and Waka Ama, along with Britannia UK, emerged victorious at the 9th Int. Dragon Boat Festival & 5th EuroCup in Belgrade, Serbia. While Wraysbury Men secured second place in the Prem 500m and 200m open races in 5th EuroCup. They claimed first place in both the 500m and…
Month: June 2023
Wraysbury Dragons and Waka Ama – Marcus & Diane
Me and Diane have been dragon boating for a few years now. It all started when we entered the local charity team to the London Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival for pros, corporates and charity teams. We only had a handful of lessons before the event. Which involve lots of…
Great Britain National Outrigger Sprints 2023 at Dorney Lake
🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉 What an incredible day of OC6 racing for our Waka Ama crews at the GB Outrigger National Sprints. The weather was hot and humid, adding to the excitement. Unfortunately, heavy rain and lightning forced the cancellation of the last races, but that didn’t dampen our spirits! Throughout the day,…
Briezh Ocean Race & Baltic Sea Fest
Jack Wormald and Olly Thompson from the dragon boating & outrigging section of the club recently competed in an OC2 in two ocean races in Europe, the Briezh Ocean Race (BOR) in Brittany, and the Baltic Sea Fest (BSF) in Germany. At the BOR, they faced a 38km downwind with…
Milton Keynes BDA NL 2023
What a splendid day of weather for the Dragon Boat National Racing Day at BDA Milton Keynes. We were filled with excitement as we eagerly took part in the highly competitive Open S20 category. Our crew consisted of 22 paddlers, including 6 women, while the 5 drummers skillfully took turns…
Welcome to GB Para Vaa’a Outrigger / Waka Ama Crew
WSPC were proud to have the GB Para Vaa’a Outrigger / Waka Ama Crew training at WSPC in preparation for their trip to the World Long Distance Champs in Samoa representing GB.