Wraysbury Dragons & Waka Ama recently raced at the 6th Barcelona Dragon Boat Festival, held at the kayak venue used for the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The 500m racing was in standard dragon boats and the 200m racing was in small dragon boats.
By using paddlers in multiple crews, we entered the following crews :
- Premier Open 500m
- Senior Mixed 500m
- Premier Women 200m
- Senior Open 200m
- Senior Mixed 200m
- Masters Open 200m
We reached five finals, winning the Senior Mixed 500m and the Masters Open 200m. In addition, the Premier Women won a bronze medal in the tightly fought 200m final. In the Premier Open 500m final, we won silver, losing by 2/10ths of a second to a strong, young German crew.
A very enjoyable few days in Spanish sunshine with every paddler coming home with medals, including at least one gold.
