Club/Team/Organisation Name:

Typhhon Dragon Boat Club

About Our Club/Team/Organisation:

Typhoon Tigers Dragon Boat Club was formed in 2003 by a group of friends primarily for a one off charity event. The London Lions China Town event was our first taste of success and spurred on by our collective team spirit and the adrenalin rush of racing, the team continued to enter into charity events. Following the cancellation of the final charity race of 2005, and so as not to lose weeks of training, the Club entered into the British Dragonboat Association National League. This was an awakening to the team who at that point, were top of the charity rankings… but not so on the national league. The Club, inspired to compete successfully on the national front, dedicated themselves to a training regime that focussed on not only on the technical and endurance aspects of the sport but also on the collective team work. In 2007 the Club was rewarded for their efforts – being crowned the standard national league champions, with guaranteed promotion to the premier league for 2008. However the Club's paddling interests is not purely focussed on competing successfully nationally. The Club maintains a presence in London's charity dragonboat community through a second team dedicated to competing in up to six charity events each year. In 2007, the Club also entered into its first long distance charity race, the Great River Race. The 22 mile event attracted 500 teams who paddle from Richmond to Greenwich drawing crowds along the banks of the Thames as well on the bridges. Our paddlers who are more succumbed to 250m and 500m racing distances were also challenged to raise money for Demelza, The Children’s Hospice, based in Kent, London. Knowing that their paddling efforts were to assist children with life limiting illnesses, this encouraged our paddlers to keep paddling to complete that 22 mile course. Paddlers raised over £2, 000.00 for Demelza. In 2008, the Club will enter into two major events, the Vogalonga in Venice and the Great River Race in London, with a view of raising money for two selected charities (to be confirmed).

Sport/s undertaken:

dragon boat racing

Network (Primary Sport):

Dragon Boat Racing