LADIES Fun Row!!! 5th Aug Sunday

Calling out to all female freshies:

Have you ever had the teeny weeny bit of interest or urge to try out dragonboating but never ever got the chance?
Well then you should make yourselves free this coming Sunday 5th August! The NUS Dragonboat Ladies team will be organising a FUN ROW for all you girls to try out the sport!

Venue: Singapore Dragonboat Association (SDBA)

Time: 1300-1630hrs (Meet 1pm at Kallang MRT Control Station)

Attire: T-shirt, shorts & sandals/slippers (try to wear comfortable clothes as you'll need to move about)

Things to bring:
1. A change of clothes
2. Toiletries (if you'd like to wash up)
3. Plastic water bottle (at least 500ml)
4. Sunblock
5. Cap(optional)

For those of you who have signed up, do wait for our call. You can also get your other friends in NUS who are interested in dragonboating to tag along but please do inform us when we call you.

As for the rest who didn't sign up but are interested, fear not! You can either contact Liming@ 91763525 or Christie@96225128 to sign up.

As for the other ladies who aren't able to make it for the fun row, no worries! You can drop by our training during the first few weeks of school.

LAND TRAINING - Mon, Wed (Meet 6pm outside SRC Performance Lab, situated near entrance of swimming pool)
WATER TRAINING - Sat (9am @ Kallang SDBA)

For any other enquiries, please contact us or leave a note on the tagboard!

HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU!!!

teamNUS Dragonboat Ladies - More than a team, we're a family!

Join Us!

Queries? Contact Us
armour_jeff@yahoo.com.sg
xiao.wolf@gmail.com (Mens Team)
qiu.liming@gmail.com
hsychristie@hotmail.com (Womens Team)

龍舟

DRAGONBOAT

Due to the long history of dragon boat racing in China, participants in cultural and racing events there number some 50 million people (on a population base of over 1 billion souls). Over the past 25 years, especially since the formation of the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) and its Continental Federations for Asia and Europe, the sport of dragon boating has gradually spread beyond Asia to Europe, North America, Australia and Africa, becoming a popular international sport with a growing number of participants.

Today, dragon boat racing (sport and festival) is among the fastest growing of team water sports, with tens of thousands of participants in various organizations and clubs in around 60 countries - most of which are IDBF members or applicants for Membership. The sport is recognized for the camaraderie, strength and endurance fostered amongst participants, and it has also become a very popular corporate and charitable sport. In Singapore, dragon boating is increasingly becoming popular, with many schools corporate teams emerging in recent years.

The NUS Dragonboat team is dedicated to training and competing in various Dragonboat races throughout the year. There are about five major competitions in each academic year that we participate in. They are the following:

September: Sava Sprints International
November: Singapore River Regatta
March: MR500
May/June: Penang International Dragonboat Festival
June: Singapore Dragonboat Festival (aka June Race, one of our most important competitions)


Our achievements the past year from August 2006 to June 2007:

Taiwan International Dragonboat Festival
Men's 500m Opens 5th

Sava Sprints International
Womens Opens 4th
Men's Open 500m - 4th
Men's Open 200m Plates - 2nd and 4th


Singapore River Regatta 2006
Women’s Opens 3rd
Tertiary Women 1st
Women’s Open Plate Finals 1st
Tertiary Men 1st
Men’s Opens 1st
Mixed Opens Plate Finals 1st

MR500 2007
Tertiary Women 1st
Women’s Opens 1st
Mixed Opens 3rd
Tertiary Men 1st
Men’s Opens 2nd

Penang International Dragonboat Festival 2007
Women’s Opens 20-crew 3rd
Mixed Opens Finals
Men’s Opens 12-crew 4th
Men’s Opens 20-crew supposedly 2nd

Singapore Dragonboat Festival 2007 (June Race)
Tertiary Women 3rd
Prime Minister Challenge Trophy Women’s (Gold)
Tertiary Mixed 3rd
Tertiary Men 1st
Men’s Open 2nd
Prime Minister Challenge Trophy Men’s (Gold)


Come join the NUS Dragonboat family.

teamNUS at the Penang International Dragonboat Festival in June 2007

The ladies getting mentally prepared for their race set (Penang 2007)

Team spirit

Rowing hard with their strength and heart for everyone on the team

Pressing on for one another during training

Where every inch matters, we row hard with one heart, one soul and one stroke

Singapore Dragonboat Festival 07

For the uninitiated, teamNUS dB has participated in the Singapore Dragon Boat Festival every year since it was 1st organised. The festival, and the inaugaral PM cup has always marked the end of a whole year of chills, spills and thrills of training together. The following article is featured on the NUS homepage - a summary of the achievements we are blessed with this year round.

http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/headlines/0707/dragonboat_2jul07.htm

Things you might feel interested to inquire about :
- The Prime Minister's Cup
- Our competitors.
- This year's race.
- Past races.