British Dragon Boat Racing Association – National League Race at Manvers Lake
Sunday 8th September 2019
 
Manvers Dragons!
With warm sunshine and a clear blue sky, Manvers was at its glorious best on Sunday for an exciting day of dragon boat racing. The race which was hosted by Manvers Waterfront Boat Club was the final league meeting of the season and the first ever BDA National League Race to be held at the lake.
 
With thirty-two teams from the length and breadth of the country, racing in four categories and over two distances of 200 and 450m, the stage was set for a hectic day of competitive racing. Taking part in their first competitive race was Manvers Waterfront Boat Club’s own dragon boat team – Manvers Dragons.
 
In the words of Trevor Coldron, captain of Team Manvers Dragons;
 
“We were really pleased to win the plate final beating teams who are well established in the sport – a great achievement for a team that was only formed seven weeks ago. The entire team is very excited about our next race - the BDA National Championships at Holme Pierrepont on 21st September
 
The entire club came together to put on a fantastic event, and we received a great deal of praise and positive feedback about the event, the venue and our club. I believe we have succeeded in improving the impression of Manvers and the surrounding area. We will certainly be looking to host further events of this kind in the future.”

Manvers Dragons are always on the look out for new paddlers - if you would like to try this exciting sport contact Trevor Coldron at ​trevor.coldron@manverslaketrust.co.uk or by phone on ​01709 878984

On Sunday 8th September Manvers Waterfront Boat Club will be hosting a British Dragon Boat Racing Association National League Race. 

The event has a regatta format, with qualifying rounds, minor and major finals to determine overall placings at the event. Races will be held over distances of 200m and 500m though some longer distance events, with classes for  Open, Mixed, Women's & Junior teams.

Saturday 31st August saw Manvers Lake play host to the 2019 Kerala Pooram Boat Race & Carnival organised by the Union of United Kingdom Malalyalee Associations (UUKMA), a registered charity which represents over 50,000 expatriates from the Indian state of Kerala who live in the United Kingdom.
 
Despite the less than clement weather over 2,500 members of the Malayalee community from across the UK assembled at Manvers Lake to witness a spectacular day of “Chundan Vallam” (snake boat) racing, along with cultural stalls, food stalls, live music, folk dance from the various states of India.
 There will be more dragon boat Racing at Manvers Lake next Sunday 8th September. The British Dragon Boat Racing Association will be holding a National League Event with about 25 teams racing throughout the day. This event will be he first race for our own Manvers Dragons who will be entering two teams. All are welcome to come and watch.

We are looking for people to form our first Dragon Boat teams. We have two Dragon Boats and now need the people to make up the teams. If you are interested, we are looking for Male, Female and Junior paddlers to participate in this exciting new sport at Manvers. To form these teams we need paddlers, drummers and helms. All training will be provided. Please email info@mwbc.org.uk or call 01709 878984.

On 13 July we will be hosting the Bluebell Wood Dragon Boat event for the third year. This year will be bigger and better than previous years with many more teams taking part.

All club activities will be suspended for the day

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