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Welcome to the Black Dragons Dragon Boat Club official website.
Black Dragons is a fun, exciting and innovative club with great team spirit, strong friendships and camaraderie.
Established in 2003, the club was formed by a number of long term paddlers who used their experience to take dragon boating in a new direction. Black Dragons is one of the latest clubs to join and compete in South Australia’s professional dragon boat competition.
Since joining the competition, the club has grown from strength to strength, continuing to improve through training hard and clever race strategies.
The recent 2008 - 2009 season was a success for Black Dragons, taking out four State titles, and seven silver and four bronze medals against some fierce and dogged competition. Many races came down to the wire, making for an exciting and exhilarating battle to determine the States best and cap off an extremely memorable year.
Black Dragons will continue to build on its success, striving for and achieving more each season to gain the competitive edge.
The club works under the creed of ‘Play hard, Paddle harder’, with an emphasis on training hard but keeping it interesting and above all, enjoyable. Therefore, in addition to solid training and competitive racing, Black Dragons are also committed to building strong friendships and creating a great team spirit and club atmosphere through the many social and celebratory events held throughout the year. Some of these special moments are highlighted in the Social events and photos page.
With dragon boat racing being one of the fastest growing sports in the world, Black Dragons provides a fantastic opportunity to compete at the highest level against some of the best national and international teams and the opportunity for travel to world staged events.
So, to find out how to become part of the fun, excitement, and great team spirit, check out the Membership and training page, and join the club with a great future and colourful past, building on success and celebrating the year ahead.
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An AusDBF National Dragon Boat Club Championship gold is overwhelmingly sweet when you are up against the toughest and best club crews in Australia. And Black Dragons did just that and more at the recent AusDBF championships held in Adelaide. Check out the club’s achievements. |
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m: 0411 273 660 |
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m: 0403 359 926 |
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m: 0414 294 639 |
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t: 8353 3732 |
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Black Dragons end-of-season dinner, Palais, Semaphore
29 May 2010
More than 70 people enjoyed a fantastic and celebratory end-of-season dinner.
It was the perfect opportunity for members to catch-up and reflect on the success of the past season and present the eight club awards. The Best Female and Male Paddler Awards were presented to Virginia Callahan and Ray Curran respectively. The Most Improved Female went to Allison Burgess, the Most Improved Male to Larry Watson and the Female and Male Encouragement Awards went to Meg Williams and Tyler Hillier. The Volunteer of the Year award was well-earned by Mel Hallett and the prestigious ‘Black Dragon of the Year’ award was presented to a richly-deserving Ann Richardson.
Congratulations to all award recipients and nominees, to all Black Dragons who competed throughout the season, and to the people who supported the club.
There are many people, particularly the coaching staff and committee members, who deserve special recognition for their commitment to dragon boating, the club and its members. Their valuable contribution, both in and out of the boat, has helped build this proud club to what it is today, and together, with more hard work and determination, Black Dragons will endeavor to exceed the success of the season past.
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