Singapore Dragon Boat community to remember Cambodian tragedy at 27th River Regatta
November 18, 2009
Contributed by Fanny Tham
The Singapore Dragon Boat community will come together to remember the five national dragon boaters who lost their lives in a tragic accident in Cambodia two years ago.
The memorial service will take place during the 27th Singapore River Regatta on 21st and 22nd November 2009. A memorial wall will be set up for the public to pen their thoughts and leave their photos as a sign of respect and remembrance for the National athletes.
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So Singapore Airlines doesn’t sponsor the youth dragon boaters – should we expect otherwise?
September 3, 2009
A disappointed parent wrote to the national newspaper, The Straits Times, to highlight that Singapore Airlines sponsored the New Zealand dragon boat team, but not ours.
The young Singaporean dragon boaters recently put together an outstanding performance to win the Junior Dragon Boat Championship in Prague. (Singapore win Junior Dragon Boat Championship)
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Singapore win World Junior Dragon Boat Championship
September 3, 2009
Contributed by Tan Joe-sie
Flying the Singapore flag high at prize presentation. (Photo 1 © Tan Joe-sie)
Czech Republic, Saturday, August 29, 2009 – The Singapore Junior Dragon Boat Team, comprising 45 National Junior College (NJC) and 4 Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) students won 4 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze to clinch the World Junior Dragon Boat Champion title in the recently concluded 9th World Dragon Boat Racing Championship held at Racice, Prague, Czech Republic from 26th to 29th August.
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ACJC cause upset while Republic Poly retain title in Schools’ Dragon Boat Championship
July 11, 2009
By Yvonne Yap/Red Sports
Marina Barrage, Friday, 26 June 2009 – The A Division and POL-ITE dragonboaters got their share of the action at the recent 9th National Schools’ Dragon Boat Championship.
Here are the highlights from that competition.
National Junior College girls raising their paddles after their win in the A Division (Women) 10 Crew. (Photo 1 © Shaun Ho)

Anglo-Chinese Junior College boys leading in the A Division (Men) 10 Crew final which they won over hot favourites National Junior College. Nanyang Junior College Team A came in third. (Photo 2 © Shaun Ho)
NTU clinch Prime Minister’s Cup double on final day of Singapore Dragon Boat Festival
June 29, 2009
Story by REDintern Yvonne Yap.
The 2 Australian teams congratulating each other after Team A won in the Inter-International Business Community (Open) 20 Crew Grand Final. (Photo 1 © Yvonne Yap/Red Sports)
Marina Barrage, Sunday, June 28, 2009 – The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) walked away the biggest winners at the Singapore Dragon Boat Festival, winning four out of the six grand finals they qualified for, including the Prime Minister’s Cup for both the men’s and women’s categories.
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Katong Convent and ACS(I) sweep dragon boat championships
June 28, 2009
Story by REDintern Yvonne Yap.
Marina Barrage, Friday, June 26, 2009 – CHIJ Katong Convent (Secondary)’s (KC) dragon boat teams made a clean sweep of the women’s B and C Divisions while Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) took home top honours in the men’s B and C Divisions at the 9th National Schools’ Dragon Boat Championship 2009.
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Mountbatten CSC dragon boat team win 2008 Master Series
December 8, 2008
Contributed by Teo Songkang

Mountbatten CSC and National Junior College teams with the overall Championship Cup and medals. (Photo 1 © Damien Ho)
Bedok Reservoir, Sunday, November 9, 2008 – The Mountbatten CSC dragon boating team emerged as the overall champion in the 2008 Singapore Dragon Boat Association (SDBA) Master Series after winning the last race of the series. They also won the inaugural series last year. The team won 5 out of the 6 races after they were disqualified in the first race due to a technical error.
The Mountbatten CSC team consists of rowers of all walks of life and ages. Among the younger rowers, there are students as young as 15 years old from National Junior College. The oldest rower, Tan Cheng Hui, 55, was an ex-national rower in the late 70s and early 80s.
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Republic Polytechnic dragon boat teams make history at Singapore River Regatta
December 1, 2008
Contributed by reader Ray
Singapore River, November 23, 2008 – The Republic Polytechnic dragon boat team made a name for themselves when they won four titles at the recent Singapore River Regatta.
RP won the men’s national, mixed national, men’s tertiary and women’s tertiary categories. RP would have won the women’s national category too but disqualified themselves by ending up in the wrong lane.
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National Junior College dragon boat team come good at 6th Club Crew World Championship
August 30, 2008
By reader Jasmine Seah

NJC in in boat 4 goes neck and neck with the Russians in boat 2. (Photo © Han Wee Fong)
At the recent 6th Club Crew World Championships (CCWC) in Penang, Malaysia in early August, the National Junior College (NJC) Canoe & Dragon Boat Team clinched six gold medals and two silver medals in the junior (Under-18) categories. NJC rowers managed to beat, and in the Mixed and Women categories, dominate competitors hailing from New Zealand, Malaysia, Canada, Russia and Germany. This is NJC's first appearance at this prestigious international competition, a bi-annual event organized by the International Dragon Boat Federation.
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Mountbatten dragonboaters perform credibly at 6th Club Crew World Championship
August 13, 2008
Story by reader Sean Chua
Penang, Malaysia, July 31 – August 3, 2008 – The Mountbatten Constituency Sports Club (CSC) dragon boat team put up a credible showing at the recently concluded 6th Club Crew World Championship, a prestigious world-level dragon boat event.
The Mountbatten CSC team came in 6th out of the 26 teams in the Premier Open 2km event and were first runner-up in the 200m plate final (overall 13th out of 29 teams) for the Premier Open 200m event. The team also finished second runners-up in the plate final (overall 14th out of 29 teams) for the Premier Open 500m.
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Republic Poly sweep POL-ITE dragon boat championships while NTU dominate tertiary level
July 10, 2008
Update and pictures by REDintern Vanessa Lim.
Bedok Reservoir, June 28-29, 2008 – Republic Polytechnic made a clean sweep of the POL-ITE Dragon Boat Championships but were overshadowed by the experience of the powerhouses Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the tertiary events. NTU took the tertiary men’s and mixed titles and were stopped from making a clean sweep when NUS won the tertiary women’s event.
POLITE (women)
|
Lane |
Team |
Position |
Time |
|
1 |
ITE (west) |
6 |
5.37.44 |
|
2 |
RP |
1 |
5.10.91 |
|
3 |
TP |
3 |
5.19.12 |
|
4 |
SP |
2 |
5.18.37 |
|
5 |
NYP |
5 |
5.33.02 |
|
6 |
NP |
4 |
5.23.24 |
POLITE (Men)
|
Lane |
Team |
Position |
Time |
|
1 |
TP |
4 |
3.41.15 |
|
2 |
NP |
2 |
3.33.02 |
|
3 |
SP |
3 |
3.39.01 |
|
4 |
RP |
1 |
3.32.99 |
|
5 |
ITE west |
5 |
3.41.55 |
|
6 |
NYP |
6 |
3.47.05 |
POLITE (Mix)
|
Lane |
Team |
Position |
Time |
|
1 |
NP |
2 |
3.49.95 |
|
2 |
RP |
1 |
3.47.74 |
|
3 |
ITE (west) |
3 |
3.50.47 |
|
4 |
NYP |
4 |
3.57.46 |
|
5 |
- |
- |
- |
|
6 |
- |
- |
- |
Tertiary (Women)
|
Lane |
Team |
Position |
Time |
|
1 |
NUS |
1 |
4.52.95 |
|
2 |
RP |
3 |
5.04.91 |
|
3 |
NTU |
2 |
5.02.74 |
|
4 |
NP |
4 |
5.17.52 |
|
5 |
SIM |
6 |
5.24.74 |
|
6 |
SP |
5 |
5.18.86 |
Tertiary (Men)
|
Lane |
Team |
Position |
Time |
|
1 |
SP |
5 |
3.38.20 |
|
2 |
NP |
6 |
4.34.23 |
|
3 |
NTU |
1 |
3.29.00 |
|
4 |
NUS |
3 |
3.31.43 |
|
5 |
RP |
4 |
3.35.11 |
|
6 |
SIM |
2 |
3.31.26 |
Tertiary (Mix)
|
Lane |
Team |
Position |
Time |
|
1 |
SIM |
3 |
3.47.11 |
|
2 |
RP |
5 |
3.50.10 |
|
3 |
NP |
4 |
3.49.95 |
|
4 |
NUS |
2 |
3.44.95 |
|
5 |
NTU |
1 |
3.39.49 |
|
6 |
- |
- |
- |
ACJC wins A Division title in a cliffhanger at 8th National Schools' Dragon Boat Championships
April 17, 2008
Contributed by reader Lam Chun See. Pictures by Kenneth G. Pinto
Bedok Reservoir, Saturday, April 12, 2008 – The 8th National Schools Dragon Boat Championship was held on Saturday, April 12, at the Bedok Reservoir. In all there were more than 30 events covering A, B and C Divisions for both boys and girls. The boats had 10 and 20 crews, and the race was over a distance of 500 metres. I was there to support my son and his friends from the ACS (I) A Division team. Here's a brief report of the event.
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Roundup of Dragon Boat Master Series 1st Leg
April 8, 2008
Update contributed by reader Sirius
Bedok Reservoir, Sunday, April 6, 2008 – The Nanyang Technological University of Singapore men’s team took first place followed by the Singapore Institute of Management and Singapore Polytechnic. In the women’s category, National Junior College were first while the National University of Singapore and NTUC were second and third respectively.
Men’s Category:
1) NTU
2) SIM
3) Singapore Poly
4) Republic Poly
5) Mountbatten CSC
6) Ngee Ann Poly
7) Temasak Poly
8 ) SeaHawk
9) Nanyang JC
10) Nanyang Poly
11) Australia- Chamber
12) Canadian
13) PA Water Venture
14) ITE
15) German Dragon
16) SCDF
17) NTUC
Women’s Category:
1) NJC
2) NUS
3) NTUC
4) Canadian
5) Nanyang JC
6) SIM
7) Republic Poly
8 ) Ngee Ann Poly
9) German Dragon
10) Singapore Poly
11) ITE
12) Aust-Cham
N.B. Sorry no pictures and stories were received apart from the final standings.
Dragon boat community to come together in show of faith
January 24, 2008
Contributed by Surash Raman Mukundan, Secretary-General, Singapore Dragon Boat Association
The tragedy that struck the Singapore National Dragon Boat Team in Cambodia last November is the reason for the Corporate Dragon Boat Relay 2008: Show of Faith.
This unique relay, a special event initiated by corporate affiliates, will kick off the Singapore Dragon Boat Association's (SDBA) events calendar for the year.
"We hope that through this event, we can raise the public awareness that dragon boating is a safe sport, especially so in Singapore. This is also the first time that corporate organizations, who normally view each other as competitors on the water, are coming together to show our concerted support to the sport that we are all so passionate about," said Mr Adrian Tan, spokesperson for the corporate organizing committee and co-captain of Shell's dragon boat team.
"Funds raised from the participation fees and corporate sponsorships will be used to upgrade, renew and maintain the facilities at the Kallang Water Sports Centre. This is how we think is best to give back to the sporting community that we have gained so much from," Mr Tan added.
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Dragon boat community remembers the fallen
December 20, 2007
DRAGON BOAT
Singapore Dragon Boat Association 5th Master Series 2007
Picture story by Red Sports readers Kennie Pan and Cynthia Chua.
Bedok Reservoir, Sunday, December 16th, 2007 – The dragon boat community came together to remember their five fallen friends at the 5th Singapore Dragon Boat Master Series last Sunday. After observing a minute’s silence, representatives from various clubs paddled in the same dragon boat to remember the five national paddlers who passed away in the tragedy in Cambodia on Friday, 23 November 07.
