Dragon Boat Racing in South Africa

an ancient, colourful, dramatic, oriental water-sport

 
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DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL - WESTERN CAPE
March 13th-15th 2009
International Clubs
Invitation & Entry Form
Corporate Teams
Invitation & Entry Form


South African Dragon Boat Racing Clubs warmly welcome all visiting
dragon boaters & potential paddlers to join in our practice sessions.

e-mail wcdba.secretary@gmail.com to enquire about team-building events / corporate regattas.

This spectacular and exciting team sport originated in China over 2400 years ago and was introduced to South Africa in 1992 when two beautiful wooden flag-catching dragon boats were presented to Cape Town by our sister city in Taiwan. Johannesburg now has a fleet of these boats and in February 2006, the Western Cape Dragon Boat Association delightedly took custodianship of two more, bringing Cape Town's fleet of flag-catchers to four.

Launching and Blessing the new boats

As well as the majestic wooden flag-catching boats, Cape Town and Johannesburg have
IDBF standard fibreglass racing dragon boats.

Paddlestorming ahead! picture by Jacqui of Paddlestorm flag-catching boats on the Vaal




SADBA is affiliated to the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF),
the internationally recognised governing body of dragonboat racing.


IDBF Newsletters
2008
    August 772KB     July 4.2MB
    April 3.2MB     January 2.9MB

(these will take a while to download !)
IDBF CCWC
Penang 2008
Results 480KB



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