an ancient, colourful, dramatic, oriental water-sport |  |
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| March 2009 Join us for 19th - 22nd March 2010! |  |
& people interested in joining a club 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; On January 24th 2009 five new fibreglass IDBF standard racing boats were launched in Cape Town, bringing the V&A Waterfront fleet to eight. These new boats were built by the Whisper Boat Building Academy for the deaf, so not only have we increased our fleet and therefore our outreach programmes, but the boats have been built by a very worth-while organization with whom we are proud to be associated. |
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| Our heartfelt condolences to the amaBele Belles on the loss of their friend and fellow paddler Nerine de Jongh Nerine was one of the inaugural Belles who raced for South Africa at the 1st Breast Cancer Survivor World Championships in Singapore in 2006 | 
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 April 2009 Newsletter 3 MB | previous IDBF Newletters
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SADBA is affiliated to the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF),
the internationally recognised governing body of dragonboat racing.
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