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The local Hong Kong Amateur Rowing Association became involved and helped draft the first ever set of international race rules for dragon boats. By 1991, several national dragon boat federations had been formed and it became clear that an international governing body ought to be established. So, on 24 June 1991, at a meeting in Hong Kong, the ...
Cal Dragons (or Cal Dragon Boat) is a competitive student-run dragon boat team founded in 1998 at the University of California, Berkeley. Cal Dragons regularly compete in local, national, and international dragon boat events. They recruit prospective paddlers twice each year, typically only accepting 10% of the many students who try out for the ...
The USDBF is divided into four regions: Pacific, Midwest, Southeastern, and Eastern regions. Each region is governed by its own regional body; these governing bodies are the Pacific Dragon Boat Association of the West Coast (PDBA), the American Dragon Boat Association of the Mid-West (ADBA), the Southeastern Regional Dragon Boat Association (SRDBA), and the Eastern Regional Dragon Boat ...
Roughly 20 clubs and 60 teams use Flushing Bay — including many members who compete for Team USA. Dragon boating is not an official Olympic sport — at least yet — but it was demonstrated ...
Teams participating in all three mixed 10-seater races are eligible to qualify for the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China. There are 12 quota places, with ten places for contestation. The top teams with the highest overall points across will qualify. [28] [29] Thailand and Indonesia are already qualified via the ICF Dragon Boat World Cup in ...
In 2015 147 teams competed in the championships, which were held at the Welland International Flatwater Centre. [7] That year Dragonboat Canada signed an agreement to continue the use of the Flatwater Centre for the race for five years. [8] The 2016 event had eight age classes, each with mixed, open, men's and women's events. [2]
In addition to providing audiences with traditional Chinese foods and performances, the festival, now in its 18th year, hosts over 150 dragon boat teams from across North America, making it one of the largest dragon boat festivals in the United States. Depending on the competitive division, teams compete for cash prizes or airline tickets.
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