2010 PA Paddle Results - Gold!

The 300m People's Association Paddle Championship was held on Sunday, April 25 at Bedok Reservoir.  This race is not normally on our annual race schedule, but since they added an International Business Community (aka "Expat") category we decided to make an appearance and support our league.  You have to be in it to win it!

The good news: We cleanly took first place and brought home the gold trophy and some hardware!

Since January 2008 there have been eight "expat league" competitions.  The American Dragons have placed 1st in FOUR of them.  That's a record of .500 for those of you tracking the box scores.

Apr 2008 - Dragon Divas, women: GOLD
June 2008 - Singapore Dragon Boat Festival, mixed: Bronze
November 2008 - Singapore River Regatta, mixed: GOLD
Apr 2009 - Dragon Divas, women: Nil
July 2009 - Singapore Dragon Boat Festival, mixed: Bronze
September 2009 - SAVA Sprints, mixed: GOLD
November 2009 - Singapore River Regatta, mixed: Nil
Apr 2010 - PA Championship, mixed: GOLD

We have also placed as high 5th in the National Championship level, and our goal for 2010 is to win our first medal at that level, while also staying at the top of our league.

This means we need to come to practice, recruit and bring new people, and work on overall strength and cardio fitness outside of practice.

The May 15-16 Gallop of the Dragons at Boat Quay is the next International Business Community league race, and we have several boats entered in that and other categories.  Sign up and be a part of it!