The Salford Dragon Boat Festival is a charity fund raising, team building event that is quick to pick up, progressive in nature and ideal for both novices and experienced crews alike.
Teams will race in 40' long Chinese dragon boats and a dragon boat team is made up of between 13-20 team members. To reduce the risk of a capsize, a maximum of sixteen paddlers and a drummer will be able to race in any one dragon boat.
Before each team's first race, they will be given a full safety briefing and also instruction on the technique used. They will then compete in three timed qualifying races during the course of the day where their single fastest time only will count for Grand Final qualification.
Team work is vital if a fast time is going to be achieved and for this reason, the instructors will also give further 'on the water' training to help with technique.
What you will be aiming to achieve is an opportunity to compete in the last race of the day ... the Grand Final. This will be a race where all the dragon boats that can be safely raced together will race one last time and first across the finish line will be declared:
The event will finish with an award ceremony where team trophies will be awarded to the Captain's of the top three teams and Winner's Medals to each member of the winning team.
Being a charity fund raising event, each team is asked to nominate a charity and for each team member to raise at least £75 for the team's charity. As part of the fund raising process, each team Captain will need to set up a fund raising page with a recognised online provider and email their page's link to their team members.
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