Dragon Boat Challenge 2013

ENTER THE DRAGON

The Dragon Boat Challenge came to Irvine on Saturday 17th August.  As part of this year's Harbour Festival, sixteen teams took part in the Dragon Boat races. Before the start of the event, the boats were blessed by the Chinese community for good luck.

Each team took part in three races with the four fastest teams taking part in the grand final.   The four teams who qualified were :-

• Irvine SubAquanauts (Irvine Sub Aqua Club)
• Columba (Fullarton Church Youth & St Mary's Church Youth)
• Go Greenwood (Greenwood Academy 5th Year & Teachers)
• Elegant Seagull (Ardrossan Sea Cadets)

In a closly contested final, "Columba" were narrow winners from "Elegant Seagull".  the winners were presented with their prizes by Provost Joan Sturgeon & Seagate Rotary President Elect Geraldine O'Donnell.

All the race results and times can be found at :- http://www.irvineharbourside.org/dragons

The whole whole community enjoyed an excellent event. 

One team's comment - "Thanks for such a great day today - we thoroughly enjoyed it. Was such a well organised successful event."

One spectator's comment - "a great day of friendly community competition."

Another team's comment: "My team can't wait for next year."