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Our latest paddle did not get great weather, but we’re up for a little rain. We ran through some drills, including zig zag and evolution paddling, and managed to fit in a few racing starts too. We did find ourselves… Continue Reading →
We’ve not had much luck with our winter paddles largely due to the weather and our lake freezing over a few times. Fortunately the weather has (mostly) improved and we were able to get out at the end of February.Our… Continue Reading →
As we head into autumn we had a great (if blustery) paddle on the last weekend of October. We also got to celebrate the engagement of one of our members and decorated our boat accordingly, but we would recommend that… Continue Reading →
Our mid-September paddling day was a great one with people visiting from several other teams (including Wave Walkers, Paragon, & Alemeda Dragon Fliers). We were able to take out both our boats together for the first time. It was really… Continue Reading →
February 1st saw our first paddle of 2020 – the Secklow Hundred dragon boat team at Milton Keynes let us paddle on a blowy day in January, which was really kind of them. The rain has conspired to keep the river flow… Continue Reading →
Well what a year we have had, and it isn’t even over yet! Very soon we’ll be celebrating our first year on the water! We couldn’t have got here without the help and encouragement of so many people. Dan and… Continue Reading →
Saturday was the paddling day we’ve all been waiting for, with glorious blue skies and warmth from the sunshine. It was great to see Sally, who we welcomed for her second paddle, we were also joined by four ladies from… Continue Reading →
A huge thank you to Gorka Plada and his charity piano performance in aid of Oxford Paddlers For Life. It was an incredibly moving performance raising a whopping £250. The performance was part of a music event held at the… Continue Reading →
It was the perfect evening to be out on the water with the sun shining down, but temperatures not to hot. Tuesday’s paddle saw our trainee helms Joel and Sonia further training their skills under Esmee’s guidance. We were also… Continue Reading →
Today we welcomed Donald and Marion. Chris spent some time before the warm up on our paddle technique, encouraging us to rotate through our hips and lengthen our outside arm. Our white board with our boat plan is working well,… Continue Reading →