Dragon Boat Racing in Abingdon 2009


Thousands Watch as Dragons Race through Abingdon

Racing the Dragon

  • Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.
  • The final.
Left - Feel good Fitness - winners
Middle - The water rats - Third
Right - St Clares Oxford - second
at the finish
  • Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.
  • Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.
  • Uncle Gareth Alsworth and his niece Grace Alsworth (2) on the roundabout.
  • Ollie Sandell (7) on the climbing wall
  • The oldest competitor Betty Collins 78 in the smurfs team with her grand daughters after her last race.
  • Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.
  • Head of the Dragon.
  • Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.
  • Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.
  • Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.
  • Stacey Lumbard - the only person to fall out of a boat during a race in team Blazin Paddles

Team Capt - Matt Law
  • Second place - St. Clares Oxford

Team captain Endri Lito mouth open back mid
  • Winning team and defending champions Feel good fitness Abingdon.
  • Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.
  • The oldest competitor Betty Collins 78 in the smurfs team
  • Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.

Oxonians raise money for charity by paddling a 40 foot canoe with a dragon's head and tale down the Thames.

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all photos by Mark Hemsworth

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