LAMMA 500 DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL 2010
A really lovely but hot day for some dragon boat raceing on Hong Kong Lamma Island. It was the first time for our team to participate at this race. The venue was at a nice long beach and the race course was along the Lamma island power plant. After we spotted the beach we also quickly realized that other teams that had been there before were prepared better then us and reserved some sun protection devices…different from Deep Water Bay, there is no natural sun protection at this beach available – but finally we could rent some leftovers and minimize sunburn during the day!
RACE 05 – Mixed Heat
As always…the first race in the morning we still might have been in church mode even though our captain was inspired by a guest training session at a fishermens team what made him let us paddle a 500m race with a very very high rating. In the middle of the course we completely felt appart and we drifted in with a time that was not bad for our team but left the paddlers completely exhausted:
Southside Massive Urban Gorrilaz – 2.14.01
Lantau Boat Club – 2.17.62
Royal-X Mixed – 2.23.44
Team Loreley – 2.27.31
RACE 18 – Mixed Heat
Reviewing the first race and finding out that our rating was not very well and even hurted his back, our captain made a unique decision and putted himself on the drummers seat what brought him the title of the 2nd sexiest drummer on Lamma Island 500. The rest of the Team he drummed with strategy on a secure 2nd Place without overpowering the boat and leaving enough energy for the next possible races:
HKIPC Mixed – 2.18.81
Team Loreley – 2.28.50
CX Dragon Boat Team – 2.32.87
Future Brand CheckMate – 2.37.96
RACE 30 – Mixed Repecharge
This was the repecharge and our chance to enter the plate finals. Again we got Lamma Islands 2nd sexiest drummer on our boat and gave it all. Great effort of everybody and a boat that was 500 meters in good rythm brought us a team record time and nearly into the plate finals.
Tai Tam Tigers – 2.17.81
Buzz Dragons – 2.18.87
Team Loreley – 2.19.18
NTEC Hospital – 2.24.46
Future Brand CheckMate – 2.30.27
Eventhough we did not make it this time, we came close to the big teams like the TTT and brought the BUZZ Dragons really in trouble, when made the course in a team record time with potential for more as well as we were free to end this beautiful day with a lot of beer pitchers – what we definitely can call a winwin situation! Next year we might beat you guys not only at the on shore boat race but offshore as well…
by Christian G