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Hong Kong - Mother of Dragons - Dragon Boating by Henning Wiekhorst, 2006 Dragon Boats: A Celebration by Pat Barker, 1996-08 THE LAND OF THE DRAGON.MY BOATING AND SHOOTING EXCURSIONS TO THE GORGES OF THE UPPER YANGTZE by William Spencer Percival, 1889 There Be No Dragons: How to Cross a Big Ocean in a Small Sailboat by Reese Palley, 2004-04

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1. Dragon Boating Events And Teams For USA And Canada Qu Yuan
   dragon boating like white water Kayaking has a high visual appeal whichis great for tourism. dragon boating, SONG DANCE MUSIC AND FUN !!  
   http://www.dragon-boats.net/
   
   Extractions: Over 700,000 site visits in 2002 DRAGON BOATING IS AN WONDERFUL WAY TO MEET NEW FRIENDS IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. COME AND JOIN THE FUN. DRAGON BOATING, SONG DANCE MUSIC AND FUN !! COME AND JOIN THE PARTY People from many diverse cultural backgrounds join to celebrate and remember the legend of Qu Yuan. Dragon boat festivals have become an international events. The festivals have teams participating from first time paddlers though to the elite athlete. Teams young and old compete for sport. Learn more visit our how to participate page Participation, that's the game, step out, be counted, you are a player, If you are a Team leader or a first time observer, things go better when everyone knows and plays by the rules. To gain a good understanding of Dragon boat Festivals and races, read the race day and participation pages.

2. Dragon Boat Links: Canada/USA/Europe/Asia
   Links to dragon boat festivals, teams, photos, news articles.Category Sports Water Sports Canoe and Kayaking dragon boating Princeton Dragon Boat Race 2000 http//www.geocities.com/princetonraces/. DB INTERNATIONALSITES 1. Official site of World dragon boating http//www.dragonboat  
   http://www.edmdragonboat.com/pages/links_and_resources.htm

3. Bristol Canoe Club - Dragon Boating
   dragon boating. The club are not currently active in dragon boating, but have previously held the Welsh Open title.  
   http://www.bluepuddle.myby.co.uk/BCC/dragon.htm
   
   Extractions: The club are not currently active in Dragon Boating, but have previously held the Welsh Open title. In February 2003, Dave Faulkner tells me: On the subject of Dragon boats, there is a club based in Bristol now. Its 'Bristol Empire Dragons' - based at the Ariel Rowing club in St Annes, meet Sunday AM over the winter and also Thursday eves when there is more light. If anyone fancies a go the contact details are on the BDA website: Bristol Empire Dragons I'm not trying to keep a comprehensive list, but here are some relevant links: British Dragon Boat Racing Association International Dragon Boat Racing

4. The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
   Historical information about dragon boating.  
   http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/dec97/holiday/boatz.html
   
   Extractions: The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar holiday, occurring on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first. The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings. The celebration's is a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of the year. It is done so by different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious concoctions, and displaying portraits of evil's nemesis, Chung Kuei. If one manages to stand an egg on it's end at exactly 12:00 noon, the following year will be a lucky one.

5. Hong Kong Dragon Boat Association
   Includes a summary of the association and its Hong Kong Dragon Boat Team, the development of the sport of dragon boating in the territory, upcoming events and contact information.  
   http://www.hkdba.com.hk/
   
   Extractions: This page has been visited times since 2002-10-04 In this site, you can find information about the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Association, the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Team, the development of the sport of dragon boating in the territory, upcoming events and contact information. This site is best viewed by 1024 * 768. You browser is document.write(navigator.appName) document.write(navigator.appVersion) This site is best viewed by

6. Dynamic Directory - Sports - Water Sports - Canoe And Kayaking - Dragon Boating
   About dragon boating General DB Info Links Links to dragon boat festivals, teams, photos, news articles.  
   http://www.maximumedge.com/cgi/dir/index.cgi/Sports/Water_Sports/Canoe_and_Kayak
   
   Extractions: About Dragon Boating: General DB Info Links - Links to dragon boat festivals, teams, photos, news articles. California Dragon Boat Association - Organizing dragon boat races in the San Francisco Bay Area The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival - Historical information about dragon boating. CNN - 'Dragons' make waves in boat race - July 26, 1997 - CNN article about the 1997 Dragon Boat Race in Long Beach, CA Dragon Boat 2000 - Provides history of the dragon boat festival, Tuen Ng Festival, and list of international events and locations. Dragon Boat Races - Historical information about dragon boat racing. Dragon Boat Racing International - Official homepages of the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) and European Dragon Boat Federation (EDBF) - international governing bodies of the watersport of dragon boat racing, and the British Dragon Boat Racing Association (BDA) Dragonboat Racing Webring - Listing of sites in the ring.

7. Adur Canoe Club
   In West Sussex, England, promotes canoeing as a means of enjoying the environment and having fun. Includes teaching information, trips, newsletter, pool dates, dragon boating, photos, tide tables, and related links.  
   http://www.adurcanoeclub.freeserve.co.uk

8. Edmonton Dragon Boat Racing Club
   Edmonton draws 60 teams and 3000 spectators each August. Getting Involved indragon boating 1. How do I join as a new individual dragon boat paddler?  
   http://www.edmdragonboat.com/index2.htm
   
   Extractions: Dragon Boat Racing in Edmonton Dragon Boating is a high-adrenaline team paddling sport, where boats of 20 athletes race in 2 minute sprints over 500 meters. In the last twenty years, dragon boating has grown to huge international levels, sponsored by many large corporations, and the sport continues to grow dramatically. In Canada alone, 1000 teams of Olympic-level and rec-level athletes race each year, and outside of Canada, Dragon Boating attracts over 2 million paddlers internationally in 50 other countries. Also known as Asian Longboating, this addictive sport originated 2000 years ago to commemorate a philanthropic Chinese statesman, Qu Yuan, in ancient China. Now, by measure of enrollment numbers, Dragon Boating has grown to be the largest team sport in the world, with even more participants than soccer. The August Edmonton Dragon Boat Race Festival Held the 3rd weekend in August, the five-year old Edmonton Dragon Boat Race Festival has grown in attendance each year, now attracting about 60 teams and thousands of spectators to the bank of the North Saskatchewan in August. Media popularity is increasing the profile of this sport as a community venture, and enrollment is growing by hundreds of Edmonton paddlers each year. Local companies have discovered the tremendous team-building value of fielding a novice dragon boat team, for 2002, there are already 15 brand new Edmonton teams trying this sport for the first time.

9. RODENWALDT: Freizeitangebote Kanutouren Drachenboote Betriebsausflüge Incentives
   Offers adventure tours in northern Germany, including canoeing, dragon boating and Swedish axethrowing. Information on activities, itineraries and pictures.  
   http://www.rodenwaldt.com/index_e.html

10. Search By Interest Results For 'Sports - Dragon Boating' - Meet People - ICQ.com
    Online ICQ Users who are interested in 'Sports dragon boating'  
    http://web.icq.com/whitepages/interests/search_results/1%2C%2C%2C00.html?int=120

11. Dragon Boat Racing International Home Page
    Official homepages of the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) and European Dragon Boat Federation Category Sports Water Sports Canoe and Kayaking dragon boating webmaster dragonboat.org.uk. last updated 12 October 2002.Copyright © 1998. Glossary of dragon boating terms .  
    http://www.dragonboat.org.uk/

12. Padling.no - In English
    Features information about whitewater, seakayaking, racing and dragon boating.  
    http://www.padling.no/t2.asp?p=3869

13. Glossary Of Dragon Boating Terms
    Glossary of dragon boating terms. For the purpose of the dragon boat specificationthe following words are used in accordance with the following definitions.  
    http://www.dragonboat.org.uk/glossary.htm

14. Lethbridge Paddling Association
    Nonprofit club promoting flat water paddling in the surrounding area for the growth of canoeing, kayaking and dragon boating. Give mission statement, photos and upcoming events.  
    http://members.shaw.ca/lethbridgepaddling/

15. Henley Dragon Boat Club : About Dragon Boating
    arrow, What is dragon boating? Dragon arrow, In the press Reprints ofsome local and national newspaper articles on dragon boating. arrow,  
    http://www.henleydragons.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,997-121695-12

16. Club SAKE
    Yearround dragon boating club.  
    http://www.geocities.com/clubsake/Teams.html

17. Dragon 99 - Holme Pierrepoint National Watersports Centre
    one of the UK's six specialist National Sports Centres, and provides facilities for canoeing, rowing and dragon boating.  
    http://www.dragonboat.co.uk/dragon99/venue.htm
    
    Extractions: Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre - Nottingham, England Dragon 99 will be held at Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham, England on an Olympic Standard Regatta Course which fully complies to IDBF Regulations. Racing will be in 6 buoyed lanes, with electronic timing and photofinish facilities, etc. Holme Pierrepont is one of the UK's six specialist National Sports Centres, and provides facilities for canoeing, rowing and dragon boating. How deep average 4 metres How long 2125 metres How wide 135 metre How much water approx. 204,710,800 gallons How far round 4764 metres Its most outstanding feature is its Regatta Lake, surrounded by pleasantly undulating landscape of a new Country Park and the Centre's very attractive main buildings. Special features on the main course are the adjustable start positions at 1500, 1000 and 500 metres, together with timing and commentary boxes, starter's tower, judging and course control tower, electronic scoreboard, photo-finish and electronic timing equipment. The Regatta Course buoying system is an 'ALBANO' one where an underwater cable network is used to position buoys in their correct place for whatever activity is taking place. There are 6 lanes for rowing (13.5 metres apart) or 9 lanes for canoeing (9 metres)

18. Henley Dragon Boat Club : What Is Dragon Boating?
    Site best viewed using Internet Explorer v5 or later. What is dragon boating?dragon boating is an exciting sport that is taking the country by storm!  
    http://www.henleydragons.com/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,997-121261-122531
    
    Extractions: Website last updated 20th March. Click here Dragon Boating is an exciting sport that is taking the country by storm! If you are looking for a fun and challenging new sport then why not give it a go? Dragon Boating is the one of the worlds most popular sports and over 30 countries have teams. It is the fastest growing watersport in the UK and there are now over 600 crews registered here. The brightly painted fibre-glass boats are about 40ft long and decorated with a dragons head and tail. Each holds up to 20 paddlers sitting side-by-side. There is a helm who steers the boat and the paddlers are kept in time by drummer who beats a large drum. Regattas are often held on multi-lane courses, which can result in very exciting (and very loud) racing. Normal race distances are 250m (short race) and 500m (standard race), although there are some events with races of 1km and more. Crews are divided into various classes including premier, standard, mixed, ladies, junior and charity.

19. HKIPC Dragon Boating
    dragon boating The Hong Kong Island Paddle Club seeks to challengethe existing standards of dragonboat racing in Hong Kong. By  
    http://www.hkipc.com/sport.htm
    
    Extractions: Dragon Boating The Hong Kong Island Paddle Club seeks to challenge the existing standards of dragonboat racing in Hong Kong. By striving to improve our quality of racing and strengthening our own performance year by year, we throw down the gauntlet to many of the local teams who have long been favored to win in the past. We approach dragon boating as a sport and provide opportunities for our members to paddle all year for fitness and for fun, which is a much different attitude than that of many of the Hong Kong teams. Dragonboating is still very much a festival activity here and even the more competitive teams only commit to a very short training season. Over the years we have spread our dragons "talons" beyond the boundaries of Hong Kong and now compete throughout South East Asia each year. The Hong Kong International Dragonboat Festival is our "home" event, but each year you may see the "purple battalions" at any (or all) of the following events: Perhaps it is just in the nature of Hong Kong. The turnover rate of our paddlers is high as our Club tends to attract many people from the Hong Kong expatriate community. Most people who come to Hong Kong from other countries stay a relatively short period of time. Many have no previous experience paddling at all much less dragon boating. It is an added difficulty for our Club having to train up first year paddlers to take on the best teams in Hong Kong and the world, though it could be considered one of the more exciting aspects of our Club.

20. :::::::DRAGON BOAT - FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA DRAGON BOAT::::::::
    Includes information about the beginnings of dragon boating, the Italian Dragon Boat Federation organization, schedules and results.  
    http://www.dragonboat.it/

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