Sunday Training

Tuesday, 25 October 2011 07:42

We are now training Sunday mornings from 10am - If you wish to join us please contact us via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it We look forward to hearing from anyone wishing to take up the sport.

Bristol Empire Dragons & Paddle power raises vital funds

Saturday, 15 October 2011 20:19

A TEN-strong team paddled their way from Bath to Bristol to help provide clean water and sanitation for African families.

The five men and five women steered a dragon boat along the 18 mile-route between the cities, taking less time than they thought to complete the journey.

More Photos at http://www.bristolempiredragons.com/gallery/water-aid-charity-challenge-ct-2011 

They reached the Cottage pub in Baltic Wharf in six hours, having left Pulteney Bridge in the expectation of an eight-hour trip.

So far they have raised £1,100 for their efforts, which will go into a fund for the charity WaterAid.

The money will be used for a project in Mali to give access to clean water for 4,000 people and provide sanitation services for 5,000.

The fundraisers work for Wessex Water and GPS Panels and belong to Business4life, a group of 12 companies who joined forces for a year to raise money for WaterAid.

Kerry Wyatt, one of the Wessex Water team, said it was hoped to reach £40,000 between them and already there was more than £11,000 in the fund.

She said: "Paddling the boat was hard work because none of us had done that kind of thing before. But we all pulled together and did really well."

The group had been trained for the challenge by Rob Britton, of Bristol Empire Dragons, who also loaned the dragon boat for the trip.

Anyone who would like to support the fundraising cause can do so by visiting the group's website at www.justgiving.com/B4LDragonboat Challenge.

We help Fundraisers prepare and paddle 18 miles for Charity

Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:50

PADDLE power will help a group of Bristol business workers raise money for charity.

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Fundraisers-paddle-18-miles-dragon-boat/story-13404704-detail/story.html

BDA national league - the final results

Wednesday, 21 September 2011 11:16

As the summer racing season draws to a close, the final results of the BDA racing league have been published on the BDA website: http://www.dragonboat.org.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Bristol (racing as Tao dragons) finished mid-table in both the 200m and 500m events so well done to everyone who trained hard and paddled even harder to get this result!

A big thank you goes to our coach Gary ("make pain your friend"!) for pushing us in training sessions to do what we sometimes thought was impossible and also to Rob for some great race helming this season in quite challenging conditions at times!

Training will continue on sunday mornings through the winter where we will be focusing on stamina and endurance and of course we will be racing at the Henley Winter Series to defend our title, so see you on the water!