Trinidad & Tobago’s Champion Dragon Boat Team!

Last weekend, the Trinidad & Tobago’s Dragon Boat Racing Team made the islands tremendously proud, especially given that the sport was only introduced in to the islands in 2006 as part of the Chinese Bicentennial Day celebrations. Since then, regattas have taken place in both Trinidad and Tobago (primarily around Chaguaramas and Pigeon Point).

And now, just five years later, the new National Dragon Boat Team has won several medals at the International Dragon Boat Federation World Championships in Tampa, Florida.

Overall, the national team(s) came away with a whopping 20 medals:

• the Premier team: one gold, two sliver and two bronze
• the Under 23 team: four gold, one silver, five bronze
• the Under 18 team: four silver, one bronze

• Men’s 200m: 3rd (Phillippines 1st, Australia 2nd)
• Women’s 200m: 1st (Hong Kong 2nd, Puerto Rico 3rd)
• Women’s 500m: 2nd (Hong Kong 1st, Puerto Rico 3rd)
• Mixed Team 200m: 2nd (Phillippines 1st, Italy 3rd)
• Mixed Team 500m: 3rd (Phillippines 1st, Hungary 2nd)

Details of the Under 23 Team Races

Details of the Under 18 Team Races

• Boys’ 200m: 2nd
• Boys’ 500m: 2nd
• Girls’ 200m: 2nd
• Girls’ All Comers 200m: 2nd
• Mixed Team 200m: 3rd (Germany 1st, Canada 2nd)