What sets Amateur Paddlers Philippines (AmPPhi) apart from other dragon boat teams is its welcoming, non-intimidating attitude toward first time trainees who wish to try dragonboating. The team aims to spread the fun, excitement and healthy experience that dragon boat paddling offers to sports enthusiasts or even just for curious hobbyists while also providing a serious
Philippine Marine Corps Dragon Boat Team
Thank you to Lulu Tanalgo for the write up! The reactivated Philippine Marine Corps Dragon Boat Team got together for their first training session on October 22, 2013. Sports programs have been a priority under a Philippine government initiative focused on Mindanao, “Win the War Thru Peace.” Because its Football for Peace program was successful, the Philippine Marine
Philippine Coast Guard Dragon Boat Team
Thanks to LTJG Mark Franklin A Lim II PCG for this write-up! The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) dragon boat team started as an all-male crew in March, 2007, during the incumbency of Commandant Admiral Damian L. Carlos (Ret.) It was, however, a brief existence, and the team went on hiatus until 2010, under the leadership of Vice-Admiral Wilfredo
Spitfire Dragons Dragon Boat Rowing Team
Thanks to Angelo Charles Concepcion for this write-up! Founded by Ms. Liza D. Buencillo in February 2012, the Spitfire Dragons Dragon Boat Rowing Team is one of the youngest teams in the Philippines. With majority of the members fairly new to the sport, the team had to under-go intensive land and pool training before being able to conduct
Onslaught Racing Dragons
Onslaught, living up to its name, became inarguably one of the strongest club teams in the country when in May 2012, it brought home four bronze silver medals finishing 3rd in 200 and 500-meter races under Men’s and Mixed Premier Divisions in the 2012 DBS Marina Regatta held in Singapore. Being the only the club team
1925 Paddlers Club Philippines
The 1925 Paddlers Club Philippines is a PCKF team formed in 1998 by a group of dragon boat enthusiasts from the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity. Its original name was APO Dragon Boat Rowing Team. A retro photograph of 1925 Paddlers Club, back when they were APO Dragon Boat Rowing Team After a couple of
Triton Dragon Boat Racing Team
Sagwan Tanauan Dragon Boat was organized in 2013 after the success of the 1st Tanauan City Dragon Boat Race Festival. The team was initially composed of local youth with ages ranging from 12 to 18. The first batch of 24 trainees had their first taste of dragon boating in the Pasig River in Taytay, Rizal, on