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The British Dragon Boat Racing Association is the governing body of dragon boat racing in Great Britain. Dragon boat racing is one of the fastest growing and most exciting water sports you can take part in. The BDA is responsible for all aspects of the sport from community development up to managing British teams racing abroad. It runs a National League calendar for racing crews all round the country together with the National Championships held annually at the National Water Sports Centre.

BNTS Calling

Recruitment for Team GB through the British National Training Squad (BNTS) was heralded by a colourful flier at the weekend. As announced earlier on the website there is a new structure in place for the next 2 year competition round. Each of the British Nationals Training Squads will bring together their qualifying paddlers and form the strongest prospective medal winning combinations. The Premier Squad coach will lead for premier open, mixed and women and under 23 contenders. The U18 coaching team will include junior A and junior B for under 16s, January 1st is the qualifying date to be at or under this age. The Senior coach will manage paddlers of 40 and over on June 1st whose preference is any of the senior category teams. The Grand Dragons will build on their recent success in Tampa and are welcoming interest from ambitious and dedicated 50+ paddlers. The squads are setting training dates already and Team GB has a new overarching administrator who can be contacted through This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

BNTS Calling 

Premier British National Training Squad
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Website - www.premier.dragonboat.org.uk
22nd & 23rd October - Warwickshire College, Leamington Spa
12th November - Longridge Activity Centre (LAC)
3rd December - LAC
14th January - LAC
25th February - LAC

Under 18 British National Training Squad
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Senior British National Training Squad
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9th October - Kingston

Grand Dragons British National Training Squad
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23rd October - Wraysbury
20th November - Wraysbury
17th December (Saturday) - Wraysbury
 
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