The BDA
The BDA is the national governing body for Dragon Boat Racing throughout Great Britain.
Dragon Boat Racing is one of the most exciting and inclusive water sports as well as one of the fastest growing water sports that you can take part in world wide.
News
Exeter Results Published
Sunday 17 June 2018The race results following the recent race event in Exeter have been published and can be downloaded from the 2018 Race Results page.
Race Entry Conditions & Classes
Thursday 24 May 2018You all know that there have been a number of changes to the leagues for 2018 for the first 2 events of the season with the 3rd this coming Sunday.
Up to now, not all the information has been available in one place so we have distilled all the race entry rules, changed or not, into a single updated Race Entry Conditions & Race Classes document so you have all the information for 2018 in one place.
A1 Britains Longest Road
Monday 14 May 2018Even more exposure for Dragon Boat racing in the UK recently.
Those of you that were at Nationals 2017 may well remember two film crews running around on the Saturday. Well the second lot of filming was for a BBC program about the A1, they followed Powerhouse from their base in Stockton down to Nottingham for National Finals.
Liverpool Results
Thanks to all the crews that attended the opening National League event in Liverpool on Sunday.
It seemed like a really good days racing and a good opener to our season, roll on Bristol.
Team GB
Great Britain has been involved in international competition since the inauguration of the first World Championships held in Yue Yang, China in 1995. GB Squads have competed in every European and World Championships held since then.
League Tables
| Position | Crew | Races | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wraysbury | 6 | 87 |
| 2 | Amathus | 6 | 81 |
| 3 | Typhoon | 6 | 79 |
| 4 | Notts Anaconda | 5 | 59 |
| 5 | Secklow Hundred | 5 | 58 |
| 6 | Bristol Empire Dragons | 5 | 53 |
| 7 | St Neots | 5 | 48 |
| 8 | Pershore Phoenix | 6 | 40.5 |
| 9 | Henley | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Kingston Royals | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Amathus Bees | 4 | 23 |
| 12 | Pink Champagne | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Windy Pandas | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Powerhouse | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Thames Taniwhas | 1 | 5.5 |
| 16 | St Neots Too | 1 | 5 |
| = | Too Secksy | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Typhoon Too | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Windy Panda Cubs | 1 | 1 |
| Position | Crew | Races | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raging Dragons | 6 | 83 |
| 2 | Worcester | 6 | 75 |
| 3 | Exe-Calibre | 6 | 70 |
| 4 | Powerhouse | 5 | 62 |
| = | Hurricanes | 6 | 62 |
| 6 | Soaring Dragons | 5 | 55 |
| 7 | Thames Taniwhas | 4 | 46 |
| 8 | Cambridgeshire Royals | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Preston Dragons | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Kingston Royals | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Crusaders | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Secklow Hundred | 1 | 13 |
| 13 | Windy Pandas | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Worcester Dragonflies | 1 | 7 |
| Position | Crew | Races | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingston Ladies | 6 | 83 |
| 2 | Amathus Ladies | 6 | 73 |
| 3 | Powerhouse Ladies | 6 | 56 |
| 4 | Raging Dragons Ladies | 6 | 52.5 |
| 5 | Notts Anaconda Ladies | 5 | 51 |
| 6 | Hurricanes Ladies | 5 | 47 |
| 7 | Secklow Ladies | 5 | 40.5 |
| 8 | Typhoon Ladies | 6 | 37 |
| 9 | St Neots Ladies | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Worcester Ladies | 5 | 30 |
| 11 | West Country Beauties | 4 | 28.5 |
| 12 | Thames Ladies | 4 | 28 |
| 13 | Exe-Calibre Maidens | 3 | 24.5 |
| 14 | Soaring Dragons | 4 | 21.5 |
| 15 | Pink Champagne | 2 | 10 |
| 16 | Henley | 2 | 9.5 |
| 17 | Preston Ladies | 1 | 7 |
| 18 | Pool of Life | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | Pershore Flyers | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | Cambridgeshire Royals | 1 | 4 |
| Position | Crew | Races | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burner Dragons | 5 | 75 |
| 2 | St Neots Juniors | 2 | 28 |
| 3 | Royal Power | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire Royal Juniors | 1 | 13 |
| Position | Crew | Races | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amathus DBC | 6 | 183 |
| 2 | Kingston Royals | 6 | 137 |
| 3 | Raging Dragons | 6 | 135.5 |
| 4 | Typhoon Dragon Boat Club | 6 | 122 |
| 5 | St Neots DBT | 5 | 117.5 |
| 6 | Secklow Hundred | 6 | 116.5 |
| 7 | Notts Anaconda | 5 | 110 |
| 8 | Exe-Calibre Dragon Boat Club | 6 | 94.5 |
| 9 | Wraysbury | 5 | 87 |
| 10 | Henley Dragons | 4 | 78 |
| 11 | Thames Dragon Boat Club | 5 | 73 |
| 12 | Cambridgeshire Royals | 4 | 62.5 |
| Position | Crew | Races | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powerhouse Dragons | 6 | 137.5 |
| 2 | Worcester Dragon Boat Racing Club | 6 | 112 |
| 3 | Bristol Empire Dragons | 5 | 111.5 |
| 4 | Hurricanes DBC | 6 | 109 |
| 5 | Soaring Dragons Loughborough | 6 | 82 |
| 6 | Pershore Phoenix DBC | 6 | 44.5 |
| 7 | Preston Dragons DBC | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Pink Champagne | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Windy Pandas Dragon Boat Club | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Crusaders DBC | 2 | 15 |
Events
London NL Event
Saturday 1 September 2018 (9:00 AM)British National Championships
Saturday 22 September 2018 (8:00 AM)
