TENSION is mounting, excitement is building as the dragon boat world in Australia counts down to the Australian National Dragon Boat Champions being held in the Sunshine State for the first time since 2018. The 6 days event takes place 18 – 21 April.
“Competing at the Australian Dragon Boat Championships is always special. You’re lining up against the best paddlers in the country.
But defending our home ground adds another layer entirely.
Lake Kawana is where we’ve spent countless hours as a club, and when the best paddlers from Australia and New Zealand arrive to race on the Sunshine Coast, you feel a real responsibility to rise to that occasion,” said Ben Livingstone from Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat & Outrigger Canoe Club.
“Pulling on Queensland colours means setting club rivalries aside and becoming one. One State, One Crew. And doing it on home soil this year? That hits differently,” said Ben Livingstone as Team Captain, Queensland State Team, Premier Division.
State Squad members come from across the membership of Dragon Boat Queensland, undergo rigorous selection trials and training as a quad to ensure the host State of Queensland is putting our best paddlers forward.
