Raging Dragons

Raging Dragons Dragon Boat Club
Motto	RAGE as one
Location	Royal Albert Dock, London
Coordinates	51°30′28.01″N 0°2′32.18″E / 51.5077806°N 0.0422722°E / 51.5077806; 0.0422722Coordinates: 51°30′28.01″N 0°2′32.18″E / 51.5077806°N 0.0422722°E / 51.5077806; 0.0422722
Home water	London Regatta Centre
Founded	2002 (2002)
Affiliations	British Dragon Boat Racing Association
Website	www.ragingdragons.co.uk
Distinctions
British Dragon Boat Racing Association 200m Premier League silver medallists 2010
Notable members
Victor Martinez (ex-footballer), Richard Wang

Raging Dragons is a dragon boat club based in London, UK. The club trains on the Royal Albert Dock at the London Regatta Centre. The club was formed in 2002 as a charity crew called Chinese Professionals, and later Dragonflies. The club was originally based at the Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre in Millwall dock. Raging Dragons became a member of the BDA (British Dragon Boat Racing Association) in 2006 as a sister team to Thames Dragons and the name was changed to Thames Raging Dragons. In 2008 Thames Raging Dragons gained promotion to the premier league. 2009 saw Raging Dragons break away from Thames Dragons under the sponsorship of Sun Lik beer. In 2010 Raging Dragons took "a notable second place in the premier 200m league breaking the hold of the regular faces",^[1] surpassing former sister team Thames Dragons to become the highest placed team in London. The club currently competes in the Premier and Standard league of the BDA, with Open, Mixed and Ladies crews. The team has a number of members who currently paddle for the Great Britain national Dragon Boat team, the most notable of which are Victor Martinez (ex-footballer) and Richard Wang. Celebrity Gok Wan has paddled with Raging Dragons and the team featured in episode 4 of his Gok Cooks Chinese TV show on Channel 4.^[2] In 2012, Raging Dragons were selected to paddle in the man-powered section of the flotilla in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.^[3] 2012 also saw Raging Dragons support the formation of Wave Walkers, London's first cancer survivors dragon boat team.

References

↑ http://dragonboat.org.uk/ BDA (British Dragon Boat Racing Association)
↑ http://www.channel4.com/programmes/gok-cooks-chinese/4od#3376657
↑ http://www.thamesdiamondjubileepageant.org/factsheets/FlotillaParticipants/man-powered.pdf

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Canoeing and kayaking

Main competitive disciplines	Canoe sprint Whitewater slalom Canoe marathon Canoe polo Wildwater canoeing Canoe sailing Playboating

Olympics	Summer Olympics Male medalists Female medalists Venues

Other disciplines	Creeking Dragon boating Extreme racing Freeboating Surf skiing Surf kayaking Snow boating Squirt boating

International Canoe Federation (ICF) Championships	Sprint (Men's Canadian medalists Women's Canadian medalists Men's kayak medalists Women's kayak medalists Paracanoe medalists) Slalom (Men's Canadian medalists Women's Canadian medalists Men's kayak medalists Women's kayak medalists Mixed canadian medalists) Marathon Junior & U23

Recreation	Small-craft sailing Whitewater canoeing / kayaking Sea kayaking Canoe camping Kayak fishing Kayak diving Dongola racing Canoe orienteering Canoe livery Playboating

Modern boats	Canoe Kayak Concrete canoe Flyak Folding kayak International Canoe Malia Recreational kayak Sprint canoe

Traditional boats	Aleutian kayak Cayuco Chundan Vallam Dugout Fur brigade Outrigger canoe Pacific Northwest Rabaska Sturgeon-nosed canoe Taimen Umiak Waka War canoe

Techniques	Eskimo Rescue Kayak roll Portage Paddling

Equipment	Artificial whitewater Albano buoy system Outrigger Paddle Paddle float Paddle leash Royalex Sea sock Spray deck Tuilik

Kayakers	Doug Ammons Jimmy Blakeney Tyler Bradt Paul Caffyn Tad Dennis Chris Duff Nigel Foster Maria Francis Douglas C. Gordon Štěpánka Hilgertová Freya Hoffmeister Eric Jackson Ramo Kolenović Brad Ludden Andrew McAuley Mark Pollock Oskar Speck Rush Sturges Clay Wright Alexander Yermilov

Venues	Canoeing and kayaking venues

Competitions	List of world records in canoeing Adirondack Canoe Classic Au Sable River Canoe Marathon Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon Dusi Canoe Marathon Hawkesbury Canoe Classic Murray Marathon National Student Rodeo Thameside Series Waterside Series Riverland Paddling Marathon

Festivals	Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival Duanwu Festival Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York Houston Dragon Boat Festival Lethbridge Dragon Boat Festival Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival

Governing bodies	European Canoe Association American Canoe Association Australian Canoeing British Canoe Union British Dragon Boat Racing Association Canadian Canoe Association Canoe Wales Croatian Canoe Federation Scottish Canoe Association Portuguese Canoe Federation USA Canoe/Kayak

Other organisations	Association of International Paddle Sport Federations Canadian Canoe Museum International Dragon Boat Federation Sir Alexander Mackenzie Canada Sea-to-Sea Bicentennial Expeditions UK Rivers Access Campaign

Media	La Chasse-galerie Paddle-to-the-Sea (film) The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes Waterwalker

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