In the annals of great paddling adventures, the 2023 AusChamps Prem Women’s Crew will be a tale retold over many a drink at future Mako get-togethers. With the mantra of ‘all aboard’ echoing across the water, Mako will be fielding a Prem Women’s 20 crew this year with just one Premier aged paddler. Yep, you […]
Mako To Take on All-Sydney Premier Field at NSW State Champs
If you like a bit of David vs Goliath action, then you’ll love what the knuckleheads from Mako are taking on this weekend. It’s an all-hands-on-deck, knock-down-drag ’em-out brouhaha as Mako line up against an all-Sydney field in Premier racing on Sunday. “We are taking everybody and are so proud to be fielding Women’s, Open’s […]
8 Makauroras to Don the Green & Gold at the 2023 World Champs
Yep, you read it correctly. Mako is in celebration mode this week with eight members selected to represent Australia at the 16th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships at Rayong – Pattaya, Thailand 7th-13th August 2023. The selections were finalised after the completion of body and mind-bending Auroras selection camps. Mako has once again punched […]
36% of Mako Selected to Represent NSW at 2023 AusChamps
Did you know that 36 signifies helping others using creative gifts? Jewish tradition believes that the light created by God on the first day of creation shone for exactly 36 hours. Roulette has 36 numbers on the wheel, and in Māori legend, 36 gods took an active part in assembling the various parts of the […]
20% of Mako Members Selected to Trial for World Championships
Mako has taken a giant leap forward in just its 3rd year, with 10 members selected to trial for the 16th World Dragon Boat Championships, to be held in Pattaya, Thailand, from 7 – 13 August 2023. This comes off the back of Chicki’s appointment as Senior B coach announced earlier in December. “For a […]
Chicki Appointed Australian Senior B Coach for 2023 World Champs
Mako is in celebration this afternoon with the announcement of Chicki as the Senior B Australian Coach for 15th IDBF World Nations Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Pattaya, Thailand. In a statement that pretty much sums up Chicki’s coaching philosophy, she said, “My measure of success lies not only in the count of shiny medals […]
Mako Launches Wellbeing Initiative With headspace Nowra
headspace Nowra joined Mako today for a brilliant session of dragon boating in the sun on Jervis Bay. The Headspace gang rocked the paddling and kicked some serious butt in the racing. “We are in awe of headspace, a National initiative that supports young people with mental health, physical health (including sexual health), alcohol and other […]
Chicki Awarded 2022 NSW Dragonboat Coach of the Year
Kristin Chick aka Chicki was today awarded Dragon Boat NSW 2022 Coach of the Year at the DBNSW AGM in Sydney. Celebrations have broken out across Jervis Bay and are expected to continue long into the night, possibly past 730. ‘It’s been amazing to watch the progression of Mako under Chicki’s coaching from a start-up […]
Club Jervis Bay Announces Purchase of New Mako Dragon Boat
Club Jervis Bay, the best little Club in the Shoalhaven, and Mako Paddle Club, today announced a new sponsorship deal that will see Club Jervis Bay purchase a new dragon boat to support Mako’s increasing profile in the Jervis Bay community. Now in its second year, the support of Club Jervis Bay has enabled Mako […]