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500m racing is challenge when you swap from the madness of the splash and dash 200m, and Mako arrived on a crisp Gateway Lakes morning ready to write a new chapter in the Book of Mako. With a super cool #makomojo vibe flowing through the hobo camp, Mako headed into the Senior A Mixed standard […]

Day 1 of AusChamps would always prove to be a big adventure for the Club Jervis Bay sponsored Mako Paddle Club as they arrived to battle it out with Australia’s biggest and best clubs. And rise to the challenge they did. Hobo Park With the crew arriving bright eyed and ready to take up residence […]

That’s right, folks, if you can’t make it to the 2023 AusChamps in Albury this year, you can kick back in the comfort of your home (or office) and catch all the action LIVE! AusChamps will again this year be live-streamed, and you can tune in to catch your favourite Mako’s crews as they get […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]