NSW State Championships has many tales to tell. First timers to a real racecourse rather than the 20cm raging tides of Jervis Bay. Rookie paddlers who have never raced a 500m race before. Expectations were smashed and A Finals were reached. Ryan managing not to snap another paddle. Vomiting ladies, dumpster diving hobos (Glasso) who […]
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 […]
Shallow Hal spotted on Lake BG
There were murmurs of wonder today in Canberra as the rumour spread quicker than grassfire…… Shallow Hal had been spotted at Regatta 6. As the crowds swelled around the shores of the lake, children pushing through to get to the front to see, all was revealed. It was none other than Mako, a knucklehead gang […]
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 […]
JENNIFER BEALS SPOTTED AT 2023 LUNAR FESTIVAL
All crews hold. Ready. Attention. Beep…. The Racing The Lunar Festival of 2023 kicked off this weekend, and Mako Paddle Club packed their freshly-napisaned white race singlets and trekked to Darling Harbour to battle it out with the biggest and best clubs in Australia. With the race schedule kicking off at 7.30 am and finishing […]
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 […]
