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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]