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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, 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 […]

On Saturday 4th June Mako Paddle Club dusted off their very best Hawaiian shirts and gaudy suits, dabbed on some makeup, and danced the night away at the 2022 MAFTA Awards. The MAFTAs, or ‘Mako Annual Fabulous & Terrific Awards’ are voted by peers, appointed by the Coach and inherited through buffoonery. They are without […]

We’re back from Mako Marathon – not sorry that we went; we went to seek some sandy patch whereon to pitch our tent. These were not the tranquil scenes of which most poets boast; but storms and swells and rainclouds dark, and lightning up the coast. We paddled hard on Jervis Bay, right where the […]

These five words were heard in the marshalling tent at the beginning of the 2022 Australian Championships. They were not heard by the end of the campaign. And here’s why. Mako’s journey to debut at the 2022 AusChamps is a story that may be captured on pieces on paper, but no words can retell the […]