NZCT Wellington Dragon Boat Festival 2010 - Schools Postponement Race Day
he Wellington Dragon Boat Festival returned in February 2010 with an action packed weekend on Wellington's waterfront.
The Wellington Dragon Boat Festival is held on the Wellington Harbour waterfront, right in front of Frank Kitts Park. With a massive promenade, park seating, bridges and wharves there are a myriad of great vantage points to see the action as the Dragon Boaters race down a course that hugs the shoreline.
Cheer for your favourite teams as the dragon boaters get set to battle once again. Wacky uniforms and loud chants create an electrifying atmosphere as the corporate and open divisions battle it out on Saturday and schools take to their oars on Sunday.
The Wellington Dragon Boat Festival is one of the biggest Festivals in the country. Festival owner and director Ian (Ferg) Ferguson loves the excitement of this event. Renowned world wide as a great festival venue, Wellington harbour can sure throw a mean party for the competitiors when it wants to.
The course is set just metres off Frank Kitts promenade, making spectating accessible and exciting for everyone. Add to that food stalls, crafts, jewellery, face painting, chinese lion dancers, jugglers, and sometimes even Army tanks, this is an event that will keep you entertained all day long.
During the festival weekend over 80 adult and school teams race to determine the champions. With social and championship grades many of the teams will walk away with medals, trophies and prizes for their efforts. The atmosphere is white hot with over 40,000 spectators turning up to cheer on the pumped up competitors.
Dragon Boat racing is a dynamic and interesting sport which has survived the rise and fall of many corporate team building activities. As well as being a good fitness program, the Festival puts a big emphasis on adding value to a good time.
Saturday is the adults day, with corporate and open races running all day. The grand finals will be held in the afternoon, where the competition is fierce. Then on Sunday the school students get to show their stuff with the college races.In 2010 however, Sunday's racing has been shifted to the following Sunday.
Date 07 Mar 2010 (Sun)
Time 9am - 5pm
Venue Wellington Waterfront
Address Frank Kitts Promenade, Wellington Central
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