Overview:
Dragon Boat Racing is an ancient Chinese tradition with over 2000 years of history. This activity can become an extremely competitive and is highly enjoyable; now one of Britain's fastest growing corporate events.
A Dragon Boat is a thirty or forty foot canoe-like vessel with an ornately carved dragon's head and tail, a steerer in the stern keeping the boat on course, a drummer beating time and up to 11 people (30' boats) or 19 people (40' boats) sitting in next to each other ready to paddle.
Corporate dragon boat events are an exciting way of motivating and integrating staff from all areas of the company. Part of the sport's amazing appeal is its ability to get everyone working together in a very short space of time giving a real and lasting sense of individual achievement and team spirit.
A colourful, dynamic and exciting event, full of spectacle and pageantry but above all else, is great fun!
Format:
On arrival, the group split into teams (numbers are based on the size of the vessels used) and teams choose a name (in the past teams have dressed to a theme, popular themes include pirates, vicars, favourite Chinese dishes, Vikings, 118 118 and nurses).
Before getting into a boat everybody is given a full safety briefing and are instructed on how to operate a dragon boat safety. Once in the boats, teams get into boats, and they paddle down the right hand side of the dock where they are given instruction by the helm on how to use their paddles to make the boat stop, steady, and are given advice on how to set off quickly and maintain the speed.
Once at the top of the dock the teams are lined up to begin the race. The race is 250 metres long and should take in the region of a minute and a half to complete, but this gets quicker as the teams get used to racing. Normally there are between 2 to 3 races per team (depending on numbers, light and amount of time), the fastest teams go through to the final, where you find out who is the 'Ultimate Dragon Boat Racing Team' in the office.
Included:
· Boats and equipment
· Safety cover
· Buoyancy aids
· Qualified staff - helms, starters, finishers, a time keeper and a professional event co-ordinator
· BBQ Lunch
Use of the centre's facilities
· £10m public liability insurance
Optional Extras Include:
· PA system and race commentary
· Medals and Trophies
· Venue decoration
· Themed entertainment
· Lion Dancing
· T-shirts
· Photographer
Duration:
An event for 200 people will take between 2 to 3 hours followed by a BBQ.
Feedback on this event from our clients:
“I found Vicki Wren really helpful in organising this event, she was great to work with and I would definitely recommend her / Chillisauce. I would also like to thank you for all your help and co-operation in arranging this event. It was a success and everyone had a really good time, thank you!”
- Real Networks
“The event was great. The team doing the Dragon Boat Racing were brilliant (please pass on my thanks to them) and the lunch & drinks went down very well too! Thanks for all your help with this, it was a very enjoyable & successful day out for SSTL”
- SSTL
“The event was a great success! Many Thanks for your hard work on facilitating this event on our behalf, I’m sure that we’ll be chatting at some stage next year!”
- Climate Change Capital
“The event was great and the team were very happy with the service provided and the layout for the day. Thank you very much for all your help and for staying through the event. We will be looking at other events so will get in touch soon”
- Rothschild