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Coaching Session with Keni.
Keni visited to teach one of her regular coaching sessions to help newer paddlers learn the basics of the paddling stroke and more experienced paddlers to refine and develop their technique.
Some paddlers are making preparations to improve their strength and skills in order to compete in ...
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Helm Training
Dragon boats cannot be paddled without a helm or steersperson. It is essential that teams can draw on a pool of paddlers with helm experience to paddle regularly.
Peter and Sue trained paddlers from Port Edgar Dragons and Manchester Dragoneers as well Paddlers for Life Windermere to become helms for their ...
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Lancashire LA visitors.
On Thursday afternoon Paddlers for Life hosted a group of Rowena's colleagues from Lancashire Local Authority.
They wanted to experience dragon boat paddling and we were able to put out two dragon boats.
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Lancaster Canal Challenge
Two fantastic crews of paddlers formed from cancer survivors and their supporters from Paddlers for Life Windermere paddled their dragon boat, Artemis Phyllis' thirty one miles along the Lancaster Canal from Owd Nell's at Bilsborow to the northernmost navigable point at Tewitfield.
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Canal challenge preparation, the event is imminent.
Paddlers prepared for the great canal paddling adventure by getting the dragon boat Artemis Phyllis onto the trailer ready for the event which is just one week away.
Two crews will paddle the dragon boat in relay from Bilsborrow to Tewitfield along the Lancaster ...
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Paddling Training for Canal Event
Two boats were on the water as paddlers trained for the long distance paddle of the Lancaster Canal. Crews are preparing to paddle 31 miles on the Lancaster Canal from Bilsborrow near Garstang to Longlands near Kendal.
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Windermere Tour
A crew took Artemis Phyllis to the northern reaches of Windermere to see what strange flora and fauna resided there!
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Great North Swim.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Rowena, Jonathan and Vicky who completed the one mile swim in fine style. Conditions for swimming were wonderful, the water warm and the lake calm. What rain there was didn't dampen anyone's spirits.
Thanks and thanks again!
A huge thanks to Eunice, Irene ...
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Eye Dotting Ceremony
This is the day when the dragons at the head of our dragon boats are traditionally awoken from their sleep so that they can give paddlers their protection. Janet retold the story of Qu Yuan which is thought to be the origin of dragon boat racing.
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An exciting day for paddlers, coaching with Keni and our new dragon boat arrives from Poland.
On a sunny May day Keni coaches paddlers over a couple of enjoyable but hardworking paddling sessions
and... the new boat arrives from Poland.
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