Thames Dragon Boat Club is one of the leading clubs in the UK. We have competitive, mixed, ladies and open crews.
We are based in East London, paddling from the London Regatta Centre, which is situated close to City Airport, the runway itself can be seen from our side of the dock.
We welcome paddlers of all levels, if you live in or are visiting the London area we would love to see you at training.
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Thames puts in a strong performance with a mixed crew against all male crews at the final event of the league fixture
Thames Dragons pulled it out of the bag to grab 2nd places in both the 200m and 500m major finals with 100% commitment from the whole team!
It was a fitting goodbye to Thames stalwarts Jasmine Keick and Jonathan Mayes who move on to pastures new and green...
Thames hits the airwaves.
Thames Dragons were live on BBC London's Radio morning breakfast show on Saturday 4th September from their home regatta. Jonathan Mayes, Linda Barry, Stuart Low, Amy Li and Sue Menzies (from the BDA) were all interviewed for the feature about Dragon boat racing. Click on the Play button below to listen
Thames Ladies make it a Gold clean sweep at European Championships Many congratulations to Linda Barry and Jo Readshaw who paddled in the GB Women’s premier team that won gold in all 3 categories in Amsterdam(200m, 500m and 2000m). The team was superbly managed by Fiona Giacomini who ensured smooth running off the water.
Congratulations also to Claire Greenwood who as part of the GB Senior ladies took silver in the 200m and bronze in the 500m.
See the 2000m women’s premier race video below. |