Category: Dragon Boating

On Sunday, March 24th, the shores of Lake Pupuke in Takapuna were alive with the energy and excitement of the Dragon Boat Championships for 2024. This year’s event brought together six schools from across Auckland, showcasing their spirit of teamwork, determination, and sportsmanship. A total of seven teams participated, with St Cuthbert’s College leading the pack with two teams while the others fielded one team each. The competition was divided into two grades: mixed teams, featuring Western Springs College, Glendowie College, and Pakuranga College, and girls’ teams, including St Cuthbert’s…

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Dragon Boating Dragon boating returned to Lake Pupuke after a three-year absence with six crews competing in both mixed and girls sections.  In the Girls section Epsom Girls Grammar won with St Cuthbert’s College 2nd and St Mary’s 3rd.  Results can be found here   Orienteering The Auckland Schools Sprint Orienteering Finals were held Sunday at Long Bay College in the morning and AUT North Akoranga Campus in the afternoon.  A list of results can be found here Rock Climbing One hundred and forty participants competed in the first of…

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NZ Herald: Using hockey sticks instead of paddles is not your conventional way to train for a dragon boating competition. But that was the case for the St Dominic’s College paddlers, who only had four sessions on the water before they raced towards the podium in the recent College Sport Auckland Dragon Boat Championships. Teacher Robynne Andrews said the newly formed team trained sitting on chairs in the school’s hall using hockey sticks to imitate paddling. The Auckland Dragon Boat Association stepped in to supply the team with oars for…

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