Sherborne Castle Country Fair
Bank Holiday Monday, 29th May 2006, 10am - 6pm

Dragon Boat Races

Hilarity For Charity

Welcome to the thrilling world of Dragon Boat racing.

Dragon Boat racing is steeped in mythology and has been around for many thousands of years in China. Popular legend has it that because of the racing, Chinese dragons would bring rain. Of course it is hoped that this doesn't happen at the Fair, no matter what the water board might want!

Walk down to the lake to the start of the course and watch all the excitement. Each crew is composed of a drummer and 16 paddlers who race in Chinese-style Dragon Boats over the 250 metre course. The races will run from 10:30am until about 3:30pm.

Friends, collegues, clubs and societies from across the region get together to form crews and take part in the Dragon Boat Festival, held on the lake at Sherborne Castle and raise money for their chosen charities. An exhilarating day for the competitors, and a thrilling show for the spectators.

If you would like to take part or find out more please contact us.

2010 Dragon Boat Teams (and who they are raising funds for)

1. Bere Regis Dragons (Somerset & Dorset Air Ambulance and Help for Heroes)
2. Blast Dorchester Family Church (Dorchester Crisis Pregnancy Centre)
3. The Cuffanaughts, F Cuff & Sons, Alweston (Julia's House)
4. DYA Dragons (Dorset Youth Association)
5. Guys Marsh, HMPS (St Margaret's Hospice, Yeovil)
6. Team HI HO, Hi Ho Silver (PSA Haiti Fund and Help for Heroes)
7. Giddy Up, Milton Abbas RDA (Milton Abbas Riding for the Disabled Association)
8. Sherborne RFC (Sherborne Scout Group)
9. Somerset & Dorset Sea Cadets (Somerset & Dorset Sea Cadets)
10. The Parker Bullen Red Stripes (Help for Heroes)
11. The Pop Stars - Street Party (Make-a-Wish Foundation)
12. The Rendezvous River Rats (Rendez-Vous, Sherborne)
13. Monkey Magic - Honeywell (The Barbara Russell Children's Unit, Frenchay Hospital)
14. D & M Dragons, AFV Centre, Bovington, sponsored by Petards Joyce-Loebl (Help for Heroes)
15. Titanic 2 - AquaCare (Julia's House)
16. Puff the Magic Paddles (Toby's Shaftesbury Young Peoples Project)
17. Raleigh Elite - Sherborne Castle (Somerset & Dorset Air Ambulance)
18. Naomi House Boat (Naomi House)
19. 2 Regiment Army Air Corps, sponsored by Petards Joyce-Loebl (Help for Heroes)
20. Soggy Scientists, sponsored by Sigma Aldrich (Somerset & Dorset Air Ambulance)
21. The Screwfix Spanners - Screwfix (Everyman)
22. Pink Champagne Dragon Boat Team (Breast Cancer support group)
23. Barclays for Life (Life Education Wessex)
24. Tinney's Lane Youth Centre, SAYCC (Sherborne Area Youth & Community Centre)
25. The Komodos (Marie Curie)

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