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Early success for dragon boat crew<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
The PegasusDragonshad an<br />
exciting start to racingatthe<br />
Aoraki Open Dragon Boat<br />
Regatta.<br />
Despite the allwomen team<br />
beginningtraining onlylast<br />
October,they finished second<br />
in the 1km race at the regatta<br />
on Lake Rua, Christchurch,on<br />
January 24, in theirsecond<br />
competitive event.<br />
The crew had hoped to make<br />
theirrace debut at home on<br />
Lake Pegasus in the Ice<br />
Breaker Regatta on December<br />
7.<br />
However,algal bloom meant<br />
the event was moved to the<br />
Avon River, near New<br />
Brighton, in Christchurch.<br />
Waimak Dragon Boat Club<br />
manager Marie Childs coaches<br />
and manages thePegasus<br />
Dragons with her partner Rick<br />
Smith, who is also the club’s<br />
coach.<br />
Mariesaid it was apleasure<br />
to be involved with the Pegasus<br />
Dragons team.<br />
‘‘They are truly the most<br />
amazing bunch of ladies. They<br />
2353083<br />
Ben wins<br />
national<br />
honours<br />
From Page 1<br />
The bikes are being<br />
constantly finetuned to<br />
achieve optimum<br />
performance, and riders are<br />
always seeking new<br />
equipment that will give<br />
their machines an edge over<br />
their competitors.<br />
‘‘It is aprecision thing.<br />
Everything has to be<br />
perfect,’’ Ben says.<br />
His main bike is fitted with<br />
anew GM engine which was<br />
made in Italy and tuned in<br />
England by Peter Johns<br />
Racing.<br />
Ben works fulltime as a<br />
diesel mechanic at<br />
Truckstops in Christchurch,<br />
but his ultimate dream is to<br />
eventually head overseas to<br />
test his skills against the<br />
world on the international<br />
solo bike circuit.<br />
build each other up and are<br />
fullofcompliments and<br />
support for each other. We get<br />
so much pleasurefrom their<br />
enthusiasm. They havehuge<br />
potential.’’<br />
The Pegasus Dragons team<br />
was assembledafter Marie<br />
advertisedfor peopletofill<br />
spaces in amixed Waimak<br />
Dragon Boat Club team called<br />
Waimak Attack.<br />
Younger looking<br />
skin starts here<br />
Arevitalised you isonly a<br />
consultation away.<br />
‘‘I had afew ladiescontact<br />
me but forone reason or<br />
another they couldn’tcommit<br />
to the training daysrequired<br />
for the Waimak Attackteam,’’<br />
she said.<br />
‘‘I feltthere was areal need<br />
for theseladies to connect with<br />
each other and not miss out on<br />
the opportunity to take partin<br />
this fantastic sport.<br />
‘‘So Idecided Iwouldstart<br />
National honours ... Ben Whalley with his grandfather, Ivan Harris, and the bike on which Ben<br />
won his national title.<br />
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Team work ...<br />
Members of the<br />
Pegasus Dragons<br />
Boat team<br />
competing at the<br />
Aoraki Dragon Boat<br />
Regatta on Lake<br />
Rua in<br />
Christchurch.<br />
PHOTO: JEAN WILLIAMS<br />
Pegasus Dragons.’’<br />
Therewere nine paddlers at<br />
the team’s firsttraining session<br />
last October. That has now<br />
grownto36membersand they<br />
compete as two teams. ‘‘These<br />
ladies stepped out of their<br />
comfort zone to join and Iam<br />
extremely proud of them for<br />
that.’’ The nextregatta they are<br />
training for is the Akaroa 10s<br />
eventon<strong>February</strong>21.<br />
Youare invited to take part in a<br />
QuakeCoRE research project.<br />
We are interested in hearing about if<br />
and how you memorialise the earthquakes;<br />
whetheryou take part inany,and what<br />
meanings they may hold for you.<br />
Participation involves a40minute interview<br />
with amember of the research team,and is<br />
rewarded with a30dollar voucher<br />
forPak’NSave.<br />
Please contact Jackson Wyndow at<br />
jacksonwyndow@gmail.com<br />
if you would like to take part
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