NSW Corporate Games 2007

IBM Dragon boat team has success in the NSW Corporate Games

Due to increasing popularity in dragon boat racing, we were able to enter 2 teams in the NSW Corporate Games on Sunday, March 25: IBM Black & IBM Red – the colours of our uniforms.

After a hot and sunny Saturday, Sunday was anything but that! IBM Red competed in the morning heats; IBM Black in the afternoon.

IBM Red did not make the semis but did wow the crowd in the last pool race when the 2 paddlers in the first row paddled standing up for the last part of the race, a method used in Asia to gain a longer reach & hence a faster time.

IBM Black were the real stars! They won each of their pool races and continued on the win their semi final, posting the best time of the afternoon crews and second fastest for both semi finals.

In the final they placed 3rd, the podium finish being:

GHD Gurus
ING Sea Lions
IBM Black Dragons

Each member of the team received a medal and both crews were quite excited about our teams’ successes.

Celebrations continued at our regular post-race venue of the Lone Star in Penrith, medals becoming part of the team uniform!

If you’d like to learn more about the team, check out any off season training we schedule or be kept up to date with what’s going on, you can visit our website: www.ibmdragons.com.au or contact Julie Mungomery (juliemgy@au1.ibm.com).

The paddlers:

IBM Red:
Andrea Rogers, Jenny O'Hearn, Julie Mungomery, Lydia Limputra, Liz Gibson, Angela Gowan, Kerrie Wark, Michele Stott, Wendy Lo, Wendy Yuen, John Carroll (captain), Steve Da Costa, Gregor Erdmann, Sean Dunbar, Sam Fung, David Ly, Eddie Au, Ram Varanasi

IBM Black:
Cindy McCutcheon, Dani Toon (captain), Ingrid Van Uden, Jenni Spillane, Deborah Date-Chong, Kathleen Javalla, Kim Da Costa, Jiahui Lok, Adeline Tan, Anne Wilkes, Mark Czajkowski, John Vuong, Mark Van Uden, Frank Arraiza, Melvin Ng, Scott Le, Eizac Chee, Mitch Seeto, Jason Ng, Eric Wong

Article by Julie Mungomery