Great excitement at Lagan Dragons HQ this week, when we were joined by Sara Girvan from BBC Northern Ireland. She came to do a special feature about the club which should air on national breakfast TV on 9th August! Sara even joined us in the boat for a paddle- bravo! Watch this space!
We were delighted to be joined by a group of staff from Marie Curie who came to paddle with us as part of their wellbeing week. It was a lovely tranquil summer's evening and great fun was had by all.
We had a wonderful day in Carlow, Sunday 11 June, when we competed in 3 races. We didn't quite make it to the final but it was lovely to see our friends from across Ireland and two of our helms are well on their way to completing their race helm qualification. And... stop the press […]
We were recently received an extremely generous gift of £5,000 from Cirdan.Cirdan is a leading provider of informatics and imaging solutions that enhance and speed up the diagnosis of patients. They choose the Lagan Dragons due to the importance their equipment has in breast cancer diagnosis.On behalf of the whole club we send our thanks […]
Twenty three of the Lagan Dragons travelled to Barcelona to compete in the 4th Barcelona International Dragon Boat Festival. The festival took place on the 19-21 May and the team had trained hard from the beginning of the year in preparation. We were delighted to reach the finals in both the Seniors Women's and BCC […]
Our amazing dragons pulled out all the stops today to welcome new people who wanted to try Dragon Boating for the first time. We had an amazing morning with new paddlers who experienced the fun and camaraderie of being in a dragon boat. Paddling together is a great way to support each other, be active […]
On Sunday 28th November Minister Nichola Mallon took to the water and really did come up the Lagan NOT in a bubble but in one of our Dragon Boats. The Minister had been officially opening the new site for Lagan Dragons and joined the club aboard our latest boat Luna. She was treated to the Chinese traditional […]
Lagan Dragons were delighted this week to be one of the first recipients of funding from Belfast Harbour Commissioners. Lagan Dragons are one of the 12 community organisations that have been fortunate enough to be awarded a Belfast Harbour Community Award. Belfast Harbour has awarded £25,000 to twelve organisations, in the first round of its […]