It's Dylan!

Not much people guessing this one.....was it so difficult? Anyway, the younger photo of Dylan very cute leh....

At PA Paddle Championship 2010....

Although we didn't do well this race, we did find out some interesting stuff about our rowers......

At 1.15pm - Derek tying shoelaces....

At 2.00pm - Derek still tying shoelaces....

At 3.00pm - Derek is glad that he is almost done tying his shoelaces...
Conclusion: Derek has a huge problem with tying his shoelaces. And according to Robin, he basically has problems with tying things, like tying the knot! haha!

Err....we also have 3 Powerpuff girls wannabes who think that they are very highly skilled and very chio....

The most eerie thing of the day is, these 2 people are more than 20 years apart in age and we can't really tell who is the younger one....

Wah Lau.

Training - 2nd May 2010

Date: 2 May 2010

Time: 7.45am - 11.00am

Venue: SDBA

*Land training after rowing. Please meet at 7.45am inside SDBA for warm up.

Go Go Captain!

30 April 2010 marks the day where Sunday Dragons will be really, really proud of. Our beloved captain, Mr Gan Choon Kiat (in the red circle, this has to be his best looking photo ever) will represent Singapore, on behalf of Sunday Dragons, to do our nation proud at the Asian Dragonboat Championship 2010!

We Sunday Dragons are all behind our captain and the National Team, cheering them on to do the country proud!

Go Go Captain! Go Go Singapore!

"Pain is temporary, glory is forever!" ~BLR

PA Paddle Championship 2010

For a long time since the formation of Sunday Dragons, we didn't make it to day 2 of the race. Here are our results:


Date: 24 & 25 April 2010
Venue: Bedok Reservoir
Race distance: 300m

Open Women's Heats (10-Crew)
1st: Team Rudy Project - 1’42’29
2nd: Endorphin Kayaking (EK) - 1'49'44
3rd: Mountbatten CSC - 1'50'77
4th: PLK Paddlers - 1'53'31
5th: SUNDAY DRAGONS - 2'01'01

Open Mixed Heats (20-Crew)
1st: SMU Team A - 1'17'33
2nd: Tampines North CSC - 1'19'22
3rd: Eunos CSC - 1'19'36
4th: SUNDAY DRAGONS - 1'19'66
5th: German Dragons - 1'21'29

Let's really train harder for our next race!

By the way, we forgot to take a proper full team photo this time......=/

Go Sunday Dragons!

This coming weekend marks the 10th race for Sunday Dragons!

We may not be the best team around but our spirits are definitely high! And not to forget, we are surely one of the most popular team around because the commentators talk about our name almost every race as we make our presence felt in the local dragonboating circuit.

Just ask around, who has not heard of us SUNDAY DRAGONS?

A quote to end off this post:

"The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit." - Ken Doherty

Keep our spirits high and let's aim for the best this weekend!

Sunday Dragons Sa!

About Rowing Training

Rowing has become popular not only with aspiring oarsmen and women, but with the general population who see it as an effective form of fitness training.

The success of the Concept 2 rowing ergometer has meant that health club members can develop substantial rowing-specific fitness without ever taking to the water. Several events now exist purely to test the competitor's proficiency on an indoor rowing ergo.

Rowing is often labelled as one of the most physically strenuous of all sports, and it's not without credence...

In tests designed to mirror the demands of a 2000m race, caloric expenditure has been calculated as 36kcal per minute making it one of the most energy demanding activities ever studied. It's not surprising then that the aerobic power (VO2max) of elite oarsmen and women is substantial.

Aerobic energy metabolism is responsible for up to 75% of the energy required to row a 2000m race. The rest is derived from anaerobic metabolism, predominately through the lactic acid system with a small contribution from alactic pathways. Muscle fibre type composition in oarsmen and women resembles that of distance runners although they demonstrate significantly greater leg power than other athletes.

Tactically, rowers take a unique approach to race pacing. Up to the first 500m are completed with a vigorous sprint so athletes can look back on competitors. This places an immediate strain on the anaerobic energy pathways, which is followed by about 1000m of very high steady-state aerobic activity. The final 500m consists of an exhaustive, anaerobic sprint. Unsurprisingly, studies show Oarsmen and women have an exceptionally high tolerance to lactate accumulation.
Strength is also important to the rower. Peak power, power endurance and muscular endurance should be the ultimate goal of a rowing training program. Excessive hypertrophy can be detrimental to rowing while peak power, rather than maximal strength, is associated with good performance.

*Article from: http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/rowing-training.html

Training - 17th and 18th April 2010

Last 2 trainings before the race!

Date: 17 April 2010

Time: 3.45pm - 6.00pm

Venue: Bedok Reservoir

*Water training only. Please meet at 3.45am outside boat house for warm up.

Date: 18 April 2010

Time: 7.45am - 11.00am

Venue: SDBA (Kallang)

*Land training after rowing. Please meet at 7.45am inside SDBA for warm up. We will be training in 2 small boats.

Guess Who? V

Ok folks, first guy for all of you to guess! Should not be too difficult.....heheh!

Basketball Legend Michael Jordan's Quotes

There is an adage that you get to witness history in the making only once in a lifetime. Those who have watched Michael Jordan play would confirm this adage. One of the greatest basketball players of all time, Michael Jordan's scintillating performance on the basketball field remains etched in public memory. Get a dose of inspiration as you read these Michael Jordan quotes.


"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation."

"I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot... and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. "

"I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it... I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me. "

"If it turns out that my best wasn't good enough, at least I won't look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder. "

"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game. "

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. "

"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. "

Information from: http://quotations.about.com/od/stillmorefamouspeople/a/MichaelJordan1.htm

Training - 10th & 11th April 2010

Date: 10 April 2010

Time: 3.45pm - 6.00pm

Venue: Bedok Reservoir

*Water training only. Please meet at 3.45am outside boat house for warm up.

Date: 11 April 2010

Time: 7.45am - 11.00am

Venue: SDBA (Kallang)

*Land training after rowing. Please meet at 7.45am inside SDBA for warm up. We will be training in 2 small boats.

Quote of the Day

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. ~ Lance Armstrong

Featured Rower of the Month - Peiyi!

Hello Folks! Its April and we are all gearing up for the first race of 2010! As we train hard, let us get to know our super soft spoken girl and one of our youngest rower on the team better...I bet quite a few of us don't even know how her voice sound like cos she is always so soft haha!

How long have you been in the team and what made you join us?
About ten months, first introduced to me by my sister. Cause it’s a team sport. I like the energy in the boat where everyone row together. (eh, get your sister to join us lah! Quick quick, can come for trial sessions first mah....after April race ask her to come try out leh...)

What does Sunday Dragons mean to you?
A group of people who are passionate about what they do especially in this sport. (Thanks thanks, I cannot agree with you more haha.)

Tell us about 2 members in the team whom you look up to and why.
Chin Mien and Georgin. Cause Chin Mien is always mentally very positive and Georgin is a very focus and calm person. Both of them (and Cynthia too haha) are like iron woman. (Hahaha....err...iron woman....ok lor....none of the guys in the team impress u? hahah...but i can understand la....just look at them....*sigh*)

Has participating in dragonboat rowing changed you in any way?
Yah physically I have a bump now on my right side permanently Haha but I guess it had made me stronger mentally and physically fitter too with the training sets though sometimes I feel like throwing the paddle into the river. (A bump? Oh my god, hope its nothing painful or what....eh yes yes, i always feel like throwing the paddle into the river too haha....but we always tahan and after that will feel damn good about ourselves....)

Tell us about what you do in school and what's next in your life.

I am a chemistry student soaked in all the toxic fumes, breathing in chloroform and getting myself semi-knocked out during lab. Why I choose chemistry, guess it was the better subject I did for A levels. As for what is next in my life, I am still figuring out before I face a mid 20s crisis haha. (Wah, you sure damn high everytime u are in lab lor haha...)

What other things do you do during your free time?
Volunteer at MINDs teach the children there simple crafts and other sane and normal things any human being will do like eat, sleep, go for movies, read.. (wah volunteer at MINDs....cool leh...sibeh on lah you...)

What is your favourite sport before you took up dragonboating?
Maybe jogging (leisurely haha if that is still considered a sport) cause can activate the cells, see people, see trees and maybe some dog poop on the floor too haha.

Do you have a boyfriend? Tell us about him!
Haha nope. (ok tell us the next time what you look for in a boyfriend we help you keep a lookout haha...)

Tell us something about you that few people know.
Flying bugs, insects, cockroach, anything that has wings and more than 2 legs are my worst enemies. (u mean you are scared of birds and most animals ah?)

Describe yourself in less than 10 words!
A little boring. Somewhat blur. Maybe not so quiet.