Career Buccaneers give it their all at Salford Dragon Boat Race

25 May 2017

This Sunday 21st May 2017 saw our First Recruitment Group team, the Career Buccaneers, battle with 22 other teams for the chance to be crowned Dragon Boat champions 2017 at Salford Quays, Manchester.

This teambuilding bonanza saw charities and businesses alike enter into the fun with fancy dress, food stalls, and of course fiercely competitive rowing races, with 3 teams battling at a time.

Each team raised a minimum of £800 for their chosen charity, ours being the Foundation for Peace (link to website).

The Foundation for Peace are a local charity based in Warrington, who work nationally to support those affected by terrorism and conflict, supporting young people to turn away from violence and work to build stronger communities.

Although we didn’t win our races (two of which were marginally close), by the time our third race came around we were really working together as a team and gave it our all, and that’s all that matters right? With our best time being 1 min 05 seconds, it wasn’t as quick as the impressive 56 seconds other teams were pulling off and we ended up finishing 13th out of 23 teams.

Overall, a great day was had by everyone, both participants and spectators who came to support us and we hope next year we can take home the crown.

Here are some photos and videos from the day.


If you would like to help us support the Foundation for Peace, you click here to donate.

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