Bookings now being taken for the 2010 event, currently 20 places left
Welcome to the Chester Dragon Boat Festival Website.
The 14th June 2009 saw nearly five hundred competitors coming together on what turned out to be a gloriously warm and sunny day for another great day of dragon boat racing on the River Dee at in Chester. Twenty teams, all defying the effects of the credit crunch came together to have fun and help raise funds for charity.
The day started at 09:30 with a Team Captain's briefing at Event Control, followed by the first teams being called up to be briefed. Racing started around 10:00 and went on through the day with the final qualifying round at 3:30pm and the Grand Final at 4pm.
Each team got three timed rounds of racing, with their single best time counting,The top four fastest team times went through to the four-boat Grand Final, Trophy dragons went to the 1st, 2nd & 3rd placed teams, Bronze, Silver and Gold Olympic style Dragon Boat Medals were presented to each member of the top three teams.To read about the 2009 Chester Festival, click here.
Celebrity Guest: Miss Cheshire 2009
Teams registered for the 2010 festival
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| Dewi Sant | Peter McFarren Incubator Appeal |
| Avox Tigers | Help for Heroes |
| Avox Dragons | CHERISH (Special Care Baby Unit at Wrexham Maelor Hospital) |
| Red Cross Wave Riders | Red Cross |
| Connah’s Quay d4e 3rd | The Anthony Nolan Appeal |
| CHP Evolution | The Anthony Nolan Appeal |
| Event Marketing Solutions | The Anthony Nolan Appeal |
| Cheshire Youth Action Team | The Anthony Nolan Appeal |
| Reaseheath College | B.I.R.D. (College Rag Charity) |
| Deeside Dragons | N.S.P.C.C. |
| Mother Goose | The Multiple Sclerosis Society |
| Pirates of the Dee | Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology |
| The Photons | Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology |
| Miles of Smiles 1st | Miles of Smiles |
| Nustar Superstars | Claire House Hospice |
| Roccos Rowers 2nd | St Rocco's Hospice |
| Dee Naughty Vikings | Christies Hospital Manchester |
| Sunk 'n Disorderly | Claire House Hospice |
| Watkinson Black | Claire House Hospice |
| The River Rats | The Human Milk Bank Appeal, Countess of Chester Hospital |
| Fresenius Kabi | The Bobby Moore Fund |
| Team name to be confirmed | Hospice of the Good Shepherd |
| Team name to be confirmed | Hospice of the Good Shepherd |
| Team name to be confirmed | Hospice of the Good Shepherd |
| Row DMC | Help for Heroes |
This year, we were delighted that the prizes were presented to the winning teams by the current reigning Miss Cheshire, Catriona Cameron.
Patron of the Cheshire based charity 'Vision Support' and winner of Miss Best Smile and Miss Best Swimwear, Catriona has also featured in OK magazine and on MTV. Whilst competing recently for Miss Beauty Queen UK, Catriona came fourth overall at the National Final.
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