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Race 12 of the 2011 Chester Dragon Boat Festival: Ooh Wallah Wallah vs The Radbroke Spartans.

Ooh Wallah Wallah:         1.22.31
The Radbroke Spartans:   1.42.14

Less than 2.2 seconds seperated all four finalists in the qualifying heats as they lined up for the Grand Final. In the cold and wet weather of 13 June 2011, it was anybody's race to win. On the "GO!", all four teams surged into action with little to chose between them. Ooh Wallah Wallah, Dragon Boat Champions of Chester in both 2006 and 2007 were determined to become win for the third time, but first had to shake off the other three teams.

For the Money Super Dragon (sister team from MoneySupermarket.com) and HMS Eaglet, teams this was their first Dragon Boat Festival (which just goes to show that novices can and do regularly qualify as finalists), whilst for MS Cymru, this was their first time qualifying for the final.

In an exciting last minute push, Ooh Wallah Wallah just crossed first in 1.22.83, ahead of Dragon Supermarket (1.23.22), HMS Eaglet (1.23.72) and M.S. Cymru (1.24.34).

It is worth noting that in order to make sure the timings are accurate, the Finish Judge uses the front of the boat as the timing point (and not the dragon's head) becuase not all the heads sit to the same depth.