Author Topic: Dragontug featured in Lian He Zao Bao today (Read 1709 times)

pcgwee · « **on:** March 28, 2007, 09:04 »

A tug-of-war competition between 2 dragonboats is being organized by Fronterra Group and sponsored by UOB.

See the following URL http://www.dragontug.com for details.

Who's behind Fronterra Group?
Lina Goh, Elsie Lim and Peter Wong
See the following URL http://www.fronterragroup.com/about_us.html

Cartman · « **Reply #1 on:** March 28, 2007, 09:54 »

Good marketing efforts and that's the standard we will need to bring our sport up one level. I like the event website. Really creates an image for the event.

Bad event idea. Dragontug will simply reinforce on the existing barbaric way of paddling. Obviously the 'muscle' teams will win. You don't need much technique for this.

Chase · « **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2007, 12:02 »

well, the idea of dragon boat is simply for racing purposes... anything else is just for recreational fun. Fun perhaps, sports wise, it probably won't help. Then again I am a purist. Seems alot like a money making event. Considering the commitment by most teams to master series and 10km challenge, not to mention the preparation trainings for June race, I doubt many teams will participate.

Cartman · « **Reply #3 on:** March 28, 2007, 12:11 »

it is good to have pple wanting to make $ from the sports. Y? because then u will create a real sports industry with $ spinning around. Without these pple doing such things full time, do u expect to see such fantastic marketing work? Probably not.

Blastoise · « **Reply #4 on:** March 28, 2007, 20:43 »

but if it is just purely for fun, why not...?

pcgwee · « **Reply #5 on:** March 28, 2007, 23:38 »

Quote from: "Chase"

Seems alot like a money making event.

This MUST be a money-making event, there's a company behind it.

merman · « **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2007, 17:56 »

haha so any teams signed up yet? What an idea!

Chase · « **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2007, 12:03 »

anyway, what would scull rowers and a company doing indoor rowing as a sports know about dragonboating? precisely the reason for this quirky idea, but I am it would be a hit among those weekend warrior type corporate teams.

pcgwee · « **Reply #8 on:** April 16, 2007, 12:25 »

Quote from: "Chase"

anyway, what would scull rowers and a company doing indoor rowing as a sports know about dragonboating? precisely the reason for this quirky idea, but I am it would be a hit among those weekend warrior type corporate teams.

Lina Goh was in the women's national dragon boat team...

pcgwee · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2007, 14:42 »

Anyone went down to have a look? Result updates?