how serious will it be?

[Light]

Then if it's PA rce,shloudnt you be staying at that area to be able to represent them?Loopholes everywhere in SDBA?

[NATO]

Then if it's PA rce,shloudnt you be staying at that area to be able to represent them?Loopholes everywhere in SDBA?

PA race is not under SDBA, and PA is still promoting dragonboat among the CSC.  give them  another 5-8years.  If only allow rower staying at that CSC,  then we wont be having any teams for the race.


Look at S-league,  How many Geylang Footballer are staying at Geylang? get the picture?
imagine what it will be if only those staying at Sengkang then can play for Sengkang.

[Placid]

Then if it's PA rce,shloudnt you be staying at that area to be able to represent them?Loopholes everywhere in SDBA?

PA race is not under SDBA, and PA is still promoting dragonboat among the CSC.  give them  another 5-8years.  If only allow rower staying at that CSC,  then we wont be having any teams for the race.


Look at S-league,  How many Geylang Footballer are staying at Geylang? get the picture?
imagine what it will be if only those staying at Sengkang then can play for Sengkang.

excellent analogy on the S-league. always exciting to note that DB is being taken up with such fervour in the heartlands. just look at the number of teams in the PA invitational race during regatta! admittedly there appears to be some mismatch of power amongst the teams, and big players like mountbatten, taman jurong, paya lebar often dominate, leaving smaller teams to bite the dust.

as long as csc teams do not go in the direction of inter-corp where imports caused much mayhem and unhappiness, i think the event should be allowed to grow at its own pace. with time, apparently smaller teams, like one stroke (aka punggol south), will see improvement in their performance.

what worried me a little, was that SAFSA members were apparently approached to row for some csc teams, specifically for regatta. fortunately they turned the teams away.

[MrPaddleshop]

I must agree on the point of db being a very easy sport to pick up especially among the heartlanders through the csc events. Though I think its unavoidable to have the CSC's invite existing rowers from other teams because they also want to be represented somewhere in the invitational row. Yet, I still think they are all on the level playing field in any case. Winning a dragon boat race does not put emphasis on where you come from but more to how the team has actually trained together as a unit regardless of which team you represent. That's my take.

[KNS]

Check SDBA website, HSBC was really DQ-ed from the inter-corp final..   

SDBA really serious

[MrPaddleshop]

Check SDBA website, HSBC was really DQ-ed from the inter-corp final..   

SDBA really serious

Yup it is true... Yet, it has teams have got to have the guts to raise their doubts to SDBA if they feel that these teams have been misrepresented in any way and not just wait for SDBA to do the necessary checks. Appeal if you have to.. If not HSBC would never have been DQed..