Singapore River Regatta 2009

[DBrocks]

oh really? NTU is sending a team down? That would be interesting considering their examinations are ard the corner. wonder how will they fare. well, girls team i suppose is a one sided dominance from RP among the polys but if NTU girls are going for SRR, then it would be a different story.

[Trivium]

Not disrespecting the event itself, but SRR has become a carnival.

Uni teams would be busy, with SRR being right in e middle of their exams. And with so many unconsistent racing conditions (bumboats, magic lanes, unfair starts), the SRR results should be taken with a pinch of salt. If you guys are able to catch hold of last yr's Mens Open Grand Final aerial video footage. you'll notice how clsoe the lanes are. Expect some boat banging action! Esp. from the best boat-banging IVP team in SG.

i think the Poly teams would reign supreme in IVP. SP most likely.

SAFRA looks not bad too. Maybe after recently purchasing their own boats, they can go back to their winning ways? They did very well at last year's SRR if i remember.

SAFSA, with alot of new faces, will face stiff competition despite many paddlers from their "All-Star" june race squad still in BMT now. From hearing the old birds at Kallang, SAFSA was the last team to retain a back-to-back June Race n Regetta Mens Open medals in 1999-2000. Can they do it again? I hope so.

[DBrocks]

no doubt with inconsistent results, SRR is a shit event but nevertheless, it is the most inaugural event of the dragonboat season. if you are good, means u are good. if u are bad, means u are bad.

[Zzz]

A month to train. 100 more meters.

Just compare the senior guys team of the 4 Ploys (NP, NYP, RP, SP), as what i saw during SAVA sprints 09. 200 meters. all the timing that clocked by the Polys team are quiet close on the 2nd day.

  now 100 meters difference + unconsistent conditions.

its really hard to say who would be the reign supreme at SRR'09.

girls team - RP girls will still remain at the top(If NO Unis team).

[iamrain]

Yup, den lets stick to SRR. Personally, i felt this race will not project how strong are the teams totally. Personal opinion , the water and other factor will determine more for the team to win on top of team performances. Seriously, SRR has alwaes being a race that results doesn't prove the team standards comparing to others. Basically, a race that is open for all.

[DBrocks]

It seems that only Tp is missing in action. Well, Tp has a moderate record for SRR. They did alright last year. It seems that Regatta is their niche. oh well, who knows. 300m is a close fight after all.

[DBrocks]

well, iamrain, u might have missed out on one point. Regatta is a race of explosive strength. without ample training, you will go nowhere in regatta. hence, since it is an open race, all e more u will feel the glory when u win.

[Trivium]

Yeap.. it's an open race. But still, the team must be of a certain standard too. If the team is not of a certain standard, but placed beside a good team in the heats. They can hire a cox who can help them wash hang. =))

TP? no offence to the TP, but unless they have been making full use of the reservoir and pacing their guts out against NTU there, i dun think they'll impress. Yes Mr PaddleShop, gone are the glory days of TPDB when they were well feared. Does it have to do with a change of coach?


Why not let's guess something else. Instead of speculating who will win the race, y not guess who will be last for IVP mens n women?

Reasons for posing such a question is not to insult/bring down the mentioned team, but to find out areas where we (the general DB community) feel that they can improve on even before the race. If they do bother to read and listen, the forum might even play a part in helping them improve.

[MrPaddleshop]

Yeap.. it's an open race. But still, the team must be of a certain standard too. If the team is not of a certain standard, but placed beside a good team in the heats. They can hire a cox who can help them wash hang. =))

TP? no offence to the TP, but unless they have been making full use of the reservoir and pacing their guts out against NTU there, i dun think they'll impress. Yes Mr PaddleShop, gone are the glory days of TPDB when they were well feared. Does it have to do with a change of coach?


Why not let's guess something else. Instead of speculating who will win the race, y not guess who will be last for IVP mens n women?

Reasons for posing such a question is not to insult/bring down the mentioned team, but to find out areas where we (the general DB community) feel that they can improve on even before the race. If they do bother to read and listen, the forum might even play a part in helping them improve.

i agree with trivium on the par tt srr shud be taken with a pinch of salt considering that e lanes, bumboats and other factors play a part to e winning of e event. Well it also does take a certain standard to win e event. You can't expect to novice paddlers to use luck to get to e grand finals do you?

As for the teams dwelling at e bottom, i thk e tides haf changed for those teams tt were once legendary because of the lack of desire, commitment and passion in the sport. It seems like the current generation of paddlers do not thk of sacrificing their self interests for e sake of the team. We can see different examples of teams who haf trained hard and reap e rewards of their labour n they will continue to do so with e same workrate. I believe things will nv be same as what it was in the past where the team comes first. i thk its realli sth to ponder abt esp when teams look at e results and start reflecting on it.  Let srr be a guide for teams aiming for june race, not an end result.

[iamrain]

Actually din forget la... just dun like the race tts all. O well, definately u need standards to at least go into semis? But dun forget even if u r of a certain standard, one knock to ur boat by wave or other boat will send u home the very day. I just hate the fact that this race will not determine the real winner. My point of view, no pun intended.