NCKU students shine in International Dragon Boat Race
Tainan, Taiwan, 4 July 2012
A team of 43 students from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, outdid other teams by winning the championship of female dragon boat race, the third place of male dragon boat race and the teamwork title in the 2012 International Tainan City Dragon Boat Race Championship (台南市國際龍舟錦標賽) hosted by Tainan City Government June 23 to 27.
This is the best record NCKU dragon boat team has obtained so far, according to Chung Bao-Yi, captain of the team which intends to recruit more students who are interested in boat racing.
A total of 179 teams from government agencies, schools and social groups participated in the annual event on Tainan City Canal.
The team, organized in 2010, owes the credit to Kung Hung-Ming, the coach who is patient and persistent in coaching team members.
In the past three years, the team members whose muscles are building bigger from continuous and long-hour practice have enjoyed greeting each other by showing off their muscle in the upper arms.
Before the annual competition, the team had spent the whole semester training, including paddling practice at the swimming pool, and physical training at the Banyan Tree Garden, according to Captain Chung, who added that they had great fun in the practice.
Joining the Dragon Boat competition is a unique experience for a university student, said Chung, as it may be an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get trained as a professional rower of a dragon boat.
A total of 18 people is required to row a large dragon boat when 5 players are needed to play a basketball game and 9 players, a baseball game, said Chung, who was amazed by the harmonious collaboration the team needed to win a dragon boat race.
“It’s wonderful to have 18 people rowing together in a boat race”, said Emily Chiu, a student of Foreign Languages and Literature at NCKU, adding that the experience is so invaluable that she is inspired and ready to face all challenges ahead with the same spirit of rowing a dragon boat.
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A team of 43 students from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, outdid other teams by winning the championship of female dragon boat race, the third place of male dragon boat race and the teamwork title in the 2012 International Tainan City Dragon Boat Race Championship (台南市國際龍舟錦標賽) hosted by Tainan City Government June 23 to 27.
This is the best record NCKU dragon boat team has obtained so far, according to Chung Bao-Yi, captain of the team which intends to recruit more students who are interested in boat racing.
A total of 179 teams from government agencies, schools and social groups participated in the annual event on Tainan City Canal.
The team, organized in 2010, owes the credit to Kung Hung-Ming, the coach who is patient and persistent in coaching team members.
In the past three years, the team members whose muscles are building bigger from continuous and long-hour practice have enjoyed greeting each other by showing off their muscle in the upper arms.
Before the annual competition, the team had spent the whole semester training, including paddling practice at the swimming pool, and physical training at the Banyan Tree Garden, according to Captain Chung, who added that they had great fun in the practice.
Joining the Dragon Boat competition is a unique experience for a university student, said Chung, as it may be an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get trained as a professional rower of a dragon boat.
A total of 18 people is required to row a large dragon boat when 5 players are needed to play a basketball game and 9 players, a baseball game, said Chung, who was amazed by the harmonious collaboration the team needed to win a dragon boat race.
“It’s wonderful to have 18 people rowing together in a boat race”, said Emily Chiu, a student of Foreign Languages and Literature at NCKU, adding that the experience is so invaluable that she is inspired and ready to face all challenges ahead with the same spirit of rowing a dragon boat.
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