Dorney Lake, Saturday 27^th June 2009

The Sailors’ Society’s second Dragon Boat Challenge will be taking place at Dorney Lake on Saturday 27^th June 2009.

The Challenge begins at 10:30 for team briefing. This is a fantastic day out for team building with staff, for entertaining your clients or to just bring the family and friends along for an enjoyable day together.

The exciting Dragon Boat racing is informal and great fun, but is often fiercely competitive between teams. You will race on the same rowing lake to be used for the 2012 Olympics.

In 2007, twenty seven teams contested the trophy, and the event is now a highlight on the shipping industry calendar.

Additional activities will be held throughout the day to suit all ages and abilities. 

These will include:

• Tug of War competition
• Human table-football
• Clay shooting
• Target golf
• Bouncy castle
• Children’s entertainer
• Face painter
• Children’s Bell Boat racing

How it works 

Each Dragon Boat team is made up of 10 rowers and one pace drummer.

The competition will be held in heats and trophies will be awarded to both the winning team and highest fundraiser.

What you get

All participants will receive coffee and bacon on arrival and a BBQ lunch is included, with an additional 11 guest food passes allocated per team. 

“Thank you for a great day. All our team enjoyed it very much!”

Ms. Marie-Claire Coombes, Rio Tinto.

Fundraising

We suggest that each team aims to raise at least £3,000 sponsorship (that’s just £300 per person). This will meet costs of organising the event and any additional monies raised will enable the Society to continue its vital work with seafarers worldwide.

We highly recommend that you set up a ‘JustGiving’ page for your team sponsorship.

This enables you to direct your supporters straight to your own team page. From here they can donate to your sponsorship target, and the money will come directly to the Society, making it easier for you to manage.

To set up your page visit Just Giving [Click Here]

Sponsorship opportunities

There is the opportunity to become a main sponsor of this event, following on from Cargill and BP in 2007. There are also other key sponsorship opportunities available, for example sponsoring a Dragon boat.

“The sponsorship was great branding for Cargill, and we felt proud to contribute to the success of the event and make a real difference to the work of the Charity.”

Captain Jonathan R Stoneley, Environment & Compliance Manager,

Cargill Ocean Transportation  – Sponsor and participant 2007 Challenge.

To take part in this exciting event, please contact Felicity Patterson, Events Fundraiser telephone 023 8051 5950

or email fpatterson@sailors-society.org.

Alternatively you can download the registration form and return it to:

Felicity Patterson, Sailors Society, 350 Shirley Road, Southampton, SO15 3HY.

Download our Registration Form [Click Here]