The eight-month old Parkes Dragon Boat Club keeps on paddling forward with five of its members selected to represent Western NSW at the National Dragon Boat Championships this year.
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Warren and Donna Edwards, Rochelle Smith, Linda Snyman and Maggi Barnard have been training hard under state coach Louise Linke and assistant coach Deb Clarke in preparation for the national championships in Canberra on April 20.
Club president Bill Thomas congratulated the members.
“We are all so proud of you,” he said.
As part of its preparation the team took part in a regatta against the top ACT teams on Lake Burley Griffin in January, winning second place in the two kilometre race.
The Western squad consists of members of six other clubs in the Central West and mostly trains on Ben Chifley Dam at Bathurst.
This year training sessions have also been scheduled at Lake Endeavour to use the Parkes Dragon Boat Club’s tens boat.
The first session took place early this month with a second one scheduled for next weekend.
The Parkes Dragon Boat Club squad members joined their club members at the Jindabyne Flowing Festival on the weekend, where they competed in a two kilometre race on Saturday and 200 metre races on Sunday.
