About Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon Boat Racing Corporate Team Building

Dragon Boat Racing is Britain’s fastest growing corporate team building activity
Requires no previous experience and caters for all abilities
Fun ‘come and try it’ activity or spectacular racing event
Ideal ‘ice-breaker’ at a company conference or training course, popular corporate team building exercise and superb motivational activity
Excellent as an inter office/company challenge, summer evening social club activity or unusual attraction at a water festival
Over £12 million raised for charity by racing dragon boats
Gable Events is the largest dragon boat event operator in the country and the only UK operator owning both 30’ (up to 11 person) and 40’ (up to 17 person) dragon boats

"Thank you for an extremely well organised dragon boat racing event. Thanks to your superb management we were able to provide a very memorable day for our clients."

- Hong Kong Tourist Association

Gable Events Other Activities

Numbers

From 18 for a company team building exercise to over 1000 racing in a dragon boat regatta. Traditional 40’ boats accommodate 12 to 16 paddlers plus a drummer, 30’ boats seat 8 to 10 paddlers plus a drummer.

Venue

Any relatively still river, lake, reservoir, canal, dock, sheltered harbour, marina etc. with good access. We have a comprehensive list of suitable venues nationwide.

Package

Gable Events will provide the dragon boats, ancillary equipment, professional safety cover, buoyancy vests, BDA qualified race officials and helms, BDA permit, medals and trophy for the winning crew(s), PA system and race commentary, race schedule and computerized results, event control unit, authentic Chinese venue decoration, £10m public liability insurance and professional event management. Optional extras include Chinese lion dance, catering & themed entertainment, photographer/video crew, client name/logo on boats, supporting activities and event infrastructure eg marquees, furniture, toilets etc.