Some of my 2013 Lamma 500 photos made it into the Lamma 500 programme. Pick one up on Sunday at the beach.

Lamma.com.hk is proud to be a media sponsor again this year.

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Since I know better than to try and reason with Alan and his various straw men, red herrings, and non sequiturs (wrestle with a pig, get dirty, pig likes it, etc.) let me just see if I got bingo here...

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OK, this matter seems settled for now. Nobody wants to see me in Lederhosen... {*Phew!*}

But you can see me in an "Official" T-shirt on Sunday's Lamma 500, a first for me!

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May 24: Lamma Dragons 2014 Wild West Fundraiser (Facebook Event page):

"Head ‘em up, move ‘em out! Lets get the whip cracking cowboys and cowgirls!

This fundraiser will be held on Saturday 24 May 2014, at the Island Bar kicking off at 7pm.

Funds raised at this event will help our team to enter local races, and maintain our training boats and equipment.

We will also support international disaster relief charity ShelterBox with a portion of the funds raised.

See you there!

Door prizes as follows:

Grand Prize:
- 4 night accommodation at Aspasia at Kata beach in Phuket (for 4 people).

Prizes:
- Hendricks Gin Pack
- Wine Wine and more wine
- 2 vouchers for Pretty Please Pies
- Dog sitting for an evening
- Formula 1 Red Bull Seinnheiser headphones
- Handmade soaps or skincare gift set
- Yoga classes with Love Life HK
- Restaurant Vouchers

Auction Items:
- The 2014 Harry Harrison Cartoon

There are more prizes to be added to this growing list!"

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Media Release & listing details:

Please note important information below regarding this weekend's 8th annual Lamma International Dragon Boat Festival

"64 teams including the Seven Seas Dragons from Australia to compete in this Sunday's 'Hill Dickinson in Association with Laracy & Co Lamma International Dragon Boat Festival'"

New Under 18's junior race introduced to the Lamma 500 this year

Sixty-four dragon boats teams, including the Seven Seas Dragons from Australia, and Under 18 junior teams from around Hong Kong will compete in the 8th annual "Hill Dickinson in Association with Laracy & Co. Lamma International Dragon Boat Festival 2014" being staged at Tai Wan To Beach on Lamma Island this Sunday 4th May 2014.

"The Lamma 500 has welcomed teams from Dubai, North America, Singapore, Philippines and now Australia. We strive to continue to open the event to overseas teams for the good of Hong Kong and Dragon Boating," said Festival Director Mr Brad Tarr.

"We are dedicated to ensure our event is open to as many people as possible and now our youngest paddlers are just 12 years old in the new junior race. It is all very exciting!" commented Mr Tarr.

“The Lamma 500 is one of the most exciting, colourful and friendly sporting events of its kind in Hong Kong but gives away nothing in competitive spirit.” said Mr Damien Laracy, of Laracy & Co.

The Lamma 500 offers food and refreshment stands, showers and changing facilities for competitors, and plentiful clean, dry toilet facilities from Toi Toi for competitors and spectators.

Entry for spectators (and photographers & media!) is free.

For further information contact:
Brad Tarr at bradtarr@gmail.com or
Gina Miller at ginacm@netvigator.com

Event Facts

Event: Hill Dickinson in Association with Laracy & Co. Lamma International Dragon Boat Festival 2014
Date: 4th May 2014

Time: 9am to 5pm

Location: Tai Wan To (Power Station Beach), Lamma Island, Hong Kong

Website: http://www.lamma500.com

Competing teams: 64

Overseas competing team: Seven Seas Dragons from Newcastle, Australia

New for 2014: Under 18's dragon boat race

Official Charity: Make A Wish Foundation of HK
Description:
Staged on Lamma Island’s Tai Wan To Beach, near Yung Shue Wan, the race best-known by its short handle, ‘The Lamma 500’ for its International-race standard 500-metre course length, is a celebration of Hong Kong’s Dragon Boat history. First staged in 2007 and staffed and supported by the Lamma Island Fishermen’s Recreation and Sports Association, and volunteers from the Lamma Dragons, The Laracy & Co Lamma International Dragon Boat Festival blends the history of Lamma’s sea-faring community with the present-day competition of local Hong Kong teams and international guest competitors. This year sees the introduction of the exciting new Under 18's race for the "Damian Laracy Trophy", in addition to the 500m and 1km adult races.

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Funky video shot from inside the dragonboat with a helmet cam, in the water with dragon boats racing by...
and a waterproof camera on a dog who's running around Power Station beach, a first, methinks!

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From Dawn Roughsedge‎, Lamma Dragons:

"And the results are - a fantastic, enthusiastic, happy, positive day of racing - the team were awesome!

U18's: Gold! and Bronze! Amazing energy and great attitude by our Lamma stars!

Women: Silver in 1000m, 4th in 500m (just being nudged out of medals - boo!)

Men: Gold in 1000m, 5th in 500m (fastest race of the day and guys coming in a 2.02 for 500m - fantastic!)
Mixed A-boat: 500m - Just nudged out of cup final so into plate final, but we managed to get both the Gold and the Bronze.

All in all - after 11 weeks worth of training, an excellent day's tally! Go Lamma!"

More results on the official website and here:
http://results.lamma500.com, listing only a single result so far, 20 hours later??

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"The Liechtenstein Princely Navy crowned Open Division champions at the 'Hill Dickinson in Association with Laracy & Co Lamma International Dragon Boat Festival 2014'"

64 teams race in Open, Women's, Mixed, Junior and 1km Divisions

The Liechtenstein Princely Navy were crowned Open Division champions at the 2014 Lamma 500 held at Tai Wan To Beach, Lamma Island, Hong Kong on Sunday 4th May. BGC Stormy Dragons had another successful Lamma festival, lifting the both the Ladies and Mixed 1km race trophies and the Women's 500m Cup. The Lamma Dragons triumphed in the 1km Open division and their Junior A team won the Damien Laracy Trophy in the inaugural Junior Division.

Sixty four teams, including the Seven Seas Dragon Boat team who flew into Hong Kong from Australia for the competition, competed in 43 races in the 8th annual Lamma 500 festival, one of the most colourful, fun, but competitive dragon boat races on the calendar.

Following the final race, the paddlers were treated to an acrobatic dance show by the professional dancers of Team Mushu, a prize presentation and then a fun beach party.

Full details and photos of this Hong Kong sports event can be found on the Festival website at http://www.lamma500.com

For further information contact Festival Director Mr Brad Tarr at bradtarr@gmail.com

Summary of the finals placings:

Open Plate Final - 500m

1. HKUST Alumni Dragon Boat Club
2. UBS Blazing Paddles
3. DBS Old Boys Pa Ho Dee

Mixed Bowl Final - 500m

1. South Lantau Palm Beach Buffaloes
2. Los Chiles
3. Le Jardin Flying Kiwis

Mixed Plate Final - 500m

1. Lamma Mixed Cowboys
2. VRC Mixed
3. Lamma Mixed Indians

Ladies Plate Final - 500m

1. Blazing Paddles
2. DBS Pirates - Wags & Wenches
3. Team Loreley

Junior Final - 250m

1. Lamma Dragons Junior Mixed A
2. USA Sharks - Victoria Shanghai Academy
3. Lamma Dragons Junior Mixed B

Ladies Cup Final - 500m

1. BGC Stormy Dragons
2. AWA Globe Paddlers
3. Lady Buzz

Open Cup Final - 500m

1. The Liechtenstein Princely Navy
2. RHKYC Men
3. Buzz Dragons

Mixed Cup Final - 500m

1. Team Mushu
2. Lantau Boat club - Mixed red
3. BGC Stormy Dragons

Open 1km Race winners - Lamma Dragons
Ladies 1km Race winners - BGC Stormy Dragons
Mixed 1km Race winners - BGC Stormy Dragons


Photos of all the winners: http://Lamma500.com/photos14.htm

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For my photo gallery, see Lamma-zine, May 4, 2014 or my Facebook photo gallery.

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Lamma 500 2014 "official" video, by Donna Foreman:

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From the Lamma Dragons:

Head 'em up, move 'em out! Lets get the whip cracking cowboys and cowgirls!

This fundraiser will be held on Saturday 24 May 2014, at the Island Bar kicking off at 7pm.

Funds raised at this event will help our team to enter local races, and maintain our training boats and equipment.

In 2013, we introduced our Youth Team to the Club. We currently have 26 youth members, ages ranging from 12-16 years. They participated in their first race this year and will be racing in another 3 events in 2014. The Lamma Dragons have contributed $8000 towards the Youth Team (not including boat, paddle and life jacket purchase). Our aim is to make dragon boating accessible to all children on Lamma with minimal or no cost.

We will also support international disaster relief charity ShelterBox with a portion of the funds raised.

See you there!

Door prizes as follows:

Grand Prize

• 4 nights’ accommodation at Aspasia at Kata beach in Phuket (for 4 people) with a flight voucher worth $3000.

Prizes
• Hendricks Gin Pack
• Bottles of champagne
• Bottles of wine, wine and more wine
• Uncle Rus coffee vouchers
• 2 vouchers for Pretty Please Pies
• $100 Mana Cafe voucher
• Dinner for two at Delaneys.
• $500 Waterfront restaurant voucher
• $1500 Lorna Jane FitPack
• Yoga classes with Love Life HK
• Torq Spin voucher for 5 classes
• Lululemon voucher
• Fitness First Passes
• Skincare gift set
• Feel Good Factor voucher
• Personal Training sessions at innatefitnesshk
• Fine Jewellery
• Formula 1 Red Bull Seinnheiser headphones
• Dog sitting evening
• Dj ‘Fraser Douglas’ for an evening
• Dymocks voucher
• 2 x L500 souvenir rash shirt

There are more prizes to be added to this growing list!

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Up for auction tonight, the theme cartoon of the

Lamma Dragons' Wild West fundraiser 2014!

Can it top last year's selling price of $6,000+ for a framed Harry Harrison masterpiece original?

Here's a SCMP video interview with Harry: http://www.scmp.com/video?movideo_m=805657

And his latest selfie from his Facebook page:.

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Over $12,000 was fundraised for Harry's illustration last night in The Island Bar, by former Lamma Dragons captain Oliver, a dedicated Lamma memorabilia collector, it seems!

No wonder that Harry wrote to me yesterday when emailing this masterpiece to me that he can't afford his own illustrations anymore!

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Last night in the Dragon Saloon, err, The Island Bar. Dawn writes:

"Fantastic fund-raiser, lots of fun, great music (thanks Fraser Douglas), fantastic atmosphere, excellent food (thanks Lisa Stella) and great organisation (thanks Sarah Andrea and team). Special mention for Bill McQueen."

Photos from last night in the Island Bar, by Brad & Claudia McGregor Tarr:

Dan & Sharon told me on the ferry this morning that they hope for many more Lamma Dragons parties in their fine establishment!

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Claudia McGregor Tarr writes:

"Open day for New Paddlers (plus regular paddling) next Sunday at 2pm. Bring your friends - they must be able to swim 100 metres unaided and have a parent sign a waiver.."

Lamma Dragons U18 Facebook group

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Join the premier social club, errr, highly successful racing team of Lamma, especially if you're 12-17 years young!

Email ClaudiaTarr@gmail.com or click here.

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Successful recruiting sessions on Power Station Beach yesterday.
If I'd get these posters in advance then I could promote the recruiting more and the posters wouldn't look all crooked from my Mobile phone pics off the Democracy Fence.

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