By Nur Ashikin Louis
KUCHING, Oct 30: Pacific West Dragon Boat Club from Penang emerged as champion at the 8th Edition of the Sarawak International Dragon Boat Regatta (SIDBR) which was held at Kuching Waterfront here earlier today.
The team clocked a time of one minute and 10.07 seconds at the finish line, defeating Brunei’s Boneka Paddlers which finished 0.09 seconds later in the International Premier Open 20’s category.
In third and fourth places were Indonesia’s Kapuas Hulu and Sarawak’s Landas, respectively.
Sarawak Minister for Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts and Minister for Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah presented the prizes to the winners at a ceremony at Pullman Hotel here earlier tonight.
SIDBR 2022 also featured six other categories, namely International Premier Open 12’s, International Premier Women 12’s, International Premier Mix 12’s, International Masters Mix 40 & Above, International Cancer Survivors Race 12’s and Malaysia Closed Men 12’s.
Over 1,500 paddlers from 15 countries in 48 teams participated in the two-day event since Oct 29.
The full list of winners at SIDBR 2022 is as follow:
•International Premier Open 20’s
1st place: Pacific West Dragon Boat Club
2nd place: Boneka Paddlers – Team B
3rd place: Kapuas Hulu
4th place: Landas
•International Premier Open 12’s
1st place: Pacific West Dragon Boat Club – Team A
2nd place: Pacific West Dragon Boat Club – Team B
3rd place: Classic Dragons
4th place: Boneka Paddlers – Team B
•International Premier Women 12’s
1st place: Classic Dragons
2nd place: Bomba Pilipinas
3rd place: Kuching Dragon Boat Club
4th place: Triton Dragon Boat Racing Team
•International Premier Mix 12’s
1st place: Bomba Pilipinas – Team A
2nd place: Georgia DB Club
3rd place: Team GPS
4th place: Kapuas Hulu
•International Masters Mix 40 & Above
1st place: PPNNS (Al Haddad Sandakan)
2nd place: British Dragons
3rd place: Kuching Dragon Boat Club
4th place: Bangkok Water Sports Adventure Club
•International Cancer Survivors Race 12’s
1st place: Team DNA
2nd place: Cebu Pink Paddlers
3rd place: Pink Challengers
•Malaysia Closed Men 12’s
1st place: Pacific West Dragon Boat Club – Team A
2nd place: Pacific West Dragon Boat Club – Team B
3rd place: Hornbill Dragon Boat Club – Team A
4th place: Perak Dragon Boat
Among those present were Abdul Karim’s wife Datin Sri Zuraini Abdul Jabbar; Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Kuching, Raden Sigit Witjaksono and his wife Lucy Octavia Sigit; Deputy Minister for Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Snowdan Lawan and his wife Datin Melinda Claudia Bucking; Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts (MTCP) permanent secretary Datu Hii Chang Kee; and Malaysian Dragon Boat Federation president Girlie Tan. — DayakDaily
