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Event: DSWC Charity Dragon Boat Challenge 2020 Date: Friday 31st July 2020, 4pm till late Venue: Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre, 235a Westferry Road, London E14 3QS Price for race entry: £300 per team of 10 paddlers Fundraising/Sponsorship pledge: £500 per team Prior experience: None required (training sessions available) Team registration: Email meri@dswc.org Individual registration: Purchase ticket online [Link] and you’ll be put in a team on the day Enquiries: Phone 02075372626 or email meri@dswc.org Perfect as a summer event for companies, clubs or families! The DSWC Charity Dragon Boat Challenge is here again with teams battling it out in

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**Change of date** Topper Open The South East Topper Traveller due to be held on Saturday 16th March has been postponed until Sunday 17th March due to the poor forecast. Timings will remain as stated in the Notice of Race Briefing: 10:30 First race: 11:00 4 back to back races

  DSWC South East Topper Traveller The first event in the South East Topper Traveller series of the season is to be held at DSWC on 16th March. This is a great opportunity for Topper sailors to get involved in the circuit without travelling. Open to all sailors in the 5.3 and 4.2 classes. We have a limited number of Toppers available for free hire, please get in touch with Tom to secure a boat or for further info: tom@dswc.org Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions can be found at the bottom of this page. Tea and coffee will be served

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DSWC Annual Youth Programme Fundraiser Cracking day for our annual dragon boat fundraiser event on Friday 3rd August. 20 teams competed, 300 people attended and we raised £15,000 for the Youth Programme! A massive thanks to all teams, paddlers and spectators who made the event a super-exciting one. A very special thank you to the 40+ volunteers – PA, DJ, photographer, helm, instructors, youth volunteers, catering, bar and event staff – we couldn’t have done it without you! Hope to see you all again next year!

London Youth Games 2018 On the weekend of the 24th and 25th July saw our DSWC Tower Hamlets Youth Racing Team descend upon Queen Mary SC, West London for the annual London Youth Games 2018. Of the ten eligible classes, we managed to enter eight of them. This meant the team had their work cut out, as each teams best eight results from the ten classes were to count towards the final results. The Tower Hamlets team, having medalled at every LYG in the past eight years, also meant the pressure was on! Day One Leila Moore stepped up to