Dragon boating
The dragon boat sport involves competitions with dragon boats , the aim of which is to cover a certain distance on bodies of water in the shortest possible time.
The division into championships for national teams and championships for club teams (Club Crew Championships) is characteristic of international competitions .
Competitions
The competitive sport organized in the associations has seen increasing professionalism and regulation since the 1990s. This process was promoted in particular by the establishment of clubs and their organization in associations . In addition to professional competitive sports, there are a large number of popular sports events that respond to local peculiarities with different regulations.
Both internationally and nationally, dragon boat sport is organized in parallel in two sports associations: Internationally in the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) and the International Canoe Association (ICF) and nationally in the German Dragon Boat Association (DDV) and the German Canoe Association (DKV) ) with the department "Canoe Dragon Boat".
Competitions are often held on the already existing regatta courses for canoeing and rowing or on suitable water areas near city centers.
International competitions
International dragon boat championships
In international competitions, a distinction is made between championships for national teams and championships for club teams.
Since 1995 the IDBF has organized the “World Dragon Boat Racing Championships” (WDBRC) every two years. In the years between the world championships, the IDBF organizes the “Club Crew World Championships” (CCWC) for club teams. The European Dragon Boat Association EDBF also organizes the "European Dragon Boat Racing Championships" (EDBRC) and the "European Club Crew Championships" (ECCC) according to the same division - but at different times to the events of the IDBF.
Since 2005, the ICF has been organizing the world championships for club and national teams every two years as the EDBF.
The "European Nations and Clubs Dragon Boat Championships" of the European Canoe Federation (ECA) and the ICF have existed at the European level since 2015. These include competitions for both national and club teams.
International multisport events
In addition to the independent competitions, dragon boat races were part of the program of larger sporting events. For example, for demonstration purposes at the Canoe World Championships in Nottingham in 1981 and in Duisburg in 1987 .
At the World Games in Duisburg 2005 and the World Games in Kaohsiung 2009 , dragon boat races were part of the invitation sport. At some Asian multisport events, the dragon boat or "Traditional Boat Race" category is an integral part of the list of sports.
National competitions
German dragon boat championship
The first German Dragon Boat Championships were organized in Dresden in 1991 by the DDV, which was founded a year earlier, and have been held annually since then. In 2004, the DKV created the “Canoe Dragon Boat” department, which held a separate German championship in the same year. Both associations have passed their own competition regulations, which differ only slightly in essence.
Both DDV and DKV organize not only the German championships but also their own national championships.
Joint German Dragon Boat Championship
The Joint German Dragon Boat Championship (GDDM) of both associations has existed since 2012 :
| No. | year | place | Waters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 |
 Hamburg Hamburg
|
Regatta course Hamburg-Allermöhe |
| 2 | 2013 |
 North Rhine-Westphalia Duisburg
|
Regattabahn Sportpark Duisburg |
| 3 | 2014 |
 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Schwerin
|
Lazy lake |
| 4th | 2015 |
 Brandenburg Brandenburg
|
Beetzsee regatta course |
| 5 | 2016 |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Schwerin (short boat) Berlin Berlin (standard boat )
 |
Fauler See regatta course Berlin-Grünau |
| 6th | 2017 |
Brandenburg Brandenburg
|
Beetzsee regatta course |
| 7th | 2018 |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Schwerin (short boat) Bavaria Munich (standard boat )
 |
Pfaffenteich regatta course Oberschleißheim |
German Dragon Boat Long Distance Championship
The Open German Dragon Boat Long Distance Championship has been organized by the DKV since 2010, in which teams from other associations can also take part:
| No. | year | place | Waters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 |
 Saarland Saarbrücken
|
Saar (10 km; 3 turns) |
| 2 | 2011 |
North Rhine-Westphalia Oberhausen
|
Rhine-Herne Canal (21.5 km; 3 turns) |
| 3 | 2012 |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Rostock
|
Unterwarnow (12 km; 3 turns) |
| 4th | 2013 |
 Hessen Wiesbaden-Schierstein
|
Schiersteiner Hafen (11 km; 7 turns) |
| 5 | 2014 |
North Rhine-Westphalia Mülheim an der Ruhr
|
Ruhr (12 km; 6 turns) |
| 6th | 2015 |
 Thuringia Zeulenroda
|
Zeulenroda dam (11 km; 3 turns) |
| 7th | 2016 |
Saarland Saarbrücken
|
Saar (12.6 km; 3 turns) |
| 8th | 2017 |
Hessen Kassel
|
Fuldaaue (13.8 km; 6 turns) |
| 9 | 2018 |
North Rhine-Westphalia Essen
|
Baldeneysee |
| 10 | 2019 |
Brandenburg Rüdersdorf near Berlin
|
Kalksee |
Boat classes
Pleasure boats have little in common with traditional boats, even if the rift of the sport boats is originally based on the Hong Kong dragon boat . The dragon head and tail, which is the same for all boats, is removable and is only used at events. A distinction is made between two types of competition boats : the standard boat for 20 paddlers and the short boat / small boat for 10 paddlers. In addition one each person on the drum and a helmsman or a control woman.
The standards of the internationally standardized racing standard dragon boat and the European standard dragon boat were first set by the IDBF in 1994 and are currently (as of 2006) in their fourth version.
Standard boat
The standardized standard boats are 12.49 m long, 1.16 m wide and 250 kg in weight (European norm) without a head and tail. The fuselage is usually made of glass fiber reinforced plastic ( GRP ) in a double-shell construction. A standardized boat has 10 benches for a maximum of 20 paddlers.
Short boat / small boat
Since 2014, short boats (international: Smallboats) with 10 paddlers have been included in the competition regulations of the IDBF and DDV. The current competition regulations (2016) provide for a length of 9.60, a width of 1.00 and a minimum mass of 135 kg.
Classification
Across associations, a distinction is made in the class division in dragon boat sport according to gender , team composition (open, women, mixed) and age. Races in the popular sport category are usually only held in the MIXED category and in a standard boat.
gender
Both the IDBF and the ICF differentiate between team classes based on gender:
- Open class / Open (IDBF): de facto men, but also open to women
- Men / Herren (ICF): only men with the exception of drums and taxes
- Women / Woman (IDBF & ICF): women only with the exception of drums and taxes
- Mixed (IDBF & ICF): usually gender ratio of at least 40% to 60%
Age groups
In addition, the associations still differentiate between age groups, which in principle are based on the scheme of youth , adults and senior citizens . Similar to the ICF, the DKV uses the following classification:
- Youth / Junior: 14 to 18 years
- Seniors: 18 to 39 years
- Masters: from 40 years
The person at the drum must be 14 years of age in all three classes; the helmsman must always be over 18 years of age. Masters class paddlers are also allowed to compete in senior class.
The classification of the IDBF is more delicate:
- Junior A: 12 to 18 years
- Junior B: 12 to 16 years
- Junior C: 12 to 14 years
- Premier: without limitation
- Senior A: at least 40 years
- Senior B / Grand Dragon: at least 50 years
- Senior C / Great Grand Dragon: at least 60 years
The DDV divides its national team in the premier class into a U24 team and an unlimited team and does not subdivide the junior classes.
Performance classes
The division according to performance can be found in the field of semi-professional regattas, but not in official championships. The usual division is:
- Fun (-Fun)
- Fun sport
- (Popular) sport
- Performance class
Route length
Since many regattas take place on natural routes, there is a large number of distances, especially in popular sports. The most common are:
| length | Art | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 200 m | Sprint course | Standard for national and international competitions |
| 250 m | Sprint course | Alternative to 200 m |
| 500 m | Short haul | Standard for national and international competitions |
| 1000 m | Middle distance | Alternative to 2000 m |
| 2000 m | Middle distance | Standard for national and international competitions |
| from 3000 m | Long haul | up to 15000 m |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c successes. Retrieved September 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Lion History. Retrieved September 27, 2017 .
- ↑ 8th German Dragon Boat Championship 1998 Berlin / Grünau 1st German Dragon Boat Youth Championship. Archived from the original on April 30, 2001 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ^ German Championships 1999. Archived from the original on March 13, 2001 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ 2000 - The Year of the Dragon. Archived from the original on October 22, 2000 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Details on the competitions. Archived from the original on April 22, 2001 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Regattabahn Wiesbaden-Schierstein. Archived from the original on October 17, 2002 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ 14th German Dragon Boat Championship. Archived from the original on August 24, 2004 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ a b German Championships Dragon Boat. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ 15th German Dragon Boat Championship. Archived from the original on December 24, 2005 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ 2006 - Uckermärkischer Geschichtsverein zu Prenzlau eV. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 29, 2016 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Culture & Sport in Werder (Havel) Calendar of Events. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Announcement for the Joint German Dragon Boat Championship DDV / DKV 2012. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 26, 2015 ; accessed on May 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ German championships in 2013. December 12, 2012, accessed on May 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Logo DDV eV 3rd Joint German Dragon Boat Championships in Schwerin. June 23, 2014, accessed May 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Official announcement for the 4th joint German dragon boat championships and best determination of popular sport 2015. (No longer available online.) March 8, 2015, archived from the original on May 26, 2015 ; accessed on May 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b GDDM 2016. June 23, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Joint German Dragon Boat Championships 2017. September 4, 2017, accessed on September 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Place and date for the GDDM 2018 in the small boat. February 6, 2018, accessed April 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b DM and EM 2018 wrapped up. September 30, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
- ^ Dragon boat long-distance DM in Kassel. April 22, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017 .
- ^ A b Hannes Wagner: The date for the long-distance dragon boat DM 2018. October 21, 2017, accessed on December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Competition regulations for canoe dragon boats. (PDF) 2005, accessed on July 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Competition Regulations. (PDF) (No longer available online.) March 2016, archived from the original on July 29, 2016 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ DDV national team. Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
