Arafura Dragons

End of Year Holidays

We are taking a short break for the holiday season. Training will resume on Monday 9 January 2017. Hope to see you then! More

Dragon Boat NT Arafura’s affiliation arrangements are about to change. Since forming in 2001, Arafura has been a member of the local peak body, Dragon Boat NT (DBNT). DBNT has been a member of the national peak body, AusDBF, which in turn is a member of the international peak body, IDBF. Arafura has been in dispute ... More

NT Auroras return triumphant

Welcome back to our NT Aussie Auroras, what an awesome effort 23 medals in total between the six members; 8 Gold, 14 Silver and 1 bronze. This is the first time in NT dragon boating history that paddlers from the NT have won so many medals at this elite level. See the welcome home pictures on our Facebook page: https:... More

L-R, Colin McDonald, Minister Higgins, Alan Culbertson, Willi Rothlisberger, Tammy Culbertson, Thomas Rehrmann, Tadek Rudz

Arafura paddlers off to Canada

Our 6 club members in the Australian National team are off to Canada to compete in the 2015 World National Championships. It is the second time representation for Tad and Alan. For Thomas, Tammy, and Willi it is their first time representation and also Colin who is the first NT to represent Australia in the ... More

Territory Open Paddle Series launched

The Territory Open Paddle Series is underway again. Our thanks to Surf Life Saving NT for running the event. We are loving the open water racing with the outriggers, sea kayaks, surf boats and standup boards. So far for the 2015 series it’s been a fantastic team effort by the dragons at the Mindil sprints and the ... More

Bronze medal for NT team

Another terrific performance by the club at the Australian Nationals in Perth. We won Bronze as the NT team (with help from Katie) in our only State vs State event, the Premier Mixed 10s 500m. In the Club vs Club comp, we made every grand final and recorded best times equal to the medal winners. Yeah team!! More

Fun afternoon at Lake Alexander

Our first social event for the year! BYO picnic goodies and try out the kayaks and standup boards. Lake Alexander Sunday 1 March 3pm. All welcome. More

ADPC club members selected in Australian team

Congratulations to club members selected for the Australian team to compete in the World Nations Championships in Canada in 2015. We have 6 members in the Auroras: Thomas (Under 16s) Tadek (Premiers) Tammy, Willi and Colin (Senior Bs) Alan (Senior Cs) - again Great effort everyone! Congratulations also to the new ... More

Tadek selected for Asian Championships

Club member Tadek was part of the Australian team competing in the Asian Championships and the World Cup. Go team! More

Change to training nights

Training nights have changed. We now train Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30pm and Saturday mornings at 8am. Beginners welcome any time. Come on down! More