UBS dragons at 10th CCG

today is e big day for our dragonboat team. for e past few mths, we hav been training hard every sat jus for today’s corporate community games (CCG). we reached bedok reservoir at 8plus am and e whole place was full with ppl from diff corporate teams. gt barclays, bank of america, RBS, exxon mobil, discovery channel, IMC group, ABS, HSBC, DBS, far east organisation, KPMG, etc etc. everyone was there for e same purpose – to have fun and win!
CCG at bedok reservoir

CCG at bedok reservoir

oh btw, e CCG 4×2.5km relay was also gg on at e same venue. UBS had one mixed team and ade and jingle were part of e team. so after their super shagged run (in which they performed resonably well, coming in at 7th out of 18 teams), they still stayed behind awhile to support e dragons.

anyway, after heats and semi final, 6 men teams, out of 8, made it to e final dragonboat race. actually only 5 shld be in e final, but one team who initially didnt get in, appealed and succeeded in getting in e final. so well, 6 teams competing for e championship. it was a hard race as everyone was pretty tired alr after e heats and e semis (nt forgetting ALOT of waiting as well…). but knowing tt it was e final stretch, everyone paddled their hearts (and tongues) out in e 300m race. everything was over in 1min plus, but it was damn shagged la.

we were so damn close to e champion team man. but well, a pat on our shoulders for coming in 2nd! damn proud of ourselves ha. at least our trainings and hard work paid off. actually i hav nv expected we cld do this well. cos during sat trainings when we ‘compete’ with other teams, we always came in last haa.

10th CCG dragonboat men's team 1st runner up!

10th CCG dragonboat men's team 1st runner up!

this dragonboat race was certainly a great experience! esp cos we had performed quite well haha. but e event planning could b improved la. toooooo much waiting and waiting man. we were there till 3plus pm, almost 4! abt 7 hours there and we only rowed 3 times! abit ridiculous huh. super tired after e race. how nice if tmr no need to go work and can sleep till late! sian, dun hav such luxury.. shall have an early nite today ha.

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