Two staff members from the University of Lancashire (UCLan) who represented Great Britain at the European Dragon Boat Championships won three bronze medals.
Two staff members from the University of Lancashire who represented Great Britain at the European Dragon Boat Championships won three bronze medals.Ian Carrie and Tony Dickson took part in the Senior A category in Spain at the EDBF Championships and won the medals in the three events they entered. The 200m and 500m sprints and a 2km pursuit race.
“It’s taken a long time to get to this stage, so it was a very proud moment when the medals were put around our necks and there were a few tears shed.” They went on to train with a newly formed team in Preston, called the Preston Dragons, but after a few years moved to a Liverpool-based team called Amathus to work with experienced coaches who had paddled for, and coached, Team GB.
This year’s event was due to take place in Kyiv but was moved to the Olympic Rowing venue in Banyoles, Catalonia, for safety.