00:01On Sunday, many made their way to Shagaramas for the inter-school Dragon Boat Regatta.
00:06Several schools across TNT participated in the prestigious race, with the youngsters giving it their all.
00:12Event sponsor Visham Babwa was pleased with what he saw,
00:14saying the aim is to get more and more interested in the sport in TNT.
00:18We went to Canada. I have been in a team that went to Canada last year, July,
00:23and the teams did fantastic.
00:25You know, we had some teams in gold, some silver, some bronze.
00:28The exposure, the discipline, the team spirit that the children gained from this sport
00:36is kind of underestimated sometimes.
00:40But you have to make sure that this sport continues,
00:43and you have more schools involved, more parents, more coaches,
00:50and we also try to get more sponsors, because it's a big event.
00:54It's a premier event in this country.
00:56Babwa took over from excellent stores, who were previously involved in sponsoring the regatta.
01:01The former sponsor's top man, Franco Siu Chong, was also present at the event.
01:05Dragon boating in schools, it's a team building process, team building sport.
01:13Not everyone, there's no particular star on the team.
01:19Everyone is a star.
01:21The inter-school dragon boat regatta has always been there to me.
01:26I think it's the most exciting dragon boat event for the year.
01:30President of the TNT Dragon Boat Federation, Darren Joseph, said the intention was to get more schools involved,
01:36regarding the benefits.
01:37It's a team sport.
01:39Always a team sport.
01:41And it's a full body workout.
01:43So you get upper body, plenty core, and plenty lower body workout.
01:48Which you wouldn't think.
01:49You think you're sitting down on your paddling.
01:51So we call it paddling.
01:52So we call it paddling.
01:53Whereas, like kayaking and stuff, we call it rowing.
01:57So you think you're getting just your upper body.
01:59But when you sit down on it, you have to engage your core with the strokes.
02:04Your legs, your legs, to help the stroke as well.
02:07Those interested in knowing more about the sport can even check the Federation's Facebook page.
02:12Venut Nowani, Saves Export.
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