2023 Newark Dragon Boat Race

Newark Advertiser

The 2023 Newark Dragon Boat Races had a lot of surprises from a drummer ending up in the drink to a team that came 15th last year winning the event.  Photojournalist Rob Currell went and checked it out for the Newark Advertiser.

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00:00 Here we go!

00:02 (airplane engine)

00:05 (airplane engine)

00:08 (upbeat music)

00:18 (upbeat music)

00:21 (upbeat music)

00:23 (upbeat music)

00:26 (upbeat music)

00:28 (upbeat music)

00:31 (upbeat music)

00:34 (upbeat music)

00:36 (upbeat music)

00:39 - Oh my God, Paul, it's been amazing.

01:05 This event has just grown and grown over the last four years

01:09 and the people that come to support us

01:12 really is overwhelming, isn't it, Mark?

01:14 To look out across this amazing site in the heart of Newark

01:18 with the castle as a backdrop

01:20 and see so many local community here

01:22 is absolutely fantastic.

01:25 And Newark is so good at coming out to support us

01:27 and it's really showed the town at its best today.

01:29 Thank you.

01:31 - So after such a fantastic day,

01:33 there's only one question to be asked, Paul, isn't there?

01:36 Is there going to be a Dragon Boat 2024?

01:40 - I think we need to say this together, Mark, don't we?

01:46 - Most definitely. - Definitely.

01:48 - Fantastic, we'll look forward to that.

01:50 Rachel, Rachel Wilson from the Children's Regional Centre,

01:53 Matt Cobble from Birmingham House Hospice Care.

01:57 Thank you very much, guys.

01:58 And now everybody get alongside that river

02:00 because it's one final time.

02:03 (crowd chanting)

02:06 (upbeat music)

02:27 (gentle music)

02:29 (bright music)

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