Ryde Dragon Boat Club (RDBC) is a not-for-profit community sports group, established in October 2021 and located at Kissing Point Wharf. We are dedicated to bringing the sport of Dragon Boating to the local community and providing a fun and inclusive environment for people of all ages to get fit and compete together.
Our Mission
To bring dragon boating to the local community and to become a leading club in developing, promoting and competing in the sport of dragon boat racing.
Come and paddle with us
Dragon Boating is open to everyone aged 10 years and over, with no previous experience required. Are you looking for a way to keep fit, have some fun and meet some new people? Dragon boating is the perfect sport for you.
We race crews in multiple age and gender divisions at regular regattas and offer 4 water and 1 land training sessions a week during the season (September - April) to build our crews strength.
We are excited to be building our junior and youth teams and developing the future of the sport and our club along with continuing to build and strengthen our premier and seniors teams.
Explore our site or contact us for more information about the club.
Junior Ryders 10-17 Years of Age
Youth Ryders 18-24 Years of Age
Come and learn to paddle at Ryde Dragon Boat Club with our 28 day free Dragon Pass trial. Or if you'd like to know more information, please contact us. For information on our memberships and fees please visit our registration page.
Our Training Sessions
Our qualified coaches run several training sessions a week.
Our training times are:
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Tuesday - 6.30pm to 8pm - on water from Kissing Point Park (October-April only)
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Wednesday - 6.30pm to 8pm - strength and conditioning (Gladesville RSL)
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Thursday - 6.30pm to 8pm - on water from Kissing Point Park (October-April only)
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Saturday - 8am to 10am - on water from Kissing Point Park
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Sunday - 8am to 10am - on water from Kissing Point Park
Corporate Training and Team Building Opportunities
At Ryde Dragon Boat Club, we have multiple Dragon Boats NSW accredited coaches and sweeps. Between them, they have many years of experience as competitive dragon boat paddlers as well as running team building sessions and training successful corporate crews for the annual Lunar New Year Festival (LNY).
Each year we train corporate and community crews for the LNY Festival in February at Darling Harbour. Training packages are available. We also take crews out for one off team building events.
Corporate Training and Team Building
Donation and Sponsorship Opportunities
Donations
We are now accepting tax deductable donations to help our Ryde Dragon Boat Club members head to Taiwan! Ryde Dragon Boat Club is just 4 years old and is really excited to have qualified teams to participate in the 15th IDBF Club Crew World Championships (CCWC) that will take place at Liyu Lake in Hualien County, Taiwan from 29th August to 6th September 2026. Donate Now
Sponsorship
If your company is interested in sponsoring a local club that is focussed on community engagement please do contact us for information on our spponsorship packages.
Ryde Dragon Boat Club acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Kissing Point Park, the Wallumedegal Clan of the Darug nation. We pay respect to Elders both past, present and emerging and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples visiting our training site.
Ryders racing to Taiwan
We have 34 Ryders busy training to compete at the 15th IDBF Club Crew World Championships (CCWC) that will take place at Liyu Lake in Hualien County, Taiwan from 29th August to 6th September 2026. Travel to compete at the CCWC is fully self funded and we are seeking assistance by way of donations to help us raise funds to alleviate the costs. Donations over $2 are tax deductible!
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15 May 2026
Ryders head to Aus Champs
This week over 60 Ryders will head to the Sunshine Coast to compete at the Australian Championships at Lake Kawana at Bokarina on the Sunshine Coast. We will be racing over a variety of distances - 200m, 500m, 1km turn & 2km turn races. We will be in mixed, women and open crews across Premier, Junior (Joeys combined team), Senior A (40+) and Senior B (50+).
On Monday 20/4 we have a huge contingent that will represent NSW across all age divisions. Our Chair, Corina, is the NSW Flag bearer.
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14 Apr 2026
Local Sport Grant funded by NSW Government
Ryders thank the NSW Government for grant funds for our project "Female Coaching and Sweeping Development in Dragon Boating". The funding enabled increased skills of our female leaders, creating great role models for our members. Before the project we had 1xLevel 1 female coach, now 1xLevel 2 coach and 2xLevel 1 coaches. We had 2 female sweeps, now 6. The 2 x S&C coaches retained accreditation. The 3 female leaders that undertook the Sport Manager DISC Profiling said it was very valuable.
31 Dec 2024
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