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.
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)