DRAGON BOAT RACING

National Day Parade
Thursday, 9 August at Marina Bay

Update and picture by Red Sports reader John Loh. Thanks.

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The dragon boats on the lovely waters of Marina Bay. (Green flag – Anglo-Chinese Junior College; blue flag – Tampines Junior College; yellow flag – Bukit Panjang Government High School.) © John Loh

There was a dragon boat race just before the live telecast of the National Day Parade last week at Marina Bay and the team from Anglo-Chinese Junior College beat a field that included Yishun Junior College and Temasek Secondary. Just imagine, racing in front of a crowd of 25,000. Cool.

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No, the fireworks weren’t set off the celebrate ACJC’s win. Happy National Day, Singapore. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports