Types of Teams

Corporate Teams

This division is designed for corporate crews who are looking for the team building benefits, fun, social aspects and challenge of Dragon Boat racing.

What Dragon Boating Will Provide For Your Company:

A cost-effective team training programme spanning 2-5 months, which facilitates individual and team development in a stimulating environment.

  • enhance work dynamics
  • increase employee motivation
  • improve communication between different branches and subsidiaries
  • foster company pride, commitment and team spirit
  • encourage networking outside of the normal work environment
  • welcome new or less confident staff
  • break down barriers across management levels, race and social status
  • workplace health and wellbeing
  • improved fitness and health
  • positive and confident attitudes
  • reduced workplace injuries and illness
  • individual motivation and personal growth
Many corporations have used Dragon Boating over the years to enhance their workplace including: Telecom, Mainfreight/Dailyfreight, Fujitsu, Bell Gully, NZ Army, Vodafone, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Sherwin Chan and Walshe, and more...

The conditions of being in the Corporate Division are:

  1. A minimum number of 8 male and 8 female paddlers in the boat when racing
  2. A minimum number of 15 crew members must be employees of the company or subsidiary
  3. On race weekend a maximum squad of 25 only may be drawn upon to provide the crew of 22 for each race
  4. Crews in this division are offered a total of 12 hours of water training before the Festival weekend
  5. There is a minimum of 8 trainings required to compete in the festival. If you choose to purchase the minimum of 8 trainings then they can be taken from early January to the end of March 2011.