Lamma Dragon Boat Festival

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Thirsty Horse

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南丫島漁民娛樂會

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Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hong Kong

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Announcement: The next Laracy & Co. Lamma 500 International Dragon Boat Festival will be held on Sunday 5th May 2013

‘The Laracy & Co Lamma 500’

2012 Lamma International Dragon Boat Festival
6th May 2012

Hung On Marine Co, 2012 Open Men’s Cup Champions. See all photos of Prize Winners

Lamma Dragons & sponsor Platinum Wines celebrate another successful Lamma 500

The Lamma 500 organisers are proud to announce that the 2012 event raised HK$17,700 towards the local charity Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hong Kong.

Make-A-Wish mission is, “To grant wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses.” If you are thinking of donating to a charity, please think of Make-A-Wish as one of your options; they perform a vital function in the community and have a meaningful effect on the lives of many Hong Kong children and their families.

2012 Race Results

1,000m Men’s Open Champions	HKIPC
1,000m Men’s Open Runners-up	BGC Stormy Dragons
1,000m Men’s Open 2nd Runners-up	Lamma Dragons
1,000m Senior Mixed Champions	HKIPC
1,000m Senior Mixed Runners-up	BGC Stormy Dragons
1,000m Senior Mixed 2nd Runners-up	Team DNA
1,000m Women’s Champions	HKIPC Ladies
1,000m Women’s Runners-up	Globe Paddlers (AWA)
1,000m Women’s 2nd Runners-up	BGC Stormy Dragons Ladies
1,000m Mixed Premier Champions	HKIPC
1,000m Mixed Premier Runners-up	Fair Dinkum Movers
1,000m Mixed Premier 2nd Runners-up	Lamma Dragons
Open Men’s Plate Champions	Southside Massive
Open Men’s Plate Runners-up	HKUST Alumni
Open Men’s Plate 2nd Runners-up	HSBC Way Foong Sports Club
Mixed Plate Champions	Team DNA
Mixed Plate Runners-up	Southside Massive Urban Gorillas
Mixed Plate 2nd Runners-up	HKG Amateur DB Association
Senior Mixed Plate Champions	BGC Stormy Dragons
Senior Mixed Plate Runners-up	HKIPC
Senior Mixed Plate 2nd Runners-up	Southside Massive Urban Silverbacks
Women’s Cup Champions	Lamma Ladies
Women’s Cup Runners-up	HKIPC Ladies
Women’s Cup 2nd Runners-up	BGC Stormy Ladies
Open Men’s Cup Champions	Hung On Marine Co
Open Men’s Cup Runners-up	HKIPC
Open Men’s Cup 2nd Runners-up	Buzz Dragons
Mixed Cup Champions	HKIPC
Mixed Cup Runners-up	Lamma Dragons
Mixed Cup 2nd Runners-up	Fair Dinkum Movers

Download the 2012 Lamma 500 Results

Read the post-race feedback

Highlights of the Lamma 500 2012

Courtesy of Donna Foreman

30 April 2012: Fifty-eight Dragon Boat Teams to Race at the Laracy & Co Lamma International Dragon Boat Festival 2012! Read the full Media Release...

See the List of Teams Entered

Ista Bar and Grill" have become the Laracy & Co. Lamma 500 official restaurant!

This year, the Ista Bar and Grill is where organisers will hold the Captain’s and Manager’s meeting for the Pre-race Draw on 25th April 2012.

Lamma 500 Committee dined at the Restaurant last night. The serve and food was AMAZING! If you love top quality Indian food... check Ista!

Website: www.ista.com.hk

About Ista: Ista is word of Sanskrit origin meaning comfortable, respected, and loved. At ista our passion for food authenticity, presentation, service, and comfort set in a chic and elegant ambience was a commitment by its partners to deliver a new standard in Indian dining. Ista’s three distinct areas, The ista mosaic lounge bar, the main dining room, and the Ista resort terrace each deliver a unique dining and drinking experience. Ista’s approach to interior design, colour, materials reflect our quest for defining a new experience in dining for Indian cuisine.

Lamma 500 Committee dining at Ista

Staged on Lamma Island’s Tai Wan To Beach, near Yung Shue Wan, the race best-known by its short handle, ‘The Lamma 500’ for its International-race standard 500-metre course length, is a celebration of Hong Kong’s Dragon Boat history. Staffed and supported by the Lamma Island Fishermen’s Recreation and Sports Association, The Laracy & Co Lamma International Dragon Boat Festival blends the history of Lamma’s sea-faring community with the present-day competition of local Hong Kong teams and international guest competitors.

Tai Wan To Beach, Lamma Island, with Mount Stenhouse in the distance
(click image to enlarge) See more photos of Lamma

The Lamma 500 is one of the most challenging and competitive races on the Hong Kong dragon boat calendar. It offers a deep, fast-water course, set against the incredible backdrop of one of the territory’s highest peaks, Mount Stenhouse, and the dramatic industrial landscape of the Hong Kong Electric Company.

In 2009, The Lamma 500 initiated its 1,000-metre experimental fun race. Initially, teams were nervous of ‘blowing up’ on the course, since dragon boaters usually train for a maximum 500-metre event. The 1,000-metre course offers a staggered start between boats that race to overtake one another around a single-lane.

Despite some nail-biting by team captains, most teams participated in the 1,000-metre race and it has subsequently become one of the best-loved races of the day, now offering first-place trophies for Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed team champions.

Response from participants of the 2012 Lamma 500 continued to show the event’s on-going popularity.

“On behalf of Team DNA, Dragons of North America, we would like to thank Brad and Gina and the rest of the Lamma Dragons for putting on such an amazing race! The level of competition and the organization of the race was top notch!!! We really didn’t know what to expect, especially after the wonderful week we spent in Boracay, but many of my paddlers came up to me after the event and told me that if they had to choose one race, they would choose Lamma Island over Boracay! I’m not sure if it was the race venue, the organizers, the competition, or the fact that we got a full dose of the Lamma Dragons, but you guys rocked!!! Maybe it was all the champagne we drank while dancing on the beach! Thanks again and I hope we can do this again next year!!! Paddle As One!!!!”
Berman Ng (Team DNA, Dragons of North America)

“On behalf of SMUGz I’d like to thank you and the Lamma 500 team for another great day out. Your event continues to improve each year, and is still the best-run race day that we attend. The trophies this year were fantastic – I just wish we’d won more of them.”
Tim Pottle (Southside Massive Urban Gorillaz)

“Everyone loved the shirts and what’s more, the team loved the day yesterday!!! Though we got thrashed, we all had an amazing time out with gorgeous weather, great tent location, and fun music!! Thanks for organising yet another successful Lamma 500!”
Heather (Canadian International School of Hong Kong – Flying Canucks)

The Make A Wish Foundation children’s charity is the Official Charity of The Lamma 500 and will be organizing activities during the event to raise funds for their activities.

The Lamma 500 offers food and refreshment stands, showers and changing facilities for competitors, and plentiful clean, dry toilet facilities from Toi Toi for competitors and spectators. Entry for spectators is free.