Jonathan Le Brocq
Dragon Boat Racing for Jersey Hospice Care
Fundraising for Jersey Hospice Care
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This year the Parish of St Helier have entered a team into the 25th Jersey Dragon Boat Festival. Its a fantastic event for groups of friends and colleagues, with a great carnival atmosphere, fun, laughter, and friendly competition.
Our team will take charge of a 40ft canoe-like dragon boat, ornately carved with a dragon’s head and tail, paddling hard to clock the best time for each heat while attempting to become a finalist. All focus is on the drummer, keeping all paddlers in time, while they paddle with all their might to cross the finish line.
The challenge is not so much the paddling technique, but in trying to synchronise with the other paddlers in your boat.
Why are we doing this?
Jersey Hospice Care is a specialist palliative care service and the island’s only hospice, providing holistic care for patients with any life limiting condition. Jersey Hospice Care is an independent charity and makes no charge to patients. It costs over £20,000 a day to run the charity’s services. Funding for our care services is thanks to the generosity of Islanders.
We are here for the community because of the community. Without your continued support and generous donations this wouldn’t be possible.