Media matters
In print and online, on radio, podcast and TV, the Waterdragons’ media appearances celebrate our club’s paddlers and our achievements. We’d love to hear from you if you have copies of old newspaper articles about us – and which we’d like to add to the collection we’re building on this page.
Featured: Aurora Paradragons on SBS News
SBS News was at SIRC, Penrith earlier this year to interview the para-athletes selected to Australia’s Aurora Paradragons squad competing in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany at the 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships. We are so proud to have two Waterdragons (Carol controlling the sweep’s oar and Rosie managing the team) in this squad. Look out for some familiar faces in the SBS News clip who were on hand to help at the extra training sessions the Aurora Paradragons had ahead of their departure for Germany.
Articles
ARTICLE: Nowra Waterdragons offer the chance to come for a paddle, in South Coast Register, 28 August 2025. Read the article online (subscription required) or view a copy here.
- A write-up about our club’s 2025 Come Try Dragonboating program by Damian McGill.
ARTICLE: Waterdragons paddle home with a swag of national medals. [11 June 2025]. View. Or read online (subscription required).
- South Coast Register‘s Damian McGill writes about the Waterdragons’ success at Auschamps 2025 (Sydney).
ARTICLE: Aussie Champs. [1 May 2019]. View.
- Two gold and three bronze medals at AusChamps 2019 (Canberra) for our Senior C (60+ years) crews, plus a great photograph of the grinning squad featuring several familiar faces.
ARTICLE: Top of the World. [2019]. View.
- A big, bright, back-page spread from the South Coast Register, featuring some familiar faces from our world-beating crew who secured some gold medal bling at the 14th IDBF Club Crew World Championships in Thailand, in 2019.
Featured: Waterdragons’ Rob Turnbull interviewed by Radio Illawarra
ABC Radio Illawarra caught up with Robert Turnbull, en route to Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, who represented Australia at the 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships. Great interview with Rob T about the Auroras, the Waterdragons and dragon boating, generally. [Interview starts 1hr23min04sec into the show’s total runtime.]
TV, radio & podcast
RADIO: Shawn Duffy, one of our dragon boat paddlers, speaks live on Illawarra Drive (ABC Radio Illawarra) about our free Come Try Dragon Boating Program running from 13 September until 4 October 2025. [10 September 2025, and the interview with Shawn starts at 14min into the show’s total runtime.] Listen.
- A radio interview with one of our paddlers, Shawn Duffy, who went from newbie participant in our 2024 Come Try Dragon Boating program to National Champion within 12 months.
PODCAST: Australia’s dragon boat racing team will have a para-athlete squad at the World Championships in Germany. [29 April 2025]. Listen.
- Two Waterdragons are members of the Australia’s Paradragons crew competing in Brandenburg: Carol Fentoulis (sweep) and Rosie o’Donnell (team manager).
RADIO: 2ST radio jock interviews the Waterdragons’ paddler, Robert Miller. Listen.
- 2ST radio interview about our club’s success at NSW State Championships and AusChamps 2025.
TV: SBS News feature on the Aurora Paradragons. Watch.
- SBS News reports on the para-athletes who are representing Australia at the IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Germany. Keep an eye open for the Waterdragons in the Paradragon squad and / or who were on-hand to help with extra training sessions.
Social media
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