{"id":357,"date":"2009-05-10T23:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/abingdon2007\/2009\/05\/10\/dragon-boat-racing-2009\/"},"modified":"2009-05-10T23:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T23:20:00","slug":"dragon-boat-racing-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Boat Racing 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09051021.jpg\" \/><br \/>This year there was good weather, unlike two years ago, and both the amusements and the racing were at the same location, unlike last year.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09051023.jpg\" \/><br \/>Conditions were ideal, and more people than ever got to see the Dragon Boat Racing. It was more packed than the finishing strait at Henley Regatta.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09051015.jpg\" \/><br \/>The dragon boat crews included The Smurf crew &#8211; identifiable by their sky blue faces and white hats.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09051022.jpg\" \/><br \/>The crews race down the course to the sound of a large drum at the front of the boat. 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