This event made dragon boat history in that it was the first event in the UK to use the new duel-event format of an Open Event in the morning and a closed Multi Charity Event in the afternoon.  It was also the first of our events to be held at the Sale Water Park and with a total of 35 teams competing during the day, was the largest charity dragon boat event ever seen in the Greater Manchester area. 

Split into two separate charity fund raising events, the morning event (09:30am – 1:00pm) was an Open Charity Event and was 'open' to any team whether experienced or novice to compete, whilst the afternoon event was a separate Multi Charity Event just for the benefit of our three partner charities; MFT Charity, comprising ten NHS hospitals in the Greater Manchester area, Barnabus, who do such amazing work helping the homeless in Manchester and The Christie, Europe’s largest single site cancer centre as well as the first UK centre to be accredited as a comprehensive cancer centre.

The morning event was our traditional 'Open Charity Event'

The afternoon event was a new event, the 'Multi Charity Event'.