Philippine Dragon Boat Alliance Team Brings Home Three Medals

Team Alliance races in the 2017 Annual Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival

09 August 2017 LONG BEACH, CA — The Philippine Dragon Boat Alliance Team (Alliance) wins three medals: silver medals for Women’s 500-meter and Mixed 500-meter race and Bronze in the Toyota Super Dragon category during the 2017 annual Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival held from July 29 to 30 at the Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California.

The Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival is held every year since 2003 in the month of July draw together local and international teams from various age groups to compete in dragon boat racing.

This year, over 200 teams from Taiwan, Canada and Singapore, the Philippines, among others, were represented in the race.

For more information, visit www.philippineconsulatela.org or https://www.facebook.com/PhilcongenLA. END

Team Alliance calls on Consul General Adelio Agelito S. Cruz at the Philippine Consulate General on July 27, 2017.