Winners Announced YMCA Dragon Boat Team Challenge 2024

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- Eighty Two teams, representing more than Fifty corporations, businesses and local organizations from Montgomery County and Greater Houston Area, recently competed in the 25th Annual YMCA Dragon Boat Team Challenge Presented by Repsol, September 26-28 at Northshore Park. An annual tradition for many, held the last weekend in September, teams come together to Row for a CAUSE. Together, we strive to create a stronger community and restore hope and well-being to all. We Row So Dreams and Opportunities Can Grow. Now more than ever, people are ready to reconnect and have FUN. The event promises and delivers teamwork and camaraderie at their best and allows participants to visit and play with old friends and make new ones. Teams work hard and encourage teammates to reach a goal, all while having a blast! No prior rowing experience is needed.

Teams earned points based on how they placed in each event. The top 2 teams with most points accumulated, at the end of each bracket, were recognized as the winner and runner up. Awards were also presented to teams in each bracket recognizing Fastest Dragon Boat Heat, Most Creative Team Shirt, Most Creative Team Tent Theme/Décor and Most Spirited Team! The Woodlands Family YMCA is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Event. Each winning team takes home the coveted “Dragon” Award to proudly display along with the bragging rights!!!

Fastest Overall Dragon Boat Heat 2024: CrossFit OverTake
Thursday Morning Bracket.
1st Place Team: Plus Power
2nd Place Team: Team Harris
Best Shirt Design: Stabil Drill
Best Tent Decor: Johnson Development
Most Team Spirit: YMCA Youth Development
Fastest Dragon Boat Heat: PlusPower

Thursday Afternoon Bracket.
1st Place Team: Repsol #4 - Row Crushers
2nd Place Team: AmSty
Best Shirt Design: Key Capture Energy
Best Tent Decor: Howard Hughes
Most Team Spirit: Ring Energy
Fastest Dragon Boat Heat: Repsol #4

Friday Morning Bracket.
1st Place Team: Exxon Global Projects #3
2nd Place Team: Exxon Global Projects #6
Best Shirt Design: Excelerate Energy
Best Ten Decort: Exxon SPFA
Most Team Spirit: Exxon Global Projects #5
Fastest Dragon Boat Heat: Exxon Global #4

Friday Afternoon Bracket.
1st Place Team: LGI Homes
2nd Place Team: Ovintiv
Best Shirt Design: M&S Engineering
Best Tent Decor: Apache
Most Team Spirit: Alight
Fastest Dragon Boat Heat: LGI Homes

Saturday Morning Bracket.
1st Place Team: CrossFit OverTake
2nd Place Team: Texpedition Society
Best Shirt Design: Woodforest National Bank
Best Tent Decor: The Woodlands Township
Most Team Spirit: Rotary - The Woodlands
Fastest Dragon Boat Heat: CrossFit OverTake

Saturday Afternoon Bracket – High School Teams
1st Place Team: TWCP Chinese Club
2nd Place Team: Student Community Ambassadors
Best Shirt Design: John Cooper Interact
Best Tent Decor: Student Community Ambassadors
Most Team Spirit: YMCA Teens
Fastest Dragon Boat Heat: TWCP Chinese Club

Celebrating 25 years rowing for a cause, the YMCA Dragon Boat Team Challenge benefits the Y’s Annual Campaign, which ensures the Y can offer unique opportunities for families to come together in a safe place, create a welcoming environment for all, and ensure that everyone has access to our YMCA and its programs, regardless of age, income, background or circumstance. The YMCA is not just a place, but a purpose.

Every dollar raised is an investment in our community and our future. We row so dreams can grow! Thank you to our generous sponsors whose support has kept the event growing and evolving and helping the YMCA multiply its impact in the community: Repsol, Plus Power, Ring Energy, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center, Excelerate Energy, H-E-B, Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, LGI Homes, San Jacinto River Authority, Ovintiv and LyondellBasell.

See you next year!!! For more information visit ymcahouston.org/join/dragon-boat or contact Blake Kelly at blake.kelly@ymcahouston.org.

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