Captain Madi Gyde said the team made a clean sweep, grabbing first place in the standard boat women’s 250m, 420m and 700m races.
Another recent win was the Akaroa 10s Le Mans women’s category in mid-January.
In the Le Mans race the boat started on the beach with only one person on board, Gyde said.
The rest of the team lined up to run towards the boat.
"They run from a line in the sand, jump into the boat and then you go straight out."
The team then paddled as fast as possible around a buoy on the water, before turning back towards the beach.
"And then your caller — the person who sits on the front — has to jump off the boat, run up the sand and over the line."
"It is so much fun, the most fun race."
The team would split into two teams of 10.
"One of those will be a master women’s category which is 40-plus."
This was a very exciting division because there were many women paddlers over 40 years old, Gyde said.
"It is really competitive."
A future goal was to send a masters team to the Pan Pacific Masters Games, which next takes place in the Gold Coast, Australia in November 2024.
The Ōtepoti Dragons operate as part of Tu Meke Sports Club based in Christchurch.
"They have got, at any one time, two or three teams across different divisions," Gyde said.
Being part of Tu Meke instead of starting a club from scratch in Dunedin allowed the team to focus on training and racing.
"Tu Meke fully just allowed us to do the paddling side and the recruiting side, they gave us uniforms and everything we need, they have been amazing."
