Marine Drive Boat Race 2022 | Champions Boat League | Kerala Tourism

Lying on the banks of Cochin backwaters, Marine Drive is a puzzling spot at the heart of Kochi City. People meet up at the promenade to share their sorrow and happiness amid Chinese fishing nets, rainbow bridge, backwaters and ships. This gorgeous venue on Marine Drive is home to the fifth race of the Champions Boat League Season 2. The water kings from Kottanad have completed another exciting water battle by overcoming the sea breeze and the current in the Cochin waters. The fifth race of the CBL awakened Kochi to the magic of boating. Irutukuthi boat races were the first to line up on the tracks of the Marine Drive filled with the tunes of boat songs and cheers. Taniyan and Tiruthipuram were the three teams qualified for the finals after the heats. There are nine snake boats competing in the CBL. In the history of boat games, the teams and the clubs have been fighting head to head on the backwaters of Kottanad for decades. The champions now met in Cochin backwaters on three tracks of one kilometre length. Tropical Titans Mahadevikar, Mighty Oars Narubangam, Ripple Breakers Viyapuram, Pride Chasers Paipar, Raging Rovers Chambakulam, Coast Dominators Karichar and Thunder Oars Ayyaparambu showed their valour in Kochi as well. Earlier Water Resources Minister Mr. Roshi Augustin inaugurated the boat race and said irrigation tourism will be boosted. The music band of the naval force performed to cheer up the crowd. The competitions started with a mass drill of snake boats. The navy team entertained the crowd with their water bikes and jet skis. Percussion ensemble and staging of other art forms created a colourful spectacle for the cheering crowd. Actors Jai Surya and Mia were the celebrity presence in the land of the tinsel town. Races in Irtukutty, Chundan and Losers categories saw the fighting strength of the rowing teams. Before the battle of the snake boats, the finals of the small boats took place. Thaniyan, Hanuman and Tiruttipuram had a close fight. Finally, the victory came for the Thaniyan team sponsored by Cochin Shipyard. Finally, it was the title battle of the snake boats. Ayyaparamba, Mahadevikar Kattal Tekkathil and Payapadam are pitched against each other. Half way from the starting point, the tide of the race changed. The Mahadevikar team surged ahead leaving behind the opponents by a huge margin. Pallathuruthy boat club's tropical titans thus retained the top spot in the points table. Vembanad boat club's Payapad pride chasers came second and the KBC's Ayyaparamba thunder oars came third in the fifth match of the CBL. The action now shifts to Kottupuram in Trishul for the next race of the season. With seven more races in the CBL too, there is plenty more to wait for.