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Volunteers ready at the docks

HEAT plays host to 10th annual Belleville Dragon Boat Sprints (Belleville Intelligencer)
If the HEAT suffer a defeat at Saturday's 10th annual Belleville Dragon Boat Sprint Festival at Victoria Park -- and that's highly doubtful -- it won't be from lack of effort.[...]

Dragon boat races feature local teams (Burlington Post)
Halton Region, including Burlington, will have a presence at this weekend’s dragon boat races in Hamilton. The Hamilton WaterFest Dragon Boat Event is this Saturday (July 4) at Bayfront Park in Hamilton.

Dragon boat season splashes off in Flushing (Queens Courier)
Twenty Goldman Sachs employees in life vests are wet with sweat and lake water, paddling furiously to the sound of a beating drum on Meadow Lake. They are spending their Sunday afternoon in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, training for an all-or-nothing showdown with the likes of Citi, HSBC, and J.P. Morgan Chase.

Dragon Boat Festival gets moving (Honolulu Advertiser)
Competitive spirits ran high today for the Dragon Boat Festival at Ala Moana Beach Park. "It was such fun," said Irobela Wreagh of Kailua, with the Opala Express team.

For some paddlers, dragon boating is a serious game (Queens Courier)
The likes of JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs aren’t the only sorts of paddlers that will brave the waters of Meadow Lake for August 8-9’s 19th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York. There are also those for whom dragon boating is a way of life, for whom corporate rivalries come second to racing with the very best in the New York area.

Tecumseh welcomes Dragon Boat festival (Windsor Star)
TECUMSEH, Ont. -- Town council voted unanimously at a special 9 a.m. meeting Friday to welcome the International Dragon Boat Festival to its new waterfront park.

BC BREAKING NEWS : (Kelowna Capital News)
Sophie Wilkinson, 14 months, enjoys Canada Day festivities at the Gorge waterfront, Wednesday. The Victoria Canoe and Kayak club gave dragon boat rides for a toonie and more than 8,000 people enjoyed the sun, entertainment food and music.

Dragon boat races set for return to Royals this Sunday (Newham Recorder)
SOME 20,000 fans are expected at the Royal Docks this Sunday for the13th London Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, supported by the London Chinatown Association, which will feature 40 boat teams from the City and Canary Wharf financial centres in exciting competition throughout the day.

Organizers say Dragon Boat Festival a "resounding success" (myKawartha.com)
Rain failed to dampen the enthusiasm of 1,400 paddlers, more than 100 volunteers and numerous visitors at Palmer Park in Port Perry for the Fifth Annual Dragon Boat Festival last weekend.

Kadena, Manza ready for dragon boat races (Japan Update)
The Haarii kicks into action Sunday at two Okinawa locations as homage is paid to fishermen’s safety and a call for big catches this summer. Haari, the dragon boat races, are on tap at the Kadena Fishing Port, and also at ANA InterContinental Manza Beach Resort.