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Welcome to Dragon Boat West
Dragon Boat West is an interactive web site delivering dragon boat news, events, race results and a discussion forum for the growing community of dragon boat paddlers in Greater Vancouver and its surrounding regions. Our goal is to provide a venue for dragon boat paddlers, organizers and volunteers to discuss anything that relates to the sport of dragon boat racing. This site will be the place where you can get race news, announcements, results and other information with a focus on BC and the West Coast. 
Dragon Boat West News & Announcements
 Keep Dragon Boat Racing in False Creek
June 24, 2009, 05:58:29 PM by DBWTimDragon boaters have been pushing the city of Vancouver for years to allow us to build a permanent facility in False Creek that could be used by the thousands of paddlers and rowers that use False Creek each year. Unfortunately if the future plans for False Creek do not include dragon-boat racing, the Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival Society will have to move the festival to another city. Join the Facebook group to show your support in keeping dragon boat racing in False Creek. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117130506968We've also gotten a copy of the CIDBFS's petition form. Please print it off and get your teams to sign the petition. It shouldn't be that hard since I'm pretty sure we all have to sign off on waivers for upcoming festivals already. You can get a copy of the petition here. | Write Comment
2009 Races and Festivals
January 15, 2009, 06:17:12 PM by DBWTimWe've been receiving emails in regards to when races and festivals will be happening this year. Here are some of them. I will continue updating this list as I get informed. Please PM me if you want me to add a race or festival to this list. MARCHAPRIL- 200m Dash - Deep Cove, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
April 25
MAYJUNEJULY- 2nd Annual Okanagan Super Sprints - Skaha Lake Park, Penticton, BC, Canada
July 4 - 2nd Annual Whistler Dragon Boat Festival - Whistler, BC, Canada
July 4-5 - Save On Foods Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival - Nanaimo, BC, Canada
July 10-12 - Kelowna Dragon Boat Club Festival - Waterfront Park, Kelowna, BC, Canada
July 11 - Richmond Dragon Boat Festival - UBC Boathouse, Richmond, BC, Canada
July 18 - 5th annual Greater Vernon Dragon Boat Race & Festival - Kalamalka Lake Beach, Coldstream (Vernon), BC, Canada
July 25 - Harrison DragonFest - Harrison Hot Springs, BC, Canada
July 25
AUGUST- ViewSonic Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival - Marine Stadium, Long Beach, CA, United States
August 1-2 - 9th Annual Gorge Fest Dragon Boat Regatta - Gorge Rowing and Paddling Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada
August 8 - International Dragon Boat Festival - Thea's Park, Tacoma, Washington, United States
August 8 - 15th Annual Victoria Dragon Boat Festival - Inner Harbour, Victoria, BC, Canada
August 14-16 - 2nd Annual Seattle Dragon Boat Festival & PDBA Championships - Seattle, WA, United States
August 22-23
SEPTEMBER- 9th Annual Penticton Dragon Boat Festival - Skaha Lake Park, Penticton, BC, Canada
September 11-13 - DragonSports Portland Dragon Boat Race - Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon
September 12-13 - Richmond BC Seniors Games - John MS Lecky UBC Boathouse, Richmond, BC, Canada
September 16-19 - Kelowna Dragon Boat Festival - Kelowna, BC, Canada
September 19-20
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Dragon Boat News From Yahoo News
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.
Three local women picked for national dragon boat teams (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The ancient sport of dragon boating isn't as popular in Pittsburgh as it is in other parts of the country, let alone the world.
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.
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