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Title: Victoria Grid Post by: Dan Hebert on August 16, 2007, 02:23:45 PM Victoria race grid.
Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Katy on August 16, 2007, 02:58:18 PM Calm down everyone, they've already posted a revised grid! :)
http://www.victoriadragonboat.com/documents/DB07_Race_Aug18_Round1.pdf Good luck to all teams racing. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Dan Hebert on August 16, 2007, 03:23:08 PM For anyone looking at the new grid, if you looked at the old one you may need to hit the refresh button on your browser to see the new one. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: kenbo604 on August 17, 2007, 07:09:14 AM For anyone looking at the new grid, if you looked at the old one you may need to hit the refresh button on your browser to see the new one. http://www.victoriadragonboat.com/race_1.pdf Here's the correct link for the new grid. The link on the Race Schedule page isn't loading correctly. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Monk on August 17, 2007, 07:23:28 AM Bummer.... We were looking to give the Navy a scare in the first race, Oh well. Now its Kai that is shakin' in their boots :P
HOWEVER :x If they are gonna muck with the race grid this late in the game its pretty important that they recognize that out of town teams have planned around the info they are given, and its not easy for them to change those plans. Knowing that we had an early race, some of our members booked hotels rather than drive from Nanaimo in the early AM. Now it will be too late to cancel those bookings without being out of pocket. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 17, 2007, 07:38:35 AM The beauty of disclaimers at the bottom and in the booklets -- in fine print, of course . . .
Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: puppy on August 17, 2007, 09:44:13 AM Bummer.... We were looking to give the Navy a scare in the first race, Oh well. Now its Kai that is shakin' in their boots :P HOWEVER :x If they are gonna muck with the race grid this late in the game its pretty important that they recognize that out of town teams have planned around the info they are given, and its not easy for them to change those plans. Knowing that we had an early race, some of our members booked hotels rather than drive from Nanaimo in the early AM. Now it will be too late to cancel those bookings without being out of pocket. I know that they were very relunctant in making the changes because some people would have made the necessary travel adjustments, but at the end of the day, the adjustments were necessary to make the grid equitable.... I don't disagree with your comments about your accomodations... Victoria has done a good job to mitigate any downstream issues on Sunday by making the necessary fixes upfront. Happy racing everyone.....let's see if we can try to side swipe the COHO this year... Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 18, 2007, 10:13:58 PM Wow, for the Platinum Semi-Finals, we have:
Kai Ikaika Gorging Dragons Sudden Impact Black Dragonauts Portland Fire Dragons Zamboanga Paddling VO2 Max Xtreme Reach Edgewater Casino DWW Eye of the Dragon Title: Platinum - Final A Results Post by: Magnum on August 19, 2007, 08:28:04 PM 1st - Kia Ikaika 2:03.74
2nd - Gorging Dragons 2:04.51 3rd - Dragonauts 2:09.39 4th - Sudden Impact Black 2:11.61 5th - Xtreme Reach 2:15.21 Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Colossus on August 19, 2007, 10:07:46 PM was gorging racing their "top crew" given that they have Calgary next weekend?
Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: rb on August 19, 2007, 11:50:32 PM Results
http://www.victoriadragonboat.com/_pdf_/07Results44.pdf Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: vicpaddler on August 20, 2007, 08:46:21 AM Yup that was pretty much the top GD team with one or two exceptions I think. (not positive on it but it looked like their A team) It was a very close final with the GD's coming on very strong at the end against a Kai team that was loaded with some of the top False Creek paddlers. (I believe they had 8 of them this year!!) Overall it was a good weekend of racing with alot of really close finishes. I believe in one semi the top 4 boats were separated by about 1/2 second. The weather cleared up for the finals and a good crowd was on hand to cheer everyone on. Biggest complaint of the weekend: The line up to get into the beer gardens. Some of the top teams never did get in as the line up was just too long by the time they were done racing. I know its a liquor license issue but it has never been a problem until this year. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Monk on August 20, 2007, 09:30:48 AM Yeah the beer garden thing did suck, but apparently there is a new (and somewhat officious) sheriff in town. It was a shame that the top teams had to wait to get in (if they got in at all).
One thing I noticed that seemed kind of goofy is that the presentations went from top to bottom...Whats the scoop with that? I did come to a conclusion over the weekend however...When it comes to boats, the geminis look pretty good when compared to the #$%! COHO :) Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: shaggin_savy on August 20, 2007, 10:46:43 AM That really sucked about the beer garden! Some of my team didn't get in because of the 350 max capacity. :( Oh well, other then that and the bit of rain in the morning, it was an all round great weekend. Victoria has always been one of my favorite festivals, and will continue to be.
Good job to everyone that went and we'll see you next year! Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: mo on August 20, 2007, 12:18:24 PM anyone took any pics of the races/festival?
Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 20, 2007, 04:04:54 PM (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/th_100_4865.jpg) (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/?action=view¤t=100_4865.flv)
Platinum Final A
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/th_100_4811.jpg) (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/?action=view¤t=100_4811.flv) Heat 28
Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 20, 2007, 04:53:14 PM (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4864.jpg)
Platinum Consolation Final Ln Pl Time Name 5 5 2:18.43 Edgewater Casino DWW 4 3 2:15.16 Portland Fire Dragons 3 2 2:14.69 VO2 Max 2 1 2:14.67 Zamboanga Paddling 1 4 2:15.81 Eye of the Dragon (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4790.jpg) Heat 26 - Sudden Impact Black (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4791.jpg) Heat 26 - Westshore Warriors (4) & Shaggin Dragons (2) (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4748.jpg) Heat 22 - Xtreme Reach (3) and Paddlers of the Fifth Moon (2) Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 20, 2007, 04:57:34 PM (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4797.jpg)
Shaggin Dragon steersperson down. Look at the rear seats of the boat. (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4799.jpg) On the dock (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4812.jpg) Must have been the mermaid. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 20, 2007, 05:00:10 PM (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4753.jpg)
Edgewater Casino DWW (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4752.jpg) VCKC Gung Ho (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4751.jpg) Flying Dragons (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4747.jpg) BMO Liquid Assets Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 20, 2007, 05:08:00 PM (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4743.jpg)
Portland Fire Dragons (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4739.jpg) Shaggin Dragons (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4719.jpg) Hot Sake Black (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4718-1.jpg) Freedom Dragons International (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4738.jpg) Swordfish (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4729.jpg) St'Keya (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4716.jpg) Water Warriors (loaded) & Island Breastrokers (standing) (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4715.jpg) PI (Precision Impossible) (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4709.jpg) (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4721.jpg) Wasabi Mixed (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4714.jpg) Zamboanga Paddling (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4730.jpg) Selkirk Serpents (loaded) & Dragonflies (standing) (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4731.jpg) Timing Tent (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4736.jpg) Kai Ikaika with Gorging Dragons dolls in background with signage from Scurvy Dawgs and Navy Dragon Anchors Title: Steering is Important Post by: Backward Rowing on August 20, 2007, 05:09:43 PM Why steering is important
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4808.jpg) (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4809.jpg) (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4810.jpg) Ln Name 5 Amazing Greys 4 Ageless Warriors 3 Portland Fire Dragons 2 Bastion Dragons 1 MS Wildplay Warriors Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 20, 2007, 05:17:17 PM (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4851.jpg)
Dog Paddlers Dragon Boat Crew versus Motor Vessel Coho (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4852.jpg) Westshore Water Warrior and Shibumi against MV Coho (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4863.jpg) Scurvy Dawgs after their swim (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4831.jpg) Navy Dragon Anchors belly dancing (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4827.jpg) ssSteamed Heat belly dancing (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4843.jpg) Navy Dragon Anchor working his magic (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4814.jpg) Water Warriors (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4800.jpg) Dragonauts (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4795.jpg) Excalibur (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4781.jpg) Bastion Dragons (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4782.jpg) Dragonslayer (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4707.jpg) Selkirk Serpents Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Olde One on August 20, 2007, 05:22:20 PM (http://members.shaw.ca/rwalkey/Grandragons/_DSC0100rd.jpg)
FC Grandragons: We may be old, but we are ugly too Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: James Cole on August 20, 2007, 05:49:42 PM All things considered... another really good race.
Yeah... some folks spent a fair amount of time waiting for ferry traffic to clear. And yeah... I was one of the folks who never did get into the beer garden (and given that Victoria's beer garden has been legendary in the past, that really sucks). But the racing was good, the venue is great, the people were nice... What more could we ask for? Congratulations to Kai Ikaika for their three-peat. Congratulations to Gorging for making that final exciting. See you all next year. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: paddleho on August 20, 2007, 06:52:41 PM Thanks for the great pics and video!
Hope everyone had as much fun this weekend as I did. We all love to do a wee bit of belly-aching after a festival and almost the only complaints I've seen yet are about The Travesty That Was The Sunday Beer Garden. A cryin' shame indeed, and I wonder if there's a possibility of licencing for bigger capacity next year. When paddlers can't get in to receive their medals that's just sad. Every year I'm amazed at both Alcan and Victoria how a festival in a working harbour can possibly be a success. A big part of how it works or stays anywhere close to schedule is the tireless understanding and support of the military (Alcan), Coast Guard, Harbour Patrol and especially RCMP. Raise a glass to our friends in uniform! Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 20, 2007, 06:56:41 PM Overall, a fun event. I heard that GO Rowing and Paddling Association was not managing the race component of the festival, who was?
I like the Millenniums, the course (the whole 500m, with the sudden stop at the end), the spectators and a somewhat secure paddlers village. The volunteers were helpful and cheery as usual. For the most part, everything seemed to run smoothly. Whine... about the beer garden. First time I in years that the beer garden was boring. I agree that not allowing the top placing teams to enter because the came off the water later than anyone else was rather disagreeable. I ended up just getting my medal (without ceremony) and heading to a pub. Whine... about steering. The first attempt of heat 27 was bad. I was pretty far away, but was the trailing official's boat calling boat 2 to correct/hold? They seemed to do a really good job of stopping right in front of boat 4. In this case, why wasn't boat 2 penalized? Whine... about the results online. They don't include lane placement, which helps as I am not sure who came in 1st, 2nd, etc, without explicitly stating lane 1, lane 2, etc. Whine... about medical issues. One team had an injured member and still took that person out on the course. If anyone is injured, they should not race because not only are they not doing the team any favours, but their injury could cascade into bigger problems during the race. Whine... about MV Coho. Since the ferry schedules are known, why not allow team to stay on land to wait for the ferries, instead on waiting on the water? Whine... about water officials (okay, really, the Victoria Police). As a race gets started, the finish line is clear. Most boats in the Inner Harbour takes advantage of this to move. Why wasn't the two Victoria Police boats encouraging those civilian boats to keep to the north side, so they did not cause wake that may have interrupted a race? Quite honestly, I can't really think of anything to whine about. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 20, 2007, 08:08:57 PM Last of my pictures.... so when are we going to see some REAL pictureS?
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4756.jpg) TD Lightning line-up (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4759.jpg) (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4760.jpg) Brew Crew warm-up (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4768.jpg) Scurvy Dawgs fighting with Snogard Dragons (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4767.jpg) Scurvy Dawgs are everywhere! (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4856.jpg) So, this is how Sudden Impact Blue...er, Fluid Motion relaxes. (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4755.jpg) The cutest picture of the festival. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: sterles on August 21, 2007, 11:45:27 AM A couple of pics from the Platinum A Finals (taken from across the Harbour) and pics of my team (Pearl A Finals) at http://picasaweb.google.com/OWLSdragonflies/2007VictoriaDragonBoatFestival
Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: sandyttfn on August 21, 2007, 01:51:53 PM That really sucked about the beer garden! Some of my team didn't get in because of the 350 max capacity. :( Oh well, other then that and the bit of rain in the morning, it was an all round great weekend. Victoria has always been one of my favorite festivals, and will continue to be. Good job to everyone that went and we'll see you next year! As one of the few lucky people "allowed" into the beer garden. We missed everyone barred from entry. It was so lonley in there. I had to leave, because I felt agoraphobic. It's not the Victoria beer garden, unless it's a complete crush. :lol: Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: grifter on August 21, 2007, 02:35:49 PM ([url]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4864.jpg[/url]) Platinum Consolation Final Ln Pl Time Name 5 4 2:15.81 Eye of the Dragon 4 3 2:15.16 Portland Fire Dragons 3 1 2:14.67 Zamboanga Paddling 2 2 2:14.69 VO2 Max 1 5 2:18.43 Edgewater Casino DWW Awesome pics. But one correction: VO2Max is lane 3 and Zamboanga is lane 2. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: KarenRobertsPDX on August 21, 2007, 03:17:40 PM ([url]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4864.jpg[/url]) Platinum Consolation Final Ln Pl Time Name 5 4 2:15.81 Eye of the Dragon 4 3 2:15.16 Portland Fire Dragons 3 1 2:14.67 Zamboanga Paddling 2 2 2:14.69 VO2 Max 1 5 2:18.43 Edgewater Casino DWW Awesome pics. But one correction: VO2Max is lane 3 and Zamboanga is lane 2. More correction on this heat - Eye of the Dragon is in lane 1 and DWW is in lane 5. Glad to know everyone got my team right (lane 4) from the get-go. Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: cookie on August 21, 2007, 03:34:22 PM Oops! :wall:
Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Secret Weapon on August 21, 2007, 03:50:23 PM Isn't the pm (personal message) option working?
Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: James Cole on August 21, 2007, 04:18:11 PM hater...
Title: Re: Victoria Grid Post by: Backward Rowing on August 21, 2007, 08:42:41 PM (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/gingersnaps1969/Victoria%20Dragon%20Boat%20Festival%202007/100_4864.jpg)
Platinum Consolation Final Ln Pl Time Name 5 5 2:18.43 Edgewater Casino DWW 4 3 2:15.16 Portland Fire Dragons 3 2 2:14.69 VO2 Max 2 1 2:14.67 Zamboanga Paddling 1 4 2:15.81 Eye of the Dragon Thanks guys, I know I can always count on coaches and dragonboatwest members to correct my errant ways. Of course, it would be nice if the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival results also included lanes on the website. :) |