Dragon Boat West

I know Victoria is still 3 weeks away but who's going to Victoria this year?  I know Gorging won't be as they will be in China but Kia Ikiaka will be :argh:

With the Outrigger Sprints happening around the same time, I'm not sure which teams will be attending. 

Just curious?   :whistle:

SI Black and SI Blue will be at Victoria.

Bastion Dragons from Nanaimo

Blu By U will give you a run  :P

Good our Blue team could use the competition  :D - Just Kidding!!!

See you there!

Magnum will be there!

Victoria's gonna provide some good tight races!
Good luck to all participating teams and hope u all have a gooooddddd time!

As for SI Black, we hope to see you guys again at the final round!  :D

St'Keya will be there and attempt their 3rd consecutive win of the Grand Masters Cup as well.
  Also, to correct an earlier posting, the GD's are not currently in China but actually in Panang, Malaysia. They begin racing there tomorrow (Thurs.).

Excuse me, perhaps the GD's may indeed be in China by the time the Victoria Festival rolls around on the calender. My apologies if that's the case.

     Actually not all the GD's will be out of the country. Rumor has it that they are working on a team that will be mostly GD's with a few Kai paddlers filling out the roster.

Pirates from Chilliwack will be there , and we need some paddlers pm me on here if you can help us out

thanks ,,,, Ian........

Kai Ikaika will not be there this year to defend the title.  Good luck to everyone.  We will be back next year to make a run for the title again.  Thie rumor is true about Kai/GD trying to make a team.  You just might see a few from Kai on the GD's team.  :D  If you want to take a crack at us we will be at the Portland race on Sept. 6th and 7th.

oh alright Kai --if you insist Bastion will go to Portland

Its only a week away..
Since I'm not a good candidate to make such predictions...anyone with more knowledge care to make one for Platinum A and B?  :D

Still trying to find out who will be going?  Is Gorging entering now?  Are they still teaming up with Kia? 

ok, I'll take a shot. These are 12 for Platinum A and B (sorry, I couldn't pick only 10, it's so close between a lot of them).

Gorging (if they're coming, maybe under another name?)
Navy Dragon Anchors
Sudden Impact Black
3 One Media Dragon Hearts Magnum
Edgewater Casino
Xtreme Reach
P.I.
Portland Fire Dragons
Anniemaniacs
Dog Paddlers
Eye of the Dragon
Zamboanga


Did I miss any other strong teams? This is the list according to the website

22 Insync Penticton, BC
3 One Media Dragon Hearts Magnum Richmond, BC
Abreast of Life Parksville, BC
Ageless Warriors Victoria, BC
AlleyKatz Edmonton, AB
Amazing Greys-Mixed, 50+ Victoria, BC
Amazing Greys-Women’s, 50+ Victoria, BC
Anniemaniacs Portland, OR
Apalala Victoria, BC
Aquaholics Nanaimo, BC
Bastion Dragons Nanaimo, BC
Blazing Paddles Victoria, BC
BMO Victoria, BC
Breast Friends Edmonton, AB
Brew Crew Victoria, BC
Castaways Portland, OR
Chilliwack Crusaders Chilliwack, BC
Cowichan Valley Dragon Divas Cowichan Bay, BC
Destiny Dragons Tacoma, WA
Dog Paddlers Victoria, BC
Dogwood Nothin’ Port Moody, BC
Dragonauts Victoria, BC
Dragonflies Victoria, BC
Edgewater Casino Vancouver, BC
Eh Team Vancouver, BC
Excaliber Victoria, BC
Eye of the Dragon Surrey, BC
False Creek Grand Dragons Vancouver, BC
Fahrfrumloosin Victoria, BC
Fairways Victoria, BC
Fluid Motion Vancouver, BC
Fort Fusion Surrey, BC
Freedom Dragons International Oregon
Gift of Life Vancouver, BC
Gung Ho Victoria
Habu Sake Seattle, WA
Hampton Woods Portland, OR
Hot Sake Seattle, WA
Island Breaststrokers Victoria, BC
Komodo Dragons Victoria, BC
LA Pink Dragons Los Angeles, CA
McKenzie Mussels Sechelt, BC
Mighty Women Portland, OR
MS Wildplay Warriors Victoria, BC
Myriad Mavericks Fraser Valley, BC
Navy Dragon Anchors Victoria, BC
No name stew Victoria, BC
OWLS Dragonflies Portland, OR
P.I. Victoria, BC
Paddlers of 5th Moon Victoria, BC
PCC/PSU Zen Dragons Portland, OR
Pink Piston Paddlers Salmon Arm, BC
Pirates Chilliwack, BC
Portland Fire Dragons Portland, OR
QF BluByU Nanaimo, BC
Raunchy Rodents Edmonton, AB
S’Keya Victoria, BC
Save On Foods Dragon Slayers Nanaimo, BC
Scurvy Dawgs Victoria, BC
SDR Vancouver, BC
Selkirk Serpents Victoria, BC
Shibumi Portland, OR
Sisters in Sync Vancouver, BC
Snogard Dragons Victoria, BC
Spirit of the Renegade Langley, BC
Stew Victoria, BC
Stumpton Paddlers Portland, OR
Sudden Impact Black Cultus Lake, BC
Sudden Impact Blue Cultus Lake, BC
Sunshine Dragons Port Alberni, BC
Sweet and Sour Dragon Balls Victoria, BC
TD Lightning Vancouver, BC
Team Phoenix Victoria, BC
Team Uproar Vancouver, BC
TELUS Stew Victoria, BC
The Wicked Paddling Club Portland, OR
Thunderstrokers Fraser Valley, BC
Victoria Water Warriors Victoria, BC
Victorious Secret Victoria, BC
VO 2 Max Vancouver, BC
Wasabi Gang Green Portland, OR
Westshore Warriors Victoria, BC
Xtreme Reach Victoria, BC
Zamboanga Portland, OR

A final

1. Gorging Dragons
2. Without Warning
3. Navy
4. Precision Impossible
5. Sudden Impact Team A

The rest should be close

Thanks all for the predictions...
Lots of strong competition ahead...so exciting hahaha
I say this all the time, but man i'm so psyched for Victoria!
T-minus 4 days!   :D

We'll see ...  8)) ... Sudden Impact Black

The race grid is out....

http://www.victoriadragonboat.com/assets/Default/race_grid_2008_final(1).pdf (http://www.victoriadragonboat.com/assets/Default/race_grid_2008_final(1).pdf)

See you all on Saturday! It's supposed to be HOT!  8))

     Gorging will be there but not with the superteam some were expecting. About half the team is still in Asia (including about 6 of their top 8 guys) They are struggling to fill the boat and may be going with a less than full team. I'm sure they will still be strong and make the A final but it could be anyones guess to see who wins this one!!

Not sure where you get your info from Vicpaddler...could you be a mole of some sort???

I'm not as in touch with the Island scene as I once was, but after this past weekend, it looks like Navy will be pretty strong.  And my heart is always rooting for PI as they were my first team.  I don't know if I have as much info as vicpaddler, but I do know that there are still a fair number of GDs travelling around right now and won't be there this weekend.  It looks to be a great opportunity for a new team to claim top honours this year as I'm pretty sure it's only been Kai and Gorging winning the Festival for the past 7 years.

Good luck one and all!

LOL nope not a mole. I just know a few GD's and was chatting with some of them in the beer gardens last weekend....

I only have 2 predictions for Victoria:

a) there will be some sort of crazy collision or near collision, thanks to the tides/currents/etc

b) the Pirates will comand control of the beer garden!  :Cheers:

Good luck all!

After day one, Gd's (and friends :)) have the fastest time with a 1:59:64 (the only sub 2 so far)
the rest of the top ten are in order of their combined times from the first day of racing.

Sudden Impact Black
Navy
Edgewater
PI
Xtreme
Portland Fire Dragons
Dragon Hearts
Dragonauts
Anniemaniacs.

This is by my own math and not the official race results as it has not been posted yet  :x  I hope I haven't messed it up or missed someone.

What were the final results???  Anyone know?

    Platinum Final A

    1) Edgewater
    2) GD's  (about .6 back)
    3) Navy

     GD's led for most of it but got outfinished in the final 100 m or so. Times were around 2:02 or so for the final. (sorry don't know the exact times.

Unofficial Results


Platinum A
1. 2:02.20 Edgewater Casino
2. 2:03.07 Gorging Dragons
3. 2:03.54 NAVY - Dragon Anchors
4. 2:04.34 Sudden Impact Black
5. 2:04.94 Portland Fire Dragons

Platinum B
1. 2:07.76 PI (Precision Impossible)
2. 2:08.45 3 One Media Dragon Hearts
3. 2:08.71 Xtreme Reach
4. 2:10.04 Dragonauts
5. 2:10.77 Anniemaniacs

Diamond A
1. 2:08.34 Zamboanga
2. 2:08.84 Dog Paddlers
3. 2:09.31 QF Blu by U
4. 2:09.57 Westshore Warriors
5. 2:11.58 Sweet & Sour Dragon Balls

Diamond B
1. 2:11.40 Eye of the Dragon
2. 2:12.23 Fluid Motion
3. 2:12.27 VO2Max
4. 2:12.33 Edmonton River Rats
5. 2:13.70 Fairway

Jade A
1. 2:14.12 Save On Foods Dragonslayers
2. 2:14.48 Hot Sake
3. 2:14.80 Hampton Woods
4. 2:15.95 VanCity Dragons
5. 2:21.42 Brew Crew

Jade B
1. 2:14.56 Castaways
2. 2:15.09 Bastion Dragons
3. 2:15.46 Paddlers of the Fifth Moon
4. 2:16.43 Alley Katz
5. 2:17.89 Selkirk Serpents

Gold A
1. 2:17.02 Destiny Dragons
2. 2:18.12 TD Lightning
3. 2:18.22 Shaggin Dragons Reloaded
4. 2:18.32 Raunchy Rodents
5. 2.19.43 Scurvy Dawgs

Gold B
1. 2:16.39 Shibumi
2. 2:20.23 BMO - Liquid Assets
3. 2:20.57 Fort Fusion
4. 2:21.02 Stumptown Paddlers
5. 2:21.60 Amazing Greys Mixed

Silver A
1. 2:19.96 St'Keya
2. 2:20.86 Excalibur
3. 2:21.49 Habu Sake
4. 2:22.99 Telus InSync
5. 2:23.79 The Wicked Paddling Club

Silver B
1. 2:25.16 False Creek Grand Dragons
2. 2:25.88 Snogard
3. 2:26.46 Ageless Warriors
4. 2:26.59 Gung Ho
5. 2:28.36 Team Uproar

Bronze A
1. 2:23.62 Dragonflies
2. 2:23.82 Sudden Impact Blue
3. 2:24.32 Chilliwack Crusaders
4. 2:24.54 OWLS - Dragonflies
5. 2:26.05 Pirates

Bronze B
1. 2:26.16 Sunshine Dragons
2. 2:26.66 The Eh Team
3. 2:27.27 Thunderstrokers
4. 2:28.90 TD Green Machine
5. 2:30.30 Team Phoenix

Pearl A
1. 2:17.86 Wasabi Gang Green
2. 2:18.40 Freedom Dragons International
3. 2:18.70 Spirit of the Renegade
4. 2:18.83 Victorious Secret
5. 2:20.10 Myriad Mavericks

Amethyst A
1. 2:26.35 Aquaholics
2. 2:27.75 Komodo Dragons
3. 2:30.39 Blazing Paddles
4. 2:31.72 Victoria Water Warriors

Amethyst B
1. 2:34.33 Big Oar Deal
2. 2:35.93 Amazing Greys - Women
3. 2:38.46 Cowichan Valley Dragon Divas
4. 2:39.03 Mighty Women

Breast Cancer Challenge 1
1. 2:30.58 Island Breaststrokers
2. 2:38.71 Cowichan Valley Dragon Divas
3. 2:42.20 LA Pink Dragons

Breast Cancer Challenge 2
1. 2:40.89 Abreast of Life
2. 2:44.48 Pink Piston Paddlers
3. 2:44.77 Breast Friends

Well, Victoria was great!  Blazing heat on Saturday, and nifty lightning on Sunday...I am pretty sure most everyone had a good time.

The above race results look about right, though you missed the 50+ results from late Saturday afternoon:

1.  Amazing Greys Mixed
2.  FC Grand Dragons
3.  St'Keya
4.  Sunshine Dragons
5.  The Eh Team

The top three teams were all within about 1 sec. of each other.  I realize that many on this site don't think this is critical info, but, as a paddler for the Greys, I think of this race with (not-so) fond memories.

A great weekend, and Greg was once again awesome in the marshalling area -- he really does make festivals fun!

Thanks to all....see you next year.

Wow.  It's good to see the race results mixed up this year.  Great Job Edgewater!!

So being new to this, I wonder how paddleBOT found the results for the Victoria festival, I have been on the officail website but can't find the results.

He probably copied and wrote it down from the festival.

Or maybe just simply took photos of the posted results on the board before they were taken down? Easy enough to do no?  8))

Does anyone have video of this year's Platinum A final?
Photos?

I noticed the race results were missing for places 1 and 2 for the Gold A finals.

First place was Destiny Dragons at 2:17:02 and second place was TD Lightning with 2:18:12

Great races over the weekend everyone! 

Thanks.  Results have been updated.

Could you please attach a link? I went to the site and it doesn't appear updated to me. Thanks.

Hey Krysee if you go back to page 2 of this topic you will see the listing of all the divisions with the winners. The only ones that were missing and actually left blank initially was for the Gold Division A final which did not mention the 1st and 2nd place finishers. Now it has been updated. Paddlebot posted it yesterday as the "unofficial results" of the Vic festival.

The results posted here also missed the Crystal division. The MS team won and they were ecstatic. They got a standing ovation as they collected their medals.

Crystal A
1. MS Wildplay Warriors 2:37.25
2. Abreast of Life 2:38.78
3. Sisters In Sync 2:39.46
4. Pink Piston Paddler 2:45.33

Crystal B
1. Dogwood Nothin' Seniors 2:40.43
2. LA Pink Dragons 2:41.03
3. 22 In Sync 2:42.82
4. Breast Friends 2:43.04

Final results are now on the website.

Although not the whole race, here is the Platinum A final

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP9GaXo_m1o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP9GaXo_m1o&fmt=18)

Well ... What can I say ...

Gorging once again proved why they did us so proud in Malaysia.  Even with half a team they were strong all weekend and paddled like true champions.

Edgewater Casino - you deserved the win.  You paddled hard all weekend and came to Sunday with the desire to win.  You paddled hard in Race 3 against us and then put it all together to win when it counted. 

Navy ... something tells me that karma came back to bite me ... although I never said anything bad, only that I hadn't seen you paddle this year.  You deserved the bronze.  You were the better team in the finals.  You put it together and you should be very proud of your accomplishment.  

Portland fire Dragons - way to battle in the finals and way to make it to the finals.

All teams called an early finish and all the teams deserve a round of applause.  SI Black gave everything it had.  You didn't get handed a medal ... you EARNED those medals.  To that we tip our hat in respect.

SI BLACK

Any videos for Platinum B? anyone?


CONGRATULATIONS to our affiliate team Without Warning for taking 1st overall in Victoria. You guys deserved the GOLD!
As for all the other teams, good job on racing hard this weekend. I believe I speak for my team when I say we had an awesome weekend!  8))

I'm gonna speak for the team and say we had an incredible time up north!  The Victoria race is always ran very well....our only hope is that they'll expand on the beer garden next year!!  See some of you in a couple of weeks on OUR water!  :D
-Aimee
Portland Fire Dragons