Dragon Boat West

Does anyone have the line-up of teams for Kelowna...Mixed and Womens?

Mmm. I don't know how many teams for sure, but Magnums will be there for certain. I'm sure that RGL United are going as well. Not sure about other teams.

Sudden Impact Black and Blue will be there!

I believe Splash Test Dragons, Scotiabank, TCC Epson Dragoneers, and Phat Phish Racing will be there.

Eye of the Dragon will be there.

BEWARE THE PUPPY......
 :P

Is the Pup still alive?!?!   :eh: :lol:

Alive....but will be another year older!   msn(;))

But probably not wiser!  :lol:

I believe NAVY will be there as well.

Care to make predictions anyone?
Kelowna T-minus 3 days!  :D

Mmm. Hard to say, I'm predicting that Sudden Impact Black will take this festival easily, followed by the such of Navy, RGL United, Phat Phish, and Scotiabanks.

Kelowna is always the hardest festival to make predictions for... it's hard to know which teams are bringing their full compliment, which teams are their just to party, and which teams will pick up the most ringers...

I've heard many conflicting rumors as to how many and to which teams some of the FCRCC paddlers have pledged their allegiance for the weekend so it's hard to assess what if any impact this will have on the results.

Sudden Impact Black & Navy appear to be the standouts from those mentioned above...assuming they both go to Kelowna, the first two crews at the recent Pentiction festival (O'kai I'Kika U'as & the Save On Foods Dragonslayers) should both be in the mix if they go.

After that will be the usual motley crews, Scotiabank (with FCRCC paddlers), Dragonhearts Magnum, Phat Phish, Eye of the Dragon, RGL United & if the rumor of FCRCC ringers is true TCC. 

I haven't hard which if any of the prairie crews will be there, but I would not be surprised if some of them figured in the mix as well.

I too heard rumours that since FCRCC is not fielding a team then members of that team will compliment existing teams. I know that some will be true to their original rosters. It is only fair so that way the team can really be proud of their accomplishments throughout the season. Putting on ringers really isn't the true team now is it? Unless you already happen to be an elite team such as FCRCC then picking up a few paddlers probably wouldn't make the team any stronger. In fact it might just keep them where they are supposed to be in the first place. So picking up ringers for a team such as them is OK in my books.

Anyway mixed teams that I am aware of are as follows:

Pupply Love Dragons (no idea where they are from! Probably a mishmash of crews combined.  :?)
Fluid Motion
EOTD
RGL United
Phat Phish
Dragon Hearts Magnum
Synergy Legacy
Scotia Dragons
SI Black
Calgary DB Club Crew Yahoo
Navy Dragon Anchors
Guardian Dragons
Red Fushion
Extreme Currents
Ready, Jet, Go!
Team Lifescan
Inbalance Powered by Blenz Coffee
Team Ruckus
JDA
Uhuru
Alley Katz
TD Lightning
Shaggin Dragons Reloaded

That is just to name a few. There will be 58 mixed teams I believe.

It personally doesn't bother me if a team picks up "ringers" for a festival... If it means the team in question would not have had enough paddlers to field a team then I'd rather have the chance to race against them with their ringers than not race against them at all.. the more teams at a regatta the better as far as I'm concerned..

 WHAT ????????...............FCRCC has RINGER's ?     :shock:  Holy Crap !

<_< I thought it's the other way around.

Bernman,,,,,GET IT RIGHT!
I Believe its  PUPPY LOVE DRAGONS.....
Feel the Love!
Puppy Love!

Has anyone sighted a race grid yet? It was out on the Tuesday before the races last year.

Lot's of people need to know how late they can party Friday night....

Yah, isn't it nuts this year with all grids?  I have been waiting "patiently" I might add for a couple of days.............travel plans and party plans have to be made - gosh don't they understand?  Anxious Anxious...........

I will tell you this... the first mixed heat is tentatively scheduled to go on at 9:54am if things with the grid stay as they are. Of course it could be a few mins before if things run ahead of schedule or it could be a few mins after that if things start off with a hiccup. Will this help anyone? The last of the first round of mixed heats is tentatively scheduled for 12:06pm. There will be 12 rounds of mixed heats in round 1.

Hey Bernman,

You're a man with all the answers, (I'm not being facetious) so can you tell us why it's taking so long for the race grid to be out?  :?

It will help if you just put us in the last heat of the morning!!! how about that....... :lol: :)  We usually have a "reputation" of being a bit hard on our livers the night before (both Fri & Sat) so, hoping to get in the last race of the morning........need to "replenish" and "refresh" LOL.

Thanks Bernie, I am sure that you will have it sorted by mid-day ~

Would not have anything to do with the organizers (workers) being placed in heats to cover the organizing of everything would it.......and that last minute entry ~ PUPPY LOVE?  We are going to be DOG catchers this weekend...........round you up and put you in a Kennel!

Hey Nakedpaddler. Which team are you with? Not that I can accomodate your request about your team being in the last heat in the first mixed round. But maybe the gurus who put the race grid together might read this and try to help out. NOT LIKELY! But hey you never know! LOL I am just teasing here as I doubt changes are going to be made to the grid. I just heard that the final grid was put out and I will try to figure out how to post a PDF doc on here. Anyone know how?

Anyone know who is playing at the concerts during the festival?

Round 1 & 2 Grid is out
http://www.kdbf.ca/racedocs/Kelowna2008RaceGrid-v2.pdf

You're the star Flint. Nobody told me how to post a PDF doc on here. I guess I could have posted the link!  :?

54-40 is playing on Friday night.

Gates open at 6:30 pm with 54-40 taking the stage at 8:00 pm. To purchase tickets please visit www.selectyourtickets.com  (http://www.selectyourtickets.com) or pick them up at the gate for $10.00. Tickets may also be purchased at any Lake City Casino for $5.00. The concert is a licensed event and proper ID will be required to purchase alcohol.

I try not to paddle upstream! :lol:

Cool, Thanks!

Anything on Saturday?

Thanks for the grid....

So, correct me if I'm wrong, we all get one race in BUK's and one in 6/16's and advancement is then based on cumulative time ...

Last question.... Does anybody know who these Puppy Love people are??? 

Wasn't the admission included for paddlers? I thought it was in the past?

Ah, just fill half of the team with Tequila and we should be good.........better yet, fill the whole team with Tequila and we should be good to go~ LOL, good times, good racing everyone~

contend with what? the tide?

Does anybody (Bernman?) know where the 6/16's in use are coming from?

Will Barney be there?

What about those two god awful Fraser Valley boats?

Looking from the race grid, there's plenty of tough competitions out there, it should be exciting!  :wink:

Puppy love dragons = FCRCC? + outrigger guys? + ??
(Since they are seeded to win the first round, they could be a dark horse)

Does the team name have anything to do with Kerry? Is Kerry paddling/steering for them? Is Kerry their mascot? lol

The 6/16s are two from DZ and three from Kelowna.  Barney will not make an appearance (from what they have told me).

Puppy Love is a mixture of Swordfish, E&C and others (including Puppy from what I heard).

Basically, now we have a team devoted entirely to dunking puppy?

So the expected scenario would be this then:
Lose, dunk puppy...win, dunk puppy..
Either way, show the puppy some love, give it a much needed shower!  :Cheers:

Is the grid light about 20 mixed teams over last year? More beer for us.

Will Maha Wahine be reprising their boat-beaching skills?

it was $10 last year also - there was also people scalping (?) crazy idea  :shock:and not necessary

if given the opportunity we would LOVE to beach a boat again.....so much fun!
but we are hoping mother nature will cooperate this year and we won't need to run those beautiful BUK's off the lake in favor of the hulking 6/16's...
fingers crossed and paddles up!
see you all in kelowna tonight

Here's an update on how Kelowna has been going

1st round summary of Kelowna.
Womens Division
Fastest BuK - Fire On Water (2:18.80)
Fastest 6-16 - Mana Wahine (2:20.15)

Mixed Division
Fastest BuK - Navy Dragon Anchors (2:04.35)
Fastest 6-16 - Calgary Dragon Boat Club Crew Yahoo (2:07.19)

2nd round summary
Womens Division
Fastest BuK - Mana Wahine (2:17.03)
Fastest 6-16 - Fire On Water (2:17.31)

Mixed Division
Fastest BuK - RGL United (2:08.71), very questionable...
Fastest 6-16 - Navy Dragon Anchors (2:05.10)

Mother Natuire has been kind to us and gave us great weather. Was pretty cold in the morning but warmed up in the afternoon. There was some tailwind in the late morning but the winds died down in the afternoon. Races have been moving pretty smoothly with very little incidents.

There were a couple boats that lost control. Shagging Dragons Reloaded had the worst one of the day.

Also, thoughts go out to the steerswoman that had that accident with the steering oar. I heard that she was a trooper in light of the situation. Hope she gets well soon and will return to the sport once she's fully healed.

Unofficial Results

Womens Division
1st - Fire On Water
2nd - Extreme Curves
3rd - Mana Wahine

Mixed Division
1st - Navy Dragon Anchors
2nd - Sudden Impact Black
3rd - RGL United

What, no love for the fourth and fifth places? :(

It was a great festival overall, great weather, great scenery, great racing in most of the controllable factors, and great team atmosphere all around!

Congratulation to Navy for taking home the gold medal! That was a well-deserved one for you guys the whole weekend.

Sudden Impact Black, thanks for the tight races, and that was a great finish you guys pulled off in semi-final. Congratulation on the silver.

RGL United, congratulation on the bronze and Calgary Yahoo Crew, thanks for the gutsy final!

It had been a pleasure racing you guys in the final, and hopefully we'll meet in the final again in foreseeable future. ;)

Finally, of course, I'm pretty proud of my team for coming this far into Platinum A and over despite being just about the tiniest team throughout the season. :D

Tiny? We're MAGNUM! hahaha

Thanks to all the teams for the great racing and congrats to all the winners!

I cant wait until the season starts again in Jan/Feb!  :D

Agreed with the above two posters.  Kelowna was a nice wrap-up for most teams, with some excellent and VERY CLOSE championship races!  I'm very proud of my own team, and I'm proud of myself too, for how much we've all improved over the season since late January.  Let's strive to be even better.  I know all the teams we've raced will do the same.

Thanks for a great dragon boating season, everyone!  *off-season mode*

Thanks to all the teams out there for making this season a lot of fun.

Any video on the Platinum A final out there?  It seems that there were many close final races this weekend!  Thanks to all in that Platinum A final!  What a rush to paddle against such tough competitors!