Dragon Boat West

2009 RICHMOND BC SENIORS GAMES
September 16-19
Dragon Boat Racing - Demonstration Sport

Dragon Boat Racing dates are September 17/18
•   Facility: John MS Lecky UBC Boathouse (http://www.ubcboathouse.com)
•   Race Management: GO Rowing and Paddling Association of Canada (GO) (http://www.gorowandpaddle.org)
•   Equipment: Millennium Dragon Boats (http://www.gorowandpaddle.org/profile/sales_leasing.php?id=2&press=1&draw_column=3:3:2)

For more information and registration, please contact your zone coordinator. For a listing of zones and zone coordinators, go to the BC Seniors Games Society Website (http://www.bcseniorsgames.org). For information on the 2009 games, go to the 2009 Richmond BC Seniors Games Website (http://www.bcseniorsgames2009.ca).

The registration deadline is July 17, 2009. Please contact your Zone Coordinator to register your team. See you in Richmond!

2009 Volunteer Zone Coordinators Needed
The BC Senior Games are looking for volunteers for Zone Coordinators to promote Dragon Boat Racing within the BC Senior Games. Come and join our happy gang who believe its worth the effort to promote their favorite sport and the healthy lifestyle it promotes for all the 55+ BC residence. To find out which zone you are in, go to the Zones Section of the BC Seniors Games Website. For more information on volunteering as a zone coordinator, please contact June Parsons, President BCSGS, by emailing [email protected].

Dragon Boat History in BC Seniors Games
Since 2007, Dragon Boating has been included in the BC Seniors Games as a demonstration sport. This took place with a dynamic partnership forming between GO and the BC Seniors Games Society. This is the only dragon boat race in British Columbia exclusively for dragon boat athletes aged 55+. After two successful years in Nanaimo (2007) and Prince George (2008), it is predicted that the Dragon Boat Racing at the 2009 BC Seniors Games in Richmond will be the best one yet!

GO is pleased to provide the race management for the dragon boat racing. The event features <A HREF="http://www.gorowandpaddle.org/profile/sales_leasing.php?id=2&press=1&draw_column=3:3:2" TARGET="_new">Millennium Dragon Boats[/url] from GO, which are used in the majority of festivals in British Columbia.

More Information
For more information on the BC Seniors Games, visit www.bcseniorsgames.org (http://www.bcseniorsgames.org), www.bcseniorsgames2009.ca (http://www.bcseniorsgames2009.ca), and www.gorowandpaddle.org/events/seniors_games.php (http://www.gorowandpaddle.org/events/seniors_games.php).

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Could you define what "Demonstration Sport" means?

Me thinks there won't be medals awarded as it is not a sanctioned sporting event yet. Hence the demonstration status. But I could be wrong.

It is not the medals. The website says medals will be awarding in Dragonboating;and they were last year.

In the BC Seniors Games, a demonstration sport is a sport selected each year by the local host society to initiate and promote the sport within the games. This means a demonstration sport has to be chosen each year, instead of being classified as a core/permanent sport. With this said it is really important for a demonstration sport to show a lot of participation from multiple zones - So let's get teams to the event! Medals are awarded for demonstration sports and included in the medal count!