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Title: Whistler DB Festival Post by: Dr. Evil on June 26, 2009, 08:37:23 PM So which teams are going? Any idea when the race grid is coming out?
Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: paddleboy on June 28, 2009, 11:30:58 PM FCRCC & Pac Reach are 2 that are going
Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: LittleSchrodinger on June 28, 2009, 11:35:47 PM Magnum and Sudden Impact Black will be there as well. Throw Pemberton Eagles in and all the top comp teams are accounted for unless I'm missing a couple.
Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: DiggerPig on June 29, 2009, 08:27:31 AM Look forward to paddling against FCRCC, Magnum, Pac Reach, and Pemberton this weekend, should be a blast. We've tweaked our roster a bit so you'll see some new faces as we start to prepare for Nationals in Montreal - August.
We expect a very competitive weekend as usual. Master's you not coming? :( Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: mandachan on June 29, 2009, 12:44:58 PM Hey everyone!
I'm not headed north this year for the festival but I wanted to say that paddling with SI Black, Booze Cruise, and Swordfish last year [Team BS] was a blast. BEST Festival ever, imo. Great sun, clean water, beautiful weather and scenery, and a really well run festival. My favorite festival! Have fun and remember to bring the sunscreen! 8)) Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: DiggerPig on June 29, 2009, 06:19:35 PM Does anyone know if we'll be doing 200 m? There was some talk about doing 200 m at Harrison and I wanted to make know if that will be the case for Whistler. I checked the Water's Edge website but could not find any info.
Thanks Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: LittleSchrodinger on June 29, 2009, 07:03:52 PM I believe there would be at least a 200m, some 500m, and a fun 1000m race.
Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: Lethal Weapon on June 30, 2009, 12:12:44 AM Yes there will be 200, 500 and 1000 races at Whistler!
Should be awesome weather and I heard the Beer tent will be on the beach this year and open to the public! Quote We expect a very competitive weekend as usual. Master's you not coming? No DiggerPig, we will not be there as it takes a few weeks for us old people to recover from Alcan.... however we will see you in Harrison with the same old faces! Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: DiggerPig on July 01, 2009, 08:07:11 PM Ok ... I know that today was supposed to be the day that Water's Edge was going to have the race grid out. No worries that I can't find it. But do we know if there is any change to the format from last year? I heard there was going to be more teams so I am assuming that we might not do the obsticle course?
Is it fair to assume that it will be 2 x 200m, 2 x 500m, and 1 x 1000m race grids? I know that 1000m is a fun race open to only 12 teams but working on the rosters. Do we need to register for the 1000m? Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: Dr. Evil on July 01, 2009, 09:40:27 PM Hey DiggerPig:
The race info package is available for download on the www.whistlerdragonboat.com website. Just go to the Race Info tab. I am having problems downloading the race grid though. Regarding the 1000m, you do have to pre-register as it is limited to 12 teams. So you have to email Jackie. See you in Whistler on Saturday! cheers. Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: LittleSchrodinger on July 01, 2009, 11:49:35 PM They used an incorrectly formatted URL for the link to racegrid. Here's the correct link:
http://whistlerdragonboat.com/whistler2009racegridsaturday.pdf It's going to be fairly busy Saturday. Two 3-boat 200m heats and one 3-boat 500 heats for every teams, then 1000m for the daring teams. While really simple, the seeding looks like some of us will be guaranteed stiff competition early on. It'll be make for a good race against FCRCC and Baldie just before lunch. :D Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: Illuminate on July 02, 2009, 07:58:58 AM The times are messed up, race 2 and 3 are at the same time and that throws the times off for the other races
Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: DiggerPig on July 02, 2009, 10:32:03 AM Thanks LittleSchrodinger!
That helps! Let's get ready to rumble! Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: alcanranker on July 02, 2009, 11:10:48 AM Here is the number of races, some are optional.
Saturday 2x200m, 1x500m (racing for times to determine what division you get into) 1000m exhibition (signup required) Sunday 2x500m (semi and final) Obstacle course (signup required) Breast Cancer race Lots of racing if you want to race. Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: LittleSchrodinger on July 02, 2009, 10:13:55 PM Thanks LittleSchrodinger! That helps! Let's get ready to rumble! ;) You're welcome. We're ready to race you guys whenever you are. Good luck to all the teams coming out and have a good race! Title: Whistler DB Festival Results Post by: alcanranker on July 06, 2009, 10:08:39 AM Great weekend for weather and racing. FCRCC won it all but after that it was any team.
Mixed Division A Championship Race 60 1 FCRCC Mixed 1:53.950 2 Dragon Hearts Magnum 2:02.140 3 Layoam Baldies 2:02.410 4 Pacific Reach 2:02.680 5 Sudden Impact Black 2:02.780 6 RaceFace 2:08.010 Division A Consolation Race 59 1 Phat Phish Racing Team 2:08.680 2 Starbucks Waverunners 2:11.170 3 TCC Dragoneers 2:12.800 4 Concord Pacific Flying Dragons 2:14.150 5 Booze Cruise 2:19.680 Division B Championship Race 58 1 TD Lightning 2:11.770 2 Thunderstrokers 2:12.070 3 MWPC (Mana Wahine Paddling Club) 2:12.500 4 Vancity Thunder 2:14.060 5 Draggin' Riders 2:18.190 Division B Consolation Race 57 1 Sudden Impact Blue 2:20.670 2 Ritchie Bros. Auctionauts 2:21.560 3 SOAR 2:24.040 4 Spirit Point Dragons 2:30.380 5 Myriad Mavericks 2:30.800 Women Division A Championship Race 55 1 Saggin Dragons 2:23.280 2 INSINK 2:24.680 3 Fort Langley SunDragons 2:25.710 4 FLCC Women on Water 2:26.960 5 The Seventh Wave 2:30.140 6 Deep Cove Catch 22 2:31.360 Division B Championship Race 56 1 Abreast Of Life 2:32.020 2 Deep Cove Perfect Catch 2:34.030 3 Abreast - Deas Divas 2:38.000 4 Sisters in Sync 2:38.240 5 Abreast in Barnet 2:40.090 6 Abreast in Richmond 2:43.030 Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: Special K on July 06, 2009, 10:59:22 AM What a final! Four teams at 2:02 and change (minus FCRCC of course). Just half a stroke and we would have had hardware :(. Big thank you's to Pac Reach for inviting me and my hubby on board, just like old times!
Congratulations to all and kudos to Water's Edge for another fun filled and on time festival. Thanks for holding the rain off, the weather couldn't have been better. Looking forward to next year's festival :D! Cheers Title: Re: Whistler DB Festival Post by: LittleSchrodinger on July 06, 2009, 11:01:33 AM It was quite the intense final A was with only a dragon's head separating the second place and the fifth place. I'd like to say congratulation to FCRCC, Laoyam Eagles, Sudden Impact, Pac Reach, and RaceFace for making it one hell of a final race!
See you all in Harrison! Here's a finish line shot of how tight the race was outside of the first place and last place: http://i44.tinypic.com/2947684.jpg |