Dragon Boat West

I am accepting registration for the FCRCC Spring regatta:
http://www.fcrcc.com/events/fcrcc-spring-regatta-2010

and the Women's Regatta:
http://falsecreekdragonboat.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=9:false-creek-womens-regatta&Itemid=75

at the Mach Madness oc6 race held at Burrard Marina on White street past the Planetarium:
http://www.fcrcc.com/events/march-madness-2010-oc-6-regatta

Come down and register while watching some great racing in the nice weather! From 9am to 3pm.

Hi everyone,

The early bird deadline is April 15, so come down to the FCRCC office to register!
The office is located at the False Creek Community Center on Granville Island.

Details:

4 races per mixed Team:
2 x 200 m, 2 x 500 m
Heat & Final at each distance
Standings based on points
1 each of Men-only & Women-only races (500 metres)

Prizes:
Everyone on the roster of the top 3 Mixed teams gets a prize
A thirst-quenching special prize for each of the top 3 teams in the Men's & Women's races
Draw prizes
Special prizes & souvenirs in celebration of FCRCC's 25th Anniversary ...

Entry Fees:

Mixed Teams:
Early Bird (before April 15th): $300 ($15 per paddler)
After April 15th: $400 ($20 per paddler)
Senior Teams (50+): $50 discount
Men's & Women's races: $100 ($5 per paddler )

More info: http://www.fcrcc.com/events/fcrcc-spring-regatta-2010

How many divisions will there be at this regatta ?   Or is it just simply an open event ?

There will not be any age divisions, if that is what you are referencing to.  There will be Mixed, Mens and Women's divisions.

There will be different finals, for rec teams and comp teams, but everyone will race each other in the heats. 

ah so the Comp and Rec teams will be separated....Thanks sign us up.

TD lightning is accepting Registrations at the Deep Cove Dash. They have all the forms and are accepting cheques or cash for the FCRCC Spring Regatta.

I am very excited about the first regatta of the season. I Hope everyone has a great time there. 

We are still accepting registrations to Saturday May 8th!  Come and enjoy good BUK racing at the Rio Tinto Alcan course.

http://www.fcrcc.com/events/fcrcc-spring-regatta-2010

If anyone would like to buy out Banana Fusion's spot @ the earlybird price, please let me know. We can't wrangle enough Bananas for this weekend and would hate to pull out without a refund.

Earlybird: $300
Regular (if you were to sign up now): $400


Save $100!!! Use it for a team dinner after!

PM me or email [email protected]
Thanks!
manda

The Race Grid is now out.

See http://www.fcrcc.com/events/fcrcc-spring-regatta-2010

Weather forecast is for Sun & 19°.  Sunscreen!  :D

Any predictions for the weekend?

Predictions for finals:

FCRCC HP
Dragonhearts Magnum
Masters of D'Zone
Sudden Impact Black
Dragonhearts Ultimate
Phat Phish
Team Lifescan
RGL United
Ready Jet Go
Riptide

Anyone else want to jump in with predictions?

Grid was just revised (again) ... version 5:

http://www.fcrcc.com/events/fcrcc-spring-regatta-2010 (http://www.fcrcc.com/events/fcrcc-spring-regatta-2010)

That is actually almost the exact same I had in mind, except with Riptide... they have been looking great this season. We'll see what they come up with.

Who's Grey Whale?

Where do you see Riptide coming in?  It will be interesting to see if either of us gets it exactly right

I haven't heard of Grey Whale before 

that's an odd question to ask about your own team (aka Brown Pants = swordfish and banana fusion), manda... or are you quizzing us? do i win anything?   :lol:

You weren't supposed to give it away!
Grey Whale = Bring Me My Brown Pants = Banana Fusion + Swordfish because neither of the teams could come up with enough people.

BMMBP just wanted to pay tribute to our new creek friend.

I think Manda meant "Where's Grey Whale", because Grey Whale was not included in the prediction list. This of course leads to the question "Who's Grey Whale". Mo, you're answer to the question is correct. As a prize, Ed can change Kyle's next diaper.

Well, if I had known anything about Grey Whale I probably would have put them on my list of predictions somewhere after Phat Phish.  Maybe after RGL...  (I say this not knowing the results of today's events.)
Anyone have the results from today?  Was I even close?

I will try to have the results soon.  I will try to have the final placings tonight, and have the times posted in the next couple of days.

I would like to thank TD lightning for doing an excellent job organizing their first Regatta, and putting up with my race grid that caused the delays.  I would also like to thank Puppy and the rest of the volunteers.  Thank you to all the teams for putting up with the delays and my mistakes, I hope you had fun anyway.

Cheers,
Rob

I only have the results for the "Grand Final" but if memory serves correct:

1st: FCRCC HP
2nd: Dragon Hearts Magnum (Close race between them and FCRCC)
3rd: Masters of D'Zone
4th: Dragon Hearts Ultimate (Close race between them and Masters)
5th: Grey Whale
6th: Sudden Impact Black (Again, close race between them and Grey Whale)   

Hey Rob, FCRCC and TD...

We know there was a few glitches  :? out there but I think most of us enjoyed the racing component.  

There were some incrediblely close races today and that's what the Spring Regatta's about.  It's a time to tinker with your race plan and adjust accordingly. A great warm up race for the season.

TD Lightning and volunteers out there, you did a great job without any training. I respect your dedication and preserverance in handling all the glitches with true class  :clap:.

At least the weather was nice...not like Deep Cove where no one was spared from the wet weather.

Rob, thanks for running the FCRCC Spring Regatta and we can make it bigger next year.

Until the next race....

see you all soon.

Puppy

Unofficial 500 metre results


Race 22 - Grand Finale
1. 1:53.07 FCRCC
2. 1:53.38 Dragon Hearts Magnum
3. 2:01.10 Masters of DZ
4. 2:01.40 Dragon Hearts Ultimate
5. 2:06.50 Grey Whale
6. 2:07.00 Sudden Impact

Race 21
1. 2:06.58 Phat Phish
2. 2:07.39 Lifescan
3. 2:07.95 Riptide
4. 2:11.59 Dragon Hearts Beat
5. 2:12.03 Extreme Currents
6. 2:13.20 Concord Flying Dragons

Race 20
1. 2:10.91 FCRCC Grand Dragons
2. 2:14.15 RGL
3. 2:16.15 Ready Jet Go
4. 2:17.57 Saggin Dragons
5. 2:17.81 Mackenzie Mussels
6. 2:18.15 Fighting Fury

Race 19
1. 2:11.22 Eh Team
2. 2:17.04 CBC
3. 2:17.21 Dogwood Nothin
4. 2:18.24 Team Momentum
5. 2:43.88 Dogwood Nothin Too

Mixed Results:

FCRCC HP                           200m 1st      500m 1st       46 points
Dragon Hearts Magnum        200m 2nd     500m 2nd       44 points
Masters of D'Zone                200m 3rd      500m 3rd      42 points
Dragon Hearts ULtimate        200m 4th      500m 4th      40 points
Grey Whale                         200m 7th      500m 5th      36 points
Sudden Impact Black            200m 6th      500m 6th      36 points
Team Lifescan                     200m 5th      500m 8th      35 points
Tao Ti Phat Phish                 200m 8th      500m 7th       33 points
Dragonhearts Beat               200m 9th      500m 10th     29 points
Riptide                               200m 13th    500m 9th       26 points
FCRCC Granddragons            200m 10th    500m 13th      25 points
RGL United                         200m 11th     500m 14th     23 points
Extreme Currents                200m 15th     500m 11th     22 points
Concord Pac Flying Dragons   200m 14th     500m 12th     22 points
Ready Jet Go                      200m 12th     500m 15th     21 points
Saggin Dragons                   200m 16th     500m 16th     16 points
MacKenzie Mussels               200m 20th     500m 17th     11 points
Fighting Fury                       200m 19th     500m 18th     11 points
Dogwood Nothin Dragon        200m 17th     500m 21st     10 points
Eh Team                             200m 21st     500m 19th     8 points
Team Momemtum                200m 18th     500m 22nd     8 points
CBC Wave Catchers              200m 22nd     500m 20th     6 points
Dogwood Nothin Too             200m 23rd     500m 23rd     2 points

Close races all around!  :D

Thanks Rob, TD, Puppy and all the volunteers for making it happen!
Glitches happens, that's life, we just have to roll with it, and we did.

Great weather + beer prizes + good racing = awesomeness msn(u)

A few questions have come up...

What do the points mean, and do they transfer to other regattas? And... what if the team doesn't register under the same name for subsequent regattas?

Grey Whale is "Bring Me My Brown Pants" in disguise.

I dont think the points transfers to any other regatta, the points are most likely just a way to determine which team(s) gets the the prizes/goodies/beers.

This is because of the fact that there is 2 diff types of distance in the races, so it would be a fair way to determine the winner/top 3. I'm sure this is designed to emulate the way the upcoming nationals at Whistler is supposed to work.

Here's a video of the Grand Finale:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxjUwGYJPng

Wow....Magnum's really giving FCRCC HP a challenge.  I've been paddling for 5 years now and I haven't seen any team in the area beat FCRCC HP yet.....maybe this year?  Good stuff Magnum.

Glad to know False Creek is the home of the world's best dragonboat teams!

Anyone that paddles regularly out of FCRCC knows that Magnum has been working very hard, they are out in solo boats almost everyday, should be a great Alcan

I'll be rooting for any False Creek team to take top spot at the festival. 

magnum is full of young monsters!!!

^ LOL Mike!

That is absolutely perfect seeding!



This is Magnum's year. They live on the water now. I can't go to Alder Bay without seeing a Magnum paddler go out. They are working their butts off and it's paying off well!
Agreed - Alcan 2010 shall be epic.

Results are now posted: see www.fcrcc.com/events/fcrcc-spring-regatta-2010

Sorry it took a while - the 200 metre results were lost by accident, and we'd hoped to be able to locate a spare copy ... but after much diggin', it's no joy.   :cry:

Ah, what the heck, let's just figure everyone was under a minute in the 200s!  :D

And at least we have all the 500 metre results, so y'all can compare times!

lol, there's a typo on the results for the mixed final race

<_< That's one really slow final here to take five seconds to decide a physical difference of less than a dragon's head.

Perhaps the timer was so shocked with Magnum's 1:53:38, he dropped his stopwatch, stepped on it accidentally, picked it up, brushed it off, blew on it Nintendo style and pressed "stop"

Good job guys :)

I hope the results do get changed...

Although it may be arbitrary to a lot of people, that 1:53.38 time meant a lot to us on Magnum because of how hard we worked to get to that point. I know it's an easy mistake to make, as an 8 and a 3 can be confused at times especially with handwriting, but I hope it really does get changed because otherwise it'd be a disservice to all other competitive teams who put in the time & effort to reach their goals.

LMAO!!!! Nintendo style! you kill me hahaha