Dragon Boat West

Anyone seen the Whistler race Grid Yet ?

Was sent out today but not yet up on their website ... are attachments disabled here or am I forum-challenged?

Here ya go..

http://dragonboat.ca/files/Draft%20Race%20Grid.pdf (http://dragonboat.ca/files/Draft%20Race%20Grid.pdf)

It's gonna be a good weekend! albeit a lil wet haha

Is it already time to put down bets? I'm betting on TBD, that team's going to dominate the entire thing!

No kidding!

Well kinda hard to make predictions with all those TBD's.....   lol

Based on the names you can actually see.... I think Phat Phish will come in 1st .. (I suppose after team TBD and or TBD 2, TBD 3, TBD 4, TBD 5....)

But then again... there is also Pemberton Baldies/ Laoyam Eagles, Edmonton River Rats.......and of course Eye...
hmmmmm 

Predictions for the Whistler Festival - Mixed:

1.  Laoyam Baldies/Eagles
2. Starbucks Waverunners
3. Tao Ti Phat Phish
4. Eye of the Dragon

LOL! I'm betting on TBD 1 to take it all!

The updated version is up http://dragonboat.ca/files/Nationals_v2(1).pdf

where'd the rest of the schedule go?

It says "Canadian Nationals" on the front...

I'm assuming the draft version posted earlier is the one they'll keep for the festival.

Saturday results for the Canadian Nationals are available.

Saturday Nationals Results (http://members.shaw.ca/dragonboatwest/results/2010/Nationals_Saturday_Results.pdf)

FCRCC Open, Mixed, Women, U23, and Grand Dragons win in their Grand Finals.  FCRCC Women win 2000m while FCRCC Magnum / Masters take the Open 2000m. 

Since there aren't a lot of teams, some of the Finals have multiple classes.

pr = Premier
sr = Senior
jr = Junior
bcs = breast cancer survivor
u23 = Under 23

Senior A/B Women 200m Grand Final
1. 0:56.640 Bridge City - Senior (sr A)
2. 0:57.560 FCRCC Sagging Dragons (sr B)
3. 1:00.600 FCRCC Momentum (sr B)

Premier Open, Senior A/C Open 200m Grand Final
1. 0:44.670 FCRCC High Performance
2. 0:46.390 CSDC
3. 0:46.960 FCRCC Magnum / Masters
4. 0:51.960 FCRCC Senior C

Senior / BCS Grand 200m Grand Final
1. 0:55.560 Rowbust (bcs)
2. 0:56.520 FCRCC Senior C (sr C)
3. 0:59.070 Rowbust / Dragon Spirit (bcs)

Premier Women 200m Grand Final
1. 0:48.430 FCRCC High Performance (pr)
2. 0:51.280 Montreal Women B (pr)
3. 0:52.920 Dragon Hearts Magnum / Masters (pr)
4. 0:53.790 FCRCC Dragon Ladies (pr)
5. 0:55.320 Bridge City Velocity Blue (pr)

Premier Mixed / Senior A Mixed 200m Minor Final
1. 0:48.430 Pacific Reach
2. 0:49.600 FCRCC Masters (sr A)
3. 0:50.240 Sudden Impact
4. 0:51.880 Oil City Crew

Premier Mixed/ Senior A Mixed 200m Grand Final
1. 0:45.240 FCRCC High Performance
2. 0:46.320 CSDC (Senior A)
3. 0:47.390 FCRCC Dragon Hearts Magnum
4. 0:48.200 Verdun Express

Junior / U23 / Senior B Mixed 200m Grand Final
1. 0:48.070 FCRCC 18-23 (u23)
2. 0:48.560 Pemberton Layoam Eagles (jr)
3. 0:50.200 FCRCC Masters (sr B)
4. 0:50.790 FCRCC Eric Hamber (jr)

Senior C Mixed Final 200m Grand Final
1. 0:53.280 FCRCC Grand Dragons
2. 0:53.710 The Eh Team!

Open, Senior A / C, BCS women 2000m
1. 8:47.720 FCRCC Magnum / Masters
2. 8:55.030 FCRCC High Performance
3. 8:59.300 CSDC
4. 10:01.030 FCRCC Senior C
5. 10:40.960 Rowbust (bcs)
6. 10:49.150 FCRCC Senior C (sr C Women)
7. 11:09.080 Bridge City - Senior (sr A)
8. 11:50.030 Rowbust / Dragon Spirit (bcs)

Premier and Senior B Women 2000m
1. 9:08.120 FCRCC High Performance (pr)
2. 9:42.550 Montreal Women B (pr)
3. 10:02.960 Dragon Hearts Magnum / Masters
4. 10:13.270 FCRCC Dragon Ladies (pr)
5. 10:49.570 Bridge City Velocity Blue (pr)
6. 11:06.360 FCRCC Sagging Dragons (sr B)
7. 11:57.030 FCRCC Momentum (sr B)

Is it too early to ask for results for the other teams?  Anyone able to post yet?

NOT BAD...

just one adjustment...4th place was Riptide


1.  Laoyam Baldies/Eagles
2. Starbucks Waverunners
3. Tao Ti Phat Phish
4. Riptide

Mixed Division A Championship   
Place   
3   Tao Ti Phat Phish Racing   2:12.590
2   Starbucks Waverunners   2:10.400
1   Pemberton Baldies/ Laoyam Eagles   2:09.030
4   Riptide   2:13.240
Mixed Division A Consolation   
Place   
3   Edmonton River Rats   2:20.710
1   Extreme Currents   2:11.310
4   RaceFace   2:32.400
2   Eye of the Dragon   2:17.280

Mixed Division B Championship   
Place
2   TD Lightning   2:17.680
3   Vancity Thunder   2:18.710
1   TCC Dragoneers   2:15.750
4   Booze Cruise   2:22.310

Mixed Division B Consolation   
Place    2:04 PM   TIME
3   Dragonboat Z   2:27.000
1   pirates   2:19.590
2   SPLASH TEST DRAGONS    2:24.000

Mixed Division C Championship   
Place
3   spirit point Dragons   2:29.790
1   Draggin Riders   2:22.560
2   Ritchie Bros. Auctionauts   2:25.280

Women Division A Championship            
Place
   3   Bridge City Paddling Team Velocity Gold   2:33.840
   2   FLCC Fort Fury   2:30.680
   1   Extreme Furry   2:23.960
   4   INSINK   2:34.240
         
Women Division A Consolation            
Place
   2   Northshore Dragonbusters   2:35.590
   3   Abreast of Life   2:36.380
   1   Sea Gals   2:34.280
   4   Catch 22   3:46.080

Women Division B Final   
Place
3   Hope Afloat (Canada)   2:38.750
2   Abreast - Deas Divas   2:37.300
1   Sisters in Sync   2:31.750
4   Abreast in Barnet   2:43.360

Breast Cancer Survivor Race   
Place
6   Hope Afloat (Canada)   2:43.390
4   Abreast - Deas Divas   2:37.670
5   Abreast of Life   2:39.300
1   Rowbust   2:23.960
3   Rowbust/Dragon spirit   2:33.390
2   North Shore Dragon Busters   2:33.270
7   Abreast in Barnet   2:43.730

Wind was a factor all day but no rain per se!!!

Hi to all our fellow Whistler and Canadian Nationals participants,

I'm one of the coaches of the Eric Hamber Junior team, the team that many of you helped out this weekend by giving rides to and fro from Whistler Village and Alta Lake. It was our first experience paddling in the Nationals, and as we'd taken the Greyhound up, we only had the one small car belonging to our teacher sponsor, and had to make over 10 round trips the first morning to get us all on site in time to race.

Luckily, the paddling community responded amazingly to our pleas for aid, and we were able to transport all our kids safely home. Especially this Sunday afternoon, when we put out a request for rides back to after the final 2000m races, we had a huge number of people offering to help out, and we managed to make it to the Greyhound stop in time to catch our bus and make it home on time, something that we'd been doubting that we could pull off. You were all very kind to our kids and the rest of us, and we want to send out a sincere thanks to you all for showing the kids just what an amazing group the dragon boat community as a whole truly is.

Particular thanks going out to:

Sisters in Sync
FCRCC Womens'
FCRCC Magnum
Bridge City
TD Lightning (Tom in particular for providing us with access to the Brittannia Youth Programs 21 seat BUS, and Melissa our lovely driver)
Sudden Impact
FCRCC Grandragons
Rowbust

for generously providing us with rides, and thank you to everybody else who offered and was concerned about making sure we all got home safe.

Thank you all very much again, and happy paddling! We certainly owe you all one.  :D
Cheers,
Angela E, on behalf of the Hamber coaching team and all the kids

Anyone have the sunday results for the Nationals?

Canadian Nationals - Premier Open/Senior A/C Open 500m Grand Final   
LANE Place
1   4   FCRCC Senior C                           2:16.280
2   1   FCRCC High Performance           1:58.120
3   2   FCRCC Magnum/Masters of d"Zone   2:00.280
4   3   CSDC                                           2:01.560

Canadian Nationals - Premier Women Final   
LANE   Place
0   4   Bridge City Velocity Blue (pr.)                           2:15.840
1   2   Montreal Women B (pr.)                                   2:12.150
2   1   FCRCC High Performance (pr.)                           2:03.120
3   3   Dragon Hearts Magnum/Masters of D'Zone (pr.)   2:12.450
4   5   FCRCC Dragon Ladies (pr.)                           2:16.360

Canadian Nationals - Premier Mixed Final/Senior A Mixed Grand Final 500m   
LANE   Place
1   4   Verdun Express                   2:06.150
2   2   CSDC (sr. A)                   2:00.120
3   1   FCRCC High Performance   1:58.120
4   3   Dragon Hearts Magnum           2:04.000

Canadian Nationals - Junior/U23/Senior B Mixed Grand Final 500m   
LANE Place
1   3   FCRCC Masters of D'zone (sr. b)   2:06.760
2   1   FCRCC 18-23 (u23)                   2:02.230
3   2   Pemberton Layoam Eagles (jr.)   2:04.350
4   4   FCRCC Eric Hamber (jr.)                   2:07.790

Canadian Nationals - Senior C Mixed Grand Final 500m   
LANE   Place
2   1   FCRCC Grand Dragons    2:16.430
3   2   The Eh Team!            2:24.470

Canadian Nationals - Senior A&B Women 500m Grand Final   
LANE   Place
1   3   FCRCC Momentum (sr. b)           2:37.840
2   2   Bridge City - Senior (sr. a)           2:26.080
3   1   FCRCC Sagging Dragons (sr. b)   2:23.910

Canadian Nationals - Premier Women/Senior C 500m Grand Final   
LANE Place
1   3   Rowbust/Dragon spirit (bcs)    2:35.640
2   1   Rowbust (bcs)                    2:21.100
3   2   FCRCC Senior C (sr. c)            2:21.260

Canadian Nationals - Premier Mixed/Senior A Mixed Grand Final 2000m   
LANE Place
1   8   Oil City Crew                          10:28.120
2   7   Sudden Impact                          10:04.810
3   6   FCRCC Masters of D'Zone (sr. A)    9:17.870
4   5   Pacific Reach                            9:15.970
5   4   Verdun Express                            9:13.030
6   3   Dragon Hearts Magnum                    9:11.080
7   2   CSDC (sr. A)                            9:03.240
8   1   FCRCC High Performance            8:42.030

Canadian Nationals - Junior/U23/Senior B/C Mixed Grand Final 2000m   
LANE Place
1   4   FCRCC Eric Hamber (jr.)                   9:56.790
2   1   FCRCC Masters of D'zone (sr. b)   9:25.270
3   2   Pemberton Layoam Eagles (jr.)   9:25.630
4   3   FCRCC 18-23 (u23)                   9:25.960
5   6   The Eh Team!                          11:21.320
6   5   FCRCC Grand Dragons                  10:21.870

Pacific Reach?

Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time...

I know Paddleboy has said it before, but looking at those times just reinforces just how great the FCRCC Women are:

Premier Open - FCRCC High Performance           1:58.120
Premier Mixed - FCRCC High Performance           1:58.120
Premier Women - FCRCC High Performance         2:03.120

It's just amazing to see the the Mixed team post the same time as the Open team.  

And I know the conditions changed with the wind etc.. but based on times the FCRCC Women's time would have been 3rd in the Mixed Final.

Thanks to Waters Edge and all your crew for putting on such a great weekend of racing.

Finally, an extra big thanks for all the awesome volunteers for braving the water and the cold so we could all paddle and have a great time.

Hi,

BIG thanks to all the teams from Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton and Portland who made the trip to race.  It was great having you! Sorry about the weather.

I big shout out to Chloe, Matt and the rest of the DBC team.  Excellent Job! A special thanks to the boat holders. Brrr, what a cold job.

I another thanks to Water's Edge, great event.

And finally thank you to all the FCRCC teams who participated in Nationals.  Your support is the only reason there were Nationals this year.  

Now to comment on the teams I raced with FCRCC High performance mixed and open:
The women have been great all year! They really make the difference.  We have had lots of new men this year, and they have been getting better all year.  I was proud of our open team considering we haven't had full team practices. Great Job!

Here is some feedback from the east coast teams....

http://www.network54.com/Forum/135730/thread/1278174573/last-1278377513/Nationals

this is the forum for DragonBoatWest, on the east coast......

I just want to say 'thanks!' to Winsey of Race Face for giving me a ride to the venue (Whistler) on Sunday morning!!!

Kimberley
Splash Test Dragons

Glad all you Hamberger kids got home safely!


Please dont demean the hard work and effort put in by the teams in the mixed final by comparing times when we all know wind conditions, tides, etc varies in different heats.

With that said, It's pretty much common knowledge (or should be) in competitive dragon boating, that it is the women that makes or breaks the teams, and I think the FCRCC Women is an awesome bunch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-qQWlrjaIc

One of the Saturday races.

Great Racing this weekend by all the National Paddling Teams - PERIOD

Congrats to FCRCC!

Great paddling by Magnum - that was a ton of racing your team did.  Very Impressive

Thanks to Verdun Express, CSDC, and Oil City Crew for travelling out here and joining us.

Great race against Pac Reach in our finals 

Looking forward to Wellend 2011. 

SI Black

Official results:

http://dragonboat.ca/files/CanNatChamps2010_Results.pdf


Looks like they got Sudden Impact's club wrong...

Not just that they also spelled the names of some of the people who worked the event wrong. How can that be?

Not only that... but they got the wrong starter altogether. And, they spelled the said starter's name wrong anyway.

aaaah
 2 days off with no paddling and my elbow almost feels normal!
Congrats to FCRCC for taking home the gold(s) and to the Magnum (damn kids) for taking us old farts on a few nice rides in the buks... :lol:
Despite the retarded amount of races I did (16...) I managed to get off a few shots (with a little help from John (my "assistant") of the racing

http://lethalweaponphoto.com/

More photos of the Festival side of racing to follow as these are all NTT pics

See some of u at Nanaimo (for only 4 races......aaaaah)

It's a shame that Waters Edge has failed to acknowledge the volunteers at the NTT. It was the Senior C teams supporters and members that supplied most of the volunteers through Dragon Boat Canada. Out on the starting air mattresses, in the water at the staging area, at the admin tent, and all over the whole area. They worked both days and Friday as well. Kudos to the Volunteers. Without them we would not have had a festival.. 

A couple of interesting pictures from Sunday.

(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1875/puppydrinking.jpg) (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/puppydrinking.jpg/)

(http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2008/puppydrinking2.jpg) (http://img295.imageshack.us/i/puppydrinking2.jpg/)

And he didn't spill a drop!  Almost as if he has done this before.

do i hear a motorboat? ;)

 
 more pics from whistler...

http://jho.smugmug.com/Sports/DBC-Nationals-2010/12854684_fMTSD#927920745_triyn

and even more pics!

http://dexphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/Whistler-DB-Nationals-2010


(http://dexphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/Whistler-DB-Nationals-2010/20100703-571/928175497_KpMkx-L-3.jpg)

FCRCC Premier women taking a commanding lead
(http://dexphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/Whistler-DB-Nationals-2010/IMG5602/928194934_X5zHe-M-3.jpg)

Magnum
(http://dexphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/Whistler-DB-Nationals-2010/20100703-444/928170359_WX5yJ-M-3.jpg)

juniors, 18-23, masters
(http://dexphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/Whistler-DB-Nationals-2010/IMG5507/928191387_bFDhZ-M-3.jpg)

18-23 crew
(http://dexphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/Whistler-DB-Nationals-2010/20100703-391/928168179_9njSq-M-3.jpg)

Laoyam
(http://dexphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/Whistler-DB-Nationals-2010/20100703-349/928165688_WFUZU-M-3.jpg)

More FCRCC High performance
(http://dexphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/Whistler-DB-Nationals-2010/IMG5533/928193007_Kh2S6-M-3.jpg)

Great pics guys! thanks!  :D

Dragonboat is one sexy sport.