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Unofficial results:

Code:

Pearl B		
1	2:39.42	Crazy Aces
2	2:40.49	Flyin' Hydras
3	2:43.46	Riff Raft
4	2:52.17	Grandragons Too
5	2:53.37	Pirates of the Okanagan
6	3:00.78	Sonar Dragons
7	3:05.75	The Eh Team
		
Pearl A		
1	2:41.89	Lift What's Draggin'
2	2:42.75	Chilliwack Thunder Strokers
3	2:43.69	Dragon Hearts
4	2:44.36	Sun Strokes
5	2:47.59	O2P
6	2:55.14	Sunshine Dragons Paddle Pushers
		
Emerald B		
1	2:41.15	Scaly Justice
2	2:42.19	Scotia Scorchers
3	2:46.89	Scotiabank Spitfires
4	2:47.09	Team CT Calgary Transit
5	2:47.53	Army Dragon Forces
6	2:52.07	KFS - Bear Paws
		
Emerald A		
1	2:29.44	Concord Pacific Flying Dragons
2	2:36.35	Richmond Centre Dragoneers
3	2:37.58	Pirates
4	2:39.05	Gift of Life
5	2:42.99	Kelowna Komodos
6	2:47.93	Alberni Wave Riders
		
Bronze B		
1	2:29.34	Paddlers of the Fifth Moon
2	2:31.67	Spirit of a Renegade (SOAR)
3	2:35.01	Grant Thornton Thunder
4	2:39.12	Paddlin' on MT
5	2:45.73	Lotus N' Sync
6	2:47.16	Nothin' Dragon Seniors

Bronze A		
1	2:31.64	The Grad Poobahs
2	2:32.83	Impavidus Draconis
3	2:33.14	Wave Runners
4	2:34.61	BMO Liquid Assets
5	2:35.21	SFU Dragon Bytes
6	2:39.95	Red Eyes Paddling Club

Silver B		
1	2:29.07	Ready, JET, Go!
2	2:29.30	Topmade Drifting Dragons
3	2:32.91	Team Uproar
4	2:34.55	Alpha Dragons Blue
5	2:34.98	Synergy Soulja's
6	2:37.45	Shaggin' Dragons

Silver A		
1	2:20.29	TD Lightning
2	2:24.90	CIBC Dragons
3	2:25.40	Drunk'n Dragons Blue
4	2:26.33	VO2Max
5	2:27.63	River Rats
6	2:31.75	Raunchy Rodents

Gold B		
1	2:24.66	False Creek Grandragons
2	2:26.43	Synergy Ship Disturbers
3	2:27.20	RGL United
4	2:28.40	Hot Sake
5	2:28.84	Team Lifescan
6	2:31.34	Birch Mountain Golden Dragons

Gold A		
1	2:22.20	TCC Carib Dragoneers
2	2:24.50	Burnaby Tsunami
3	2:25.00	Blu By U
4	2:25.85	PowerBar CC Dragons
5	2:28.87	Team Masala
6	2:28.97	Splash Test Dragons
		
Jade B		
1	2:26.03	Phat Phish Racing
2	2:26.57	Drunk'n Dragons Green
3	2:28.24	Team X-Calibre
4	2:28.81	Team Sun-Rype 100% Juiced
5	2:29.27	Synergy Yellow Submarine
6	2:35.98	Magic Dragons
		
Jade A		
1	2:19.86	Dragon Hearts Team Ultimate
2	2:20.49	Synergy Dregoons
3	2:21.59	Shibumi
4	2:23.96	Scotiabank Dragons
5	2:25.83	VanCity Thunder
6	2:30.71	Team Ruckus
		
Diamond B		
1	2:19.49	Sudden Impact
2	2:20.26	River City Dragons
3	2:20.28	ssSteam Heat
4	2:24.37	ROLI Canada
5	2:25.93	City of Kelowna Blazing Paddles
6	2:27.30	Portland Fire Dragons
		
Diamond A		
1	2:16.49	Just Dragon Fresh Along
2	2:18.22	Synergy J-Speed
3	2:19.33	Eye of the Dragon
4	2:19.39	Specialty Subaru Outback
5	2:19.46	Extream Currents
6	2:22.46	Uhuru
		
Platinum B		
1	2:09.98	Tempest
2	2:15.32	VIPIDI
3	2:16.62	NAVY Dragon Anchors
4	2:18.12	Lotus Sports Club
5	2:21.70	Team Storm
6	2:23.16	Xtreme Reach

Platinum A		
1	2:09.18	Team SUCCESS
2	2:11.62	Pacific Reach
3	2:12.38	FCRCC Mixed
4	2:14.05	Specialty Subaru Legacy
5	2:14.52	Alpha Red
6	2:18.09	Absolute Adrenaline

[DBWTim]

There's some discussion out East in regards to Tempest at Kelowna as well as the final race.

Tempest did well on the first day and was behind False Creek & Pacific Reach by about 2-3 seconds each race .

In the semi they went up against False Creek and actually had them on the start .It looked like they may have been nervous going against FC paniced and unloaded everything on the start only to die mid point and False creek passed them & beat them by 5 or 6 seconds . This bumped Teampest into the A consulation which was too bad because really they should have been in the A final as they had a great final race laying down a great time .

In the A final it was the big 3 FCRCC,Pacific Reach & Team Success .It was close all the way until the end when success ,riding False Creeks wash shot out front and won .

It was Success ,Pacific Reach ,then False Creek .False Creek protested and said Success crossed lanes and it appeared False creek was way over towards Reach and may have crossed into Reach's lane midpoint but got back into theirs and Success was squeezing False Creek on the outside and forced them towards the Pacific Reach lane it looked like .

The wash riding By Success paid off huge as they shot way out front just at the finish .It looked like someone hit the nitrous by how fast the boat jumped on the powerful FCRCC team .There is no way Success has the power to take out False Creek but w/ the wash riding they found a way .........thats racing

For the full thread you can go here.

[Rossifumi]

The wash riding By Success paid off huge as they shot way out front just at the finish .It looked like someone hit the nitrous by how fast the boat jumped on the powerful FCRCC team .There is no way Success has the power to take out False Creek but w/ the wash riding they found a way .........thats racing

I've once witnessed Success's awesome finish in another event.  It was beautifully violent to watch (Drummer was being thrown around in her seat, boat was launching with each stroke).  

And it had F***all to do with riding wash.  Sounds like sour grapes to me.

[Secret Weapon]

F***????  Mr. Rossifumi is there really a need for that language?  Really now there are children present here.

Now back to the topic at hand.  Unfortunately this year the lanes were tight and the poor soles that got sandwiched into lane three my hats off to your steersmen(and women). Kudos to the organizers to get rid of lane seven.  But due to tight lanes there was a lot of wash riding. Intentionally?...  Not always, once again tight lanes.

Did Success ride FCRCC's wash?  Don't know, but I do find it hard to believe that they trailed behind FCRCC and Pac Reach by 2-3 seconds in every other race including their semi against PR and then beat both of these teams and gain almost 6 seconds on these two teams.  Yes it could all be legit, but how does that Beach Boys song go???  "Catch a wave and you'll be sitting on top of the... podium???" .  None the less good job on all Platinum A winners.

Now on to the Tempest ordeal.  Should they have been in the 'A' Final.  You bet, and it's too bad they had a bad semi, but sorry Tempest we've all been there and had our share of bad races.  Whether is was officiating, another boat or things just didn't gel.  Hope they come out West again and bring some other Easties with them.

On a final note, kudos to the organizers, volunteers and Mother Nature.  Till next time my friends   !!!

[Luke]

heh, who woulda guessed, j-speed and dregoon did kick some serious butt, and it was the dogs and PR who had the serious water fight, oooh...the horrible bailers...


congrats to all teams who had fun, and won precious kodak moments

[Rossifumi]

F***????  Mr. Rossifumi is there really a need for that language?  Really now there are children present here.

yeah i know it's a bit harsh hehe.

actually what's on my mind is while that Eastern forum has improved lately, there's always been a fixation on wash riding. It can get pretty nasty.

They just can't seem to come to grips with the issue and go around throwing teams under the bus with it.

Y'know if FCRCC Mixed protested (their right to), then just trust in the Race Director's judgement. Since there was no DQ, well it's a dead-end issue.

[Secret Weapon]

Just to clarify my previous post...  Some teams did get involved in "wash riding" unintentionally because of tight lanes.  This did help some on to win and some not.  In Success's case I'm not going to say 'yes' or 'no'.  But I will say that if you put those top boats up against each other today in properly placed lanes I will bet you one milllliiioonnn dollars that you'd get a much different outcome than the one in Kelowna, with either FCRCC or Pac Reach at the top.  And also I don't call teams cheaters when it comes to wash riding because sometimes it can't be helped and only one person can put the boat in that position, not the entire team.  So there!

[Colossus]

F***????  Mr. Rossifumi is there really a need for that language?  Really now there are children present here.

 have you spent much time around youth these days?  not saying that it makes it right, but i hear it all the time, both in the area that i live in (my little brother's friends etc), and the highschool that i volunteer in.


even though lane 7 was eliminated, there were still some lanes that "bred" wins.  lane 6 seemed to be quite quick, lane 3 was quite slow, lane 4 was quick for a lot of teams (including the team i was on).  those are the ones that caught my attention at least.

[ConfusedAsian]

One thing that I really really love about Kelowna is the clean fresh water.....So happy about that

[paddleBOT]

Complete race results online:


http://www.kelownadragonboatfestival.com/results/2005/2005%20Kelowna%20COMPLETE%20Race%20Results.pdf

[turtle_turtle]

Looks like all the teams had slower times on the 2nd day.  Seeing as SUCCESS had times like 2:04:xx on Saturday, and their winning time was 2:08:xx on Sunday.

[coach]

Who was steering for SUCCESS? And who was coaching?

I'm just wondering if they're capable of wash-riding. It's difficult to do IMHO. Especially to win by doing it.

[turtle_turtle]

If SUCCESS actually crossed into another lane, then wouldn't the race officials on the officiating boats during the race have witnessed that?

[Why Me]

I heard from someone there that the official was a success team member .... go figure  .Not implying anything..... just telling you what I heard

[Lethal Weapon]

Great racing albeit not the most ideal racing water conditions but very challenging for the steers and paddlers alike!  Great weather all weekend and lotsa laughs at the inaugural Miss Dragonboat festival (I can never looks at these guys the same again.....)
On the course sometimes it felt like a bumper car and demolition derby but despite a few protests the races seem to go well. Good point Chaos on the the "different boats" and their affect on some teams placings (see the silver divsion teams? Craziness!) Maybe next year they can keep them all together in the same pool or bring up Geminis....LOL
I'll be posting a whack of pictures up later tomorrow all day so refresh a few times to see them all.
Oh well. off to the OCs for a couple of months........try to balance out that back..