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[Dr. Evil]

For those that are interested, CCWC race grid is out:

http://www.2006ccwc.com/schedule.html

Looks like its gonna be some great racing! What I wouldn't give to be a part of that experience!

Best of luck to all the teams....but especially to all the Canadian & US Crews up and down the West Coast that'll be there....make us proud!!!

[Colossus]

looking forward to some great racing and HOT weather.  8)

[paddleboy]

 Its crazy hot there like 46 yesterday ...................I'm going to melt .Should have trained w/ a parka on ....damn

[Sun]

what team are you on paddle boy?

[Colossus]

i think the better question would be "which teams haven't you paddled with yet?"

[Colossus]

Its crazy hot there like 46 yesterday ...................I'm going to melt .Should have trained w/ a parka on ....damn

thats a good idea.  we should all wear full-on winter clothing tomorrow night, toques and all.

[paddleboy]

 right now ........2 really really good ones ,lol  8)

 Ok...I'm bringing the parka and wooly mits and toque, & ski pants to the remaining practices

[dto]

Looks like its gonna be some great racing! What I wouldn't give to be a part of that experience!

Yeah, me too!  Maybe one year I'll be good 'enuf (fit, fast, light, strong, skillled ... take your pick of one or more of the preceeding not-yet/un-obtaniums) to make the cut.

Oh, yeah ... and rich (or at least "non poor"), too ...

Yeah, right!   

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What a tightly-packed - and confusing! - race sched!  Do they really plan to run 5-minute race intervals?  Spectating willl be like watching the Molson Indy (which Hogtown still has, but not us!) ... no time to go fer a brown pop ... or even a p*ss ... might miss something!! 

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Let's not forget the National Team Trials at Welland, Aug 8th & 9th, the week before the CCWCs.  Some (or all?) of the FCRCC teams are also entered in the NTTs (don't know if anyone else from here is entered, tho').

In some ways, I suspect this is as (if not more) important to many crews than the CCWC ... 'cuz the NTT is a big part of the crew selection process for the Offiical Team Canuck entry to the IDBF DB Worlds (which alternate year-by-year with the CCWC) next year down in Oz.  I'm not sure of exactly how much the NTT figures in the process - but the FCRCC guys I know are all really stoked about it.

Only thing I can find on the NTT is at http://www.dragonboatcanada.org/ntt.html - and that's just the blank entry forms, and the info bulletin put out mid-May.  Can't seem to find any other info about the races, the venue, etc., on the DBC site. And "Welland National Watersport Center" (& variations thereof) doesn't give anything useful on Google, etc., nor did I find an address of the WNWC for use on Google Maps, Mapquest, etc.

(may I grumble & grouch fer 'af-a-mo' ... beats me why someone - in this case DB Canada -  bothers to put up a web site, then doesn't keep it up to date!! 
And on that sh** list too - hello, FCRCC web site??     Sigh ...)

So good luck - especially to all our local folks: FCRCC, Pac Reach, Roli, Laoyam & St'Keya.

Let 'em eat yer spray, boys & girls!!  The Left Coast RULES ...

Dan

[Colossus]

Yeah, me too!  Maybe one year I'll be good 'enuf (fit, fast, light, strong, skillled ... take your pick of one or more of the preceeding not-yet/un-obtaniums) to make the cut.

Oh, yeah ... and rich (or at least "non poor"), too ...

Yeah, right!   

i'm a poor student, and i'm going.  and if i can go, so can you.  just gotta be willing to bust your ass and work hard. 

What a tightly-packed - and confusing! - race sched!  Do they really plan to run 5-minute race intervals?  Spectating willl be like watching the Molson Indy (which Hogtown still has, but not us!) ... no time to go fer a brown pop ... or even a p*ss ... might miss something!! 

its going to be hard taking photos.

Let's not forget the National Team Trials at Welland, Aug 8th & 9th, the week before the CCWCs.  Some (or all?) of the FCRCC teams are also entered in the NTTs (don't know if anyone else from here is entered, tho').

Only thing I can find on the NTT is at http://www.dragonboatcanada.org/ntt.html - and that's just the blank entry forms, and the info bulletin put out mid-May.  Can't seem to find any other info about the races, the venue, etc., on the DBC site. And "Welland National Watersport Center" (& variations thereof) doesn't give anything useful on Google, etc., nor did I find an address of the WNWC for use on Google Maps, Mapquest, etc.

(may I grumble & grouch fer 'af-a-mo' ... beats me why someone - in this case DB Canada -  bothers to put up a web site, then doesn't keep it up to date!! 
And on that sh** list too - hello, FCRCC web site??     Sigh ...)

agreed.  not much info out there about it at all.  i tried google-ing the location as well, and found nothing.    and i agree about fcrcc's site too.  aside from the most recent update about the OC1 shed at burrard, i dont' think its been updated in any significant manner since last year sometime.  maybe whoever was running the site left?

[paddleboy]

 Dan

 NTT : We are up on tuesday

 PREMIER

 9am .. 1000 meter .. men

 11 am ....200 meter .....men

 1pm ......200 meter.... mixed

 3 pm.....500 meter ...men

 5 pm .....500 meter.... mixed

 Weds ...Roli hits the water at the NTT in the senior division

 hopes this helps and thx for the support people !!
 

 
 

[Colossus]

Dan

 NTT : We are up on tuesday

 PREMIER

 9am .. 1000 meter .. men

 11 am ....200 meter .....men

 1pm ......200 meter.... mixed

 3 pm.....500 meter ...men

 5 pm .....500 meter.... mixed

 Weds ...Roli hits the water at the NTT in the senior division

 hopes this helps and thx for the support people !!

the women race in there too. 

[dto]

i'm a poor student, and i'm going.  and if i can go, so can you.  just gotta be willing to bust your ass and work hard. 

Wasn't really the money (I have LOTS of Aeroplan & AirMiles points!).

I didn't make the cut, plain & simple - wasn't quite good enough a water-stabber (in GM time trials), that's all.  Being on the tag end of a month-plus cruddy flu didn't help ... but I gotta train better & smarter, next year!

(tho' yes, I'd certainly still prefer to be un-poor ...  )

 NTT : We are up on tuesday

 PREMIER

 9am .. 1000 meter .. men

 11 am ....200 meter .....men

 1pm ......200 meter.... mixed

 3 pm.....500 meter ...men

 5 pm .....500 meter.... mixed

 Weds ...Roli hits the water at the NTT in the senior division

 hopes this helps and thx for the support people !!

the women race in there too. 

And I know the FCRCC GrandMasters are racing on Tues or Weds (a couple of my teamies are on the GMs) in the NTT, for a chance to be the Canuck GM team for Oz 2007.  They are not staying over as a team (tho' some members are, on the Roli Seniors) for the CCWC, however.

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YOW!!  1 day, 5 races (one a 1K), 2 hours between, 5 warm-ups ... hmmm ... and just how hot did someone say it was going to be back there next week?  46 ºC ???

So where does KJ say you should plug in the IV water tube??

DBC still should post the full grid on their web site!  How else are we to know whom (of the OTHER teams) to lay a hex on, at the annointed hours?  Race site photos, maps (the WNWC is a "national" place, after all - it says so right in the name), maybe a street address would be nice.  Yet Bulletin 2 is still "coming soon", when the dance is less than a week away?  Faugh!

Hate to admit it, but the CCWC web site actualy was useful, in that sense anyway. (Ouch!!  That was painful, saying something nice-ish - even if back-handed - about Hogtown ...)

Bring back pix (as well as medals & Tall Tales), you guys!!  DBW seems to have LOTS of space!

LUCK! 

D

[Colossus]

I didn't make the cut, plain & simple - wasn't quite good enough a water-stabber (in GM time trials), that's all.  Being on the tag end of a month-plus cruddy flu didn't help ... but I gotta train better & smarter, next year!

i guess i have zero clue who you are in person.  lol  having the flu sucks, just like being perpetually "injured". 

(tho' yes, I'd certainly still prefer to be un-poor ...  )

mmmm wads of cash would be nice.......

YOW!!  1 day, 5 races (one a 1K), 2 hours between, 5 warm-ups ... hmmm ... and just how hot did someone say it was going to be back there next week?  46 ºC ???

So where does KJ say you should plug in the IV water tube??

i raced 5 races on the last day of alcan....     and lost 7lbs over the weekend.  maybe it'll help for the CCs   but yeah, not looking forward to the blistering heat.

Bring back pix (as well as medals & Tall Tales), you guys!!  DBW seems to have LOTS of space!

at the very least, there will be some stories.   itching for some hardware too, of course

LUCK! 

Thanks!

[madcap]

The False Creek Masters team (over 50) are racing in the NTT on Tuesday at 12:40 in the 200 Meter and at 4:40 in the 500 meters. Just as a note of interest. The Over 50 category is the most hotly contested group. Six teams, 3 Eastern two Western (FCRCC and St'kye from Victoria) all shooting for one spot in Oz in 2007. 8 members from the Roli Seniors, and the rest from a collection of old geezers from the Creek. Coaches are Pat Barker and Kate Zubick. We get one shot at qualifying. No heats, just one shot. The False Creek teams are:
NTT
FCRCC Grand Masters (Over 50) mixed
FCRCC Men and Mixed in Premier
Roli Canada Masters (over 40) mixed
WCC
FCRCC Men/Mixed/Women in Premier
Roli Canada Masters Mixed
Pacific Reach Masters Mixed
Everyone in the FCRCC should be very proud of these paddlers. Not ony have the paddlers worked very hard, but have ponied up some hard cash to get to these competitions. Good Luck to all teams. Make the snot fly!i

[Keen Man]

Found this on an Eastern dragon boat forum....

In the 1000 open ,Toronto just edged out FCRCC by less that 1/2 a second I believe .Time was around mid 3.40's .In the 500 again TO just edged out FCRCC at the finish w/ a mid 1.40 something .The 200 it appeared FCRCC spun their wheels on the start and TO edged them out by 4 seats maybe,To had a 40 and FCRCC was a 42

Awesome races to watch .Fcrcc gave them 1 heck of a race and earned some respect I think .They were so close coming down the course and at times it was back and forth .Congrats to both teams for jobs well done

The Premier mixed was the same w/ TO just barely pulling it off on FCRCC at the finish and both races it was hard to tell who won .

The national womens team rocked,they were very strong and solid

Some very fast times today ,seniors up tomorrow