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[wanker]

Scaly Justice thanks the 12 paddlers who pitched in and signed up to our seriously deficient roster on Friday and on Saturday morning.

A HUGE thanks goes out to:
Team Draco from Calgary
Sagging Dragons from Vancouver
Women on Fire from Kelowna
Deep Cove Perfect Catch

THANKS!!

We were just happy to be able to paddle in another festival - the local water will probably freeze on us pretty soon.  Anyways, we all enjoyed the festivities.  Thanks for putting up with us.   

[falkyre]

Hi all,

as a member of the River City Dragons team, I'd really like to thank Pacific Reach for doing the trophy ceremony for the Platinum Division A final.  That was all class and I was very impressed with it.  Congrats to all the teams that raced on the weekend and those that were able to get a final in.  It's too bad the weather was so goofy on Sunday but I am glad that the races were decided on the water and not by a mathematical formula for best times.

Sean

[BernMan]

Diamond Final A

1. Portland Fire Dragons - 2:20.490
2. Dragon Hearts 10th Edition - 2:20:750
3. Guardian Dragons - 2:22.440
4. Superslim Phat Phish Racing - 2:25.340
5. Just Dragon Along - 2:26.400
6. Topmade Fusion Power - 2:27.430

Are you sure those times are right?? Didn't they use the times from the semi finals as the finals? At that point we were racing a 250m course, so they'd be in the low 1 min. range..or so I thought..

Kryssee the Diamond and Platinum "A" finals did go off in the end as the weather did improve by 4pm. So those are the correct times as they did race the 500 meters at the end of the day.

[falkyre]

Diamond Final A

1. Portland Fire Dragons - 2:20.490
2. Dragon Hearts 10th Edition - 2:20:750
3. Guardian Dragons - 2:22.440
4. Superslim Phat Phish Racing - 2:25.340
5. Just Dragon Along - 2:26.400
6. Topmade Fusion Power - 2:27.430

Are you sure those times are right?? Didn't they use the times from the semi finals as the finals? At that point we were racing a 250m course, so they'd be in the low 1 min. range..or so I thought..

Kryssee the Diamond and Platinum "A" finals did go off in the end as the weather did improve by 4pm. So those are the correct times as they did race the 500 meters at the end of the day.

Compared to the times on Saturday, the 500m times on Sunday were quite a bit slower due to the strong headwind we raced into compared to Saturday.

[nakano]

Platinum Final A

1 River City Dragons 2:17.08
2 RGL United 2:19.66
3 Pacific Reach 2 2:20.17
4 Navy Dragon Anchors 2:20.74
5 TD Lightning 2:21.32
6 Scotiabank Dragons 2:23.47

[KarenRobertsPDX]

With all the other issues going on Sunday, it seems a moot point to point out a problem with the original grid for Saturday.  Dragnum should have been seeded in the event instead of lane 3.  They were the 4th seed at the end of Saturday.

[Martini]

With all the other issues going on Sunday, it seems a moot point to point out a problem with the original grid for Saturday.  Dragnum should have been seeded in the event instead of lane 3.  They were the 4th seed at the end of Saturday.

Not sure I understand what you mean.

[adbf]

With all the other issues going on Sunday, it seems a moot point to point out a problem with the original grid for Saturday.  Dragnum should have been seeded in the event instead of lane 3.  They were the 4th seed at the end of Saturday.

We could say that of any team that ended up higher than the rank they were given prior to the festival.  It is easy to say "they should have been ranked higher" after the fact  .

JMO

[sinkingboat]

With such a wide open field for Diamond/Platinum, the seeding was accurate for the most part. Only teams that won both races on Saturday made it into Platinum. All teams that won one race on Saturday medaled in Diamond on Sunday. The Portland Fire Dragons, who were seeded to win both races on Saturday but didn't, ended up winning Diamond. I can't say the seeding could have been done any better given the circumstances.

[kryssee]

Both the Diamond A and Platinum A finals were 500m races with all six boats racing together.

Thanks! lol I suppose I shoulda stuck around till the end..

[rb]

What happened to Masters of D'Zone and Sudden Impact ? I would have predicted them both to be top 3. How did the Platinum semis go?

[rightarm]

What happened to Masters of D'Zone and Sudden Impact ? I would have predicted them both to be top 3. How did the Platinum semis go?

Masters went 4th in platinum semi 1 (in lane 5 next to us) thus not advancing. 

The results of that race are still, and always will be, up in the air... I'm sure they believe they did better than the results reflected (not that I want to speak for them but I know a protest was launched), as did my team.  In the end, it doesn't matter, those are the results and they stood.  Keeping that in mind, anyone that doubted the 3 teams who made it through to the final from that heat would have been wrong, River City and RGL and PR2 went 1 2 and 3 respectively and earned it well in a tough heat against some pretty crazy conditions.

Not to say that masters couldn't have done better, they were ranked 3rd after day 1.  But, they were racing a different roster than that which was at the CCC's due to some of the paddlers being at the worlds... how much of a difference it made is hard to tell as an outsider, but i would suspect things would have been significantly different based on what we saw in Calgary.

The team that was consistent in posting times at the top of the ladder throughout the weekend was River City...  I believe their 2nd heat on saturday they posted a 2:01 and Masters had the next closest time at 2:05 (we came in around 4th or 5th i believe with 2:07)

Sudden Impact I believe went 4th in Platinum semi 2, but i was a little preoccupied at that moment and may have that wrong.

Standings after Saturday were as follows (semi heats in brackets)
1st - River City Dragons (1)
2nd - NAVY (2)
3rd - Masters of D'zone (1)
4th - Dragnum (2)
5th - Pac Reach 2 (1)
6th - Sudden Impact Black (2)
7th - Fresh off the Dragon Boat (1)
8th - Crews Control Reunited (2)
9th - RGL (1)
10th - TD Lightening (2)
11th - Blu-by-u (1)
12th - Scotia (2)

So really, when you look at that and given the format change on sunday, its not a far stretch to say things ended up ROUGHLY where they should have.  Again, a stellar effort by RGL in the final takes them from 9th to 2nd... that's impressive.

As for if Dragnum was seeded improperly... yeah sure they were.  did it make a bit of difference? nope. they made it to platinum and didn't get past the semis.  I for one am not surprised as the 250m format does not tend to favor the calgary teams... after having raced against them for the past two seasons, they are slower on the starts and very strong on the finishes, but that is in the 500 meter distance... Last month in Calgary we were owning the 200m distance but both Dragnum and Gaurdian got us on the 500m in the end, and its all about their killer, LONG finishes.

[Edm River Guy]

Hi, I would like to Thank the many volunteers that helped run this festival ! With out you guys, the festival would not have been as good as it was .

Although we were jaded in jade division, the fun we had outweighed our ranking ! We had a blast and are already looking forward to next year ! Paddles Up ! Team UHURU from Edmonton !

[CCR-MGR]

I may be out of place here, but from what i as told the start and finish lines were,  lined up for 500 meters.  So when they went to 250 meters no one bothered to check to see if the half-way markers were lined up. (in fact they were not, they were out as much as ten meters and of course who would have thought to even consider checking.  But in actual fact the inside lanes were much shorter.  I'm willing to bet dimes to dollars that lanes 1,2 & 3 were the teams that advance to the finals.

Anyways thats racing.. !!
But i believe we all agreed to the format that the boys had initiated, so that the race could contiue.  My hats off and kudos to the organisers and race officials for a job well done.  Excellent JOB!!!!   At least we learned yet another valueable lesson to better future festivals.

Thanks again

P.S. we will be back next year for revenge.  hahah

[rightarm]

I may be out of place here, but from what i as told the start and finish lines were,  lined up for 500 meters.  So when they went to 250 meters no one bothered to check to see if the half-way markers were lined up. (in fact they were not, they were out as much as ten meters and of course who would have thought to even consider checking.  But in actual fact the inside lanes were much shorter.  I'm willing to bet dimes to dollars that lanes 1,2 & 3 were the teams that advance to the finals. 

there is some merit to what you're suggesting...

Semi One (Lane - Team - * = advancement)
1 - Blu by U - 106.xx (sorry, can't read my own writing)
2 - RGL (*) - 103.15
3 - PR2 (*) - 103.65
4 - RCD (*) - 104.16
5 - Masters - 104.59
6 - FODB - 106.58

Semi Two (no times)
1 - Scotia (*)
2 - TD (*)
3 - SI Black
4 - NAVY (*)
5 - Dragnum
6 - CCR

It definitely does tend to show that the outer lane teams did not fare as well... but regardless, its over.  Again, the teams that won the final (from heat one anyway) showed in their performance why they got there...