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[NFW]

Edited... Figured it out on my own... 

lol, haven't they always been a consistent comp team?

[vicpaddler]

lol.. my apologizes. I typed before I thought.  Hence the edit.. On a positive note the weather outlook appears to be good. Highs in the mid low to mid 20's and light winds.

[NFW]

haha, that's what happens when you have a popular cartoon (back then) name as a team name...Whenever I see it, it makes me hum the theme song 

Haven't been to Victoria since '08, so it should be nice racing up there again with good competition all around.

Lets hope there's a BC Ferries booth again lol

[ditchddragon]

I'll take a stab at predictions

Victoria Gorging Dragons        These guys were awesome at the funfest last weekend.
Dragon Hearts Magnum          They gave FCRCC a run and beat Kai in (Rio Tinto Alcan)
Navy Dragon Anchors             
Dragon Hearts Ultimate
Sudden Impact Black
Dragonauts                          Called up alot of Alumni (the old school)
Xtreme Reach
Blu By U

The bottom of Platinum, top of Diamond (in no particular order)

RGL                                 
Anniemaniacs
Tao Ti Phat Phish Racing      Dont know these guys could be top 8?
VO2 Max
Team Lifescan
Eye of the Dragon
Save On Foods Dragonslayers
The Goblin Empire                         Young and eager

Pretty much the same teams, just a different order except for one for top eight and a couple of different teams following.
Of course being an Islander I am basing this on speculation, and last year as I havent seen too many mainland teams this year. I wish more mainlanders would come to the Nanaimo races, it's an awesome time! This weekend is going to be FUUUNN! Good Luck everyone!

[butter]

If your team doesn't have plans for dinner on Friday night, I just want to remind everyone that there will be a burger BBQ going on down at the beer garden that night as party of our Sweet Sixteen birthday party.  $20 gets you a burger, salads, pop and a tasty cupcake (HST included!).  Bring the whole team down and don't worry about getting reservations at a restaurant.

[ditchddragon]

Man was I ever off, well I was cheering for all the Island teams.
Great racing all weekend, Both Dragon hearts teams were impressive and fun.
Magnum
GD's
Ultimate
Navy
Extreme       Top five platnium A in order. Thank You to all the staff and volunteers of the VDBF. Fantastic job!

[Illuminate]

Full Results:

http://victoriadragonboat.com/pdf/10ResultFinal.pdf

[DesertPike]

Yes, big thanks to the volunteers. There was one bit of crazyness going on after another but it all came together in the end. Saw some AWESOME RACES. 1:57. seriously? That was amazing to watch.

Thanks also for everyone that supported the goblin empire and our spirit award win. Wanted to say more then "For the empire!" but was kinda in the moment. Wanted to mention that we just want to make an enjoyable event even more enjoyable for our friends, spectators, fans and peers. All of those terms being interchangeable at times....and for the empire!

[Magnum]

Man was I ever off, well I was cheering for all the Island teams.
Great racing all weekend, Both Dragon hearts teams were impressive and fun.
Magnum
GD's
Ultimate
Navy
Extreme       Top five platnium A in order. Thank You to all the staff and volunteers of the VDBF. Fantastic job!

Unfortunately, some teams like the Dragonauts and Team Lifescan who should have been in Platinum, were very poorly seeded in their first races on Saturday (up against other Platinum teams) and ended in Jade even though they posted times throughout the weekend faster then all the Diamond teams and several of the Platinum teams.

[Recoil]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the the advancements from the first day of racing based on the accumulative times? So regardless of if they were in tough heats or not on the first day, if they still posted fast times, they'd be rank accordingly? (top 10 fastest accumulative times in Platinum, next 10 fastest in Diamond, etc.)

And if I remember, Dragonauts and LifeScan had a pretty close 2nd race with Navy, so for them to be bumped down to Jade would be dependent on their 1st race (which would be slower times than at least 1 & 2 other teams from their respective first heats, as they would've needed to come 2nd & 3rd in their first heats to be paired with Navy in the second heat).

[Katy]

I'll correct you.

Advancements are first based on placing, you get 10 pts for 1st place and so on down to 5th.  However, as a bunch of teams can end up with the same points after the 1st 2 rounds then it comes down to cumulative times to break ties.

So, 11 teams came in 1st and 1st but only 10 fit in platinum, thus the one with the slowest cumulative time drops down to diamond.

That's why a sound race grid is so critical.

[Magnum]

I'll correct you.

Advancements are first based on placing, you get 10 pts for 1st place and so on down to 5th.  However, as a bunch of teams can end up with the same points after the 1st 2 rounds then it comes down to cumulative times to break ties.

So, 11 teams came in 1st and 1st but only 10 fit in platinum, thus the one with the slowest cumulative time drops down to diamond.

That's why a sound race grid is so critical.

Exactly,  without a properly seeded initial race grid, top teams can be immediately dropped to lower divisions based on their first heat race.  In our case, we had three platinum-level teams in our first race (RGL, Dragonauts and Paddles of Fury).  First had a chance of making platinum or lower, second diamond or lower only and third Jade or lower only.  There is no mechanism when you have such a poorly seeded initial race grid for teams to work their way back to the respective divisions they belong in.  We got a top 10 or better time in every race we were in over the weekend, however, we were destined for Jade after our first race on Saturday.  

[2010]

Feelin' you fellow Jade brother/sister.

[skygal]

both our times for race one and two were sub 2.08. in our 2nd race, we went up against navy and the dragonauts. we came in 3rd with less than .50 sec between us and the winning team. regardless, we finished 3rd so we ended up in the jade division.

we left everything on the water for all 4 races. for the first time, i think there wasn't a race where we were saying, "well that just sucked!". the irony is in the fact that we had the best 4 races ever (with amazing times to boot)  but we ended up in a division lower than where we finished last year.

oh well...

on another note, i must say, it's very nice bringing home hardware...even if it's not in the division you wanted to end up in; however,  nothing's sweeter than hearing your coach say for the very first time, "that was an excellent race" (referring to the 2nd race where we came in 3rd).

[paddlecwazy]

Have to agree both teams looked a bit short changed by the grid.

Nothing can change it now, best thing to do is go to Kelowna and prove you can beat some/all of the Diamond & Platinum teams.