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Regattas
Inlet Spring Regatta
Start the season off with 200 metre sprints at the popular Inlet Spring Regatta. It sells out every year.
When:
April 29, 2023
Location:
Rocky Point Park
Port Moody, British Columbia
Canada
Website: inletspringregatta.com
FCRCC Spring Knockout Regatta
The FCRCC Spring Knockout Regatta is a blast! We paddle three 200-metre races plus a final fourth “knockout” round. In the knockout, all paddlers race once, with the slowest two teams “knocked out” and sent back to the docks. The remaining teams paddle back to the starting line and race again, with the slowest teams again knocked out. Finally just the top three teams race for gold, silver and bronze.
When:
May 2, 2020
Location:
Docks at Creekside Community Centre
1 Athletes Way
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Website: fcrcc.com
Vessi 500 Championship
One of BC’s biggest dragon boat races down at False Creek!
When:
June 3rd – 4th, 2023
Where:
Docks at Creekside Community Centre
1 Athletes Way
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Website: dragonzone.ca/race/vessi500/
The False Creek Women’s Regatta and Breast Cancer Survivor Event
Women only, 500 metres. Prizes for skits and limericks.
May 27, 2023
Where:
Docks at Creekside Community Centre
1 Athletes Way
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Website: http://www.fcrccpremier.com
Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival
This is the big one! This is what The Eh Team has been training for since March. We’ve paddled twice a week in rain and shine, every week since March, AND we have four other regattas under our belts. The Eh Team is fit, trained, and ready for Concord. Over 200 teams from 12 countries will compete in four, 500-metre races, over two days.
The Eh Team enters a mixed team and a women’s team. Last year both teams medalled.
When
June 23 & 25, 2023
Where:
Docks at Creekside Community Centre
1 Athletes Way
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Website: concorddragonboatfestival.ca/
Victoria Dragon Boat Festival
The Eh Team competes most years in the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. Festivities take place on the harbour in the middle of historic downtown Victoria.
When:
August 11th-13th, 2023
Where:
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Website: victoriadragonboatfestival.com
Steveston Dragon Boat Festival
Last regatta of the year is always fun on the mighty Fraser River, in Steveston, British Columbia.
When:
August 19, 2023
Where:
Steveston Village, Britannia Heritage Shipyard
(at Westwater Drive and Railway Avenue), and Imperial Landing Park)
Website: stevestondragonboatfestival.ca
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Frequently Requested Resources
New Paddler Package
New paddler handout – all the basics you need
Fitness for Paddling
Two-time Olympian in kayak, and former Eh Team member, Marjorie Homer-Dixon wrote a valuable primer on fitness for dragon boat racing.
Avoiding Injury
Where to get your paddle shortened
As paddlers progress, their paddle needs change. A perfectly good paddle can become too long. Greg Lamb shortened some of our teammates’ paddles last year and they were very happy with the results. Greg can adjust your Burnwater paddle.
E-mail Greg Lamb of G2G Race Management Inc. He’s in the greater Vancouver area:
greglamb@telus.net
The Eh Team – Practice Location
1318 Cartwright Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada