Balmy Beach Canoe Club

Dragon Boat Training at Ashbridges Bay

We offer competitive rate and an easily accessible setting at Ashbridges Bay.   

Piranhas – Beach Dragon Boat Crew

The Piranhas-Beach crew is designed to meet the needs of the Club’s most serious dragon boat athletes with the highest degree of paddling experience whose objective is to qualify for the World Club Crew Championships and other international regattas. Paddlers will attend sport regattas and festivals in Canada and perhaps internationally. Goal setting is stressed and reviewed regularly, with emphasis placed on skill development, technique and personal fitness. Paddlers attend three to six practices a week  on a year-round basis, with practices held weeknights on Monday and Wednesday as well as on Saturday mornings. Paddlers will train primarily in a dragon boat but will make extensive use of war canoe and singles boats.


Piranhas win at Open Division Championship at Waterloo July 15, 2006

           

Other Beach Member teams were winners in the Ontario College & University Division:
UC Water Dragon - 1st place winners
 
Bananna Boat -   3rd place
U of T Iron Dragons - 4th place
U of T Scarlem -5th place

The BBCC Dragon Boat Development program is designed for beginner – intermediate paddlers who wish to experience dragon boating at a competitive level. Paddlers will attend one to two practices per week and will compete in regattas and festivals throughout the summer.

There have been several Beach paddlers that have competed and won in world competitions as part of the Canadian team.  As recently as in 2004 in Shanghai China, Beach paddlers were on several gold winning teams.

DRAGON BOAT LINKS:

Dragon Boat Canada

2005 World Dragon Boat Championship

International Dragon Boat Federation