Balmy Beach
Canoe Club
Dragon Boat
Training at Ashbridges Bay
updated
July 23, 2006
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The Dragon Boat
Program is divided into two segments.
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.
Pirhanhas 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
Dragon
boat development program
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.
For additional information contact
the Balmy Beach
Dragon Boat Co-ordinator, Rob Chang at (416) 500-5675 or email: bbccdragonboat@balmybeachcanoe.com
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