Feb 15
2010

Hi Coaches and Potential Coaches

I am e-mailing you to give you the heads up on a coaching clinic that will be held in Nanaimo by Go Row and Paddle and myself.

The date is March 20th & 21st with the first day classroom and day two on the water. There will be guest coaches & speakers covering all aspects of Dragon Boat coaching. The cost is $45.00 for Go Row & Paddling members and $90.00 for the general Dragon Boat community. All the information will be posted on the Nanaimo Paddling Centre website  in the next few days.

http://www.gorowandpaddle.org/centres/nanaimo.php?id=15&press=1&draw_column=3:3:2

Please pass this message on the rest of your teams and clubs

Hope to see you all there,

Holly Wylie

Nanaimo paddling Centre

Go Rowing and Paddling

holly@gorowandpaddle.org

250-616-0592

250-754-1991

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Feb 14
2010

BuK Dragon Boat For Sale

Comox, BC, Canada


  • International racing style dragon boat built in Germany
  • 10 seats, lightweight, built for speed and glides nicely
  • Includes carrying handles, drum seat, drum, steering oar
  • 12.49 metres (41 feet) long, 1.16 metres (3.8 feet) wide, 250 kilograms max. (550 pounds)
  • Boat is completely unadorned
  • Price $12,800.00
  • Trailer and delivery not included but delivery on Vancouver Island might be arranged for an additional fee
  • Certified cheque, bank draft or money order

Hope Afloat Canada of Comox Valley, BC purchased the BuK new in 2007 and is in near new condition. It has been out of the water for approximately 2 years.

For more information, please contact:

Barb Thompson at (250) 752-0422 thompsongb@shaw.ca or Marcy Petersen at (250) 338-2112 or mpetersen@shaw.ca

Hope Afloat Canada

www.hopeafloatcanada.ca

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Feb 1
2010

SANCTIONED BY THE WEST COAST DRAGON BOAT SOCIETY

The PADDLE PUSHERS and the ALBERNI WAVE RIDERS of PORT ALBERNI invite you to a Women’s Regatta on Beautiful Sproat Lake.

Sunday June 13, 2010

Due to restrictions, we are accepting only fifteen (15) entries with a goal to have representation from various communities around Vancouver Island.

This will be in a first come, first served basis.


Where: SPROAT LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK

Race Registrar: JOHN ROBBINS

Phone: 250-724-5303

Email: dragonboat@shaw.ca

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Nov 30
2009

Costumes are a long and established institution at festivals, but is it possible to go too far?

Blackface

Is it possible that some costumes, deliberately or innocently, might come across as insensitive or outright racist? If you were a person of colour, or paddled with someone of colour, how would you feel about this costume?

What do you think? I encourage you to take a second and respond to our poll, which you’ll find on the right side of your screen.

(For more context, see McLeans.ca and The Globe & Mail and, also recently, The Guardian reporting on an Australian event and the involvement of Harry Connick Jr.)

RESULTS

No, it’s offensive: 23 votes
No, it’s insensitive: 15 votes
Yes, it’s harmless: 10 votes

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Nov 27
2009

You know how it is… you meet a really nice lady, arrange for a date, and take her to the the Dinghy Dock and look forward to a pleasant evening. Being a Gentleman, you of course offer her a pint of Guinness…what self-respecting guy wouldn’t?

"Just one sip, ok?"

Then she asks – demurely, of course – if she might have “just one more pint.” Sure, she’s a little tipsy, but what self-respecting paddler could turn this cutie down?

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Only too late do you come to realize that having paid for dinner and two pints of Guinness (you, being a paddler, of course do not drink), you’re stuck with every dragon boat paddler’s nightmare… an inebriated Teddy!!

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Let this be a lesson to you. Just because she’s cute, cuddly and covered with fur doesn’t mean she’s cut out for life with a paddler!

(Photos courtesy Rima Szabo, Phoenix Rising Dragon Boat Team, Nanaimo, BC. God bless you, Ruth #1))

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