The event will be held on the weekend of Feb. 3-4, with practice on Friday and races on Saturday. The details are published below. To see a great video summary of the event by the organizers to see what it's all about, click HERE. All indoor activities have moved to nearby spacious HMCS Carleton (entertainment, warming up, standings, etc). If interested to come and have not registered yet, please register ASAP before we sell out!
We're fundraising for the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation. Click HERE to donate under our team's name! If we are a top 6 fundraising team, we will get an extra race at Friday night's "Shiver n Giver" race.
Paddlers are assigned to our 5 teams below, and each team member was sent team-specific waiver links. We are still looking for 8 more "paddlers" as shown below.
Team #1 (Mixed Division)
"Rusty Dragons - MOTLEY CREW"
Drum: Jensen Tsao
Steer: TBD
1. Tim MacFarlane (Toronto)
2. Freddie Tsao (Denver)
3. Will Bober (Denver) - C
4. Vu Be (Atlanta)
5. Bruce Goldstein (Phialdelphia)
6. Kara Drayer (Atlanta)
7. Rosalind Lee (Denver)
8. Diane Gropp (Toronto) - C
9. Babette Hudson-Tsao (Denver)
10. Leeana Ramos (Denver)
Team #2 (Mixed Division)
"Rusty Dragons - KOKOPELLI"
Drum: Lydia Tsao
Steer: TBD
1. Hamza Shahzad (Toronto) - C
2. Corbin Sparks (Toronto)
3. Bill Phu (Toronto)
4. Kelvin Chung (Denver)
5. Mike Rossman (Jacksonville FL)
6. Cris Raagas (Toronto) - C
7. Khiet Long (Berkeley CA)
8. Judy Vye (Toronto)
9. Estelle McCalmont (Markham)
10. Maria Danielson (Berkeley CA)
Team #3 (Mixed Division)
"Rusty Dragons - ICE PACK"
Drum: Jensen Tsao
Steer: TBD
1. Susan Nguyen (Toronto)
2. Chantal Marier (Toronto)
3. Shida Yari (Stoney Creek) - C
4. Cara Eng (Denver)
5. Melanie Ward (Toronto)
6. Jackie Gutmann (Philadelphia)
7. Lui Shan Ho (Toronto)
8. Vincent Chung (Toronto)
9. <male paddler position open>
10. <male paddler position open>
Team #4 (Women's Division)
"Rusty Dragons - RUSTY BELLES"
Drum: Lydia Tsao
Steer: Will Bober
1. Susan Degrazia (Philadelphia)
2. Doris Dougherty (Philadelphia)
3. Ruth Dougherty (Philadelphia)
4. Rosalind Lee (Denver) - C
5. Diane Gropp (Toronto)
6. Babette Hudson-Tsao (Denver)
7. Susan Nguyen (Toronto) - C
8. Chantal Marier (Toronto)
9. Judy Vye (Toronto)
10. Estelle McCalmont (Markham)
Team #5 (Women's Division)
"Rusty Dragons - HEART"
Drum: Lydia Tsao
Steer: Tim MacFarlane
1. Cara Eng (Denver)
2. Maria Danielson (Berkeley CA)
3. KhietLong (Berkeley CA)
4. Shida Yari (Stoney Creek)
5. Leeana Ramos (Denver)
6. Kara Drayer (Atlanta)
7. Melanie Ward (Toronto)
8. Lui Shan Ho (Toronto)
9. <female paddler position open>
10. <female paddler position open>