The 2010 Canadian National Dragon Boat Championships will be held at Whistler, July 3-4.  We intend to have a large & strong FCRCC presence!

To that end, a productive initial meeting for Men's/Open teams was held Dec 5th.  It was well attended, too ... there were people from Juniors right thru Great Grand Dragons.

Here are the results.

• In the Open divisions, the idea is for the guys (no matter which Mixed team they paddle on, or program they paddle with) to divide up into age categories, and race as FCRCC Open teams.  We want to have a seat for everyone who wishes to paddle, so we may have people race down age categories, to make it work.

• Info on the Nationals: 
  • Age categories will be according to IDBF rules:
    • Junior: must be 17 or younger on January 1, 2011 [16 or younger in 2010]
    • 18-23: must be at least 18 & under 23 on January 1, 2011 [17-22 in 2010]
    • Senior A: Steersperson and all paddlers must be 40 or older on June 1, 2011 [39+ in 2010]
    • Senior B (Grand Dragon): Steersperson and all paddlers must be 50 or older on June 1, 2011 [49+ in 2010]
    • Great Grand Dragon: Steersperson and all paddlers must be 60+ on June 1, 2011 [59+ in 2010]
  • Steersperson & Drummer can be male or female, in all categories
  • Race distances: 200 metres, 500 metres and 2 Km

• Other races & festivals: 
  • We will enter all teams in the Open division(s) at the 2010 Rio Tinto Alcan Festival
  • Other events TBD (?)

• Selection Criteria 
  • Since this is available to both full and DB FCRCC members, time trials will most likely be done on Marathon canoes in Alder Bay.  Details will be discussed & decided later on.

• Coaching 
  • To keep the cost at a minimum (see below), coaching will be done mostly by HPDB members.

• Steerspeople 
  • There is a pool of steerspeople we can use, but we encourage everyone to ask the steersperson (and drummer) from their mixed DB team to participate.

• Practices 
  • Every Friday night at 6:30 PM (followed by beer!)
  • First practice is Jan. 8, 2010 (weather permitting)

• Costs 
  • The FCRCC Exec is supporting this by providing a free practice spot on Friday nights
  • No FCRCC fees for Full or DB members
  • A Dragon Boat Canada individual membership is required, at $15.00+GST, per individual (unlimited number of crews within same club)
  • Fees for National Championships (race entry, transportation, etc) TBD
  • Fees for Open races at RTA Festival, approx $10 each
  • Every Friday night at 6:30 PM (followed by beer!)
  • First practice is January 8th, 2010 (weather permitting)

 

For any questions, please contact Rob ... Robmagus@hotmail.com.

To get on the mailing list we'll be creating for this, please send a note to Communications@FCRCC.com.

See you at 6:30 PM, January 8th!!!