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Version française | Members Site
Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival
June 26-27, 2004
By Roch
Translated by Jeanne
Saturday morning greeted us with
beautiful blue skies and no sign of the rain clouds that were forecasted.
We had our first race at 8:30 in the morning with perfect conditions and raced a time of 2:25. After the first round, we found ourselves in 11th place.
After staying dry under the tent covered with tarps during the rain delay, we went for our second race of the day 45 minutes after it was scheduled. We were able to cut 3 seconds off our first race time and won the Government Cup. Nevertheless, we were still waiting to see how the other teams would perform. We wanted to know whether our time was good enough to earn us a top 10 spot for the 100-metre sprint.
By the time we left Mooney’s Bay and went for dinner, we were still in 10th place, but we knew there were other teams still to race. Matt stayed at the site to help steer some other Montreal teams and at the end of the day, he informed us that we had retained our 10th place seeding!
Results from Saturday
| Place |
Team |
Result |
| 1 |
Events Alive |
2:09.62 |
| 2 |
Cascades Draveurs |
2:09.69 |
| 3 |
SCC Team Chiropractic |
2:10.07 |
| 4 |
Bytown Paddlers |
2:11.09 |
| 5 |
Immortal Dragons |
2:14.46 |
| 6 |
Dragon Blades |
2:14.96 |
| 7 |
Sudbury Canoe Club Dragons |
2:18.50 |
| 8 |
Paddle Demons |
2:20.96 |
| 9 |
Montreal Thunder |
2:21.68 |
| 10 |
Verdun DBC |
2:22.75 |
| 11 |
Live Large |
2:23.28 |
| 12 |
Dragonflyers |
2:23.57 |
| 13 |
Asian Dragons |
2:24.91 |
| 14 |
Nepean Masters |
2:25.50 |
| 15 |
Phoenix ETS |
2:26.03 |
Sunday race conditions changed dramatically. We found ourselves paddling into the wind. The first race on Sunday went very well; Matt encouraged us to race intelligently and with control. We won this race with a time of 2:31:55, placing us in 6th place. We had made the A Final!
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Race No.: 65 Championship Preliminary |
Sunday, 10:50 AM |
| Lane |
Team Name |
Time |
| 5 |
Verdun DBC |
2:31.55 |
| 4 |
Paddle Demons |
2:33.39 |
| 6 |
Dragonflyers |
2:33.92 |
| 3 |
Sudbury Canoe Club Dragons |
2:34.49 |
| 1 |
Live Large |
2:37.15 |
| 2 |
Montreal Thunder |
2:38.93 |
A short while later, we raced the 100m Sprint Final! This race did not count towards the rankings and was purely for fun! The wind was still strong and waves were high. We had a beautiful start and never stopped going all out until the finish line. We finished 5th in the sprint and we were thrilled with the result.
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Race No.: 67 Sprint Final |
Sunday, 12:40 PM |
| Lane |
Team Name |
Time |
| 5 |
Events Alive |
0:26.80 |
| 7 |
Bytown Paddlers |
0:27.56 |
| 6 |
Cascades Draveurs |
0:26.80 |
| 4 |
SCC Team Chiropractic |
- |
| 10 |
Verdun DBC |
- |
| 8 |
Dragon Blades |
- |
| 9 |
Paddle Demons |
- |
| 1 |
Montreal Thunder |
- |
| 3 |
Immortal Dragons |
- |
| 2 |
Sudbury Canoe Club Dragons |
- |
Our final race was a very competitive heat. Express was able to maintain their 6th place standing. We finished 5 seconds faster than the Immortals and The Nepean Masters were disqualified because they lost their steersperson (he fell off the boat).
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Race No.: 73 Championship Final |
Sunday, 2:40 PM |
| Lane |
Team Name |
Time |
| 2 |
Events Alive |
2:17.61 |
| 6 |
Cascades Draveurs |
2:18.07 |
| 4 |
Bytown Paddlers |
2:18.46 |
| 5 |
SCC Team Chiropractic |
2:18.81 |
| 3 |
Dragon Blades |
2:19.46 |
| 7 |
Verdun DBC |
2:23.60 |
| 8 |
Immortal Dragons |
2:28.38 |
| 1 |
Nepean Masters |
DNF |
It was a great end to our weekend in Ottawa with fantastic results! Thanks to everyone who came out to paddle, Helen for organizing our lodging, Matt for motivating the team and keeping us on track and Audrey, Jeanne, Geneviève, Anita and Wilson for calling the races (or just trying to hang on to the drum!).
Complete Results (Ottawa DBRF site)
Verdun DBC Race Reports
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