Learn to Paddle Session

If you are interested in learning to paddle and/or would like to join a dragon boat team please plan to take advantage of our summer "Learn to Paddle Program." The sessions will be held at MacKenzie Marina at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm every Tuesday evening, July 5th to August 2nd. The registration fee of $75 includes: equipment, professional instruction, 5 hours on the water, the opportunity to spare for dragon boat teams for the rest of the season and participation in all Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat Club activities until December 31, 2011.

If you are interested please contact our Membership Chair - Cheryl Palm at palminbc@yahoo.ca

Try Out Day - June 25th

On Saturday, June 25th the Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat Club along with the Gibson's Paddle Club and Alpha Adventures gathered at Porpoise Bay Provincial Park to offer anyone who wanted to try out some water sport equipment the opportunity to try standUp paddling, kayaking, outrigger canoeing and dragon boating. Although it was chilly and the rain clouds kept circling and dumping rain on us we had a great time take several lots of would-be paddlers for a ride. We even introduced each group to racing by practicing our race starts.

The MacKenzie Cup Challenge

All members of the Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat Club and members of the Pender Harbour Dragontinis are invited to participate in the 3rd Annual MacKenzie Cup Challenge on July 16th. This event will be held at the MacKenzie Marina on Saturday July 16th from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm. All participants will be assigned to a team and, depending on how many teams we have, each team will have 2 or more 250 meter races. Each team will race against all other teams and in all of the boats. There will also be an obstacle course race. The winner of the cup will be determined by cumulative time. The Sunshine Dragons Abreast Team will be holding a silent auction fundraiser as well as selling muffins, scones, drinks etc. Plan to save this date and come and join the fun. This is a great way to introduce your team members who have never participated in a regatta to dragon boat racing.

June 2nd Board Minutes

The June 2nd SCDBC Board Meeting minutes are now available on request. Please contact your Team Rep if you would like to receive a copy.

The Board meetings are open to all SCDBC members. If you would like to attend the next meeting to be held July 6th from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at Bev Zacharias' 6274 Fairway Ave, Sechelt please contact Bev at beezee@dccnet.com

Try Out Day

If you have ever wanted to try dragon boating, kayaking or paddling in an outrigger canoe come to Porpoise Bay Provincial Park on June 25th from 11:00 am - 1:30 pm. The Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat Club, The Gibson's Paddle Club and Alpha Adventures will be there offering the general public an opportunity to try out any or all of these boats. So bring all your friends and family members and join us for some fun on the water.

Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival

The Sea Gals Team represented the Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat Club at the 23rd annual Rio Tinto Dragonboat Festival in Vancouver's False Creek on June 11th and 12th. The Sea Gals raced in the Women's Division and in the first race on Saturday accomplished their best time ever for a 500 meter race - 2:36.11. Well Done Sea Gals!!!

Paddling with the Dragontinis

On Sunday, June 5th five paddlers from the Sunshine Coast Dragon Boat Club went to Garden Bay and joined the Dragontinis Team for their regular Sunday afternoon paddle. Rudy Van Egdom, as steersman for both the Sea Gals Team and the Dragontinis, did a great job of leading the tour around Pender Harbour. Darlene Kerfoot & husband Dale shadowed us in their sailboat to make sure we behaved ourselves - thank you for taking the pictures Darlene. After a great paddle we visited the Grasshopper Pub and enjoyed the view, good company and some much needed liquid refreshment. Thank you Dragontinis for making us feel so welcomed.

Raymonde Worsfold, Marla Taylor, Connie Hildebrandt, Jane Tollestrup, & Peggy Halliday