CONGRATULATIONS FELLOW DRAGONS!!!!!!

First off, CONGRATULATIONS again to our awesome first time performance this week!!!!

What Sabrina and I need to know from you ASAP:

1) Competition time: Montreal Dragonboat Festival is July 28-29th, all day. If you are unable to attend please let us know ASAP so we can get backup paddlers for that time.

2) Time slot for practices: Several of you have requested if it was possible to have an earlier time slot for practice. We’ve been offered, as of the first week of June, a 7:30-8:30 spot on MONDAYS. I’ve had the spot tentatively penciled in for us. Please let us know if:
a) you are available
b) what your preference is (Mon 7:30-8:30 OR Tues 8:30-9:30)
A decision will be made based first on the full team’s availability and second, preference. You need to let us know ASAP, by Monday at the latest so that we can confirm with the Admin people. Thanks guys!!!!


Here’s some recent updates for you:

New team members: Good news guys, our boat is now full!!! We will have 3 new members next week. Katerina Benoit & David Chin, WELCOME! The 3rd new member is soooo new, I don’t even know her name yet! We all look forward to meeting you next Tuesday ☺

New coach: We’ve made arrangements to be teamed up with a new and improved coach. His name is Chris Moreau. We will be making a request to have him work with us on technique etc. Keep in mind, however, that we only have one hour on the water with the coach, so we want to be as focused as possible in that short time so that everyone can get as much out of the practice as possible. Our weekly objective is to improve as much as possible individually and, as a team.

Goal Setting for Competition time: Jessica has volunteered to do some research on what type of goal we should be setting for the competition according to our experience, team make-up etc. This way we can start timing ourselves and work on improving the power of our stroke and our speed until we achieve our desired time. We can also discuss this with Chris over the next few weeks. Thanks Jess, let us know what you find!!!

Warm-up/Stretching: Next week’s warm up will be more intense, so come prepared to work up a good sweat guys! Fitness & endurance level is a very important aspect of our training.

Lastly, seriously guys the enthusiasm level is FANTASTIC!!!!! Keep It Up!!!! It’s gonna be one AWEOSME season. See you next week……

PADDLES UUUUPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!

S♥ & K*