2009Team Bio’s for Waterfest
Waterfest Team Bios
Team Bio’s
Lively Dragons' Blind Ambition-This team is one of
our recreational teams who paddle once, sometimes twice a week at Bayfront Park.
We love to see new faces at practice, male and female and all fitness levels
welcomed. All we ask is that you be full of ambition and the willingness to
learn a new skill.
Today we are hosting this festival and also racing. We would love some extra
help on the docks on and around our racing times. Thanks! And we hope you have a
great day at the Lively Dragon Waterfest Event!
The Outer harbour Premier Women’s Dragon Boat Club was formed in 2004 to provide an opportunity for women to paddle in a club environment with potential for National as well as International competition. This year we aer hoping to win a berth to the CCWC for 2010 Macau.
CPB Carpe Diem- CPB is a community association made up of professionals dedicated to organizing community events, fundraising, and business networking.
Georgina Damsel Flyers-2009 will be the 6th season for the Damselflyers, and this year we are happy to be part of the Georgina Dragon Boat Club. Our membership has grown and we are constantly improving, but our goal remains the same; to contribute to our community, have a few laughs, make new friends and get an exhilarating workout
Stratford Silver Masters- We are a group of people between the ages of 20-60 plus. We are out for fun and exercise. We practice twice a week and enter five events a year. We are here to promote the sport of dragon boating.
Flying Shanghai Noodles-
We Need CPR-
Aqua Docs- Aqua Docs is a team organized by The Hamilton Academy of Medicine comprised of physicians, medical students, residents, spouses/partners/children and staff rowing together to build collegiality, self-wellness and to have fun! A special thank you to our sponsor the OMA Physician Health Program.
Paddlers Anonymous DaBoat-
Dragons Abreast: Earth- If you ask any member of Toronto’s Dragons Abreast why they paddle you will hear a resounding “BECAUSE WE CAN!” And because by paddling strong we are both spreading awareness of breast cancer and sending other survivors a message of hope & encouragement.
Dragon boating enriches our lives physically, mentally and spiritually.
Our generous sponsors, Jones Apparel Group and Scotia Bank, enable us to train and to compete in Ontario.
Dragons Abreast: Windchesters- Ask members of Dragons Abreast Toronto why we paddle and you’ll get a variety of answers, all with the same underlying messages:
· To show by example that life after breast cancer can be productive, fun-filled and active;
· To spread awareness of the disease that has touched each and every one of us;
· To give other survivors a strong message of hope and encouragement.
Dragon boating has enriched our lives, physically, mentally and spiritually and we demonstrate the overwhelming benefits of being physically fit, no matter what our age, health status or ability.
Thanks to our generous sponsors, Jones Apparel Group and Scotia Bank, we train regularly with world class coaches and are familiar faces at dragon boat festivals in Toronto and across Ontario.
Based in the GTA and formed in 1997 with 33 members, Dragons Abreast membership has grown to over 100 women.
City Slickers- This team consists of a goupr of city employees plus some friends who enoy dragon boating and love to have a good time.
McMaster Family Practice- Mighty Fine Paddlers- This is our first year as a team and our first racing event! The team is made up physicians, support staff, students, and family members of McMaster Family Practice (MFP). Although many on the team are first-time paddlers, we have great enthusiasm and are eager to show off how far we’ve come since our first practice! We’d like to thank our clinic and the PIER project for helping to fund our team and a special thank you to Grant Brierley, the son of one of our team members, who designed our t-shirts! The Mighty Fine Paddlers are going to make a splash at Waterfest this year and for years to come!
In Boat Intensity (IBI)- We are a new team - but we are out to WIN
Gilda’s Dragons-Who are Gilda's Dragons? We are a passionate team of women who are survivors & supporters of many types of cancers. But as Gilda Radner always said: 'It's always something!' So with that as our motto, we want our DB to fly, our spirits to soar and girls, we just wanna have fun!
Dragon Pryde-
Hamilton H2O-
Banana Boat- Banana Boat is a recreational team in the GTA area and we practice out of Sunnyside. We pride ourselves in a combination of hard practices and lots of fun. Our team has been around for eight long years and going strong. Look for our yellow jerseys on the water. We’ll be the ones ahead of you. ;)
Raging Dragons of Chattam Kent- are a group of paddlers from the Chatham-Kent area. They love to paddle and have fun on the water. Our motto is friendship through paddling.We look forward to paddling at Waterfest and having fun.
Harbour Huggers- We are Bringing Back the Bay! The harbour Huggers are volunteers, members, friends, board members and staff of the Bay Area Restoration Coucnil who have oined forces to paddle together in support of the restoration and protection of Hamilton Harbour. Visit hamiltharbour.ca or call 905 527 7111 to find out more. Than kyou to Lively Dragon for organizing this annual event!
Da Pirates- Paddlers Annonymous Dragon Boat Club www.paddlersanon.com
GSK FireDragons-are a corporate crew sponsored in part by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. We love to train hard and compete to the very best of our ability. Our crew is made up of an amazing group of people who are extremely dedicated and have such an incredible passion for this sport!
Hamilton Titans Dragonboat Racing Team- A Community team who welcomes new members. For more information, please visit: http://titansdragonboat.googlepages.com/home
Water Warriors-
Miller Magic - Recreational WomenComposed of a collection of like minded women Miller Magic has paddled together for four seasons. Lead by coach Alex this crew practices and parties as hard as any team on the water. Watch out for Miller Magic also racing/partying in Pickering, Huntsville and Stratford in 2009
Old Skul’d- was started in 2006 by several University of Toronto Engineering Alumni with the aim to create a competitive team comprised of, but not restricted to, mostly graduates of Engineering disciplines. Our inaugural season saw us compete in 3 events around the Greater Toronto Area. Since then we've strived to maintain our competitve level in a wider scope of races. This year, as always, we hope to improve on our results from the previous year and break through into the upper echelon of dragon boating.
DaWave- Annonymous Dragon Boat Club www.paddlersanon.com
Mojos- The Mojos are the 2008 winners of the Hamilton Festival. The Mojos train out of the Toronto Sport and Sailing Club. The coach for the team is Mr. Doug Jones. We are graciously sponsored by Mediair.
Knot a Breast- began in 1998, is a group of 70 women and two men from across the Golden Horseshoe who have experienced a diagnosis of breast cancer. Our floating support group sends a message of hope to people living with this disease and to those who support them. That message is that there is quality of life after treatment for breast cancer and that those living with breast cancer can lead full and active lives despite any physical limitations imposed by the disease. We are happy and proud to be paddling and to celebrate being alive!
KAB Friends and Family Boat- This is the third year that friends and family of the Knot a Breast Dragon Boat Team have joined ‘newbies’ and ‘veterans’ from the KAB team to participate in the Hamilton race. Each member of this enthusiastic group has attended at least three practices with the KAB team and now has a new appreciation of the physical and mental demands of this challenging sport. This hard working and committed group has brought a lot of fun to the last few practices! Good luck in your races today!
Stamp Jockeys-
GSK FireDragons-
Ronin Warriors-
Rye-D-Boat- We are a team that has been growing for the past three years. Last year was one of our greatest seasons. We had our best time, and were winners of the university cup B Division. This year we hope to achieve greater. This year especially, Ryerson University has helped us out tremendously with the pfacs grant.
TD Twin Dragons—team sponsor is TD Bank Financial Group
Halton healthcare Hurricanes-
Simcoe Flyers-
Windburn Race Crew- is a mixed dragon boat community rec team that has been competing for ten years.
Rowbust Breast Cancer Survivor Team- In early 2000, a local physician Dr Annette Richard put out the call for Breast Cancer Survivors to attend a dragon boat information session �. the Rowbust Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Racing Team, proudly representing London ON and surrounding regions was born! Our vision is clear; to be a community leader in helping those with breast cancer achieve the highest quality of life by promoting physical and mental well being through the sport of dragon boat racing. In 2009 marking our 10th Anniversary, the team now numbers over 40 enthusiastic women paddling with heart-felt passion, in a celebration of life and as a message of hope and support for those whose lives have been touched by breast cancer. We practice hard, we race with such determination, we laugh together, we cry together. Our respect and fondness continually grows and we are thankful for finding this kindred strength.
Bearing Arms-