“Nothin’ Dragon Gals’ first race event!”
Congratulations to our newly created women’s team, Nothin’ Dragon Gals’ who took home a bronze medal in the A Division final at the FCRCC Knockout Regatta 200m dragon boat races on May 10 at False Creek in Vancouver! A big shout out to our rookie steers woman, Michele who did a fantastic job in qualifiers and the semi. Bob steered for the knockout rounds.
It was also an exciting afternoon of racing as our mixed teams Rock and Roll competed. When all was said and done, both teams made it into the B Division knockout final.
Our fastest race time of the day was 0:58.73 by the Roll Team
Team Roll received a silver medal for second place in the Mixed B Division.
Here are the day’s race times:
Race 1
GALS 1:16.30 (4th)
Race 5
GALS 1:11.27 (4th)
Race 8 (Semi-final)
GALS 1:09.69 (1st)
WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT FINALS — GALS take Bronze.
Race 23
ROLL 1:01.39 (4th)
Race 25
ROCK 1:08.96 (5th)
Race 27
ROLL 1:03.02 (4th)
Race 29
ROCK 1:07.53 (5th)
Race 30 Semi-final
ROLL 1:00.72 (2nd)
Race 31 Semi-final
ROCK 1:06.03 (4th)
MIXED DIVISION B KNOCKOUT FINALS
Next on our race event is the Vessi 500 Championship on May 31.
