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EYE OF THE DRAGON OPEN BOAT 2011

Eye of the Dragon is hosting a free clinic on Sunday 25th September 2011, 12.30 - 2.30pm at the Creekside Community Centre 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn the basics of dragon boating. There will be land based introductions to the technique and on water practice and racing. Followed by light refreshments.

If you are interested in attending please contact Adele Piroshco at adelejury@hotmail.com or 604 839 6956. Numbers are required prior to the event so sufficient boats and volunteers are available. For more details, click here.

The 2011 Eye of the Dragon season will start in February. Please contact the team manager for further information on the Eye of the Dragon team at: Adele Piroshco adelejury@hotmail.com, or contact the office.

Vision Impossible (VI)

Vision Impossible (VI) is a new novice dragonboat team with a 50/50 split of sighted and visually impaired paddlers. We had our first practice in mid-April and have a total of 7 practice sessions before we race at the Rio Tinto Dragonboat Festival on July 11-12, 2011.

We have had a full turnout every practice and delighted to have 10 visually impaired paddlers on the team this year. Though our season is short, it has been a great opportunity for everyone to learn how to dragonboat, get some exercise, meet new people and to have a lot of fun.

Dragon Boat Results - Deep Cove Charity Race

April 16, 2011 - It was a great day although absolutely freezing. Deep Cove is a great introduction to the race season as the races are only a 200m event. Awesome sprint racing. There were some great teams present and I'm personally proud of the teams efforts.

Eye of the Dragon had a great day with some great results to show for the fun we had. In all there were 40 teams competing on the day, 23 of them mixed teams. Eye of the Dragon placed 8th out of the 23 mixed teams. Download a pdf of the Eye of the Dragon race results, click here. by Adele Piroshco.

EYE OF THE DRAGON BOAT TEAM 2009

Top row: Jim Taggart, Maggie Livingstone, Liz Charyna, Adele Piroshco, Team Manager, Gary Piroshco, Rajpaul Singh, Bruce Robinson, Alberto Heide.
Middle Row: Laura McKnight, Linda Weber, Karen Docksteader, Gary Cohen, Brian Evans, Lee Grenon, Shane Stewart, Dan Hebert Coach
Third row down: Claus Weber
Bottom Row: Harvey Doucet, David Brun, Larisa Saunder, Yvonne Stewart Team Manager, Nestor Navasero

Photos -
Below are thumbnail photos of Dragon Boating this spring (2007). Click on the photo to open the enlarged photo. Use the back button to return to this page. No captions are available.

What is Dragon boating?

"Imagine if you will...a 45 foot canoe, flying down a 500 meter race course, with twenty paddlers stroking in unison to the beat of a drum, hearts pounding, muscles straining, adrenalin pumping...this is dragon boating at its best!

Dragon boating is a natural sport for people who are blind or visually impaired--it requires hard work, endurance and dedication, but not sight! It is one of the very few sports in which persons who are blind or visually impaired can participate and compete successfully on an equal basis with sighted peers, without any adaptation. The sport provides opportunity for recreation, exercise and socialization. It is an exciting, fulfilling and physically demanding sport--a lot of hard work and a great deal of fun!

Dragon boating is also one of the fastest growing water sports in the world. A great team event, little or no experience is necessary."

Crews practice from early February to late September for races in Vancouver, Victoria, and Kelowna.

2004 Eye of the Dragon Dragon Boat Crew

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