Hamilton Dragon Boat Festival
(06/18/2002)
Hamilton Dragon Boat Festival
(06/18/2002)
Saturday July 13th Hamilton Bayfront Race
Presented by the Greater Hamilton Chinese Dragon Boat Race Society in association with Royal Bank Aquafest 2002.
1 day event
TCBA boats
3 races guaranteed
Registration $500 - still time to register!!
Contact and info:
Email: hamiltondragonboat@hotmail.com
Ph: 905-381-0188 Hotline
Fax: 905-389-3185
FYI:
Aquafest 2002 website: www.aquafest.ca
Festival Highlights Include:
Conklin's midway
Craft and Commercial Marketplace
Beer garden
Kid's Beach Party
Kinsmen/Kinette Parade of Lights at dusk
Live Concerts:
Afternoon:
Lazo & Exodus, Tribute to Bob Marley
The Caveners, Tribute to the Beatles
Evening:
Teanage Head
Dr. Hook
Alannah Myles
Sas Jordan
TCBAjr Riptide Dragon Boat Kick Off Party (05/06/2002)
From the people who last year brought you Teammate Island -- TCBAjr Riptide Dragon Boat Team dares you to enter the Riptide Zone on May 26, 2002 at Una Mas Nightclub!
Please see the flyer attached for the Riptide Zone -- Dragon Boat Kick Off Party info!
Una Mas, 422 Adelaide St West
Doors open @ 8pm
Tickets $10
On turntables: dj big-A, BRISZ from SSTORMTREK 88, dj Chester
Hurry NOW! Tickets will sell out! Do you dare miss this? tcbajrevents@yahoo.ca
TCBAjr Riptide formerly known as Crimson Tide & Dragon Knights. Check us out on http://www.tcbajr.com
Pictures from last year: http://www.geocities.com/tcbajunior/thanks_dbparty.html
Shockwave Dragonboat Crew 1st Annual Kickoff Party (04/25/2002)
Shockwave D-Boat Crew (formerly Flying Shanghai Noodles) invites you to an exciting evening with friends, both old and new.
RaqNWaq is a cool and trendy pool lounge boasting features such as tournament quality pool tables, a dance floor where you can find your groove with the DJ spinning House, Dance, R&B, Hip-Hop and Latin tunes, plus many intimate seating areas where you can mingle and relax.
For a ticket price of just $10, you'll be treated to finger foods, a chance to win many prizes and cash (50/50 draw) and show-off your cue shots on the free pool tables in the V.I.P. section.
Don't miss out and order your tickets today!!! Saturday, May 4th at the RaqNWaq Pool Lounge and Cigar Bar, 739 Queen St. W. starting at 9 p.m. For tickets, reply to the team member who sent this email to you or write to ShockwaveDBcrew@yahoo.com.
Mercedez-Benz Dragonboat Crew Fund-Raising Party (04/25/2002)
Place: Una Mas Nightclub (422 Adelaide Street West)
Date: Friday, May 10, 2002
Time: 9pm-???
Promoters: Mercedes-Benz Dragon Boat Crew
No dress code; id required (19+); music - R&B, house; DJ Kevin Williams; $10 tickets available from the Mercedes-Benz Crew & mercedesbenzcrew@hotmail.com; prizes & give-aways
GTDBC Presents 2002 Summer Sensation Race (04/19/2002)
“A dragon boat experience created by the racers for the racers.”
Date: Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002
Location: Marilyn Bell Park (immediately west of Ontario Place / CNE Bleachers)
Entry Fee: $700.00 (minimum 3 races per team)
Includes: 3 free practice sessions at Sunnyside during July and August
Prizes: From cash to race entry fees, and clothing to paddles
-- there's sure to be something for everyone!!!
Please download this MS Excel spreadsheet for registration form.
TIDBRF Team Captains' Meeting and GTDBC Kick-off Party (04/05/2002)
When – Wednesday, April 17th 2002
Time – 6 pm: Information meeting for all team captains
7 pm: Party for all the team members until ???
Where – The Alice Fazooli’s (Crabshack Bar) 294 Adelaide Street West @ John Street
Why – Why not. We all like a good party and it’s a great opportunity to meet fellow paddlers. Oh, and there will be complimentary appetizers, good music and lots of prizes including a round-trip airline ticket anywhere you want to go! This is also a chance to meet your coach and the rest of our fun coaching staff. There will also be a table set up sampling team apparel and uniforms for teams that have not already ordered their own.
Cost – A mere $10 per ticket from your friendly GTDBC party rep or at the door. Please email your team’s ticket requests to dragons@dragonboats.com
Proceeds go towards GTDBC initiatives. Things like youth and disabled paddling programs, international dragon boat endeavors, technical dragon boat clinics and other activities to promote dragon boat development in the GTA!
See you there!
TIDBRF Celebration Party (04/02/2001)
Don't forget to order your tickets to the Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival Celebration Party (Sunday night after the Festival) at the Guvernment Night Club! Dinner, DJ, Memories, Festival videos and Dancing to be had by all until the break of dawn. Tickets are $30, order forms are on our website, www.dragonboats.com
TIDBRF Team Captains' Meeting and Kick-off Party (04/02/2001)
There will be a Captains' Meeting for all the teams registered for the Toronto International Dragon Boat Festival, before the 2001 season Kick-off Party (see below). All team captains are invited to attend the meeting, and everyone, paddlers or non-paddlers, are invited to the party.
Date: April 19, 2001
Time: Meeting from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, party afterwards
Location: The Bohemian CafeThere will be lots of door and raffle prizes plus DJ music. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance or at the door. All proceeds will go towards our Greater Toronto Dragon Boat Clubs Crews representing Canada this year at the 2001 World Dragon Boat Championships in Philadelphia.
TIDBRF Steersperson (Coxing) Clinic (04/02/2001)
The Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival Steersperson Clinic will take place at the Sunnyside Pavilion at the time and date shown below. It is intended for people who wish to learn how to steer a dragon boat. There will be theory instruction for about an hour, and then there will be actual water time for the novices under the supervision of experienced steerspersons.
If your crew wishes to get some extra water practice time (free) as guinea pigs for the novice steerspersons, please contact Fred or Blake. See you there!
Date: Saturday, May 05, 2001
Time: PM, to be determined.
Location: Sunnyside Cafe & Sunnyside Pavilion, Lake Shore Blvd. WestFor more information, please call TIDBRF office at 416-598-8945 or email us.
TIDBRF Coaching Clinic (04/02/2001)
Each team registered for the Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival is welcome to send up to two (2) representatives to the clinic.
Date: April 7, 2001
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Parkdale Library. 1303 Queen Street West
(Corner of Queen and Cowan between Dufferin and Lansdowne)
Getting there:
By TTC: Take the 501 (Queen) Streetcar. Get off at Brock Street. If they are doing construction on Queen, then still take the 501 Streetcar, it will be diverted to King Street at Shaw. Get off on King at Elm Grove, walk up two blocks to Quees Street then walk one block west to the library.
By Car: Coming from the West: Gardiner exit at Jameson to Queen. Turn right on Queen Street.
Coming from the East: Gardiner exit at Dunn to Queen. Turn right on Queen Street.
Parking: There is limited parking on the side streets or a City Parking Lot on Queen just west of the Library. (however, you can park in the Staff lot...turn in the laneway that runs off Cowan beside the Library)
Bring a notebook and pen if you would like to take notes. For more information, please call TIDBRF office at 416-598-8945 or email us.
- PAST EVENTS-
The Parade of Dragons for the 12th Annual Toronto International Dragon Boat Race
Festival
(06/06/2000)
The Parade for the Dragon Boat Race Festival 2000 is on Sunday, June 18. The Rally Party is on June 22. Team captains or managers please read or download the ticket order form for the party.
The Parade of Dragons will be marching its way through the streets of downtown Toronto on Sunday, June 18, 2000 to officially launch the 2000 Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival. Your company / team can participate in this colorful and unique spectacle with a float or a parade of your own team. We encourage you to develop your own concepts. The Parade will start at Queen’s Park at 12:00 p.m. and will finish at Nathan Phillips Square at 2:00 p.m. Please see map.
If your company or team would like to participate please contact our office by email or call (416)598-8945 for registration form and fax it back to the festival office at (416) 595-7334 no later than June 11, 2000. The parade is a great way to get into the spirit and to meet other participants, teams and sponsors. For further information please contact us at (416)595-0313 or (416)598-8945.
Looking for volunteers to help with the Youth Spirit Challenge
These Youth have a variety of Disabilities and will compete against each other on the Island. Practice time to be determined. If anyone is interested in helping, please contact Susan at 416-392-1560 ext. 85681 or email our Social Committee. The race will take place on Saturday June 24 during the Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival.
For all those that are interested, whether in volunteering or in participating in the races, please attend the following information session
Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000
Time: 7:00 - 9:00pm
Location: St. Lawrence Community Centre, 230 The Esplanade (2nd floor).For more details, please read or download this flyer in Word 97 format or Acrobat PDF format.
Information with regards to the Club Crew Try-outs
(05/01/2000)
1) The Make-up test and the Masters test will be on Saturday, May 6th, 2000 at 3:00-5:00pm
2) Athletes signed up for the test on April 30th who did not show up and did not inform us are not eligible for the make-up test
3) The Masters standards are 5% lower in every category
4) Submissions for Saturday, May 6's test must be received by Friday, May 5 at 5pm. There will not be a schedule posted. Registered athletes please show up at the Don Rowing Club at 3pm.
5) The results from April 30's test will not be released until after May 6th, when everybody has done the test
Please see below for try-out location, requirements, and other details.
Pizza & Beer Party at the Sunnyside Cafe (practice site) (04/26/2000)
There will be a Pizza & Beer Party at our practice site on Thursday night, May 4, 2000, with lots of pizza and beer. This is simply a fun event. Thanks to the Sunnyside Cafe for donating the pizza and beer. All dragonboat paddlers are welcome.
Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000
Time: 7:30pm to whenever the beer & pizza run out
Location: Sunnyside Cafe & Sunnyside Pavilion, Lake Shore Blvd. West
Cost: Only $5.00 and that's including the beer & pizza !!!
TIDBRF Steersperson (Coxing) Clinic (04/21/2000)
The Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival Steersperson Clinic will take place at the Sunnyside Pavilion at the above time and date. It is intended for people who wish to learn how to steer a dragon boat. There will be theory instruction for about an hour, and then there will be actual water time for the novices under the supervision of experienced steerspersons.
If your crew wishes to get some extra water practice time (free) as guinea pigs for the novice steerspersons, please contact Fred or show up at 10:00am. See you there!
Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000
Time: 9:30am to 12:00pm
Location: Sunnyside Cafe & Sunnyside Pavilion, Lake Shore Blvd. WestFor more information, please call TIDBRF office at 416-598-8945 or email us.
GTDBC Club-Crews Fund Raising Party was a huge success. (04/21/2000)
Thanks to all that attended our party (April 19, 2000) and for your support. You've made our fund-raising party a huge success. There were over 450 people at the party and we all had a great time. We were asked by many to do this again later in the year.
Congratulations to all the door-prize draw winners and the winner of the Grand Prize raffle ticket draw, Anthony Que. He won a free flight ticket to anywhere in the world, donated by Air Canada.
Try-outs for the Eastern Canadian Dragon Boat Team (04/21/2000)
The Greater Toronto Dragon Boat Club and The Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival are currently developing teams to compete for the right to represent Canada at the World Championships in Philadelphia next year. To secure these spots we must win the races we enter this year. These races are qualifying races to be held in Vancouver and Toronto. In Vancouver we will be assembling a Mixed and a Women's team, and in Toronto two Men's teams. A Masters and possibly a Junior team will also be assembled. Try-outs for these teams will be held on a later date, and standards for these try-outs will be announced later.
Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000
Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Don Rowing Club, 25 Front St. N., Mississauga.For more information regarding the try-out formats and requirements, please read or download this document in Word 97 format or Acrobat PDF format.
Try-out registrants please view or download this schedule for your try-out times:
MS Excel 97/2000 format or Acrobat PDF format
GTDBC Club-Crews Fund Raising Party (03/19/2000)
This is a fund-raising party for the Greater Toronto Dragon Boat Club club-crews (Men's, Women's, Master's, Mixed, & Junior teams) to participate in the out-of-town races. (Try-out for the teams will be scheduled in May.) There will be DJ music, dancing, door prizes, snacks... Want to find out how dragonboaters party and have fun, here's your chance. If you already know, you definitely don't want to miss this one.
Date: April 19, 2000
Time: 7:30pm to ????
Location: The Bamboo Club
312 Queen St. W., Toronto
Admission: $10.00 per person
Tickets will be sold at our TIDBRF office, at the Riverdale Pool Practices, and at the Coaching Clinic. Only 500 tickets are available and they are going fast, so get yours early. Team captains are encouraged to spread the words to your team members and group-order your tickets. Can't wait to get your tickets? Please call Sue at 416-693-0285 or email our Social Committee. Remaining tickets (!!! if any left!!!) will be sold at the door.
TIDBRF Team Captains' Meeting (03/19/2000)
There will be a Captains' Meeting for all the teams registered for the Toronto International Dragon Boat Festival before the Fund-Raising party at the Bamboo Club (see above). All team captains are invited to attend.
Date: April 19, 2000
Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: The Bamboo Club
312 Queen St. W., Toronto
TIDBRF Coaching Clinic (03/19/2000)
Each team registered for the Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival is welcome to send up to two (2) representatives to the clinic.
Date: April 15, 2000
Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: 2nd floor Conference Centre of Times Bar & Grill Restaurant
100 Front St. E., Toronto, Ont. (Front & Jarvis)
For more information, please call TIDBRF office at 416-598-8945 or email us.
Club Meeting Notice (03/19/2000)
Our next general club meeting will be held on Wed. March 29, 2000. Plans and activities for the year will be discussed. Location of meeting will be at the Times Bar & Grill. All club members and paddlers are welcome. If you're interested in getting involved with the Festival and Club activities or want to join our organizing committee, please come and join us at the meeting.
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000
Time: 7:00pm
Place: Times Bar & Grill. 100 Front St. E., Toronto. (ph: 416-955-9799)
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