FCRCC Team Canada Get's Ready for Worlds!

It is a stressful time of the season: early enough to make some little changes that may make as faster, too late for any big changes, too early to rest, tired all the time...

However, the team stays upbeat and optimistic as we go into our final 4 weeks before our big trip to Prague for the World Championships! We have 32 athletes from the FCRCC High Performance Dragon Boat Program competing in Prague within 5 categories: premier mixed, premier open,senior women, senior open and U-23. In addition, FCRCC has five junior paddlers from Eric Hamber High Shcool's team that are going to race in the junior division. These great kids have been coming out to train with the program to help them, and us, prepare.

Our primary focus is the Premier Mixed category as the entire team is from FCRCC. Many of us have spent the last 4 or more years paddling together and are relishing this opportunity to see how we can stack up against the best in the World. In 2007, in this same event, we won a gold in the 2000m, silver in the 500m and 4th in the 200m and are hoping to better these results. All we can do is prepare ourselves the best way we know how and that's what we're doing.

Keep posted for updates and results as our journey continues. Next stop, Harrison DB festival. Then, on to Prague on August 19!!