Montreal DragonFly

Ciao! As most of you know, being part of the Montreal DragonFly team, you all know that you must run a 10km before the Montreal DB Festival…  this tradition was started by one of our former coaches, Winston Eng, which we have kept.  Most of us partipated at last Saturday’s 10km at Les Iles De Bouchervilles.  You should all give yourselves a tap on the shoulder!  Well done!!!  It seems that next year, we’ll be doing it in May instead of June…  I wonder if it’s because of the heat???  LOL  Here’s photos of the event.

Here’s the race time for those who attended:

Lin Wang - 48:38
Steven Lam - 53:47
Mikael Tournier - 54:22
Shu Ngok Lee - 55:55
Jerry Jao - 57:40
Jialf Maf (assuming this is our beloved Gloria...)- 59:52
Victoria Louie - 1:02:20
ANGELA CHOI - 1:02:21
CHI ZHANG - 1:03:04
Hanting Por - 1:03:34
Lei Fang - 1:10:28
Nancy Wong - 1:17:03
Benedicta Chan - 1:17:16
Patrick Kent Lau - 1:17:17
Rami Panossian - 1:19:15

Ciao DragonFlyers!

 Our dear teamate, Mikael, who hasn’t been that long in Montreal, is making the best of his time with us…  not only did-he join our dragonboat team…  but, now, he’s also putting his head…  or should-I say “Hair” on the line…  Mikael decided to partipate at the Shaved Head Challenge 2009.  It’s a fundraiser to help kids with cancer.  He’ll be shaving his head on 07JUN2009…  the day after our 10km run.  The boy is going all out that weekend!

 With that said, please support our teamate and his cause.  Here’s the link if you’ll want to donate: http://www.defileucan.ca/Participant.aspx?id=11918

 Nancy

Ciao DragonFlyers!

 Our dear coach, Jennifer, is having another fundraiser.  This is for those who loves shoes & jewelry!  For more details, check below.

 Nancy

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Ciao!  Like every month, it seems that we have tons of b-days to celebrate…  For the b-days of the month of March, we’ll be going to the sugar shack.  Here are the details:

Event: B-day celebrations at Sugar Shack

Date: 08MAR2009

Time: 12:00pm

Place: Les Vergers Denis Charbonneau

Website: http://www.vergersdc.qc.ca/menu-champetre-cabane.php

Hopefully, this year, the b-day boys/girls won’t get lost and end-up at the wrong sugar shack like last year! LOL  Anyways,  I hope that you can all make-it.  Please confirm by 23FEB2009.  I’ll be making the reservations by then.

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• People who have confirmed up to now:
  - Nancy & Francis (space for 2 in car)
  - Charles & Rita (Space for 1)
  - David & Yan (need ride)
  - Sam (need ride)
  - Hanting (need ride)
  - Stephanie & Erik + 3 (need ride)
• - Vicky (space for 3)
  - Lei & Arden (space for 1)
  - Karnon
• - Cindy (space for 3)
• - Joyce (Space for 3)
• - Ayman

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Ok, guys…  only a few days to go to confirm if you’re coming or not…  Please confirm ASAP!  I’m making the reservations on Monday!  Also, I’ll need to know who needs a ride there and who can offer lifts there.  As for lifts, I’m suggesting that we meet at Metro Angrignon for 11am.  It’s about 45 min car ride from there.  So, let me start the ball rolling…  in my car, I have space for 2.

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OK, well that’s it…  I just did the final count…  if anybody adds on at this point, they’ll need to have their own car or ride.  ‘Cuz now, we’re just enough with nomore room to spare in any cars!  We’re now a total of 20 going to the sugar shack! 

Ciao!

This is biggest event in Montreal for dragonboat and it’s a must to go with over a hundred teams participating!  Our team participates at it every year gaining more experience every year as well.  With every race, different teams to race against = different experience!

Here are some pics from the event.

And more…  pics!

Hi DragonFly!!!

Welcome back to our winter session!!!
PRACTICE
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Our first practice will be THIS Friday on November 7th from 7-8PM. It is confirmed that we will have Seb as our coach for our winter session. I have booked a personal trainer, Lisa, to come in from 8-9pm. She will work on helping us getting a good training program for our season.
ATTENDANCE
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I have the following confirmed for this weeks practice:
1)Victoria 2)Jerry 3)Kevin 4)Ramy 5)Gloria 6)Patrick Lau 7)Riry 8)Sokhom 9)David 10)George 11)Erik 12)Arden 13)Sam 14)Mirka 15)Winnie 16)Angela 17)Brian 18)Ayman(Sam’s Friend) 19)Cindy(Patrick’s sister) 20)Lin Wang(Sokhom’s collegue) 21)Kevin’s collegue#1 22)Kevin’s collegue#2 23)Jessica(Winnie’s friend)

MEMBERSHIP FEES
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The cost of the winter membership fee will need to increase to $110 per person. Please bring in the membership fee to me this Friday. I accept cash and checks. If there is a cost to use the gym next year we will probably do it on a per practice base or a small add on fee if it’s not too expensive. For part-time members the cost per practice will be $8/session.
FUNDRAISER
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I will be ordering the Jay Peak Ski tickets next week. Please update me on the progress on how many tickets you have confirmed. I’d like to know how many you plan to get including yourself and others. Thanks. Please see below for more details about the event.
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Our last season has ended and we did an amazing 4 races this year!!! What a great experience!?! But with this we has the expense to cover all the races and extra practices added. We will be having another fundraising event this year. It’s to sell ski lift tickets to Jay Peak in Vermont. It’s an amasing mountain with great slopes. Retail price for a ticket is $65 canadian tax included. If we can sell more than 200 tickets we can get the tickets for $35 each and sell them for $50 one ticket and $45 if buy more than one. Also we might be planning our next ski trip at Jay Peak next year sometime in mid-February. I think it will be a great way to raise money keep in shape and have fun. You can buy for yourself, as a gift, sell to friends, family and collegues. These tickets have no blackout dates and can be used anytime through the December 2008 and April 2009. Further details will be sent out later this week. I will be posting an event of FB as well so you all can send the event to your friends.
Try to sell it to people before the season starts so they can start skiing early and also get them as xmas gifts^_^ Let me know of all your pre-orders and I will order the tickets.
Here is the cost of the tickets and on the amounts we sell:

Buy in bulk & save: Retail window rate 25-50 tickets 51-200 tickets 201+ tickets
Adults                            $65                           $42                  $38                      $35
Juniors (6-17)              $45                           $35                  $32                       $30
All rates are in Canadian funds and include taxes.

I plan to order the 201+tickets to maximize on the sales. Any unsold tickets are refundable so we can continue to sell throughout the whole season until April. But I intend to sell them all before that date.
Please put your best foot forward in helping our team raise the money we need in order to be able to race in great and fn competitions next year and as well cover or expenses from this year.
Also for those who love to ski in our team and want to sell but don’t know who to sell to you can go to the ski hill and sell over there before you hit the slopes:) hehe but of course you should do it discretely;)
Our next fundraising event will be next Spring Comedy works. But hehe if we do very well in this event maybe we won’t need it^_^
EVENTS
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House party chez Erik - November 22nd, 2008
Erik will be hosting another potluck party=) Please let me and Erik know if you can make it for that day and what you plan to bring.
Thanks,
Vicky

Carleton proved to be an excellent venue for us.  Great atmosphere, friendly people, and low pressure. Good times had by all.

Last year’s festival was a blast! This time though, I didn’t get to take many action shots ’cause I was too busy padding with the team!  Fortunately, I did manage take some more casual pics as well as the ensuing festivities.

After the 2006 Montreal Dragonboat Festival, the team went out for supper.  Again, I was there to capture the occasion.  Although I wasn’t part of the team yet, but boy did they make me feel welcome!

The flashbacks continue! This time featuring pics from the 2006 Montreal Dragonboat Festival. This time I had the opportunity to get some really good shots of the team thanks to a tele lens.