July 10 - 13, 2008

Kent Cornucopia Days 2008 - "The Festival of the Valley" - A community service project of the Kent Lions, Kent WA
 

6^th Annual Dragon Boat Races

Benefiting the

Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight & Hearing

July 14 & 15, 2006

Lake Meridian

14800 SE 272^nd Street, Kent, WA

The Information Below is Pending

Opening Ceremonies 6:00 pm, July 14^th

Racing begins 8:00 am, July 15^th

Divisions: Women’s, Mixed Competitive & Recreational A & B, Corporate, Seniors, Juniors, Cancer Survivors

                                                                                                                           *June 1^st

Entry Fees*:  Outside Washington State                                            Coming soon

                       Local Community Teams                                             Coming soon      

    Puget Sound Corporate – includes ads/banner              Coming soon

    Local and U.S. Jr. Teams                                             Coming soon      

    All Canadian (US Dollars)                                            Coming soon

     *Entry Fees increases by $75.00 June 1^st.

     Register and pay by May 1^st for your premium Team Tent space

To schedule practices and training please call Krista Bradley @ 206-714-7301. Three free training sessions are included in the registration fee. Additional training sessions are $50 each.

 

Trophies awarded to all division winners. Medals 1^st – 3^rd place, ribbons 4^th place on down.

The Lions Cup is the last race of the day. This is a race of the division winners. A trophy is awarded to The Lions Cup winner.

All teams can sell team items without a percentage owed to Festival.

Convenient teams drop off location. Parking is close by with a free short shuttle ride to the lake.

Free pre-race practices – Friday late afternoon & 6:30 am on Saturday.

Kent Cornucopia Days is a sanctioned SEAFAIR^® event and a Kent Lions Project.

Dragon Boat Event Chair: Steve Crowell. Ph: 253-639-5625

E-mail: info@seattledragonboatraces.com

Kent-Seattle Dragon Boat Races, PO Box 9321, Kent, WA 98042

 Check us out at www.seattledragonboatraces.com  

See website for updates and registration packet.

Short Background on Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon boat racing is people friendly, and takes into team’s people of varying degrees of athletic ability and physical limitations.  Some teams are recreational, in condition, and others may be seriously athletic.  Some others may be blind, survivors of disease such as cancer, have diabetes, and have other special needs.  They learn about what they can achieve and do not allow themselves to be overwhelmed with any restrictions.  They celebrate life by being actively engaged with it, and having a great time living it.

The time spent in a dragon boat results in teams learning to work together in unison to race to the finish line first. The skills that are acquired have more to do with technique and synchronization, than brawn.  Upper body strength is achieved in the gym and increased in the dragon boat, however.  Dragon boats can go at a fast clip, rising upon the water, as paddlers do up to 90 strokes and more a minute, an amount for a well seasoned experienced team. In China a dragon boat team looks like an extremely fast perpetual motion machine. The lighter the weight, the more seasoned the paddlers, the faster they can go.