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Paddlers Anonymous is a community dragon boat club based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Beginners are always welcome. Teams: daBoat, Waterhawks, daWave, daPirates, Club Crew. Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival (TIDBRF) on Centre Island.
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Badminton Tournament 2009 Results Nov 21, 2009

A big Thank You to all that participated! The badminton event was another success and we hope everybody had a good time.

Here is a list of all the winners and finalists:

WOMENS DOUBLES WINNERS: Audrie Ng / Jean Tang
WOMENS DOUBLES FINALISTS: Ann Tran / Zoe Su
WOMENS DOUBLES CONS. WINNERS: Dora Lee / Carey Huang
WOMENS DOUBLES CONS. FINALISTS: Jodi Li / Patricia How

MENS DOUBLES WINNERS: Linh Dam / Steve Kwok
MENS DOUBLES FINALISTS: Sandy Hutomo / San Su
MENS DOUBLES CONS. WINNERS: Derek Li / Wei Chen
MENS DOUBLES CONS. FINALISTS: Rob Chan / Alex Chan

MIXED DOUBLES WINNERS: Ann Tran / Linh Dam
MIXED DOUBLES FINALISTS: Zoe Su / San Su
MIXED DOUBLES CONS. WINNERS: Cindy Liu / Jacob Park
MIXED DOUBLES CONS. FINALISTS: Estelle Yip / Mike Huang

If you have any feedback, please let us know so that we can try to improve the event for next year. Once again, thank you for participating and we hope to see you again in 2010.

PA End of Season Dinner Nov 13, 2009

PA Dinner 2009 Paddlers Anonymous held its annual awards event on Friday to celebrate a successful 2009 campaign and ten seasons of awesomeness.

Congratulations to this year's PA Award recipients:

Most Dedicated Paddler

  • Juan Quinonez (daWave)
  • Michelle Seto (daBoat)
  • Stephen Wong (daPirates)

Rookie of the Year

  • Anne-Sophie Brieger (daWave)
  • Becky Lee (daPirates)

5-Year Contribution Awards

  • Diana Chao
  • Patrick Karremans
  • Anthony Kim
  • Michelle Seto
  • Simon So

And finally, if you missed the slideshow or just wanna watch it over and over again, you're in luck!

2009 Slideshow:

PA Badminton Tournament 2009 Oct 16, 2009

Paddlers Anonymous is hosting its third annual Badminton Tournament on Saturday Nov 21st, 2009.

Badminton players of all levels are encouraged to participate. There will be lots of prizes to be won so come out and join us for some badminton action. Invite your friends! Spots are limited so register soon!

For more information, click here.

Stratford Regatta Sept 21, 2009

daWave raced at the Stratford Rotary Dragon Boat Festival this past weekend and came home with some hardware. The team placed 1st in the E Final Division (33/64 overall) with a top time of 2:36.86.

The PA End-of-Season Dinner will be held on Friday Nov 13th at the Starwalk Buffet in Scarborough. For more info, click here.

Montreal Regatta July 27, 2009

daBoat in Old Montreal daBoat finished the 2009 season with a strong showing at the Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival on July 25-26.

daBoat placed 3rd in the Premier Mixed G Division (39/125 overall) with a top time of 2:15.20 and a final time of 2:18.15. daBoat also placed 4th in the 250m event with a time of 1:07.29.

Photo: Most of daBoat in Old Montreal

Hamilton Waterfest July 6, 2009

All three PA teams enjoyed a nice n'sunny day of racing at the Bayfront Park in Hamilton on July 4th.

daBoat placed 1st in the B Division with a final time of 2:09.07 (6/31 overall). daPirates placed 1st in the C Division with a final time of 2:13.97 (11/31 overall). daWave placed 2nd in the D Division with a final time of 2:15.83 (17/31 overall).

Up next: daBoat will finish up the season at the 14th Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival on July 25-26.

Centre Island 2009 June 21, 2009

daWave and daPirates @ Centre Island daPirates and daWave participated at the Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival on June 20-21.

daPirates placed 4th in the Premier Mixed H Final with a final time of 2:19.24 (46/101 overall). daPirates also came 3rd in the Community D Final. daWave placed 6th in the Premier Mixed I Final with a final time of 2:24.76 (54/101 overall). daWave also came 6th in the Community E Final.

Photo: daWave and daPirates at Centre Island

Up next: daBoat, daPirates, and daWave will be competing at the Waterfest Hamilton Dragon Boat Event on July 4th.

Welland 2009 June 14, 2009

daBoat @ Welland 2009 daBoat travelled down the QEW to compete at the Welland Dragon Boat Festival on June 13th.

After two strong perliminary races, daBoat placed well enough to compete in the A Division Finals. daBoat finished the day in 3rd place with a final time of 2:07.33 (3/34 overall).

Photo: daBoat in the A Finals

Up next: daPirates and daWave will be competing at the Toronto International Dragon Boat Festival on Centre Island June 20-21.

Pickering 2009 June 7, 2009

Ice Cream @ Pickering 2009 After 3 months of practice, daBoat has started the season with capturing 1st place in the Mixed Recreational B Championship division at the 13th annual Pickering Dragon Boat Challenge. daBoat's final race time was 2:13.34 and placed 13/42 overall.

Photo: daBoat enjoying some well-deserved ice cream and popsicles after the final race

Up next: daBoat will be at the Welland Dragonboat Festival on June 13th.

Milton 2009 June 1, 2009

Milton 2009 daPirates and daWave kicked off the 2009 dragon boat season at the Milton Lively regatta on May 23rd. daPirates placed 2nd in the E-Final (26/45 overall) while daWave placed 5th in the F-Final (35/45 overall).

Photo: One of the teams from McMaster loses control and rams into daPirates. Tim (our coax) holds on for dear life!

This weekend, daBoat will be participating in the Pickering Dragonboat Challenge (Bruce Handscomb Memorial Park).

EVENTS
Nov 21, 2009
Badminton Tournament

Nov 13, 2009
End of Season Dinner

Feb 07, 2009
PA Open House

RACE SCHEDULE
Sept 19, 2009
Stratford Festival

July 25-26, 2009
Montreal Festival

July 04, 2009
Hamilton Waterfest

June 20-21, 2009
Toronto Centre Island

June 13, 2009
Welland Festival

June 06, 2009
Pickering DB Challenge

May 23, 2009
Milton Lively

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