We're not quite done for the year! 09/21/2010
 After a 5th place finish in the women's division at the Portland Dragon Boat Race, the OWLS Dragonflies decided to do one last race in 2010 for a good cause. On Sunday, October 3, the OWLS Dragonflies will be participating in Portland's Row for the Cure event (paddling, of course), a benefit for Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. Donations may be made online here. Please indicate your team/affiliation as "Dragonflies." Your donation helps make it possible for Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to assist patients and families in Oregon & SW Washington. Of the funds raised, 75% stays local to educate about breast cancer and early detection, provide information and support to breast cancer survivors and their families, fund mammograms for women who are uninsured or underinsured, and fund transportation and treatment support for survivors. The remaining 25% of funds are disbursed to the Komen National Grant Program to continue funding groundbreaking research to find a cure. Thank you for your support! Add Comment The Dragonflies will be racing in the Rainier Dragon Boat Festival in Tacoma, Washington this Saturday, May 15. Racing kicks off at 9:00 with our first race of the day in heat #3 (9:30 a.m.) against Portland teams Wasabi Fury and Sirens Paddling Club. Our second race of the day is in heat #10 at 11:15 a.m. against Portland teams Quetzacoatl and Wasabi Ferocious. Semi-finals are after lunch and the Dragonflies hope to be in the finals at 3:45 p.m. GO DRAGONFLIES!!! Tentative race schedule for 2010 10/21/2009
We're already planning for next year! The OWLS Dragonflies are planning on joining the Northwest Challenge Circuit (consisting of the Rainier Dragon Boat Festival in May, the Salem World Beat Dragon Boat Festival in June, the Kent Cornucopia Days Dragon Boat Races in July, and the Portland Dragon Boat Race in September). The team is also planning on making two trips to Canada. To the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver, BC (June 19-20) and the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival in Victoria, BC (August 14-15).  The OWLS Dragonflies are off to another race! We're heading north again, but this time all the way to Canada for the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. This will be the 'Flies sixth year traveling to Victoria and it has to rank up there as one of our favorite races. This year, the festival organizers are trying something new--a women's division--so it will be interesting to see how we compete. Last year we were the top-seeded women's team among all of the teams and took second place in the women's final. We're hoping to bring home some serious hardware this year!  The Dragonflies will be racing in the Kent Cornucopia Days Dragon Boat Races this Saturday, July 11. Racing kicks off at 9:00 with our first race of the day in heat #9 (10:20 a.m.) against Portland teams Team Dragonfish, Wasabi Team SOAR and Mighty Women. Looks like we'll be facing quite a few of our local competitors this weekend with 12 of the 17 women's teams from Portland. Way to represent and GO DRAGONFLIES!!! Cheer on the OWLS Dragonflies! 06/04/2009
The OWLS Dragonflies are racing in the Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Races this weekend. The best place to view the races is from the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, just south of the Hawthorne Bridge. The race course runs from the Marquam Bridge to the Hawthorne Bridge (approx. 535 meters) and each race takes about 3 grueling minutes. The Dragonflies will be racing at 9:06 am and 2:12 pm on Saturday, and we would love a whole bunch of screaming fans lining the river. We will know at the end of the day Saturday when our first race on Sunday is, which will start sometime between 9:48 and 10:33 am. We plan to place well enough to make it into the Women's semi-finals, which will start anytime between 1:21 and 1:48 pm. We also hope to be in the Women's finals, which starts around 3:25. |
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