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Gung Haggis dragon boat team paddles False Creek and takes in pre-Olympic sight-seeing.We have a dragon boat team of keeners.... who wanted to paddle in February. It was our first paddling practice since early November, when we had a few practices a...

topics: dessert, false-creek, fish, granville-island, langley

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AMAZING paddling Stories from today's races. Challenges and big leads... Missed Opportunities and lots of boat collisions.Our paddlers on the Gung Haggis Bacon Explosion and Gung Haggis HotChili teams proved their competitiveness, team spirit and sp...

topics: beach, langley, paddling, richmond

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CONGRATULATIONS to the GUNG HAGGIS FAT CHOY long boat team.Gung Haggis paddlers came 2nd in both Mixed and Mens Community races.UBC Long Boat race is a tough challenging race. Lots of strategy isimportant. Steering plays a big role. Experience mak...

topics: beach, false-creek, langley, paddling, richmond

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I am paddling in Kelowna with How Wet Can You Get - formerly known as Scotia Dragons for the past decade, they changed their name this year.I last raced in Kelowna in 2001 with GM Team (also known as Canadian, and later Roli), and in 2002 we raced ...

topics: beach, okanagan, paddling

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Gung Haggis dragon boat team posts two big 1st place finishes in Vancouver's inaugural Last Gasp dragon boatregatta. The Dragon boat racing season isn't quite over. With the cancellation of the 6 year old 2009 Vancouver International...

topics: langley, paddling

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It's the final dragon boat regatta of the 2009 season in VancouverLast Gasp dragon boat regatta Sep 5 Saturday @ Science World/False CreekThis will be the first public dragon boat race in Canada that features 10 person dragon boats. These boats were...

topics: burnaby, false-creek, langley, paddling, park

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They're All Around Us! Who knew when I woke up on this Thursday morning that it was going to be an extraordinary day that would produce a once-in-a-lifetime experience.It was a beautiful afternoon with calm seas; so, Allan from West Coast Outdoor Adv...

topics: kayaking, paddling

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Richmond was a good fun race... We posted the fastest time ever for Gung Haggis.The race couse was 425m.our first race was 2:15our second race was 1:26 - with incoming tide.our final race was seconds away from 1st overall.We came 4th... fractions awa...

topics: false-creek, paddling, richmond

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Congratulations everybody, you are ALL truly Gung Haggis paddlers!You conveyed a sense of teamship, caring for each other, and for community.You paddled your best, adapted to changing situations, changing rosters, and changing race conditions.You imp...

topics: boating, chinatown, documentary, paddling, richmond

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Dragon Boat Festival Chail Jas Kalsi talks about importance of a boat house for dragon boats on False Creek to sponsors, politicians and dragon boat festival organizers.The VIP tent was packed on the eve to the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival. ...

topics: arts, city-council, false-creek, federal-government, mayor