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The Dragon Kings (Longwang 龍王) are the most widely worshipped rain deities in Chinese culture. Residing in underwater crystal palaces, the Dragon Kings control the weather, rainfall, and bodies of water. And boy did they have a field day today. Here we are again…first race of the season, and it was a day alright. We … Read moreAnd Longwang Ruled
‘t Is the week of the fitness test and the team destroyed their arms trying to find out how they’ve progressed over winter training. This is no joking matter! Winter training started quite some time ago but this is a separate, much-beloved event. That was a joke. So in Sharon’s case, she went for training … Read moreFitness Test!
#CanadasLifeline It’s that time of year again so today Sharon, a few Tribal team members and yours truly went to Canadian Blood Services up in Richmond Hill to donate blood. Unfortunately not everyone arrived at the same time so there’s no group picture of the event. It was quite easy-going, and as a first-time donor … Read moreBlood Donation Day No. 2
Alkame Dragon Boat Festival in Christie Lake in Halmilton – September 20th 2025 Because of an algae-bloom the season closer could not be held at Christie Lake (sad face) but brought us back to Hamilton – which is a fine venue on its own. It was a beautiful day today with quite some wind but … Read moreSeason Finale: Hamilton (again!)
31st Annual Great White North Tim Hortons Dragon Boat Challenge – September 7th 2025 But…only half of a round! Due to unforeseen circumstances Sharon was only able to participate on the second race day. Which was a bit of a pity because she could also not compete in Montreal a few weeks earlier…though in both … Read moreMarilyn Bell: Second Round
26th Annual Great White North Sports Regatta – July 12th 2025 One week later and we’re back downtown for the first race of this season at Marilyn Bell Park. This is the Sports Regatta; the Tim Hortons Challenge will be in September and is a much larger event. And oh. Boy. If we thought the … Read moreMarilyn Bell: First Round
Hamilton Waterfest – July 5 & 6 2025 Today we drove off to Hamilton for the Hamilton Waterfest, which was reformatted to a one-day event due to lack of participating teams and -most importantly- the weather forecast. Because it was HOT. Like…almost-not-okay-hot. We were warned that parking would be limited so we set off early … Read moreHamilton: Day 1 (re-formatted)
#CanadasLifeline On March 29th some of the team and Sharon went to Scarborough (Warden) Canadian Blood Services clinic to donate blood. As a first time blood donor, this was Sharon’s second attempt to donate. Tribal’s first group donation was in December 2023 up at Hillcrest Mall, but Sharon’s on-the-spot hemoglobin testing that day showed she … Read moreBlood Donation Day