Paddles up! for Rio Tinto Alcan

The Killarney Cougar Dragons are gearing up for the annual Alcan Dragon Boat festival June 20/21 in False Creek. Killarney did well at both the Dragon Zone Junior regatta and the Dragon Zone 500 and now look forward to racing for the Gold at the Alcan.

Come on down and join us. Good views from Science World and always lots of good food, live music and fun times at Creekside park.

Big Splash on March 3!

Cougar Dragon practices begin Tuesday 3 March 2009 @ the Dragon Zone. Coaches Todd and Steven will be there to greet you and start you on your journey to the Rio Tinto Alcan Festival. Be sure to get your waivers into Mr. Mackinnon in A226 or Ms Greer/Ms North in the Library before Tuesday.

Cougar Dragon Season 3

The Killarney Cougar Dragons are getting ready for their third and best season. The team is registered in 3 events: Dragon Zone Junior Regatta on May 24; Dragon Zone 500m Regatta on June 6 & 7 and of course the Rio Tinto Alcan Festival on June 20 & 21.

All members and interested persons are invited to our 2009 organizational meeting on Tuesday, 17 February at 3:15 in the Killarney Library classroom. See you there!

Get Your Registration Forms In!

The first meeting of the Cougar Dragons was well attended and more than 25 registration packages were handed out. Since then another 10 have been requested. This bodes well for the KDBRC this year. Please return your forms to Mr. Mackinnon in A226 as soon as possible so we can start the planning.

If you know of anyone who is interested in joining the Dragon Boat club, please send them along to A226 so they can pick up a registration package.

Planning Meeting

Please join us December 3 @ noon in rm A226 to start planning our 2009 season. New and veteran members are encouraged to attend. Fees, schedules, races and coaching will be discussed. Hope to see you there.

Fall Splash

Killarney's own Cougar Dragons are splashing out this fall with a joint paddle with Vancouver's premier mixed multi-cultural adult team Gung Haggis Fat Choy. Todd Wong, coach of both Killarney and GHFC extended the invitation and Killarney readily accepted. This gives the youth team the chance to paddle with an experienced recreational team, while giving the older paddlers the chance to mentor new and enthusiastic novice paddlers. A win-win for sure. If you would like paddle with Killarney's Dragon Boat Racing Club visit Mr. Mackinnon in room A226 or Ms. Greer in the library. New members--male or female, grades 8 to 12--are always welcome!

Cougar Dragons on YouTube!

A short film of the Cougar Dragons on the first morning of the 2008 Rio Tinto Alcan Festival. Click here to watch.