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 Rusty Dragons 

March 19 Update:  Registration for ALL our 9 summer teams is open! See the "Teams" dropdown above and select each team in turn to see their details.  A short summary of each team published below.  Teams are open for registration on a first-come-first-served basis.  Check out our Team Summary Calendar View PDF which is a nice summary of all teams on one page. 

Note:  Our general Winter Training Program has 5 weeks left and is open for drop-in sessions for anyone interested to see what the facility and program offers.  It includes training at Afterburn Fitness paddle pool for an hours and their gym for an hour on SATURDAY AFTERNOONS from Jan 6 to Apr 27 (2:20 to 4:40 PM).  The coach is Jonathan Navarro.  See "Winter Training" on the menu at the top of this page.  

Note: The Beach Dragons have been merged into existing Flying Dragons team (formerly Guns n Roses).

 

Check out our teams using the "Teams" dropdown menu at the top of this page. 

 

The summer 2024 team practices are summarized as follows...

Barracudas - (Mondays & Thursdays 7:00 PM).

Liberty Waves - (Sundays 10:40 AM).

Strokes of Luck (formerly Library of Conquest) - (Saturdays 10:40 AM).
Water Wizards - (Tuesdays 7:10 PM).

Flying Dragons (formerly Gun n Roses) - (Thursdays 7:10 PM).

We Will Rock You - (Tuesdays at 6:00 PM).

 

Mixed Ability Dragons - (Saturdays at 12:30 PM in June and mid-July to early-August)

For paddlers of all abilities, skill levels, and experiences.  We are supporting the formation of a multi-city league of Mixed Ability dragon boat teams.  There is a Spring session (racing on Canada Day after 4 practices) and a Summer session (racing in Welland after 4 practices).

 

Want an extra regatta on the side this summer?
Motley Crew mixed gender (Canada Day or Christie Lake).  

Angels women (Heart Lake or GWN Challenge).  

 

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UPCOMING... 

Our teams


Rusty Dragons offer a unique range of coached and collective teams. Select any of our teams to learn more about registration, practices and regattas.

Barracudas

Our new competitive team practices twice a week and will race at the Canadian Nationals.

Barracudas

UNiversity Library Staff team

Library OF CONQUEST

Harbord Village

They finished their season on Canada Day, where they placed 2nd place (silver)!

We Will Rock You

Guns N' Roses

Coach Natalie looked after the team, then got married on final race day!

Guns N Roses

Liberty Waves

What an amazing event for the LGBTTIQQ2SA community here in the Canada and around the world...

Charlie's Angels

New competitive women's team.

ANGELS

Miracle Dragons

Miracle Dragons

Motley Crew

This is our mixed-gender composite team name. They race at various events allowing both club members and those outside the club to come together for one-off races together.

Motley Crew

Mixed Ability Sport team

Our Spirit Dragons team is evolving into a MIxed Ability Sport team.

We'll Help you
Create New teams


We can help create NEW teams to practice and race, or create team-building events for any organization looking to get out on the water and enjoy the sport. Anyone can enjoy the sport and we can help make it happen! For more information please contact Tim@rustydragons.ca or call 647-971-7332

We'll Help you Create New teams


We also help create NEW teams to practice & race

We also help create NEW teams to practice and race, or create one-off team-building evenings / weekends for any organization looking to get out on the water and enjoy the sport. Anyone can enjoy the sport and we can help make it happen! For more information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 647-971-7332. Now is the time to plan! The cost for a group of up to 20 for a two hour intro to dragon boating (one hour on land, one hour on water) is under $250 ($12 a person) and the use of paddles and life jackets is included. We can also help create teams with 8 practices (once a week in evenings), and race on Canada Day for about $150/person.

New in 2018: We will pre-set several dates available to run Corporate Team Building for anyone interested. .



Stay tuned for details on our new 3rd team for youth & young adults with a developmental disability.

If you have any questions,
please don't hesitate to contact us


We also help others form teams by giving them whatever support they need through the use of shared resources; website pages, budget templates, Survey Monkey Pro for registrations, PayPal and budgeting, booking practices, hiring coaches, etc.  Contact the club as detailed below.