Welcome to THE

Rusty Dragons

Feb 28 News:  Registration is open for all teams.  No experience necessary!  Our focus is introducing the sport to the public in a fun, safe, and supportive way. Meet new friends, learn something new, and enjoy the fresh air and nature at Outer Harbour.


Our 2023 Indoor Training is open for registration for anyone from any team (even non-Rusty Dragons). A shorter (7 week) pro-rated and discounted version of the program starts March 18 and ends April 29, for $99.  Saturdays 1:10 to 3:10 PM. See Indoor Training page.


The Barracudas competitive team is recruiting!  See Barracudas team page.

 

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

 

Barracudas - (Mondays & Thursdays at 7:30 PM).

Liberty Waves - (Sundays at 11:00 AM).

Gun n Roses - (Thursdays at 7:30 PM).

We Will Rock You - (Now Tuesdays at 6:15 PM).

Library of Conquest - (Saturdays at 11:00 AM).
Miracle Dragons - (Tuesdays at 7:30 PM).


~Mixed Dragons - (Saturdays at 12:30 PM) paddlers with any type of "disability" and ANYONE generally who wants to race.  "Disability", "Ability" - Let's mix it up - we are ALL paddlers.  

Motley Crew - composite mixed gender team.  It's like racing à-la-carte - pick an extra regatta to attend.

Angels - new competitive women's composite team!
 

Special Racing Opportunities this winter:

Florida One Week Race Camp >> April 23-29.

 

One Week Race Camp this spring in Canada:

Pickering One Week Race Camp >> May 28 to June 3.

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Practice Site

Safety Plan

Payments

Club Highlights 

  • March 18 - Club winter training mini-session starts (7 weeks - $99)
  • April 24-29 - Tampa One-Week Train and Race Camp
  • May - On-water paddling starts!
  • May 28-June 3 - Pickering One-Week Train and Race Camp
  • July 1 - 21st Canada Day Regatta on Toronto Island
  • July 19-23 - Canadian Championships

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.