PDBC Premier

A highly competitive dragon boat program for athletes under 50. Our premier program is designed to compete at the highest international level. At the 2023 Canadian Nationals this crew ranked 1st overall in the Premier Mixed small boat division and 4th overall in Premier Women's small boat. In 2024, our small boat Premier Mixed crew competed at the Club Crew World Championships and earned 1st, 3rd and 8th place finishes. We look forward to great things in 2026.

*Please note that this is a competitive program so athletes must be selected to compete with us.

2025/2026 Program Inclusions

All Premier athletes will participate in the following programming:

Pool Paddling @ Afterburn Fitness Centre
PERG Paddling @ Alkame Paddle Zone
2 x PERG Testing @ Alkame Paddle Zone
Dragon Boat Practices @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
OC Coaching @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
2 x OC Time Trials @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
2 x Training Camps @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
Participation in 2 regattas

Detailed Training:

Winter:

Pool Paddling @ Afterburn Fitness Centre
November 2nd, 2025 - March 29th, 2026

Bi-Weekly, Sundays, 9:00 - 11:00am

Please note the following: November 16th, January 18th, February 15th and March 15th will include an 8:00am start for most athletes

PERG Training @ Paddle Zone
November 4th, 2025 - April 12th, 2026

Bi-Weekly Sundays, 9:00 - 11:30 am
Every Tuesday, 6:00 - 7:30 pm

No sessions on the following dates: Dec 22nd - Jan 2nd inclusive

PERG Testing @ Paddle Zone

Saturday, January 24th, 2026
Saturday, April 11th, 2026

Summer:

Dragon Boat Practices @ Frenchman’s Bay Marina
May 7th - August 25th, 2026

Sundays, 9:00am - 10:30 am (gender crews), 10:30am - 12:00pm (mixed crew) (To be confirmed)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30pm - 8:30 pm

No practices May 17th or August 2nd, 2026

Outrigger coached practices
May 25th - August 4th, 2026

Mondays 4:30pm - 6:00pm OR Tuesdays 4:30pm - 6:00pm

No OC practices June 29th or 30th

Regattas

Premier Mixed:

Pickering Dragon Boat Festival - May 30th, 2026
Toronto International Dragon Boat Race - June 20th and 21st, 2026

Premier Open:

Pickering Dragon Boat Festival - May 30th, 2026
Hamilton Waterfest - July 5th OR Welland Hope Floats Challenge - August 9th

Premier Women:

Pickering Dragon Boat Festival - May 30th
Hamilton Waterfest - July 5th OR Welland Hope Floats Challenge - August 9th

All regattas to be confirmed

Fees:

Annual Membership: $2,500.00 (includes HST)

Payment can be made by cash, cheque, email money transfer or by credit card via PayPal. Please note that all PayPal payments incur an additional 2.9% convenience fee.

Does not include:

Jersey or equipment purchases
CanAm Championship fees (if applicable)
OC Club Membership (non-mandatory)
Alkame Paddle Zone Membership (non-mandatory)
CCWC fees (if applicable)

Registration

Accomplishments

Premier:

2024 CCWC Ravenna, Italy Small mixed 1x Gold, 2 x Bronze medalists
2023 Toronto Island, second place finish in Open Standard and fifth place finish in Mixed Standard
2023 Canadian Nationals ranked 1st overall in the Premier Mixed small boat division and 4th overall in Premier Women's small boat.
Premier Mixed and Premier Men Small Boat Silver and Bronze medallists at CCWCs April 2016 in Adelaide, Australia

Senior A

2024 - CCWC Ravenna Small Mixed 2 x Silver, 1 x Bronze Medalists
2022 - CCWC Sarasota Florida - Small Mixed 1 x Gold, 2 x Silver Medalists

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