Which teams are going again? Is the team roster complete?

Yes my team's roster IS completed.
Yours?

Retard.

here we go.... (sigh)....

Never fails.

Here's who I heard is going:

Verdun adrenaline
Verdun Express
Wongs Immortals
Isshin
Action Sport
Alliance
Telus
BMO (gonna be strong this year)
RBC
Montreal Washriders/Thunder
Pickering Xpads
Bytown
Pointe Claire Dragonflyers
Asian Dragons

A few men's and women's crews as well.

And about 30-40+ community teams.

Absent this year: Mayfair

Alliance merged with Ishiin.

What I realy want to see is all these high test Lachine crews and all the high test Pickering crews at DBC nationals this year. Throw in FCRCC and Gorging and Para Huti Huti and Dragon Beasts and what a regatta that would be!

...so you mean Ishiin is going to be slower this year?

Be nice to Isshin-Alliance.

Otherwise known as "The Allishhin".

Poor Isshin

Here's a loaded question: Who do you think will win?

BMO
Tel-us
Pickering Xpads
Bytown

Wongs Immortals
Verdun-A
Allishinnance
Montreal Washriders/Thunder (new name/team merged?)

Pointe Claire
Asian Dragons
Action Sport
RBC

Aren't the Slayers going ?
or is the Immortals going to be a combined crew of everyone ???

If that's the case, here are my picks:

Verdun adrenaline
Wongs Slayers
Pickering Xpads
Telus
Bytown

BMO
Verdun Express
Hyperactifs
The Isshin Alliance
Montreal Washriders/Thunder

RBC
Pointe Claire Dragonflyers
Asian Dragons

Mayfair is not doing the Lachine Festival this year? Is there a list anywhere of the teams that have registered so far?

Bytown is in for sure?

My money is on BMO. Very strong at Onake.

My money is on BMO

hmmm must be a banker?

nah, if he/she was a banker they'd say "I'd put your money on BMO".

My vote goes to Slayers.

DragonSlayers will slay you all
BMO
Tel-us
Pickering Xpads

Bytown
Wongs Immortals
Verdun-A
Allishinnance

Montreal Washriders/Thunder (new name/team merged?)
Pointe Claire
Asian Dragons
Action Sport
RBC

Pickering will pick-up everything. Watch the results from Pickering DBF this Saturday.

They are not racing this weekend.

I vote for myself.

Without a single doubt. No one else has a chance.

RBC can't be last, coz we aren't even going to Lachine.
That's why I need a team to paddle for.

That's too bad.

A Finals

Verdun-A
Dragonslayers
Pickering Cross-pads
Montreal Washriders/Thunder

B Finals

Telus
Bytown
Allishinnance
Pointe Claire

Is Cascades going this year?

Pickering will win. Lachine is shallower water and they are light.

You honestly believe they will field a team strong enough at Lachine to get into the A-final?

The rest do not matter.

Anybody know how fair the course is for Lachine knockout?

depends on the water level. Levels are really high this year with all the rain and lake water is deep.

Can anyone confirm?

Yup it is

Can anyone confirm this?

No need to confirm. It's self explanatory

the farther your are from the shore, the faster your times.

Regardlee
BMO
Telus
Verdun Adren
The Wongs (whichever club name they decide to use for this race)
will be the best Montreal Crews....
Everyone else will be log jammed as usual from 20- 6th place with a 1-2 second differential hence showing the real parity in Dragon boat racing in Quebec.

So who wants to bet on how many boats the wongs will ram at this festival? At Onake, which is a relatively small festival, they managed to ram a boat on every race, except for the knock out, where they aledgedly say something pushed them over into one lane, then over to the other lane on the opposite side. Ya right! I'll tell you what pushed you over, your incompetent steer person. This guy needs to be banned! He causes accidents, then tells the other crew that he hits, that it's thier fault and not his!

Start puffin buddy

What's up with that?

Phoenix-ETS will be there !!!

Check it out:

http://www.22dragons.com/lachine_2006.php

Given that list,

Verdun DBC - Adrenaline
Pdbc mixed A
Wongs DBC Slayers
CASCADES GRAND MASTERS

TELUS Phoenixes
BMO Groupe financier
Verdun DBC - Express
Paddle Demons

Pointe Claire Dragonflyers
HyperActifs
Zoku
Phoenix ETS

CSBD - Magic Dragons
Dragons Hydro-Québec
PIRATES

Sport Mixt
BMO Groupe Financier
Cascades Grand Masters
Magic Dragons
Hydro-Quebec
HyperActifs
Paddle Demons
Pdbc A
Phoenix ETS
Pirates
PTC Dragonflyers
Wongs Slayers
Telus PHOENIXES
Verdun-1
Verdun-2
Zoka

Comm
Adrenaline
Aido Whedo
Asian Dragons
BMO Rising Dragons
Chargers
Drako
Dynameau Hydro Que
Flying Dragons
Griffon
Jade
Chasse a galerie (Sherbrooke)
Lab Brats
Le torrent de Sherbrooke
Lifesavers
Narcos
PDBC B
Phoenix Warriors
Reco Dragons
Red Flying Dragons
Scullys
Shape Shifters
Tecsys Idragons

I am hoping a new team wins Lachine this year. I come in peace and do not wish to be persecuted for my predictions.
Here's my predictions.
Jode will admit he's really Ira and Ira will admit he's from another realm reality.
I digress Montreal ETS will win it all after a strong showing at Pickering.

Can't help but smile at the new fortunes of the Wongs DBC after they kicked me out

Last year winner: Mayfair
Did Maple Bear join the womens team?

We missed you! What have you been up to?

Not much, they only let me out of the asylum for two hours a week for a poutine amd mae-west lunch.

My predictions for the Community:

Asian Dragons
Chargers
Jade Dragons
Shape Shifters

BMO Rising Dragons
Le Torrent de Sherbrooke
GRIFFONS

I'm not familiar with the rest of the teams.

Adrenaline MDBSC
Aido Hwedo
Drako
Dynam'eau d'Hydro-Québec
Flying Dragons
La Chasse-Galerie de Sherbrooke
LAB BRATS (amateur)
Lifesavers/boite des sardines
Narcos
Pdbc mixed b
Phoenix Warriors
RecoDragons (amateur)
Red Flying Dragons
Scullys
Tecsys iDragons (amateur)

Sport Mixt
And the winner is:
BMO Groupe Financier
Pdbc A
Wongs Slayers
Telus PHOENIXES

Cascades Grand Masters
Verdun-1
ZOKA
Phoenix ETS


PTC Dragonflyers
Paddle Demons
Verdun-2
HyperActifs


Magic Dragons
Hydro-Quebec
Pirates


Comm
Asian Dragons
BMO Rising Dragons
Chasse a galerie (Sherbrooke)
Aido Whedo

Flying Dragons
Phoenix Warriors
Jade
Shape Shifters

Chargers
Le torrent de Sherbrooke
Griffon
Adrenaline

PDBC B
Drako
Scullys
Dynameau Hydro Que
Lab Brats
Lifesavers
Narcos
Reco Dragons
Red Flying Dragons
Tecsys Idragons














Dynameau Hydro Que
Lab Brats
Lifesavers
Narcos
Reco Dragons
Red Flying Dragons
Tecsys Idragons

First place will go to PDBC-A. Not BMO.

Don't underestimate Cascades.

Don't underestimate these fab 4
BMO Groupe Financier
Pdbc A
Wongs Slayers
Telus PHOENIXES

Taking into certain insider information which I hear through the grapevine, I think I've got it.

Pdbc mixed A
Verdun DBC - Adrenaline
CASCADES GRAND MASTERS
Wongs DBC Slayers

TELUS Phoenixes
Zoku
Verdun DBC - Express
BMO Groupe financier

Pointe Claire Dragonflyers
HyperActifs
CSBD - Magic Dragons
Phoenix ETS

PIRATES
Dragons Hydro-Québec
Paddle Demons

Here's who'll win:

1st G&G
2nd Mayfair
3rd Scotia Rouge
4th Imps.

I stand corrected.

Any info on Zoku? Picked high by several observers...

Merger between Alliance and Isshin? How are they doing?

Zoku sucks!

Zoku sucks!

You're a real piece of work. "Zoku sucks"...not as much as you do troll.

who coaches them?

I can't believe they picked the name Zoku to represent the merged teams - totally of reminds of that drink Zima.
1. Neat name!
2. Seemed like a smart idea at the time!
3. Not that good.

Better 'n your name fucktard. Spanky the wonder eagle.

I think Pascal Lachapelle coaches them. Not sure 100%.

From what I hear, it's Jon Hutcheson and Seb Rist who coaches them.

I think Zoku is a pretty funky name to cheer for. Think about it:

ZOKU!
ZOKU!!
ZOKUUUUUUUU!!

Predictions for the Men's Category:

1 - Pdbc elite men
2 - Les Gros Mongols de Montreal
3 - Montreal DBC Men's team

Predictions for the Women's Category:

Cascades Women
Montreal DBC Women Elite
Pdbc elite women
Montreal DBC Women Developmental

Onake Women's Crew
PCCC Dragonflies
Rehab Ravens
Instigators

Power of the dragon (s)
Two Abreast/Côte à côte 1 (s) (bc)
Two Abreast/Côte à côte 2 (s) (bc)
West Island Dragons (s) (bc)

Ladies of the Lake (s)
Les Éphédrines
Les Phénix de La Rose des vents (s) (bc)

-Cascades
-BMO
-Telus Phoenixes
-PDBC-A Mixed

1-Cascades
2-Telus
3-PDBC-A
4- Verdun A

Isshin - an ok rec crew...Alliance - an ok rec crew...why all the hype about the merger - it just makes ZOKU - an ok crew...all you Isshin and Alliance people need to stop talking about your own team...come on...let's talk about Hugh Jass...now that's a funny name!

Why does Zoku have two coaches?

Is one a Japanese translator?

One is there to make up for the lack of personality in the other...and maybe he'll throw in a few Japanese words while he's at it

One coaches the lefts and the other coaches the rights.

What the F does Zoku mean?

Anonymous 4:21 PM - I take exception at your implication that my name is humerous.

Zoku is a Japanese word that means group, family or tribe.

Hmmm Zoku I think is Japanese for what happens when two crap teams merge together.
Being an emancipated member from one of those two teams

I have no inside information, but here is a better prediction:

FINAL KNOCKOUT
1 Pdbc mixed A (clearly the best team if they come to race)
2 Verdun DBC - Adrenaline (always solid)
3 Wongs DBC Slayers (the mighty may have fallen but by how much? We will see)
4 CASCADES GRAND MASTERS (assuming they have improved as they work toward Worlds - otherwise move up 5 or 6)

B KNOCKOUT
5 BMO Groupe financier (a toss up for 4-5-6)
6 TELUS Phoenixes (a toss up for 4-5-6)
7 Phoenix ETS (why the hell were they ranked to low after a good start in Pickering???? Might even be higher)
8 Paddle Demons (slowly moving up - if 9-10-11 have improved they will take this spot)

C KNOCKOUT
9 Zoku (have to assume these guys are about as fast as Isshin, move them up a spot if you think the merger actually helped this team, move them down if you think they got worse)
10 Verdun DBC - Express (good sprinting crew, they may be able to move up to 8 or 9)

The rest fall off the usual order, except HyperActifs who people are ranking low so I jumped on the wagon. They may be able to move up, I have no inside info.

11 HyperActifs
12 Pointe Claire Dragonflyers

D KNOCKOUT
13 CSBD - Magic Dragons
14 PIRATES
15 Dragons Hydro-Québec

Re: Why does Zoku have two coaches?


Neither of the two teams that merged wants to give up their coach.

I'd like to see these practices. Are both coaches on the boat at same time?

Has eleven coaches. Can anyone confirm?

eleven coaches in the boat? If that's the case, then I'm picking them to win this weekend for sure.

Any comments about them?

Cascades - Great bunch of people, friendly.

Are they a strong team? I hear that they are.

It depends if they send their A-team, or just "a" team. Get it?

One year in Montreal they were very strong, and the local teams complained about them being in the local division. They got ping-ponged around for a bit, as did other teams in a bizarre domino effect. ("What do you mean we got bumped to "B" division? Who, Cascades? Aren't they in local?")

Two years ago they STOMPED the Toronto Island Community Final as the 7th team in a 6 boat race (via protest). It was a very impressive performance.

Other races they have been just ordinary.

So it depends on who they send.

Can is piss-off teams from out of town.

Well most of you (us) were quite exact with the first four .. though not who we thought eneded up first.
The "b" division was less convincing and hyper actifs slipped by and went into the "b" division. As fr the "c" division.... well who cares anyways ! hahaha

Women... logical order no surprise there

As for the mens.... not quite sure... MDBC kicked everyone'S asses in the first race, then finished on a close second place (0.3 secs) behind PDBC. Gros mongols trailing 0.75 secs after. Interesting .. very interesting !

Present at Lachine? What gives? There were 12 or 15 women's crews.

Many of the formerly mixed crews in our area have become women-only crews. For community crews it is often hard to find eight men. Finding 22 for a full crew must be almost impossible. Perhaps this is what happened in Lachine as well.