Woodstock is close to being filled up for our 10th Anniversary Festival. We have 46 teams registered. Today is the last day to contact us for team entries.
Thanks to all who have decided to head on out of town for the day and join us.
Dave

Dave, why not use the opportunity to post your URL here at the same time and save everyone the trouble of googling it?

Wow you guys are wicked lazy:
http://www.dragonboatwoodstock.ca/

Iron Dragons U of T
CN Aquatrain
Woodstock Beer Factory Lifesavers
OPS Dragonflies
Knot a Breast
Kerry Dragons
Breast Buddies
CFIA Sky Dragons
We Need CPR
Bearing Arms
The Regulators CFIA St. Catherines
GTC Castaways
Woodstock Hooters
Ronin Warriors
Hamilton Titan Dragon Boat Team
ITW Air Canada Jetstart
WDDS Red Hot Dragons
fUHNatics
Raging Dragons of Chatham-Kent
Sierra Elite
Stratford Silvermasters
Row Bust
Local 88 Draggins
BMO Riptide
CAS Oxford*
Pirates of the County
Keepin Hope Afloat CMHA Oxford County
Caressant Care
Fairport Juniors A
Fairport Juniors B
Pirahna
Rochdale Credit Union
Woodstock General Hospital
Kinsdale Carriers*
Wahoos
Dragons Breath
Golden Plate Warriors
A Long for the Ride
Team2Chaos
The Blades
Mojos Reloaded
The Saints
Shock It
Big Fish Interactive
Woodstock Crew
Caressant Care Nursing and Retirment Homes

That's right, only one Piranha will be there. Try and catch him!

Its not even the Piranhas, the team is called 'Pirahna'

LOL...that team name is probably the most butchered in the sport. I heard the Waterloo trophy has a little bronze tab that has it misspelt as well. Hilarious. So is the guy/gal going to race everyone else in a C-1 or a K-1?

that's a pretty good turnout and some pretty good teams. I'm curious - how good is the venue at woodstock? Most importantly, how is the course? fair? deep? sheltered from wind?

Who cares. We're just going for the beer & barbeque.

Some Toronto teams opted for Woodstock when the Marilyn Bell Aug. 11th Race was cancelled. Too bad we have to go to Woodstock while the Toronto course sits empty.

sounds like a woodstock event six or seven years ago when the top teams went

always lots of fun.

We are glad to have you come on down. Last year I did not hear one negative comment on this forum (or anywhere else) about the festival. In fact most people were posting favourable comments. The course is excellent and the lanes are fair. We set it ourselves and work hard to ensure no lane bias. There is a ton of room for team tents on a nice grassed area and a splash pad to cool off on. This will be our 10th year in the same location on the same weekend. In the last 3 years 2 Toronto events have been cancelled on this weekend. So we are more than glad to have some great teams from Toronto come to Woodstock.

We're looking forward to this event Dave....we've heard nothing but good things from teams that have done it.

I agree. This will be my second time coming back and as an out-of-towner, I'm looking forward to coming back to Woodstock. I hope you have retained the services of last year's race commentator, he was great!

Big Fish
Mojos
Blades
Jetstart
Chaos
Saints
Wahoos
GP Warriors
CN Aquatrain
Iron Dragons
BMO Riptide
Ronin Warriors
Silvermasters
fUHNatics
A Long for the Ride


Wildcards:
Fairport Jr. A
Fairport Jr. B

Early predictions? Do you really think there will only be a single Piranha in the race? I'd have to guess your overlooked them since I'd pick them to win.

Pirinhas - not a given, will be close between one and two
Big Fish - a fish fight for first
Chaos - a boat length back
Wahoos - former CIBC team turning the corner

Jetstart - will look to recover from a tough weekend in montreal
Mojos - some former jetstart folks will give their former team a run for the money
Saints - could push their way up into the a final
Blades - will be in tough to make the top eight

Wildcard: CN Aquatrain - did well in montreal - could surprise a few people - yes that's right it CN Aquatrain could surprise a few people

Piranha's? hahaha ya..thats what they are going to win.

OOOOOoooops. This is Woodstock .... No Beer.

How are the lanes in Woodstock?

I have found all the lanes in Woodstock to be quite wet.In fact, they all seenm to have the same level of wetness to me.

This is stupid, but whatever..

1. Fairport Juniors A
2. Piranhas
3. Big Fish Interactive
4. Mojos Reloaded
5. ITW Air Canada Jetstart
6. The Blades

yes that is stupid - fairport beating the pirinha's??

1. Piranha's
2. Big Fish
3. Mojo's
4. Team Chaos

5. Wahoos
6. Jetstart
7. Blades
8. The Saints (assuming it is St. joe's)

I think the parinhas will take it.

Tell that to Tempest, Jetstart and the Mowat Juniors.

This is even better:
1. Fairport Juniors A
2. Big Fish Interactive
3. Piranhas
4. Mojos Reloaded
5. ITW Air Canada Jetstart
6. The Blades

Mad now? Evil laughter

I think you're looking for these again:

Is this the same guy who predicted UC WATERDRAGONS OVER NEW? I agree, when pigs fly.

My whole point to Mr. "When Pigs Fly" is to remind him of how ridiculous these predictions are. And how useless it is to get your panties tied in a knot over silly prognostications.

Actually Mr. New College, I was wrong about 2006. But 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005? Those were good times.

1. Big Fish (big fish eats the little fish)
2. Piranhas (close but no feeding frenzy for you)
3. Fairport Jr A (looked good at race-offs, but can't swim with the fishies yet)
4. Mojos (Will hold off the pack of "tier III" teams)
5. The Saints (held their own at the island + strong Pickering = 5th)
6. Jetstart (will get revenge on Chaos for Milton, but if there is no beer...)
7. Team Chaos (lose by a nostril to Jetstart)
8. Wahoos (Will be close, but can't beat 4-7 yet)
9. The Pseudo Blades (if not full team, 9th, if added ringers, 4th)
10. Golden Plate Warriors or CN Aquatrain (close battle for best of the rest)

fairport jrs are a very good team. don't underestimate them

Confucious... I'd expect to see lots of irregular lineups. It's peak vacation season. But I think we use the term "ringer" a little too freely. If a team that's legitimately short can get a good paddler to help them out, I say good for them. To me a true ringer is an import who takes the seat of an available regular, which is not cool.

by that I meant "elite" paddlers in general. As they are calling themselves the Pseudo Blades, I'm interpreting that to mean they didn't get a full roster and had to fill from other teams (some of the teams that usually help them out are at Woodstock already). It was by no means to imply that they sit their regulars for "better" paddlers. So you could say that I was a little loose with the use of the word, but I was trying to keep it short.

from what I've heard, the blades aren't the only pseudo team.

"from what I've heard, the blades aren't the only pseudo team"

oh,oh do tell.. who?

These guys.

I heard both fish teams will be undermanned....err underfished?....or is that overfished?

I heard both will be short.

If the Blades were "stacked" I think they'd be racing under their regular name. They're more likely to be weaker. Racing under a pseudo name helps them hold their True Ranking position.