Dragon Boating in Haliburton County
Susannah Foo was successfully launched on May 23rd.
Many thanks to Tony and Heather Taylor, Mac and Carolyn Ellis, Jane Boyd, Ginny Carmichael, Phil Meades and Wayne Mackenzie, who unwrapped, towed, launched and paddled the boat into its summer home at the Patient News dock.
Thanks also to Tony, Mac, Wayne and Phil for doing preseason repairs and painting.
The Susanna Foo will be launched at RPM on May 23 2019. She will be docked at Patient News for the summer.
Thanks to everyone involved for getting the repairs done so that we can all enjoy another great summer on the water.
May 5, 2019 was our Open House for the beginning of our paddling season. Approximately 25 paddlers attended,including some people who have not tried dragon boat paddling before.
Several vouchers for a complimentary opportunity to paddle with the club on a drop-in basis were drawn as door prizes. The winner of our grand prize, a free membership, is Sandra Duchemin.
The first date of padding is Monday, May 27th.
We paddle on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:00 am or 5:30 pm. The Susannah Foo will be tied up in her usual spot at Patient News (next to Timbermart in Haliburton) on Grass Lake.
If you haven’t already registered, it’s not too late. Go to the Membership page, print off the documents and send them in.
See you on the water!
May 5, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Fish Hatchery, 66712 Gelert Road, Haliburton
Everyone is invited to this information session. Learn how you can get some great exercise while enjoying a beautiful day on the water.
Please come to meet and greet your fellow paddlers, sign up for your membership for the season, festivals, order a new paddle or a shirt, enjoy some snacks and coffee or tea.
Congratulations Barrie team for your awesome efforts today! Even with the wind and rough water, waves coming over both sides of the boat, and having the dragon head fall off the boat during our second race we paddled right through it all. We stayed together and paddled with power even with the distractions – great work!
Our times of 1:40:92 and 1:40.76 were very consistent, in the second race with the slightly faster stroke rate we took 4 more strokes during the race compared to the first race.
It was great to see the whole boat in sync, and doing a such a good job following the steers persons commands.
We can be proud of our races today, especially the second race when we finished 5 seconds ahead of the team in second place.
Congratulations Team!
The Haliburton Highlands Paddlers have entered a mixed team in the Barrie Festival for this Saturday, August 25th. Our fundraiser for this event is the Haliburton Skate Park (Haliburton Junction Skate Park). It is a facility for all ages, not just for youth with skateboards, but elderly folk in wheelchairs, walkers etc.
Joannie Ransberry and Cathy Boake volunteered to take care of this fundraiser. Joannie will be attending the Wednesday evening practice this week. If anyone would like to contribute to this wonderful, local cause, please bring cash or cheque to the practice on Wednesday and give it to Joannie. If you are not a Haliburton Highlands Paddlers but wish to help paddlers support the park please feel free to contact info@haliburtonhighlandspaddlers.ca
Cheques made payable to : Municipality of Dysart et al.
If you donate $50.00 or more, you will receive a tax receipt. If this applies to you, please ensure that your name, postal address and physical address are shown with your donation.
We are wishing the team a great day.
Paddles up!
Heather