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Bronze Medal at Port Perry
The Foo Redo
After two years in the blistering sun and a mild encounter with a rock last summer, Susanna Foo is in need of a little TLC. The plan is to get started with sanding as soon as the weather will permit.
We would like to have all of the painting and varnishing done before the bugs arrive.. So, we’re looking at early May. Right now, Susanna is still wearing her winter coat, while being stored at RPM. Refinishing will be difficult without indoor space. However, it can be done one section at a time as the weather permits. If you know of an indoor space that we can use for a couple of weeks, we’d love to hear from you. If you have any expertise in boat refinishing and would like to help, please contact Phil Meades phil.eng@bell.net or Carolyn Ellis mcellis@interhop.net and we will make sure you know when the work begins!
Lois Deacon – a new coach for the 2016 season
I love to do almost anything associated with paddling – canoeing, kayaking, dragon boating etc. My first experience with dragon boating was many years ago as a paddler with a team of work colleagues at the Peterborough Festival. I then had the good fortune to be asked to volunteer as the steersperson for The Dragon Flies – a team of breast cancer survivors that paddles out of Lindsay. I steered for them for 10 years and had the opportunity to travel to dragon boat festivals all over Ontario.
The last several years, I have been paddling with iB Dragon Boating, a mixed team from Lindsay. It’s a great group of people. We enjoy all the good things about dragon boating, including being out on the water, perfecting paddling technique, exercise, camaraderie and fun.
I am looking forward to helping out with coaching the Haliburton Highlands Paddlers – a group that also appreciates all those good things about dragon boating!
Paddles up . . . .
Gold Medal at Dundas
Janine Papadopoulos
Janine Papadopoulos has been coaching dragon boating for more than eight years. After coaching for a recreational festival in Fredericton New Brunswick for six years, Janine was glad to see a group form in Haliburton. 
She was also part of that group of committed volunteers who were instrumental in purchasing a boat and offering coaching for the newly formed Haliburton Highlands Paddlers. If you can’t hear her sing while paddling then she is probably off making pizza with her business – Into the Blue Bakery.
Janine is dedicated to getting people of all ages, physical ability, shape and size out on the water with her fun approach to coaching. “Paddles Up!”