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Phantoms Compete in 2K24 Kansas City Dragon Boat Festival

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Women win Gold in 500-Meter Premiere Division!!!  

The Phantom crew placed fourth in the 500-Meter Premiere Mixed Division at the 2024 Kansas City Dragon Boat Festival.  Several of our female/survivor paddlers also had the opportunity to race in the Premiere 500-Meter Women’s Division, winning gold medals for their efforts.  Congrats to all on an outstanding performance! 

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This was our first trip to Kansas City, and it proved to be a very fun and competitive event.  

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Phantoms Race Crew – Portland 2K22

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Phantoms – Kansas City 2K24

Phantoms Take Home Bronze at Riverdale Regatta 2K24

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Phantoms – Place Third in 2024 Riverdale Regatta!!!  

Braving weather that nearly forced cancellation of the event, the Phantoms crew placed third in the 250-Meter Sport Division at the 2024 Riverdale Regatta. 

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Phantoms Crew – Riverdale Regatta 2024

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Riverdale Regatta 2K24

DRACO Hosts 7th Annual Shining Stars Dragon Boat Day

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DRACO Hosts Dragon Boat Event for Shining Stars Foundation

On September 21, 2024 DRACO hosted the seventh annual dragon boat day on Sloan’s Lake for the Shining Stars Foundation.  It was a great event for all the children and their families, and again proved to be such a success that planning for next year’s event is already underway.  This is always one of the high points of the year for our cancer survivor paddlers.

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More photos can be seen here:  Shining Stars Dragon Boat Day 2K24

Phantoms Win Silver and Bronze at CDBF 2K24

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Great Phantoms Performance  – Silver and Bronze Medals at CDBF 2K24!!!  

In another stellar performance, the Phantoms crew captured Silver Medals in the 400-Meter Sport Division and Bronze Medals and the Third Place Trophy in the 200-Meter Premiere Division at the 2024 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival.

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Phantom Dragons / Pink Phantoms – CDBF 2K24

Phantoms Attend Dragon Boat Race Camp in Ontario

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Members of our coaching staff attended the Bow Wave Race Camp in Pickering, Ontario. This intensive week-long camp taught by world class coaches covered a broad range of subject pertaining to dragon boating technique, coaching, race strategy, etc.  It also afforded an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with paddlers and coaches from all over the United States, Canada and other parts of the world.  

On the last day of camp, attendees compete in the highly competitive Pickering Dragon Boat Challenge.  Note that the camp is entirely at the expense of the participants. 

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Bow Wave Dragon Boat Camp 2K24

Phantoms Compete in 2K24 Arizona Dragon Boat Festival

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Congratulations to the Phantoms crew for another strong showing at this year’s Arizona Dragon Boat Festival, held March 23-24, 2K24.  In a highly competitive event, our Phantom Dragons / Pink Phantoms crew placed third in the Guts & Glory Division D races.  Many thanks to paddlers from other crews who teamed up w/ us to compete in this event!  

Also, special recognition for our Pink Phantoms paddlers who assisted crews in other divisions.  A generous grant from the Cancer League of Colorado helped make participation in this event possible for our BCS paddlers. 

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As always, this year’s Arizona Festival was a very competitive event.  Check out the full Race Results

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Phantoms – Arizona 2K24

Phantom Dragons – Winter Dragon Boat Pool Simulator Practices

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From November through March, our Phantoms crew trains at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, using a custom-designed dragon boat pool simulator.  This training allows us to travel to Tempe each year in March to compete in the Arizona Dragon Boat Festival on equal footing with west coast crews that can paddle on open water year-around. It’s a very hard workout – we’re thrilled when we can finally get back out on the open water!  

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Additional photos and video clips from our pool training sessions can be seen at this link:

Phantoms Dragon Boat Pool Simulator Practices 2K24

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Phantoms Take Home Gold at Riverdale Regatta 2K23

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Phantoms – Place First in 2023 Riverdale Regatta!!!  

Combining forces with paddlers from another crew, the Phantoms captured first in the 250-Meter Sport Division at the 2023 Riverdale Regatta. 

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Here is a link to 360° video of our final race, shot from the Nichi Bei Go boat (we’re the crew to the right, and squeaked out a win in a very close race)!

Riverdale Regatta – 250-meter Sport Final  

Phantoms Win Gold and Bronze at CDBF 2K23

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Great Phantoms Performance  – Silver and Bronze Medals at CDBF 2K23!!!  

In another stellar performance, the Phantoms crew captured Bronze Medals in the 400-Meter Premier Division and Gold Medals in the 200-Meter Sport Division at the 2023 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival.

Race Results for the two days of racing can be found at these links:  Saturday     Sunday 

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Phantom Dragons / Pink Phantoms – CDBF 2K23

DRACO Hosts 6th Annual Shining Stars Dragon Boat Day

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DRACO Hosts Dragon Boat Event for Shining Stars Foundation

On June 10, 2023 DRACO hosted the sixth annual dragon boat day on Sloan’s Lake for the Shining Stars Foundation.  It was a great event for all the children and their families, and again proved to be such a success that next year’s event is already in the planning stages.  This is always one of the high points of the year for our cancer survivor paddlers.

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More photos can be seen here:  Shining Stars Dragon Boat Day 2K23