With 18 years of experience in our pockets, the University College Dragon Boat Club is one of the oldest dragon boat clubs in the Greater Toronto Area. Our legacy began in November of 1998 when the four founders Senny Chung, Avery Arora, Andrea Hui and Chuck Wen submitted a tentative proposal to the UC Literacy and Athletic Society to start a club dedicated to the semi-obscure sport of dragon boating.
From the humble beginnings to the club in the present day, we continuously reinforce all of the elements that go into a high performance dragon boat crew. These elements include: having a strong training regimen, providing resources to further improve, fostering growth of the individual as well as the team, being adaptable with scheduling, being transparent with decisions, having a diverse member base, revealing the character in each individual and most importantly, being not only a collection of paddlers, but also a family of strong athletes.
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This year at Nationals in Welland, ON our Valkyries open boat team won first place overall in the U24 division. In the 200m final, the men won first place with a time of 45.33 seconds and placed second in the 500m final with a time of 1:59.48. As first place medalists, the Valkyries will be competing at CCWC 2024 in Ravenna, Italy..
Our Vikings women's boat placed third overall in the U24 division this year at Nationals. We placed first in round 2 of the 500m with a time of 2:17.26 and first place in round 1 of the 200m with a time of 51.63 seconds. In our 2k, the Vikings placed second with a time of 9:58.83 seconds. As third place medalists, the Vikings ladies will also be heading to Ravenna, Italy to compete at CCWC 2024!
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