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		<title>Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival &#8211; Guts &amp; Glory Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well.. it didn&#8217;t take long for the guys at Dragon Boat West to kick off the day after Alcan festivities. They have posted a recording of the Guts and Glory video. For those that don&#8217;t know. The Guts and Glory race was put into the Alcan race at the end of the day (I think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=47&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival &#8211; Overview</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess I owe it to everyone that I at least get something up for the big race out West. I&#8217;ve been caught up with a bunch of stuff and haven&#8217;t had the time to post or update the standings. So&#8230; the big race of the year which happens early in the paddling year. Doesn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=45&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Standings, Updated May 18, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 21:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting to realize how much work those guys at Dragon Boat West did to get their standings up. I&#8217;ve made some additions to my standings with the addition of the Bill Alley Memorial Regatta results. But am having some issues with formatting the bloody thing to display additional columns. For those that have seen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=38&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Alley Result Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 20:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, I&#8217;ll pre-face this posting with the warning that I did not attend the race so I don&#8217;t know any of the details other than the results that were posted. Based on the average times between the heats, there must&#8217;ve been some massive tidal factors to the races as the morning heats averaged about 2:07.9 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=37&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The least talked about race of the year&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 03:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bill Alley Memorial Regatta is set to take place this weekend. From the sounds on Dragon Boat West, or lack there of, this regatta could use a bit more promotion. Looking at their race grid there&#8217;s only 17 teams participating this year. Of those only 8 of those would be in the Mixed Division. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=36&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Torch Carrying Boat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 05:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dragon Boat Canada just posted up Mike H.&#8217;s post on the Olympic Torch being carried on dragon boats in China. Apparently the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Association flag was also being carried along with the torch carrying boat. This definitely shows that the HKDBA were somewhat involved in arranging the event. This is actually great [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=35&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What people have been asking for&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://casualpaddler.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/what-people-have-been-asking-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last several years, Dragon Boat West compiled the results of the season&#8217;s races into standings based on the placement of each team in their races. After the first two races, it doesn&#8217;t look like the team there has put together anything for the this year. I&#8217;ve heard rumors that they were working with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=34&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just what happens on the docks?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like someone has set up a web cam to capture what happens at the Alder Bay docks in Vancouver. Albeit at 0.067 frames per second. Now everyone can see dragon boats, OC-1, marathon canoes and kayaks launch from the site which is one of the two major paddling centers in Vancouver where teams [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=32&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FCRCC Regatta, Vancouver</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 06:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s FCRCC was organized by paddlers from the Edgewater Casino Without Warning dragon boat team for some reason. However, I don&#8217;t think anyone would have noticed as it went on without any problems typical of first time organizers. The biggest complaint would have been the advancements found in the race grid. To determine the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=30&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dash for Charity, North Vancouver</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First dragon boat race of the season in the Lower Mainland took place in North Vancouver in the quaint community of Deep Cove on April 26th. Like previous Dash for Charities of the past, the event was a 200m sprint and was run, as usual by Jackie Webber&#8217;s Water&#8217;s Edge Sport Performance organization. With 43 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casualpaddler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2790100&amp;post=29&amp;subd=casualpaddler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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