Sudbury and the paddling was windy

I've returned from the Sudbury Dragon Boat Festival with a bronze medal.

Cheers to the team who with their hard work managed to get not just third place (out of seven competitive teams) but progressively faster times during the day. Our fastest time for the 500 metre race was 2:02:83.

Thanks to our coaches Annie and Chris for helping us get to this point. In the second race we were hit by a big wake and we only lost one or two strokes before everyone was back to race form. Thanks also to our steersperson Scoop Adams for keeping us on course and not crashing into other boats.

I'm also thankful that the forcast of cloudy, rainy, and thunderstorms did not appear. We did get lots of cloud, and a short shower, but the thunderstorms moved out of the way. The temperature was also perfect.

It was windy, and some of the community teams crashed, and swamped. It just goes to show how important good steering is.

Now it's paddling for fun, until we gear up for the Great White North Competition in September.

Cheers!