Edmonton Dragon Boat Racing Club (EDBRC)

☀️2026 Edmonton Festival Recap☀️

EDBRC had a fantastic showing at the Edmonton Dragonboat Festival - Aug 15 & 16.

Two days of racing, team work, and dedication brought our crews fantastic results.

Day 1 - 500m qualifiers!

Day 2 - 500m semis & finals 🏆
🥇EDBRC Senior Comp Tsunami - 1st in the Mixed Consolation Final 2
🥉EDBRC River Rats - 3rd in the Mixed Finals
🥈EDBRC Dragon Boat Z - 2nd in the Mixed Consolation Final
🥇EDBRC Dragon Boat Z Dragonfly - 1st in the Women’s Consolation Final
🥈EDBRC Wahine Kei Waka - 2nd in the Women’s Consolation Final
🥇EDBRC Youth - 1st in the Mixed Consolation Final
🥇EDBRC Ohana - 1st in the Mixed Final & Fastest 500m time of the weekend

✨SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO OUR ASSOCIATE CREWS ✨

🥇Breast Friends Warriors - 1st in the Women’s Final
🥈Breast Friends Aurora - 2nd in the Women’s Consolation Final 2
🥇CTC Vitamin Sea - 1st in the Mixed Consolation Final 4
🥈Oil City Crew Velocity - 2nd in the Women’s Final
🥉Oil City Crew Vibes - 3rd in the Mixed Consolation Final 3
🥈Raunchy Rodents - 2nd in the Mixed Consolation Final 2

Congrats to all paddlers, drummers, steers, coaches and supporters!

A big thank you to the organizers, volunteers, and officials of the Edmonton Dragonboat Festival Association for a fantastic weekend of races! 🙌

Proud of all our EDBRC teams 🐉💙

Day 1 at the Edmonton Dragonboat Festival is in the books! ☀️🐉

A fantastic start to the weekend for our crews. Lots more racing to come

Good luck to all teams in the 500m semis & finals tomorrow

🐉🔥CALGARY FESTIVAL 2026 RECAP

EDBRC had a strong showing at the recently concluded Calgary Festival, August 8–9! Two days of racing, teamwork, and determination brought some incredible results for our crews.

DAY 1 — 200M RACING
Crews battled through the 200m races to earn their placement for the 500m semifinals and finals on Day 2. 💪

DAY 2 — 500M RACING & FINALS
And what a finish! 🏆

🏆 Premier Mix — 1st Overall
🥇 Gold — Alberta Wong Memorial Mixed A Finals
⚡ Fastest Overall 200m & 500m times

🏆 Premier Women’s — 1st Women’s Overall
🥇 Gold — Canada Chinatown Women’s A Finals
⚡ Fastest Women’s 500m times
👏 A collaborative crew featuring some paddlers from our Senior Comp team

🥈 EDBRC Open (Paddlers combined from 3 EDBRC teams) — Silver
🏁 Strong combined effort in one fun 500m race

🥉 Tsunami — 3rd, Mixed A Consolation

5️⃣ Dragonboat Z (DBZ) — 5th, Canada China Commercial Association Mixed B Finals

🥇 DBZ Dragonflies — 1st, Women’s B Consolation

4️⃣ Wahine Kai Waka — 4th, Women’s B Consolation

⭐ SPECIAL MENTION TO OUR ASSOCIATE TEAMS ⭐

A huge congratulations to:

🏆🥇 Breast Friends Warriors — 1st, C Cup & 1st, Women’s A Consolation
5️⃣ OCC Velocity — 5th, Hong Kong Cup B Women’s Finals
5️⃣ Breast Friends Aurora — 5th, Women’s B Consolation

Congratulations to ALL our paddlers, coaches, steers, drummers, and supporters! Every race was a reflection of the hard work, commitment, and teamwork that goes into getting these boats to the start line.

And a big thank you to the Calgary Dragon Boat Festival organizers, volunteers, officials, and all the crews who made another great weekend of racing possible. 🙌

Congratulations to all the other teams that made this festivals one the bests in Western Canada.

Proud of every EDBRC teams on and off the water! 💙🐉

Next stop Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival Association Aug 15-16

Day 1 in Calgary is in the books! 🐉🔥

A strong start to the weekend for our Edmonton crews, with some great racing, big wins, and lots more still to come tomorrow.

Congrats to all of our teams on a great first day, and good luck in the 500m races on Day 2! 💪