{"id":4007,"date":"2010-07-07T08:56:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T12:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=4007"},"modified":"2025-02-28T11:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:02:56","slug":"spots-filling-up-for-dragon-boat-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2010\/07\/spots-filling-up-for-dragon-boat-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Spots filling up for dragon boat team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4006\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4006\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4006\" title=\"Brock dragon boat team\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/dragonboat.jpg\" alt=\"Last year's Brock dragon boat team paddled to victory.\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last year&#39;s Brock dragon boat team paddled to victory in its time division.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Those wanting a spot on Brock&#8217;s dragon boat team this year had better hurry and register.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen of the team&#8217;s 20 spots are filled, many with returning dragon boat fans who got hooked on racing in previous years, said Kristen Smith, Community Connections community services co-ordinator. The team also takes a few spare participants.<\/p>\n<p>Each participant raises a minimum of $35, which goes to Wellspring Niagara. The boat registration fee helps the St. Catharines Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Catharines Dragon Boat Festival is July 24 at Henley Island. The Brock team practices twice that week, meeting on July 20 and 22.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the team surprised itself by winning in its time division.<\/p>\n<p>While the team participates for fun, &#8220;over the course of the day, we develop a competitive edge, and that paid off last year,&#8221; Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>The day includes a barbecue and vendors. The races are fun to watch, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s also a great spectator sport, so I would encourage people to come and watch if they&#8217;re not interested in paddling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in joining the team can contact Jamie Wheeler, Community Connections volunteer and event management assistant, at <a href=\"mailto:jw05qt@brocku.ca\">jw05qt@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/stcatharinesdragonboat.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Catharines Dragon Boat Festival<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Again this year, Brock will enter a team in St. Catharines Dragon Boat Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99636,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions\/99636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}