The Fraser Valley Dragon Boat Club is hard at work on our annual Recruitment Drive.The Recruitment Drive is used to spread the word about Dragon Boating and help find new paddlers for the coming season. This year the drive is concentrating on finding paddlers to create a new novice team to add to the existing 4 mixed teams and our Juniors. We have found in the past that new paddlers can feel a little intimidated when joining an estaiblished team and because of that we have decided to start a new team with all new paddlers.

The Recruitment Drive will consist of an Open House at the Chilliwack Leisure Center March 29th at 7:00pm. The Open House starts with a short video presentation, a talk from a few of our team captains and executives followed by a question and answer period. The Open House will be followed by a free Community Open Paddle to be held on the main beach in Harrison Hot Springs (check out the map for location) April 9th from Noon to 2:00pm.

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What To Expect 

So, what should you look forward to when you come out to paddle? All participants will need to fill out some paper work (a waiver) before getting into one of our three dragon boats, so please show up a few minutes early. The Open Paddle will consist of a short history lesson about Dragon Boating and about our club. We will continue on with some on-land training (stroke techniques) and a vocabulary lesson and then off to the boats we go. One of our 4 captains will take you out in the boat, give you some basic instructions and allow you to paddle the boat around the lake. We will then get you back on land and give you the opportunity to talk with members of the five existing teams. This also gives us the ability to answer any questions you may have.

Please remember that Dragon Boating is a water sport and you may get wet. Please dress according to the weather. We recommend layers if it is a little on the cool side. Neoprene gloves are also recommended. The Fraser Valley Dragon Boat Club will supply PDF's and paddles.  

We are looking forward to a very successful season and we hope to see you all on the water with us. If you have any other questions please drop us an This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .